Forescout Platform vs Rapid7 InsightIDR comparison

Forescout and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category. Forescout is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.4, while Rapid7 is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.1. Forescout holds a 0.6% mindshare in XDR, compared to Rapid7’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Forescout users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Forescout Platform and Rapid7 InsightIDR compete in the network security space. Rapid7 InsightIDR has the upper hand due to its feature-rich offerings and effective threat detection capabilities, despite a higher price point.

Features: Forescout Platform is valued for its robust asset inventory, real-time device visibility, and network monitoring capabilities. Rapid7 InsightIDR is favored for advanced analytics, threat detection capabilities, and user behavior analytics. Forescout provides strong network access control, while Rapid7 focuses on threat intelligence.

Room for Improvement: Forescout Platform could improve integration with third-party tools, enhance reporting features, and refine its scalability options. Rapid7 InsightIDR users suggest better alert accuracy, improved dashboard customization, and more straightforward data correlation. Enhancements in these areas could better meet user expectations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Forescout Platform offers a straightforward deployment process but receives mixed reception regarding customer service responsiveness. Rapid7 InsightIDR presents a more complex deployment but is praised for its responsive and helpful customer support team.

Pricing and ROI: Forescout Platform is noted for reasonable setup costs with users reporting promising ROI. Rapid7 InsightIDR, with higher initial costs, is recognized for delivering substantial ROI due to its effective features. Users perceive a positive correlation between investment and feature effectiveness with Rapid7.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Forescout Platform

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Access Control (NAC) (4th), IoT Security (2nd), Endpoint Compliance (4th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (15th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (26th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category, the mindshare of Forescout Platform is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.7%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

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AmjadKhan1

Head of data centers at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees

Blocks users who don't follow the policies and enforces compliance

The solution has a compliance enforcement feature that sends non-compliant systems to quarantine. Forescout Platform is a good product that provides seamless integration with Cisco Juniper and other devices. We wanted Forescout Platform to integrate with our firewalls and some vulnerability patch management solutions. Forescout Platform is currently the best product and top-of-the-line NAC solution in the market. I always recommend this product to other companies as well. We have 365 subsidiary companies. I work in the head office, and I always recommend it. This solution will be purchased by other companies in the next financial year. Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

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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 platform enables automated policy enforcement, allowing us to simulate and test policies before enforcement, streamlining our security operations."

"Forescout has a feature that blocks the endpoint at the point of collection. It sets preconditions and will block the system if those aren't met."

"The best parts of Forescout Platform are its orchestration features, discovery capabilities, classification buckets, and flexibility in creating policies."

"The actions that the agentless visibility, allow us to perform on the endpoint, are really amazing, especially in the way that it is done."

"We really like that we get full visibility of devices in the local network."

"The most valuable feature of Forescout Platform is that it has everything that Aruba has at significantly less cost."

"Its feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very granular. You can configure granular controls just as you want those policies to be implemented. It gives you that flexibility to go granular in how you want your controls to be implemented. That's something I like about it."

"This is clearly the best product for the NAC use cases in this field for Forescout."

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"The biggest reason why we chose Rapid7 was to gain value in a really quick time. Its deployment doesn't take months. It just takes a few days."

"Enables the use of honey pots, honey users, and honey files to monitor for suspicious patterns."

"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 technical support is a solid 10 out of 10 as they take the time to answer any questions or problems which may arise in a reasonable time frame."

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

"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."

"Features for user behavior analytics and the rules for attack review are good."

"Integration with threat modeling from the Metasploit and InsightIDR repositories."

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Cons

"Multitenancy should be included in the next version so it could be used as a managed service provider."

"In the next release of the solution, it could benefit from being more flexible to allow for more freedom."

"Forescout Platform sometimes returns false positives, so there's some fine-tuning to be done there."

"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."

"They should improve features related to IT security. ForeScout should analyze behavior to see if the behavior is malicious behavior and block this device. They should develop the ability to analyze the behavior of the device in my environment."

"The ability to block external devices in Mac is lacking and needs to be added."

"We have found that the agent-based authentication, available within this solution could be improved."

"Although Forescout manages endpoints and network devices, there is no capability for user management."

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

"The searching feature in Rapid7 InsightIDR needs to evolve"

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

"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."

"Lacks a mobile application."

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

"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."

"There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Forescout is more expensive than Cisco because Cisco gives high discounts."

"The pricing structure should be enhanced."

"Time savings in finding rogue devices as well as identifying potentially unwanted devices on the network has saved the organization time and money."

"The price of Forescout is reasonable when compared to Cisco ISE."

"The price of the solution is reasonable. We have paid for the license for five years. We have integration with Symantec AV for orchestration, and we have an additional license."

"The solution’s pricing is fine."

"The setup cost, pricing, and licensing are on the high side."

"I would rate Forescout Platform's pricing as four out of five."

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"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable."

"It is on a yearly basis. For our own company, for about 250 users, it was 16,000 euros a year."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR charges us based on the endpoints we connect to."

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

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

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

17%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

Forescout is a very powerful NAC product that does not rely on port level configuration. It can detect and block unauthorized devices very quickly. But it has a lot of capabilities and really would...

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What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

I would rate the Forescout Device and Visibility Control Platform at a six out of ten.

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What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?

I recommend doing a compression demo. If people use it, they will buy it. So they have to see the product in place. That's the main recommendation is to do a proof of concept. If they do, they will...

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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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Also Known As

Forescout Platform, CounterACT for Endpoint Compliance, ForeScout CounterACT

InsightIDR

Overview

Forescout Platform provides today’s busy enterprise organizations with policy and protocol management, workflow coordination, streamlining, and complete device and infrastructure visibility to improve overall network security. The solution also provides concise real-time intelligence of all devices and users on the network. Policy and protocols are delineated using gathered intelligence to facilitate the appropriate levels of remediation, compliance, network access, and all service operations. Forescout Platform is very flexible, integrates well with most of today’s leading network security products, and is a very cost-effective solution.

Forescout Platform Features

Real-time complete visibility: With Forescout eyeSight, each and every device is classified when any attempt to access your network has been made. This includes - but is not limited to - desktops, laptops, android devices, virtual machines, switches, VoIP phones, USB memory sticks, webcams, IoT devices, and more.
Policy-based and manual controls: In today’s busy robust environment, networks are continually changing; there are different types and amounts of devices connected, various software applications, network compliance requirements, and the constant potential for risk make managing an IT network a very daunting challenge. The Forescout Console is used to simplify the administration and management of important alerts, remediation, and access controls to keep the network secure.
Intuitive real-time dashboards: Forescout Dashboards, a component of Forescout WebClient, is a comprehensive web-based intelligence center that gives full visibility and real-time insight of the complete network using both out-of-the-box and user-created widgets. The dashboards are very intuitive and deliver robust, easy-to-understand information about device visibility, compliance, health monitoring, and more.
Advanced reporting capabilities: The Forescout Reports Plugin will generate numerous valuable reports indicating real-time and overall status information about endpoint compliance, device details, networks guests, protocols, and more. The reports help to ensure IT administrators, executives, security teams, and other important shareholders stay well-informed about all network activity at all times.
Comprehensive third-party overview: Forescout eyeExtend facilitates seamless information sharing with third-party vendors, networks, and IT management solutions supporting improved automated workflows, productivity, cost-effectiveness, and overall security.

Real User Reviews

An important main feature of Forescout is the visibility the solution offers.

One reviewer who is a Consultant at a tech services company, says, "Within three or four days, you can have complete visibility of your infrastructure on the network. Compared to other solutions, the deployment of the solution is easier and we can close the project quickly."

Users also appreciate that the user interface is clear and easy to understand.

An Instructor at a tech services company, shares, "The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform is the large capacity it can handle. Additionally, the interface of the platform is good."

Forescout

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

NHS Sussex, SAP, SEGA, Vistaprint, Miami Children's Hospital, Pioneer Investments, New York Law School, OmnicomGroup, Meritrust

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

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