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Rapid7 InsightVM vs Skybox Security Suite comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightVM
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (4th)
Skybox Security Suite
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (37th), Firewall Security Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Rapid7 InsightVM is designed for Risk-Based Vulnerability Management and holds a mindshare of 18.8%, up 13.6% compared to last year.
Skybox Security Suite, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 0.5% mindshare, down 0.7% since last year.
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Shakeel Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 8, 2022
Brilliant audit report and scorecard but scans often get blocked by firewalls
Our company uses the Nexpose automation tools for validity, deactivation, assessment, and penetration testing. We can easily see if something has been exposed and manually focus on or follow main vulnerabilities.  We have 28 users and a JV license key for using the solution in our offline systems…
NenadMijatovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 8, 2024
Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use
Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature because it lets you focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. That's the important thing. Here in Serbia, there are not so many companies that have too many firewalls inside one company. So, they usually don't buy this model for Firewall Assurance unless there is some compliance. So you can prove that your firewalls are compliant. So, that model is not so important here in Serbia. It's for bigger companies. So, they usually buy network assurance to build the model of the network and vulnerability management to focus on the most important vulnerabilities. Moreover, Skybox can collect data for many vendors. From the endpoint protection vendors to the network equipment vendors to other security vendors. So, it supports more than one hundred vendors to collect data from them.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We can create our own templates."
"NeXpose is a pretty good vulnerability scanner... There's a nice dashboard."
"The solution is good because it has a lot of options."
"I have been in contact with technical support and they are not bad."
"The solution works well."
"The most valuable feature for me is the risk calculation based on monthly effects."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the agent and the scanning."
"I rate InsightVM eight out of 10 for ease of setup. It takes two or three engineers to deploy. The solution requires some maintenance. It's mainly cleaning up data."
"Robust modules can be used for different parts of network security."
"It shows me a client's or an organization's entire network. I can see everything."
"The product's most valuable feature is vulnerability management."
"It's very supportive and very user-friendly."
"Key features for us include the firewall change audit every week. Also, being able to track firewall ACL usage, so that we can produce semiannual reports on ACL usage and shadowed and redundant rules on the firewall."
"instead of asking for firewall rules which may or may not be relevant, or could already be there, or could be over-permissioned, Skybox can be used to map out the resources that that application is going to use and provide the exact rules that an application would require to function correctly. If the traffic isn't able to flow for the application, if it's erring out, Skybox can be used to troubleshoot that and say, "All right, where is the traffic being stopped and why, and how do I fix that.""
"When you import all the assets that you have, like desktops, servers, networks, devices, routers, and then firewalls, and other products, then Skybox makes like, a model of the network, but with context. So, it is not just a model in VIZIO. Or something like it like that. You get the model with context, and, like, it looks like a real network in a real-time. So you can check your network and the security of your network on that model."
"The solution's simplicity of use is its most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"Their customer support should be improved, and the effectiveness of scans also needs to be improved."
"There are not enough templates, and the reporting is weak with this solution."
"Rapid7 InsightVM, has impressive capabilities, especially when it comes to managing video equipment. However, we've noticed that Rapid7 also offers a cloud solution called CloudSec, and we don't have that. We think it would be better if InsightVM had all the features for both on-premise and cloud management."
"I would say that it improved our visibility, but it left things open."
"The drawback is that it is still not a fully SaaS solution, so you must deploy a console."
"There is room for improvement on its cloud side. In the next release I would like to see better reporting."
"We are a registered reseller and a trusted partner. However, for us to get any support from them I can't log a call directly with Rapid7 InsightVM. I have to work with the distributor to log the call for me."
"One area I would like to improve in InsightVM is its integration with other solutions."
"The vendor's support is terrible."
"The Network Assurance, which helps to create the network model, is not so rich."
"The price could be cheaper."
"The solution needs to add more automation and orchestration capabilities. Those features would make the solution much stronger."
"The primary room for improvement would be to enable a web interface, which is not something which is there in the product. This is supposed to have come a year, a year and a half ago, but still has failed to come out. It still needs a client application to be installed on a workstation to be able to access that server and then run these reports. So I cannot extend that access to anybody. It has to be one administrator all the time. So unlike a web interface, where you can give multiple users simultaneous access and generate the various reports, that isn't a possibility at the moment."
"The only place where Skybox has room for improvement, and they're working on releasing this, it's just a slow-go, is the UI. The user interface has historically been via a locally installed thick client. They are moving to a web-based console and it's slowly coming out."
"If anything could be improved it would be staying on top of the collector scripts, but I understand that's a very tough challenge."
"The solution does not support certain devices or vendors in some regions or countries due to regulations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is less than the competitors."
"Its pricing depends on the number of users per month."
"It is less expensive compared to other competitors."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The license is IP based. How many IPs you are using to scan is the amount of the license you have to buy. The number of users doesn't matter; many users can use it or only person. It depends on the culture of the organization."
"InsightVM is an expensive product, especially compared to its competitors, at around a million NOK per year."
"The license is annual and this is the optimal approach when it comes to most software."
"We purchase annual licenses."
"With licensing, the number of network nodes becomes very expensive to the point where you have to rationalize if the tools are warranted anymore."
"Skybox comes with extra licenses and has a change management license. The licenses are expensive, but they come with extra value."
"The licensing fee is paid yearly and is approximately $100,000."
"Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."
"Fully understand the total cost of ownership. They have gone to a new model where you have to replace the hardware every X amount of years at a very substantial cost and fully understand your intended number of nodes. To operate a firewall, you have to pay two licenses, a firewall node and a network node. If you are a reasonable-sized organization, this gets expensive very quickly."
"It's expensive."
"I rate the pricing two on a scale of one to ten, where one is very expensive, and ten is cost-effective."
"The price is not expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
39%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How would you choose between Rapid7 InsightVM and Tenable Nessus?
You have full visibility across cloud, network, virtual, and containerized infrastructures with Rapid7 Insight VM. You can easily prioritize vulnerabilities using attacker analytics. Overall, Rapid...
What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightVM?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?
Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integrat...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skybox Security Suite?
Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abr...
What needs improvement with Skybox Security Suite?
There is room for improvement in the product's user interface. It could be more user-friendly.
 

Also Known As

InsightVM, NeXpose
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Sample Customers

ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
ADP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BT, USAID, Delta Dental, EDF Energy, EMC, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson
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