Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Trellix Active Response comparison

Rapid7 and Trellix are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Rapid7 is ranked #34 with an average rating of 7.8, while Trellix is ranked #47 with an average rating of 8.0. Rapid7 holds a 1.2% mindshare in EDR, compared to Trellix’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Rapid7 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Rapid7 InsightIDR and Trellix Active Response are robust cybersecurity solutions with distinct advantages. Trellix Active Response offers superior features, but users find better pricing and support with Rapid7 InsightIDR.

Features: Rapid7 InsightIDR users value its comprehensive threat detection and response capabilities. Trellix Active Response excels with its automated threat intelligence and integration with other security tools. Users appreciate Trellix’s advanced analytics and real-time monitoring features. In this regard, Trellix Active Response has the upper hand.

Room for Improvement: User reviews indicate that Rapid7 InsightIDR requires improved scalability and more seamless integration with third-party tools. Trellix Active Response users suggest enhancing its user training resources and streamlining complex configurations. Rapid7’s areas for improvement seem more pressing compared to Trellix’s.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Rapid7 InsightIDR users report a straightforward deployment process and responsive customer support. Trellix Active Response reviews highlight a more complex deployment but praise its dedicated support team. Rapid7 InsightIDR is easier to deploy, while Trellix offers slightly better customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Users note that Rapid7 InsightIDR has competitive pricing and a good return on investment. Trellix Active Response, despite higher setup costs, delivers high ROI due to its advanced capabilities. Although Rapid7 is more budget-friendly, Trellix’s features justify its higher cost.

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.4%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Active Response is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.4%
Rapid7 InsightIDR	1.2%
Trellix Active Response	0.5%
Other	94.9%

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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SohailHyder

Head Of Cyber Security at Super Secure

Has supported compliance needs for mid-sized organizations but lacks customization and advanced integration

If we pitch Rapid7 InsightIDR against solutions such as SIEMs from Splunk or LogRhythm, it is not as customizable as a SIEM solution is. This is where it can improve if we keep in front the feature sets of a complete SIEM solution. Most common in the market is QRadar, but it is depleting now. It has been taken over by some other products such as Splunk and LogRhythm. If we compare these things with Rapid7 InsightIDR, then there are definitely some gaps that need to be filled. Data retention is also one concern because Rapid7 InsightIDR is cloud-based and operates on a subscription model. Whatever data you want to retain, it has to be paid for separately or it has a cost. Other solutions that are on-premises can have their own infrastructure or they provide some data retention for a month or in some capacity-wise, they provide that solution to them which makes them more attractive.

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Ezzard De Lange

Senior Manager Operational Technology and Cyber Security at Eskom Ltd

Operational efficiencies increase with immediate threat alerts for endpoints

We use Trellix Active Response primarily for our endpoints, including desktop computers. It monitors all the tools that our users use for their day-to-day work The alerts provided by Trellix Active Response are its most valuable feature. They notify us immediately of any vulnerabilities on 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

"The normal protection was really effective, and we detected situations that if we didn't have Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, it's highly likely that we would have been affected, but it protected the infrastructure."

"From a single pane of glass, you can easily manage all of your endpoints."

"The stability of this product is very good."

"On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks a nine."

"The live terminal is probably the best thing ever. It gives you the access to get straight onto any machine."

"The solution's stability is generally good."

"We think that this product will help us grow, as it meets our needs currently and we can grow with it over time."

"It's very stable. I've never experienced downtime for the ASM console or ASM core."

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"I have seen that Rapid7 InsightIDR provides security to the networks and endpoints in the company."

"Very intuitive and easy to set up."

"I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR."

"The log aggregation and storage provided by InsightIDR has shown no issues with scalability; aggregating over one hundred millions events daily."

"The solution is very cost-effective because they are not charging based on the EPS but on the number of assets."

"Rapid7 InsightIDR integrates well with other solutions. It's also easy to configure because Rapid7 InsightIDR has a lot of instructions posted on their website that customers can follow if they need to get the source log."

"Rapid7's reporting is more robust than Tenable's."

"The solution is very intuitive, it's easy to set up, is absolutely stable, and has a lot of integration with other security products."

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"The continuous monitoring component of this solution allows Trellix to launch the MDR solution, which correlates all incidents and provides investigation reports within a short period of time, hence offering an advantage to the customers using Trellix Active Response and its integrated products."

"It's a little lighter compared to the older version, which was mostly signature-based."

"We are hoping to automate detection and response and take advantage of user behavior analytics, given that we are working from home."

"The alerts provided by Trellix Active Response are its most valuable feature."

"The solution is scalable."

"We are hoping to automate detection and response and take advantage of user behavior analytics, given that we are working from home. About half of our workers are still remote, so Active Response gives us that visibility and lets us automate a number of those events."

"With the ADR parts of it or the Active Response parts of it, we're able to get a little more information compared to the older version, such as analytics, user behavior analytics, triaging, and meaningful reporting."

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Cons

"In reporting they should have a customizable dashboard due to the fact that C-level people don't like reporting to the IT department. They prefer to have a real-time dashboard. That kind of dashboard needs to have various customizations."

"There are some third-party solutions that are difficult to integrate with, which is something that can be improved."

"The solution lags to the real-time scenarios here and there."

"Every 30 or 40 days, there's a new version and we need to go and make sure our customer's laptops are upgraded."

"The dashboard is the area that needs to improve so that we can have the ability to drill down without having to go elsewhere to verify results."

"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."

"Data privacy is a matter of concern. You have to be careful with data privacy, it can be sensitive and Cortex can have most of your access."

"Every 30 or 40 days, there's a new version and we need to go and make sure our customer's laptops are upgraded."

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"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."

"Sometimes, it is hard to get the right queries to use. Currently, the tool lacks a pre-made set of queries."

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

"InsightIDR's integration with other solutions could be improved. Also, I'd like more control from the portal over what's happening on the endpoint side. For example, when I see an attack on an endpoint, I want to be able to stop it from the portal."

"Tenable Nessus is easier to deal with. It's more efficient and accurate. InsightIDR is heavier than Tenable in terms of performance and scanning. Rapid7 would be much easier to use if it had a network connector like Tenable. Tenable's connector allows continuous monitoring over the B caps."

"Needs a better ability to customize the check within the console."

"It would be useful to import threat intelligence in YARA format along with known incorrect email addresses."

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

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"While the product is good, we are currently facing support issues."

"The truth, however, is that I was really looking for something much more advanced with user behavior analytics and some AI features that the other competitor's next-gen AV does offer."

"The only area for improvement is regarding operational technology devices, specifically the engineering automation systems."

"I also expected Active Response 's user interface to be much more analytical."

"There are some components on the cloud that should also reside in the on-prem deployment models but don't."

"I would rate technical support from Trellix Active Response as a seven because sometimes we face difficulties finding engineers quickly, leading to customer frustration."

"I expected Active Response's user interface to be much more analytical."

"While the product is good, we are currently facing support issues."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is okay, although direct support can be expensive."

"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."

"The pricing is a little high. It is per user per year."

"It is "expensive" and flexible."

"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."

"It has a yearly renewal."

"This is an expensive solution."

"Cortex XDR’s pricing is very reasonable."

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

"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable but we have challenges with the Minimum Order Quantity. It is not reasonable for customers who have less than one hundred devices. If they can reduce Minimum Order Quantity, it is good. You have to pay around 5000-6000 dollars per year for the product. The pricing includes maintenance and support costs."

"The solution has a mid-range price point in the market"

"I rate Rapid7 InsightIDR's price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"It is a reasonably priced solution."

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."

"Licensing is by endpoint and amount of retention time (at least ours is). Default retention was one year, but we are able to push the retention further if needed. There's also a provide-your-own-S3 option for longer retention if you don't want to pay for the additional retention years in your Rapid7 agreement."

"The pricing is good, and it is not very expensive."

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"Our costs were somewhere around $600K in Trinidad dollars, which might be about $100K US. We have the ETP plus the EDR. Our recent renewal was 1800 licenses as opposed to the full amount. Our transaction cost was about $600K Trinidad dollars, which is somewhere around $90-100K US."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

16%

Construction Company

12%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	47

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

InsightIDR

McAfee Active Response

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

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

Continuous Visibility into Your Endpoints:
Capture and monitor events, files, host flows, process objects, context, and system state changes that may be indicators of attack or dormant attack components.

Identify and Remediate Breaches Faster:
Access tools you need to quickly correct security issues. Send intelligence to analytics, operations, and forensic teams.

Target Critical Threats:
Get preconfigured and customizable actions when triggered, so you can target and eliminate threats.

Trellix

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier

Liquor Control Board of Ontario

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