We performed a comparison between Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Rapid7 InsightIDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best feature is threat hunting. There are a lot of other features I like, such as the alert mechanism. The chain alert mechanism has a huge impact. It combines all the alerts into one incident and automatically correlates them with AI."
"My clients like Defender's file integrity monitoring. They're monitoring Windows and Linux system files."
"The timeline feature is excellent. I also like the phishing simulation. We have phishing campaigns to educate employees and warn them about these threats."
"A crucial aspect for our team is the inclusion of identity and access management tools from the vendor."
"The threat intelligence is excellent."
"The 'Incidents and Alerts' tab is a valuable feature where we can find triggered alerts."
"Microsoft Defender's most critical component is its CASB solution. It has many built-in policies that can improve your organization's cloud security posture. It's effective regardless of where your users are, which is critical because most users are working from home. It's cloud-based, so nothing is on-premise."
"We are able to consolidate licences and make use of many Microsoft products using this solution. If we have any Microsoft customers, we encourage them to use this solution for enterprise defence."
"We have a complete overview of all our PCs and it's very easy to handle and to use the interface. It has a lot of benefits for us."
"Traps is quite a stable product. Once it was properly deployed and configured, you have nothing to be worried about."
"One thing that I like about Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, it is detecting all the suspicious or malicious binaries, and it has integration with Palo Alto Firewall."
"Monitoring is most valuable."
"Its ability to react to cyber data attacks is awesome. That is pretty much the use of it. What blows your mind is the ability to access your assets remotely and see what is actually going on with them. You can not only see them in a console. You can also react very rapidly to your assets that are compromised."
"One of the things that I enjoy the most is using policy extensions. It's like having host firewalls to control USB connections. I think it's a wonderful tool to restrict use when connecting to our computers. Another important tool is Home Insights. That is an add-on to the Cortex solution. I like that because we can see all the vulnerabilities in the environment and control what assets are connected to our network."
"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is easy to use and does not consume a lot of hardware resources."
"This software helps us understand any issues that may arise when someone is not at work."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The UI is very good."
"Dashboards, including the main screen, provide much-needed information at a glance, without hours of coding and sifting through logs to find it. In case of an actual security incident, I have faith that insightIDR has retained all logs in a secure manner that prevents log tampering as well."
"The product works well. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The biggest reason why we chose Rapid7 was to gain value in a really quick time. Its deployment doesn't take months. It just takes a few days."
"InsightIDR has allowed us to find potential security issues that we did not know existed, and get remediation quickly."
"User behavioral analytics allows us to pinpoint abnormal or suspicious behavior among millions of events every day."
"I have seen that Rapid7 InsightIDR provides security to the networks and endpoints in the company."
"Improving scalability, especially for very large tenants, could be beneficial for Microsoft Defender XDR."
"The licensing is a nightmare and has room for improvement."
"It would be highly beneficial if CoPilot could identify anomalies within the network and notify the IT team."
"The mobile app support for Android and iOS is difficult and needs improvement."
"What could be improved in Microsoft 365 Defender is its licensing, e.g. it should be more consolidated and would be good if it has some optimizations. Improving the alerts and notifications, in terms of adding more details, would also be good for this solution."
"Microsoft tends to provide too many features, which makes the solution prone to bugs."
"The support from Microsoft could improve. There are times I have to wait for a response from a qualified specialist."
"The design of the user interface could use some work. Sometimes it's hard to find the exact information you need."
"They have the worst support, as a company, that I have ever worked with, as they are difficult to get a hold of and keep on the phone. They don't know what they are talking about when you get them on the phone. They don't like to respond to messages when you send them to them. They like to "research problems" for weeks on end, then pass you off to somebody else."
"I would like to see some additional features related to email protection included."
"The licensing model is complex to understand. It requires expertise to explain how the licensing works. You need expertise to guide you through the subscription plan."
"I would like to see them include NDR (Network Detection Response)."
"It would be good if they could make an exception for applications. Sometimes, it can be a bit of a challenge to make exceptions for certain applications that have been used as rogue."
"It would be good to have a better way to search for a file within the UI."
"The solution should force customers to integrate with network traffic to see the full benefits of XDR."
"There are some default policies which sometimes affect our applications and cause them to run around. In the hotel industry, we use a different type of data versus Oracle and SQL. By default, there are some policies which stop us from running properly. Because of this, the support level is also not that strong. We have to wait to get a results."
"The main problem lies in the processes within the client's operating systems."
"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."
"The APIs can be further improved in Rapid7."
"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."
"It would be useful to import threat intelligence in YARA format along with known incorrect email addresses."
"Currently, it lacks the functionalities provided by Rapid7's User Behavior Analytics (UBA)."
"Rapid7 doesn't integrate well with all our security tools from various vendors, so we plan to switch. Many of our solutions work with Rapid7, but some do not. We are already searching for a replacement already."
"InsightIDR is only available in a cloud version. Some of our customers prefer an on-prem solution because they want to manage the security within their environment."
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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 4th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 80 reviews while Rapid7 InsightIDR is ranked 13th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 29 reviews. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4, while Rapid7 InsightIDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks writes "Perfect correlation and XDR capabilities for network traffic plus endpoint security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightIDR writes "An affordable product that is easy to use and has many advanced features and default templates". Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Symantec Endpoint Security and Trellix Endpoint Security, whereas Rapid7 InsightIDR is most compared with Darktrace, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Rapid7 InsightVM and IBM Security QRadar. See our Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks vs. Rapid7 InsightIDR report.
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