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McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator vs Rapid7 InsightConnect comparison

McAfee and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category. McAfee is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.8, while Rapid7 is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. McAfee holds a 0.7% mindshare in SOAR, compared to Rapid7’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of McAfee users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
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81% willing to recommend
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Rapid7 InsightConnect are competing products in cybersecurity management. Rapid7 InsightConnect seems to have the upper hand with its advanced automation capabilities, despite potentially higher costs.

Features: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator offers security policy management, integration with McAfee products, and threat tracking. Rapid7 InsightConnect provides automation features, integration with third-party tools, and incident response automation. The main distinction is Rapid7's focus on automation and integration breadth.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator requires complex setup and configuration with reliable customer service. Rapid7 InsightConnect offers faster, cloud-based deployment and responsive customer support, enhancing the deployment process. The decisive factor is Rapid7’s cloud setup and efficient support.

Pricing and ROI: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator involves significant upfront investment with strong ROI in long-term benefits. Rapid7 InsightConnect, despite higher pricing, justifies its cost with significant ROI through efficiencies and time savings from automation and integration. The key difference is Rapid7’s higher initial costs balanced by superior time-saving benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rapid7 InsightConnect
Ranking in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) category, the mindshare of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightConnect is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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DavidJones7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers automation alert features with easy integrations and impressive scalability
I would rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. There are a few technical challenges with the deployment, but it can easily solved by an experienced professional but not by a beginner user of the tool. The complete implementation and migration to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator will take around three months. If someone is using a software platform already with implemented use cases in their environment, it might be difficult to implement the same use cases when the customer is migrating to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator. The conditions and prior alert settings needs to be accurate when migrating to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, otherwise false positive alerts might get generated.
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Chamindu Pramodya - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to design workflows and integrate various processes
I design workflows and integrate various processes using Rapid7 InsightConnect. This includes integrating with value management and packaging and incorporating InsightVMware performance through Rapid7 InsightConnect The product is user-friendly. Customers are familiar with its usage. The…
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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

"McAfee is helping us to clean all of the viruses from the machines, protecting our desktops from the latest threats."
"I like the solution's feasibility. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is also better and easier to use than other ePOs."
"We implemented data transfer protection, which allows transfer in one direction only. Users can copy from the PC to the USB but not from the USB to the PC. That way, if someone is carrying a virus on a USB, it will not be transferred to the PC."
"What I like the most is the ability to manage centrally, to manage the various devices, the platform, and the endpoint, all from one console."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"I really like the auditing component because it really looks at exactly what has happened on the network."
"The central manager policy means we have almost all client modules in one solution."
"The DLP feature in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is good."
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"The fact that it's a security orchestration, automated response solution with a vast level of insights and the ability to integrate with a number of other security tools."
"The tool is stable. The initial setup is straightforward. The product is user-friendly."
"Based on my user experience, I would recommend InsightConnect for its user-friendly interface and excellent documentation."
"InsightIDR's Attacker Behavioral Analytics (ABA) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) features have been very useful in maintaining our security posture."
 

Cons

"We need to consolidate multiple features into one console. It would be beneficial to have all the important features on a single platform."
"McAfee should improve in terms of customer support and assigning a knowledgeable TAM to customers."
"The impact of the agent on the endpoint's performance - the resources it takes. Additionally, the difficulties we experience with inheriting and breaking inheritance on the organization's structure breakdown for policy inheritance and then for rules inheritance. We are actually struggling with this."
"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator needs to upgrade the technology; it's like their area function is not quite as good as compared to other market vendors."
"McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator could improve by supporting container microservices, such as Docker and Kubernetes."
"Features such as full drive encryption are lacking in the cloud version."
"The solution is difficult to tune to avoid false positives."
"I would like to see McAfee reduce the amount of manual work required."
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"The GUI needs improvement, as creating workflows can be cumbersome. More updated plugins are needed to leverage existing functionalities, such as APIs for functions like blocking malicious IPs in FortiGate."
"The technical support should be improved."
"The GUI needs improvement, as creating workflows can be cumbersome."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"McAfee tries to package different things into different products, then sell them as different products with different licenses. They just split everything up into multiple things. That's just their sales pitch and how they do it."
"Compared to other Antivirus products, the cost of this solution is a bit high."
"This solution is priced in the mid-range."
"It's an expensive solution"
"It is attractively priced. It is a fraction of what we're going to pay for CrowdStrike or SentinelOne, but it only has a fraction of the capabilities as well."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"$The price of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is expensive, it is approximately $6,000 to $9,000 per license annually."
"There is a license required to use this solution. If we use the additional components, such as DLP encryption, there is an additional cost. However, it is similar to a separate product altogether. If you want to use that or not, it is optional, but when you use it, it will cost you additional pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Mcafee's MVision ePO or ePolicy Orchestrator network security software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mcafee's ePolicy O...
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What do you like most about McAfee MVISION ePO?
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator's performance is good.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee MVISION ePO?
It's an expensive solution.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightConnect?
Compared to other SOAR solutions, the pricing is reasonable as Rapid7 provides it as a bundle called InsightIDR Ultimate, with unlimited workflows.
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What needs improvement with Rapid7 InsightConnect?
The GUI needs improvement, as creating workflows can be cumbersome. More updated plugins are needed to leverage existing functionalities, such as APIs for functions like blocking malicious IPs in F...
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What is your primary use case for Rapid7 InsightConnect?
We are using Rapid7 InsightConnect in a partner model, operating as a service provider. We buy licenses under World Data Direct and distribute them internally, acting as an MSSP.
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Also Known As

McAfee ePO, ePolicy Orchestrator, Intel Security ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee MVISION ePO
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Overview

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) is the most advanced, extensible, and scalable centralized security management software in the industry. Unifying security management through an open platform, McAfee ePO makes risk and compliance management simpler and more successful for organizations of all sizes.
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With InsightConnect, your team will get more done and respond to security events faster than ever before. And with significant time savings and productivity gains across overall security operations, you’ll go from overwhelmed to operating at maximum efficiency in no time flat.

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Sample Customers

Brelje & Race, Cognizant, Sutherland Global Services, Eagle Rock Energy, Arab National Bank, Bank Central Asia, Kleberg Bank, Leading Mexican Bank, SF Police Credit Union, Macquarie Telecom, Seagate Technology, Blackburn & Darwen Council, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, IRCEP, Major U.S. State Government, State of Alaska, State of Colorado, Cemex, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke
Starr Companies, Landmark Health
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