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 #17 with an average rating of 8.1. Forescout holds a 0.7% mindshare in XDR, compared to Rapid7’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Forescout users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

Forescout Platform

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88% willing to recommend

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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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Forescout Platform vs. Rapid7 InsightIDR

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Review summaries and opinions

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

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 (3rd), Endpoint Compliance (4th)

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Ranking in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

17th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (14th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (26th), Threat Deception Platforms (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category, the mindshare of Forescout Platform is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 2.8%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

Featured Reviews

Odai Halawani

Sr. Security Engineer at Topvision

It's an easy and effective solution, especially for device profiling without agents

Forescout Platform's most valuable aspect is its excellent device profiling for devices without agents, which is crucial for our work due to challenges with agent-based devices. Its isolation and blocking actions are particularly effective for network security. The device compliance feature helps us ensure device compliance through immediate actions like updating antivirus software. We have already integrated Forescout with antivirus and vulnerability assessment tools, allowing it to monitor vulnerability scores and automatically isolate devices if critical vulnerabilities are detected.

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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

"Being able to sort on device types or devices with open ports is helpful when narrowing down assets of possible misconfigured devices that may be vulnerable on the network. We can take action on those devices based off of corporate policy."

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

"Forescout is easy to integrate with a lot of end systems."

"The visibility is the main benefit. We now know how many devices are connected, what the use for each device is and what kind of devices we have in our environment."

"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."

"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."

"You can quickly filter your view of devices and zero in on the ones you want using a variety of tools, such as what subnet it is on or what it has been classified as."

"The user interface is quite simple."

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"The UI is very good."

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

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

"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."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. As a cloud tool, the product is highly scalable."

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

"The solution provides satisfying native integration features"

"The solution is very scalable in terms of the licensing model."

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Cons

"Forescout Platform could improve the costs of integrations."

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

"We experienced some detection issues when checking compliance for the Sophos agent."

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

"The product may not yield any return on investment since it is only used to make your environment more reliable and secure."

"The product needs to improve its support. I know a case that dragged on for about one and a half years. They eventually suggested professional services and closed the ticket. We followed their advice, engaging the account manager and professional service team, only to discover that the issue was a bug. After reopening the case, it's been about six months, and the problem still hasn't been resolved."

"Logging would be one area for improvement. When we're troubleshooting, there are not a lot of clear things on Google that we can look up for ourselves. When we have an issue with it, we have to call the company to get the vendors involved. The logging of Forescout is horrible compared to other things that we've used."

"As a product, there is nothing to complain about. However, they should improve their overall support. You need that level of knowledge, that level of information is clearly not available. First and foremost, that information is not accessible. The second point to mention is that once you purchase the later support and services. That is, they will continue to charge you for every service."

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

"One of the things that could be better is digital forensics. It is there, but it can be better. They could provide more on the endpoint detection level."

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

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

"The solution needs improvement in threat intelligence. Increasing the depth of intelligence to help users understand more about threats is a possibility. My suggestion is to expand access to other websites or resources."

"There is a future in AI with Rapid7, however, it is not fully operated. There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."

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

"I feel it would greatly benefit from more supported log sources."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"The solution is not priced low. There are no hidden costs."

"We need to pay for integration for each integration that we want to do and there is an additional license fee. This adds more costs. It is not something that anyone can afford. If you want to integrate this with a lot of other tools, it can be costly."

"5,000 user licenses will cost you between seven and eight million dollars, compared to 20 million for Aruba."

"Forescout Platform is on the expensive side."

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

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

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"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."

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

"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."

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

"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable."

"The pricing of the solution depends on the user. But there is a yearly licensing cost."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

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.

Rapid7

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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