NetWitness NDR vs Tanium comparison

NetWitness and Tanium are both solutions in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category. NetWitness is ranked #59, while Tanium is ranked #34 with an average rating of 7.3. NetWitness holds a 0.3% mindshare in EPP, compared to Tanium’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of NetWitness users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Tanium users who would recommend it.

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76% willing to recommend

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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)

60th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Threat Intelligence Platforms (39th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (25th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (21st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (38th)

Tanium

Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

34th

Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

27th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (5th), Vulnerability Management (21st)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 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.

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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

"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."

"RSA NetWitness does market analysis in a more granular form. It gives you full visibility."

"This solution allows us to locate the malware in real-time."

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

"The interface of this solution is very flexible and easy to use."

"Technical support is knowledgeable."

"They have recently updated the features and the most valuable ones are the instant threat response, ease of use, web interface, integration, and easy access. RSA NetWitness Endpoint is very compatible with other solutions and technologies. However, they do not rely on third-party solutions and have most features built-in."

"It's a scalable solution. We have around five to eight customers using RSA NetWitness Endpoint, and we hope to increase the number of users."

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"Tanium's most valuable feature is its instant discovery aspect."

"Threat hunting is a very good feature on Tanium. We have just started using it and have not used it extensively."

"I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in parallel."

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

"The product is granular and can build complex roles compared to other EDR vendors."

"Tanium's most valuable features are patch management, inventory, and distribution software."

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

"Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable."

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Cons

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

"Threat detection could be better."

"The integration of the solution needs to be improved. The dashboard needs lots of updates as well. In the next release, we would like to see advanced fraud detection features."

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

"The threat intelligence could improve in RSA NetWitness Endpoint."

"I would like to see Security Orchestration and Response Automation (SOAR) integration."

"RSA NetWitness Network could improve on integration with non-native application integration."

"The contamination feature could be improved."

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"The performance could improve in future releases. We have had performance issues in specialized web environments, but overall I think the problems are less than 2% of the computer systems being used."

"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."

"Any movement into a SaaS solution has challenges since the processes and data flows are not well defined. Hence, you need to build it at the same time."

"The most painful thing is the interface. It's a bit unclear sometimes."

"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."

"Tanium required local admin or root rights on Mac devices, which did not comply with our security policies. This made the solution less suitable for our restrictive environment."

"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 reporting could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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."

"We are on a three-year contract to use RSA NetWitness Network."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"The solution offers value for money."

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

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

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Financial Services Firm

16%

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What do you like most about Tanium?

Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable.

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What needs improvement with Tanium?

While there is always room for improvement, I am pleased with Tanium.

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The primary use case for Tanium ( /products/tanium-reviews ) is compliance, patching, and inventory as part of the core functions.

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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.

Tanium

Sample Customers

ADP, Ameritas, Partners Healthcare

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

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