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Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Trellix ESM comparison

Rapid7 and Trellix are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Rapid7 is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.1, while Trellix is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.0. Rapid7 holds a 2.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Trellix’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Rapid7 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of Trellix users who would recommend it.
Rapid7 InsightIDR
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95% willing to recommend
Trellix ESM
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75% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Trellix ESM and Rapid7 InsightIDR are competitive SIEM solutions. Rapid7 InsightIDR's robust features make it the preferred choice, despite Trellix ESM excelling in support and pricing.

Features: Trellix ESM is known for advanced threat detection, customizable dashboards, and strong support. Rapid7 InsightIDR stands out with a user-friendly design, integration with multiple third-party tools, and more comprehensive SIEM capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Trellix ESM needs enhancements in scalability, reporting capabilities, and user interface. Rapid7 InsightIDR requires better alert fine-tuning, advanced analytics, and some improvements in performance under heavy loads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix ESM's deployment can be complex, requiring significant time and expertise, but it offers well-regarded customer service. Rapid7 InsightIDR is praised for straightforward deployment and efficient customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix ESM has competitive pricing but some users find the ROI lacking. Rapid7 InsightIDR is more expensive yet users feel its comprehensive features justify the cost, resulting in better perceived ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightIDR
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (25th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (16th)
Trellix ESM
Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
20th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.6%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix ESM is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Asim Naeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Providing comprehensive insight into alerts while working towards AI enhancement
I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR. It is becoming better, with improvements being continuously made to the product. Right now, I do not have any advice about Rapid7 for other users because every organization or user has different criteria or multiple use cases, so I refrain from commenting on that. I rate the overall solution seven out of ten.
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Daniel Durian - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps to monitor and detect cyberattacks
The tool's effectiveness depends on how you define your log sources. To build visibility of incoming and outgoing traffic, you need logs from perimeter defense, firewalls, web application firewalls, and endpoint protection. With good traffic visibility, incident response time is really quick. Trellix ESM provides situation awareness. On the dashboard, I can see outbound and inbound communications to known threat hosts, IPS/IDS activity, and threat intelligence of the perimeter defense in the firewall. This information helps preempt attacks.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It improves because several sensors are deployed within the on-premise environment. It can be very efficient if the customer implements and operates it effectively."
"Rapid7's reporting is more robust than Tenable's."
"The product works well. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Dashboards, including the main screen, provide much-needed information at a glance, without hours of coding and sifting through logs to find it. In case of an actual security incident, I have faith that insightIDR has retained all logs in a secure manner that prevents log tampering as well."
"The solution is very stable and works very well for what I need it to do."
"The UI is very good."
"Intelligent alerting to avoid the common problem of alert fatigue associated with traditional SIEMs."
"If you were on other solutions, you would notice that they use agents from third-party, from open-source, from a native OS, or from other tools. Here, however, it is an agent from Rapid7 itself. This adds to the solution's overall capabilities."
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"It can be easily deployed with the other solutions."
"It enables us to detect malicious threats, issues, or vulnerabilities in our network."
"The tool's effectiveness depends on how you define your log sources. To build visibility of incoming and outgoing traffic, you need logs from perimeter defense, firewalls, web application firewalls, and endpoint protection. With good traffic visibility, incident response time is really quick."
"The solution is 100% stable. We really have had a great time working with it. It hasn't let us down."
"The most valuable feature is that if the scanning does find something, it quarantines it. Then you can decide what you are going to do with it."
"It has performed well and delivered the results that I have been looking for."
"The most valuable feature is for the security operation center because it provides visibility of all traffic within the company infrastructure."
"It is a good central viewpoint for issues. These can then be investigated in more detail on the subnet server(s)/endpoints."
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Cons

"One of the things that could be better is digital forensics. It is there, but it can be better. They could provide more on the endpoint detection level."
"I would like the ability to adjust the threshold of certain existing alerts. Currently the only option is to change the notifications or create my own alert."
"The ability to tune the collector for custom logs would greatly help."
"They should add more configuration and security features to it."
"Rapid7 doesn't integrate well with all our security tools from various vendors, so we plan to switch. Many of our solutions work with Rapid7, but some do not. We are already searching for a replacement already."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR is not intuitive to search for logs. It should be more user-friendly and improve the dashboards. We should be able to use ready-made templates instead of having to build one."
"The solution's XDR agents cannot compete with the XDR solutions out there yet."
"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."
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"There are some banking and transactional cases that are local, South America transactions. I would like to see them add features that can be used locally, to make those transactions more reliable."
"It is more difficult to operate Trellix ESM than other solutions."
"There are always multiple bugs in the product. For example, the console page was hanging multiple times. Afterwards, they released multiple upgrades for the same, multiple patches from McAfee."
"We cannot add new data sources to the most recent version."
"We would welcome integrations with some of the new McAfee acquisitions, e.g., behavioural analytics."
"Product currently requires Flash."
"It seems McAfee does test its product before releasing. When we - not only us, other companies also - deploy McAfee, we face multiple issues from the customer side, after which, McAfee reacts and fixes the bugs."
"The support from McAfee ESM could improve. They could improve the speed."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has a mid-range price point in the market"
"The pricing of the solution depends on the user. But there is a yearly licensing cost."
"Licensing is by endpoint and amount of retention time (at least ours is). Default retention was one year, but we are able to push the retention further if needed. There's also a provide-your-own-S3 option for longer retention if you don't want to pay for the additional retention years in your Rapid7 agreement."
"The pricing is good, and it is not very expensive."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable but we have challenges with the Minimum Order Quantity. It is not reasonable for customers who have less than one hundred devices. If they can reduce Minimum Order Quantity, it is good. You have to pay around 5000-6000 dollars per year for the product. The pricing includes maintenance and support costs."
"The team is very willing to work with companies. My suggestion is to call the Rapid7 sales department and see how they can help.​"
"Rapid7 InsightIDR charges us based on the endpoints we connect to."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
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"The price is good. It's moderate. We follow a pay-as-you-go model. There are different models available, and they can also be monthly. You can choose monthly or yearly. It's very flexible. If our existing customers exceed the current plan, you can just call McAfee and get it extended."
"The product is slightly expensive."
"The pricing is good, and they are competitive compared to providers such as RSA and IBM QRadar."
"We renew our license annually."
"The licensing cost is based on EPS."
"McAfee is the right choice for a low-budget solution."
"When compared to IBM Security QRadar and other similar platforms, the pricing of McAfee ESM is reasonable and comparatively less expensive."
"We pay for our licensing fees on a yearly basis, and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
20%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What SOC product do you recommend?
For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...
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What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightIDR?
During simulations or demonstrations, the tool generates alerts, providing details such as the specific application, its origin, and potential threats. For instance, it can identify if an applicati...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightIDR?
The product pricing is very cheap.
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What do you like most about McAfee ESM?
The solution's technical support is great.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee ESM?
When discussing Trellix ESM pricing and licensing, if you consider some premium product, the pricing also has to be premium, however, enterprise customers who look for a premium product, alongside ...
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What needs improvement with McAfee ESM?
We need to improve Trellix ESM by making sure that most of the logging devices available in the global market should be covered, and if there is any device which is not covered, there should not be...
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Also Known As

InsightIDR
McAfee ESM, NitroSecurity, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager
 

Overview

Parsing hundreds of trivial alerts. Managing a mountain of data. Manually forwarding info from your endpoints. Forget that. InsightIDR instantly arms you with the insight you need to make better decisions across the incident detection and response lifecycle, faster.

Rapid7

Make your organization more resilient and confident with Trellix Security Operations. Filter out the noise and cut complexity to deliver faster, more effective SecOps. Integrate your existing security tools and connect with over 650 Trellix solutions and third-party products.

Trellix
 

Sample Customers

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier
San Francisco Police Credit Union, Wªstenrot Gruppe, Volusion, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Government of New Brunswick, State of Colorado, Macquarie Telecom, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Cologne Bonn Airport
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