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Fortra's Vulnerability Management vs Rapid7 InsightVM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Vulnerability Mana...
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
67th
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
27th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rapid7 InsightVM
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
12th
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Fortra's Vulnerability Management is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightVM is 8.8%, down from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rapid7 InsightVM8.8%
Fortra's Vulnerability Management1.1%
Other90.1%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

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Anusha Sadasivani - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Security Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Rapid deployment and user-friendly architecture streamline vulnerability management but customer support response needs improvement
We are still using Rapid7 InsightVM I personally still use Rapid7 InsightVM. We use Rapid7 InsightVM for vulnerability scanning. It supports both agent-based and agentless scanning, which is part of our vulnerability management strategy. The agentless scan in Rapid7 InsightVM is effective and…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
 

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How would you choose between Rapid7 InsightVM and Tenable Nessus?
You have full visibility across cloud, network, virtual, and containerized infrastructures with Rapid7 Insight VM. You can easily prioritize vulnerabilities using attacker analytics. Overall, Rapid...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightVM?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that both the setup cost and licensing are great.
What needs improvement with Rapid7 InsightVM?
To improve Rapid7 InsightVM, I wish to have integration with patching systems, which would be useful to us. The usability of Rapid7 InsightVM is excellent, and the reporting module is one of the mo...
 

Also Known As

Frontline VM, Frontline Vulnerability Manager
InsightVM, NeXpose
 

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Sample Customers

Keesal Young & Logan, Tulane University
ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
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