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Rapid7 InsightIDR vs VMware Carbon Black Endpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightIDR
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
25th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (14th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Threat Deception Platforms (4th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (17th)
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
27th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (33rd), Security Incident Response (4th), Ransomware Protection (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightIDR is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is 1.8%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Rapid7 InsightIDR1.2%
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint1.8%
Other97.0%
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
 

Featured Reviews

Asim Naeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Providing comprehensive insight into alerts while working towards AI enhancement
I definitely recommend Rapid7 InsightIDR. It is becoming better, with improvements being continuously made to the product. Right now, I do not have any advice about Rapid7 for other users because every organization or user has different criteria or multiple use cases, so I refrain from commenting on that. I rate the overall solution seven out of ten.
Nikunj Kamboj - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates well with our existing SIEM tool and helps in identifying suspicious activities
The solution's integration with our existing security infrastructure is good. Whenever we have any alert in VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, we can easily that alert in our SIEM tool and check logs from the SIEM tool itself. VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is just a secondary security tool for us, and we are just monitoring the alerts from it. The solution's behavioral analytics feature helps in identifying suspicious activities pretty well. Whenever we have even a small thing, we get an alert. The solution is deployed on the cloud in our organization. Performance-wise, the solution is doing great in terms of connecting to the host directly. Performing a malware scan usually takes a lot of time, more than 24 hours. A malware scan is something that we do only on Carbon Black for the old endpoint devices and servers. It used to take sometimes three days to perform. I would recommend the solution to other users. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It improved my organization by building a security alerting program."
"Rapid7 is easy to use and deploy. It is a simple solution and has easy data pulling."
"We were able to identify criminals attempting to login from China and put a stop on their IP locations."
"​​User behavioral analytics allows us to pinpoint abnormal or suspicious behavior among millions of events every day."
"The solution is very stable and works very well for what I need it to do."
"The platform offers unlimited storage and agent-based solutions."
"I like that it's a cloud-based solution."
"Intelligent alerting to avoid the common problem of alert fatigue associated with traditional SIEMs."
"I rate Carbon Black CB Defense an eight out of ten for the ease of its initial setup."
"The threat analysis functionality is good."
"I feel that the initial setup was straightforward and not complex."
"I found the offline scanning to be particularly useful."
"You can deploy it through the cloud so that even if your stuff is outside of your controlled environment, you are still under control, based on the policies you create. The policies are controlled through the cloud. For example, if I don't allow anyone to do a certain activity or to install a particular app, and a consultant or a partner who is not part of our environment is doing so, it will stop them as well."
"The new feature that we're deploying, the new offering from Carbon Black, is MDR, which stands for manage, detect, and response. It's the most valuable feature because Carbon Black will be continuously checking the logs, and they will be advising us on how to improve some of the policies as well as review the logs. If there are any nefarious agents or things happening on the end points, they will know."
"The software uses very few resources; it is almost invisible to the end user."
"It actually does some heuristics, and some behavioral analysis."
 

Cons

"There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."
"It takes time for the product's support team to resolve issues, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Needs a better ability to customize the check within the console."
"I would like to see more development in InsightIDR towards building their SIEM solution and converting it to XDR."
"There is a future in AI with Rapid7, however, it is not fully operated. There are certain limitations with Rapid7 that I am working on."
"The searching feature in Rapid7 InsightIDR needs to evolve"
"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."
"Currently, it lacks the functionalities provided by Rapid7's User Behavior Analytics (UBA)."
"The node management could be much better. The one thing that they cannot do very easily is change the tenant from a backend."
"In our company, we also wanted to have network detection, like a host-based IDS on VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, but we did not get it."
"The UI interface needs improvement. The management needs further work in future versions."
"CB Defense could be more compatible with Linux, and its cloud provision could be improved."
"I am not sure whether Carbon Black CB Defense can be considered as a stable solution or not."
"The solution has to mature on container security and a lot of cloud environment security."
"Report generation can be improved."
"The initial setup is complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR's pricing is reasonable."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cheaply priced product. On a scale of one to ten, where one is very expensive, and ten is very cheap, I rate the product's price at seven or eight."
"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."
"I rate Rapid7 InsightIDR's price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"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."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR is priced very well and is cost-effective."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR charges us based on the endpoints we connect to."
"The pricing is very high."
"The pricing [is] more or less the same as other similar solutions."
"The product is quite reasonable."
"CB Defense is available on a yearly subscription and is priced by the number of endpoints."
"The product is expensive. There are some additional costs apart from the standard licensing charges attached to the solution."
"Carbon Black might be a touch more expensive than Symantec. They tend to get a premium for their capabilities. They're sort of an industry leader in a lot of areas with the functionality that they provide."
"Its pricing was very good, which is one of the reasons I went to it as an alternative. It is on a yearly basis. There are no additional fees."
"It is more expensive, but it's worth it. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What SOC product do you recommend?
For tools I’d recommend: -SIEM- LogRhythm -SOAR- Palo Alto XSOAR Doing commercial w/o both (or at least an XDR) is asking to miss details that are critical, and ending up a statistic. Also, rememb...
What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightIDR?
During simulations or demonstrations, the tool generates alerts, providing details such as the specific application, its origin, and potential threats. For instance, it can identify if an applicati...
What to choose: an endpoint antivirus, an EDR solution or both?
I can recommend Carbon Black, an award-winning next-gen anti-virus (NGAV) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) security solution. The CB Predictive Security Cloud platform combines multiple hi...
What's the difference between Carbon Black CB Response and Carbon Black CB Defense?
Carbon Black offers two different levels of Endpoint Detection and Response. One is the VM Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard (CB Defense), and the other is the Carbon Black Endpoint Detection an...
What do you like most about Carbon Black CB Defense?
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint is a highly stable solution.
 

Also Known As

InsightIDR
Carbon Black CB Defense, Bit9, Confer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Liberty Wines, Pioneer Telephone, Visier
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
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