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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Tanium and NetWitness NDR compete in the network detection and response market. Tanium has an edge in support and deployment flexibility, whereas NetWitness NDR excels in feature set and value despite higher costs.

Features: Tanium’s asset management, security hygiene features, and deployment flexibility are highlighted by users. NetWitness NDR is noted for its advanced threat analytics, forensic capabilities, and comprehensive feature set.

Room for Improvement: Tanium needs better scalability, faster query performance, and improved performance issues. NetWitness NDR requires simpler configuration, improved alert accuracy, and reduced complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tanium is recognized for straightforward deployment and responsive support. Although NetWitness NDR's deployment is more complex, it is balanced by robust customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Tanium is seen as offering better value with lower initial setup costs and quicker ROI. NetWitness NDR, while more expensive and slower to deliver ROI, is considered worth the investment due to its advanced features.

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Categories and Ranking

NetWitness NDR

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

59th

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

63rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Threat Intelligence Platforms (35th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (24th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (20th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (36th)

Tanium

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

37th

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

26th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (10th), Vulnerability Management (22nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of NetWitness NDR is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tanium is 2.5%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

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SupravatMaji

Associate Vice President - IT Security at Inspira Enterprise

Beneficial single unified dashboard, good native application integration, and high availability

My advice to those wanting to implement RSA NetWitness Network is they have to first do a little due diligence, such as the exact requirement based on their needs. That will give them a direction for their investment because otherwise, the bill of material or bill of quantity (BOQ) may be higher side. It is important to do good due intelligence on the environment, see the exact requirement, and then go ahead with the solution. The solution is perfectly stable. I rate RSA NetWitness Network a nine out of ten.

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Ed Jarecki

Owner/Assistant Vice President at Jarecki Real Estate Investments/ EverView

A scalable solution that helps to understand how infrastructure works

We use the tool as an infrastructure operational management solution. The solution is scalable and helps to understand how infrastructure works. It helps to improve the health of the organization. Any movement into a SaaS solution has challenges since the processes and data flows are not well…

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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

"We've contacted technical support several times. They've been very good. They have been able to help us resolve our issues."

"It helps our security team respond more accurately when there are threats, then we get less false positives or negatives."

"NetWitness Endpoint's most valuable features are its interoperability across many different operating systems and the ease of pivoting from network to endpoint via a single console."

"The most valuable feature is the way it captures the traffic, and it contains every detail of the communication."

"The stability of the RSA NetWitness Endpoint is very good."

"The most valuable feature of RSA NetWitness Network is the single unified dashboard from which you can manage all the different products of RSA. Additionally, the integration with native applications is good."

"Technical support is knowledgeable."

"It is stable. We have been using it for some time, without any issues."

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"Tanium has made the process of detecting threats more proactive with its detection. So, the process is easier and more efficient."

"I like the tool's incident response and security patching."

"The interrogation piece was the most valuable feature because it was very detailed."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the consolidation of all historical data on device endpoints, security drivers, firmware, and Software version gaps."

"I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features."

"For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user."

"When I push a quick update, it's done right away, and I can rescan immediately to confirm completion within minutes."

"The security features are very valuable."

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Cons

"Its price could be improved. It is an expensive product. Its training is also too expensive. It would be great if they can have a better pricing scheme for the training."

"Threat detection could be better."

"This solution needs an upgrade in reporting. I have heard from RSA that they are working on this, but as of yet it is not available."

"NetWitness Endpoint's blocking feature does not work properly - if there's a malicious process, it's not possible to kill it via a custom rule unless and until it's flagged as malicious."

"The initial setup requires a high level of skill."

"The deployment process is complex. I don't know why, but this solution will suddenly stop working. Logs stop coming. Often, one thing or another stops working. Most of the time, one of my team members is working with troubleshooting and working with technical support. Log passing is also one of the biggest challenge."

"The solution is modular, for example you can buy the RSA ePack, which you buy as a module is not part of the conduit solution. They could include it and have it as an all-in-one solution."

"We would like to see the hunting and investigation features of this solution improved, in order to provide better visibility of issues."

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"It is not really additional functions, or the features that are needed, rather the complexity would be reduced based on the number of modules required to put together a comprehensive operational security and risk compliance model."

"The solution can give a lot of false positives."

"Most of the time, agent-relative issues have to be more equipped with self-healing features. At times, the agent is there, but for some reason, it doesn't report a status. It gives certain problems that are obviously agent-based."

"When working with Tanium, there are some older devices that haven't been patched for a long time, and certain patches are not included in Tanium. I have to search outside to download patches, create bundles, and then perform the task."

"We had some issues with the solution's OS upgrade."

"The solution needs to improve the reporting and tracking capabilities."

"The main issues are the network connection because different customers have issues with their networks. It's difficult implementing this type of solution because the network is the main feature in the architecture for these types of solutions. Tanium could improve by creating some network optimization."

"When working with Tanium, there are some older devices that haven't been patched for a long time, and certain patches are not included in Tanium."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is not very economical. It is a quite costly product for India. One thing is that when you purchase it, you have to purchase a module separately."

"It is an expensive product."

"With RSA, there is flexibility in choosing the service, products, and the range that meets your requirement, as well as they are flexible in terms of pricing."

"I do not have any opinion on the pricing or licensing of the product."

"The cost depends on the number of endpoints that you want to monitor, but it is not expensive."

"They can easily adjust if you have the requirements which are required. If you have a budget cut or a budget constraint, they can bend."

"NetWitness Endpoint is less costly than its competitors, but it offers fewer features."

"It is highly scalable. It can be bought based on your requirements."

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"The product's pricing differs from region to region depending on negotiations and the number of endpoints."

"The solution offers value for money."

"The solution is expensive but it's a good investment."

"There is an annual license required to use this solution."

"Tanium is a more expensive solution in Latin America than some of the competitors, such as BigFix."

"It is higher than some competitors in the market."

"It's an expensive solution. It would be nice if the cost were lower."

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable.

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When working with Tanium, there are some older devices that haven't been patched for a long time, and certain patches are not included in Tanium. I have to search outside to download patches, creat...

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We primarily use Tanium for patching, focusing on vulnerabilities. Our major goal with Tanium is to patch based on vulnerabilities detected by our other vulnerability tools.

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Also Known As

RSA ECAT, NetWitness Network

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Overview

Using a centralized combination of network and endpoint analysis, behavioral analysis, data science techniques and threat intelligence, NetWitness NDR helps analysts detect and resolve known and unknown attacks while automating and orchestrating the incident response lifecycle. With these capabilities on one platform, security teams can collapse disparate tools and data into a powerful, blazingly fast user interface.

NetWitness

Tanium Endpoint Platform reduces security risk, improves agility & increases efficiency, a fundamentally new approach to endpoint security's threat detection, indicent response, vulnerability assessment and configuration compliance & with management's software distribution, asset utilization, asset inventory and patch management.

Sample Customers

ADP, Ameritas, Partners Healthcare

JPMorgan Chase, eBay, Amazon, US Bank, MetLife, pwc, Cerner, Delphi, MGM Grand, New York Life

NetWitness NDR vs. Tanium