Exabeam vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Exabeam and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category. Exabeam is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.4, while Rapid7 is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.1. Exabeam holds a 1.6% mindshare in SIEM, compared to Rapid7’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 73% of Exabeam users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

Exabeam

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73% willing to recommend

Rapid7 InsightIDR

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Exabeam and Rapid7 InsightIDR are both prominent security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. Rapid7 InsightIDR seems to have the upper hand due to its holistic capabilities and perceived value.

Features: Exabeam is praised for its automated incident response, behavior analytics, and strong feature set. Rapid7 InsightIDR stands out for its comprehensive threat detection, user behavior analytics, and broader threat detection capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Exabeam users highlight the need for more intuitive reporting tools, enhanced integration capabilities, and better data visualization options. Rapid7 InsightIDR users call for better data visualization options, more seamless integrations, and enhanced reporting tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Exabeam is appreciated for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Rapid7 InsightIDR also receives positive feedback for deployment but has mixed reviews regarding customer service responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Exabeam users report favorable pricing models and reasonable ROI. Rapid7 InsightIDR is considered more expensive, but users feel the investment is justified by its rich features and effectiveness in threat management.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Exabeam

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

20th

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Incident Response (6th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (13th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (14th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (11th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

14th

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (25th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (16th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) category, the mindshare of Exabeam is 1.6%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Rapid7 InsightIDR	2.5%
Exabeam	1.6%
Other	95.9%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Stephen-Armstrong

Cyber Security Analyst at Capgemini

The SIEM provides a user-friendly UI experience

When events come into the system, the dashboard categorizes them by the highest risk score, not when they appear on the system. When you've got multiple ongoing incidents you can only see the highest risk score at the top of the list rather than the most recent detection. Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection.

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Asim Naeem

Principal IT Security & Compliance at IBEX Holdings Ltd

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The UI was very clean."

"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."

"The most valuable feature of Exabeam is the timeline creation based on log sources, which helps in security investigations."

"I have customers that like the EUBA functionality of it. The solution has the ability to build a session, basically. It pulls a lot of information together, for example, everything a user does in a specific timeframe. It's quite helpful."

"The ThreatHunter in Advanced Analytics is the most valuable. It helps analyze compromised assets and provides analysis for any entity within my client's environment."

"The advanced analytics has a really great overview of user behavior."

"The user interface and the timelines they use are the most valuable features. The price model is very simple so that one can understand it easily and there are no surprises within it."

"It's a very user-friendly product and it's a very comprehensive technology."

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"It is a very stable solution."

"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."

"The solution is easy to use, and the interface is intuitive."

"The ability to ingest Office 365 log files, then process them into events and display them on a map."

"The web interface is great — very useful and user-friendly."

"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."

"Great coverage of all systems within our network from endpoint to firewall."

"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."

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Cons

"Exabeam needs to improve its adaptive nature towards rules and its capability to understand the entire client environment faster."

"I believe if it were more flexible it would be a better product."

"Exabeam should be a bit faster, especially in loading and vulnerability scanning."

"Exabeam's reporting dashboard could have included a filtering option to filter by the most recent detection."

"Exabeam lacks customizable dashboards, which might be a limitation if visualization is a key requirement."

"The only problem is that the UI is not very impressive."

"One area for the solution's improvement is integration capabilities, particularly out-of-the-box integration which sometimes requires additional professional services."

"Exabeam needs to improve its documentation and provide more customization for dashboards and case management."

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"The main problem lies in the processes within the client's operating systems."

"Needs a better ability to customize the check within the console."

"The reporting is the weakest aspect. There needs to be multi-level grouping for events (for example, group by user and destination). Right now, we can do a group by user and a separate table or group by destination. But I'd be more interested in where a person was logging into instead of who was logging in or where he was logging in."

"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."

"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."

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

"The product allows us to make only 30 custom rules."

"The searching feature in Rapid7 InsightIDR needs to evolve"

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is an annual license required to use Exabeam Fusion SIEM. The price of the solution should be reduced."

"Exabeam is not a cheap solution."

"Exabeam Fusion SIEM's pricing is reasonable."

"They have a great model for pricing that can be based either on user count or gigabits per day."

"The platform is not extremely expensive compared to its direct competitors; I would rate its pricing around six out of ten."

"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing and licensing are competitive."

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

"I am sure that there are cheaper products out there, but none that meet so many of our needs whilst maintaining stability and usability."

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"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"

"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."

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Securonix UEBA, Exabeam, and IBM QRadar?

It mostly depends on your use-cases and environment. Exabeam and Securonix have a stronger UEBA feature set, friendlier GUI and are not licensed based on capacity (amount of logs and information in...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Exabeam Fusion SIEM?

I do not have much information about the pricing. However, I am aware that Exabeam is cheaper than Palo Alto based on discussions in meetings.

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What needs improvement with Exabeam Fusion SIEM?

We use the on-prem Exabeam product and face limitations using the web UI and administration of custom models and rules. I have explored the SaaS version; it offers many new features. We are conside...

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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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Overview

Exabeam Fusion is a cloud-delivered solution that that enables you to:

-Leverage turnkey threat detection, investigation, and response
-Collect, search and enhance data from anywhere
-Detect threats missed by other tools, using market-leading behavior analytics
-Achieve successful SecOps outcomes with prescriptive, threat-centric use case packages
-Enhance productivity and reduce response times with automation
-Meet regulatory compliance and audit requirements with ease

Exabeam

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.

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Sample Customers

Hulu, ADP, Safeway, BBCN Bank

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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