ConnectWise SIEM vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

ConnectWise and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. ConnectWise is ranked #51 with an average rating of 6.0, while Rapid7 is ranked #23 with an average rating of 7.5. Additionally, 66% of ConnectWise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Rapid7 InsightIDR and ConnectWise SIEM are both robust solutions in the SIEM market, catering to enterprises looking for effective security incident and event management tools. InsightIDR appears to have the upper hand with superior features and customer satisfaction, while ConnectWise SIEM is favored for its advanced customization and integration capabilities.

Features: InsightIDR offers automation, comprehensive threat intelligence, and strong ease of use. ConnectWise SIEM provides advanced customization capabilities, integration with other tools, and adaptability.

Room for Improvement: InsightIDR needs better reporting, more competitive pricing, and enhanced analytics. ConnectWise SIEM requires improved user documentation, simpler initial setup, and better ease of use.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: InsightIDR is generally easier to deploy with straightforward setup and efficient customer support. ConnectWise SIEM can be more complex to deploy with a steeper learning curve, but both receive positive feedback for customer service.

Pricing and ROI: InsightIDR has a higher cost, with strong ROI reported due to advanced capabilities. ConnectWise SIEM often offers more competitive pricing, appealing to smaller organizations with good value from customization and integration strengths.

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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...

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ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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reviewer2711757

Cyber Security Software Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Automated alerting and reporting excel while cost and feature limitations remain

I find automation to be one of the best and most valuable features of the product. Machine learning is incorporated into the solution, though AI is a broader term that I wouldn't apply here. I haven't personally explored AI yet, but I will investigate it. Machine learning functions more as automation in my experience, as there's no training involved yet. I want to conduct R&D on another project with Wazuh to determine how to capture usage, for example, tracking user logins and time spent. This is where I need to implement machine learning. Additionally, the extraction of GeoIP adds complexity. The solution is effectively reducing incident response times in operations.

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SohailHyder

Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure

Has supported compliance needs for mid-sized organizations but lacks customization and advanced integration

If we pitch Rapid7 InsightIDR against solutions such as SIEMs from Splunk or LogRhythm, it is not as customizable as a SIEM solution is. This is where it can improve if we keep in front the feature sets of a complete SIEM solution. Most common in the market is QRadar, but it is depleting now. It has been taken over by some other products such as Splunk and LogRhythm. If we compare these things with Rapid7 InsightIDR, then there are definitely some gaps that need to be filled. Data retention is also one concern because Rapid7 InsightIDR is cloud-based and operates on a subscription model. Whatever data you want to retain, it has to be paid for separately or it has a cost. Other solutions that are on-premises can have their own infrastructure or they provide some data retention for a month or in some capacity-wise, they provide that solution to them which makes them more attractive.

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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

"The behavior-based detection feature is valuable."

"We have a complete overview of all our PCs and it's very easy to handle and to use the interface. It has a lot of benefits for us."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the user interface."

"We use Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks for its ability to detect based on behavior rather than simple virus scan to prevent malicious activities."

"One of the things that I enjoy the most is using policy extensions. It's like having host firewalls to control USB connections. I think it's a wonderful tool to restrict use when connecting to our computers. Another important tool is Home Insights. That is an add-on to the Cortex solution. I like that because we can see all the vulnerabilities in the environment and control what assets are connected to our network."

"Stability is one of the features we like the most."

"It collects and caches and the knowledge of machine learning from different customers to take to the cloud, it makes it better to use for everybody, it allows for quick learning and updates and can, therefore, offer zero-day malware security, and this sharing of metadata helps make the solution very safe."

"Its ability to react to cyber data attacks is awesome."

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"The integration capabilities of ConnectWise SIEM are off the shelf, making it easy to buy and use; you just unpack it and use it."

"One valuable feature of ConnectWise Fortify is the ability to add other teams and receive notifications when customers make changes or remove multi-factor authentication in Microsoft or SAP environments."

"We have found the solution has great functionality and it is easy to use."

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

"I have seen that Rapid7 InsightIDR provides security to the networks and endpoints in the company."

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

"They can subscribe to Rapid7 because it is more valuable and delivers a greater return on investment."

"The incident case management is the most valuable feature. Even though there's always something I find I would like to add to that feature, the ability to quickly sort through all the logs, network and endpoint data, etc., and add it to an incident case as part of the investigation, is nice. Having it automatically timeline that additional data into the original incident timeline, and correlate it to other notable events and activities on the network, results in a huge improvement in our overall confidence that we've quickly traced down the right source of an issue."

"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 application belongs to a known ransomware group. The system rates the threat, offering a clear detection ratio, such as 97 out of 100. It not only identifies threats but also illustrates the associated behaviors, helping us understand the potential risk to a particular endpoint."

"The solution provides satisfying native integration features"

"InsightIDR’s ability to process millions of transactions per day, and to notify me of the most critical ones, is priceless. InsightIDR has the alerts tuned, and has the ability to quickly drill down to determine the threat level."

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Cons

"There are some false positives. What our guys would have liked is that it would have been easier to manipulate as soon as they found a false positive that they knew was a false positive. How to do so was not obvious. Some people complained about it. The interface, the ESM, is not user-friendly."

"There's an overall lack of features."

"Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth."

"We have found that there are times Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks does not detect some of the viruses, we have to use another protection solution called Kaspersky."

"It'll help if customization was easier."

"In an upcoming release, the solution could improve by providing hard disk encryption."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a strong tool, but it is true that digesting information sometimes makes the tool go a little bit slower."

"It is not very strong in terms of endpoint management. It should have additional features like DLP, encryption, or advanced device control."

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"The manage portion of the solution is complicated and should be simplified by having different versions to meet the needs of different size companies."

"ConnectWise SIEM is primarily focused on notifications and is limited in that aspect, while Wazuh can automate the elimination process."

"ConnectWise Fortify could work on covering more areas, like phishing messages, which have become more complicated to detect."

"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."

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

"One thing that springs to mind is easier API integration with ITSMs."

"Sometimes, it is hard to get the right queries to use. Currently, the tool lacks a pre-made set of queries."

"Cloud risk assessment is one area where I think they need a lot of improvement."

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

"InsightIDR's integration with other solutions could be improved. Also, I'd like more control from the portal over what's happening on the endpoint side. For example, when I see an attack on an endpoint, I want to be able to stop it from the portal."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

"The solution is expensive. It's pricing is on a yearly-basis."

"The price of the solution is high for the license and in general."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."

"I am using the Community edition."

"It's way too expensive, but security is expensive. You pay for your licensing, and then you pay for someone to monitor the stuff."

"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."

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"The solution is expensive."

"I rate Rapid7 InsightIDR's price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Accurately predict your licensing counts as this is a subscription based product."

"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 priced very well and is cost-effective."

"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."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

16%

Comms Service Provider

11%

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Company Size

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	49

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Small Business	21
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

ConnectWise Security Management, ConnectWise Fortify, Continuum Fortify, ConnectWise SIEM, ConnectWise SASE

InsightIDR

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

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ConnectWise SIEM is a cybersecurity platform designed to enhance threat detection and response capabilities, integrating seamlessly into sophisticated IT infrastructures.

Developed to address complex cybersecurity challenges, ConnectWise SIEM offers robust monitoring and analytics, enabling businesses to detect threats faster and with greater accuracy. It combines security information and event management with advanced intelligence to create a comprehensive security solution that supports real-time analysis and immediate action.

What are the most important features of ConnectWise SIEM?

Advanced Threat Detection: Leverages machine learning to identify potential threats quickly.
Real-Time Alerts: Provides instant notifications to ensure swift response to incidents.
Comprehensive Reporting: Delivers detailed insights to inform decision-making.
Scalability: Adapts to the growing needs of any organization.
Seamless Integration: Connects effortlessly with existing IT tools and platforms.

What benefits or ROI should users look for in reviews?

Reduced Downtime: Minimizes disruptions with proactive threat management.
Cost Efficiency: Lowers overall security expenditure through strategic resource allocation.
Improved Compliance: Assists in meeting industry regulations with comprehensive logs and reports.
Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthens defenses with continuous monitoring and analysis.

ConnectWise SIEM is widely implemented in industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail, where data security is crucial. These sectors benefit from its capability to handle large volumes of data while maintaining regulatory compliance. Its flexibility allows customization to meet specific industry requirements, providing targeted security solutions to protect sensitive information.

ConnectWise

Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cloud-based security information and event management solution known for its user behavior analytics, offering rapid detection and response capabilities while facilitating seamless integration across systems.

Rapid7 InsightIDR is designed to enhance threat detection and investigation through its efficient user behavior analytics and advanced threat intelligence framework. The platform's cloud-based deployment ensures rapid setup and comprehensive event monitoring across diverse IT environments, including endpoints and Office 365. Its intuitive interface supports seamless data collection, honing in on threat detection through honeypot utilization and intelligent alerting. However, it is noted for lacking some customization features and better integration, especially with Microsoft and ITSMs.

What are the key features of Rapid7 InsightIDR?

User Behavior Analytics: Detects threats by analyzing patterns and anomalies.
Cloud Deployment: Enables quick setup and scalability.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Monitors events across systems and platforms like Office 365.
Honeypots and Alerting: Utilizes honeypots to reduce false positives and alert fatigue.
Threat Intelligence Framework: Supports effective threat hunting and remediation.

What benefits should users consider in reviews when evaluating Rapid7 InsightIDR?

Enhanced Detection: Improves threat detection with user behavior analysis.
Easy Integration: Integrates across systems for a streamlined security approach.
Rapid Response: Facilitates quick action against identified threats.
Operational Efficiency: Offers a cohesive view of security operations.

Rapid7 InsightIDR is prominently used in security operation centers to manage events, detect threats, and respond effectively. Industries apply it for network behavior monitoring, compliance, and vulnerability management. Companies integrate it with security tools to boost threat investigation, ensuring full SIEM functionalities and robust log management capacities. Its application spans behavioral and intrusion analytics, aiding in monitoring and addressing malicious activities.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Techvera, Syrex, Clark Integrated Technologies

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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