Cisco Sourcefire SNORT vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

"I like most of Cisco's features, like malware detection and URL filtering."

"The most valuable feature is the visibility that we have across the virtual environment."

"The solution is rather easy to use."

"The product is inexpensive compared to leading brands such as Palo Alto or Fortinet."

"The URL filtering is very good and you can create a group for customized URLs."

"Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is easy to configure and the reporting is great. It's also very user-friendly."

"In general, the features are all great. However, if I need to take hardware for ASA, because they need to upgrade to Firepower, we want to create rules. For that, most of the time we go to the command line. Right now Firepower is working really hard on the grid. You can apply all those rules to the grid. Even if you want to monitor the logs, for example, the activity will tell you which particular user has been blocked because of that rule. Firepower's monitoring interface is very good, because you can see each and every piece. ASA also had it, but there you needed to type the command and be under the server to see all that stuff. In Firepower you have the possibility to go directly to the firewall. The way the monitoring is displayed is also very nice. The feature I appreciate most in Firepower is actually the grid. The grid has worked very well."

"It is quite an intelligent product."

"The solution is very stable and works very well for what I need it to do."

"I like the tool's user analysis feature."

"Very intuitive and easy to set up."

"​​User behavioral analytics allows us to pinpoint abnormal or suspicious behavior among millions of events every day."

"Intelligent alerting to avoid the common problem of alert fatigue associated with traditional SIEMs."

"I am able to run automated actions based on the output of reports, leaving me extra time to focus on more pressing matters."

"The solution provides satisfying native integration features"

"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."

"The main dashboard of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT could improve."

"There are problems setting up VPNs for some regions."

"While the alerts they offer are good, it could improve it in the sense that they should be more detailed to make the alerts more useful to us in general. Sometimes the solution will offer up false positives. Due to the fact that the alerts aren't detailed, we have to go dig around to see why is it being blocked. The solution would be infinitely better if there was just a bit more detail in the alert information and logging we receive."

"The pricing needs to be improved. We have lots of low-budget clients around us. Budget constraints are always a deterrent in our market."

"I want to see a better dashboard for the product. The dashboard can be a bit modified or enhanced."

"I don't think this solution is a time-based control system, because one cannot filter traffic based on time."

"Performance needs improvement."

"We are unhappy with technical support for this solution, and it is not as professional as what we typically expect from Cisco."

"The ability to tune the collector for custom logs would greatly help."

"It would be useful to import threat intelligence in YARA format along with known incorrect email addresses.​"

"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."

"One thing that springs to mind is easier API integration with ITSMs. We are evaluating a new ITSM and I would like to have InsightIDR create a ticket when an attack is identified, and the ticket would be closed in InsightIDR when the ITSM resolution is completed. This would take out the "single point of failure" we currently have, if the email recipient is somehow absent, in recording the risk appetite for the incident and the actions taken to mitigate or not."

"The integration capabilities of the solution have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"The interface for doing investigation needs to be enhanced with minor improvements that would make it more useful."

"They should add more configuration and security features to it."

"Tenable Nessus is easier to deal with. It's more efficient and accurate. InsightIDR is heavier than Tenable in terms of performance and scanning. Rapid7 would be much easier to use if it had a network connector like Tenable. Tenable's connector allows continuous monitoring over the B caps."

"I don't know the exact amount, but most of the time when I go to a company with a proposition, they will say, "This thing that you are selling is good, but it's expensive. Why don't you propose something like FortiGate, Check Point, or Palo Alto?" Cisco device are expensive compared to other devices."

"Licensing for this solution is paid on a yearly basis."

"The cost is per port and can be expensive but it does include training and support for three years."

"We have a three-year license for this solution."

"If one is an extremely expensive product, and ten is cheap, I rate the tool's price as a five."

"Licensing is straightforward. If, for some reason, you don’t meet the minimum licensing requirements, there is a third-party managed service that can help."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cheaply priced product. On a scale of one to ten, where one is very expensive, and ten is very cheap, I rate the product's price at seven or eight."

"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 solution has a mid-range price point in the market"

"The team is very willing to work with companies. My suggestion is to call the Rapid7 sales department and see how they can help.​"

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"The pricing is good, and it is not very expensive."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR is priced very well and is cost-effective."