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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Sentinel

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel) is designed as a birds-eye view across the enterprise. It is presented as a security information and event management (SIEM) solution for proactive threat detection, investigation, and response.

    $2.46

    per GB ingested

    InsightIDR

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIn addition to their incident response service, Rapid7 offers InsightIDR, a combined XDR and SIEM that provides user behavior and threat analytics.

    $5.89

    per month per asset

    Pricing
    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Editions & Modules
    Azure Sentinel
    $2.46
    per GB ingested
    100 GB per day
    $123.00
    per day
    200 GB per day
    $221.40
    per day
    300 GB per day
    $319.80
    per day
    400 GB per day
    $410.00
    per day
    500 GB per day
    $492.00
    per day
    More than 500 GB per day
    $492.00 + $98.40
    per day/plus each additional 100 GB increment
    InsightIDR Advanced
    $5.89
    per month per asset
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*500 asset minimum. Billed annually. All amounts are shown in U.S. dollars. International prices vary.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Rapid7
    Chose InsightIDR
    The biggest advantage it has the lightweight agent and smooth and less traffic chaos in network during log collection. Cloud Security always require extra efforts but InsightIDR reduce that burden as it has highly anticipated agents to which knows what they need to do when they …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    66 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
    Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Microsoft Sentinel and Rapid7 InsightIDR
    Feature
    Microsoft Sentinel
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Rapid7 InsightIDR
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized event and log data collection9.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Correlation8.835 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event and log normalization/management8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment flexibility8.333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools8.933 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom dashboards and workspaces8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Host and network-based intrusion detection8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data integration/API management8.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral analytics and baselining9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds8.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Response orchestration and automation8.232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and compliance management7.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident indexing/searching8.733 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Small Businesses
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    Microsoft Defender XDR
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Security QRadar SIEM
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Microsoft Defender XDR
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)
    Score8 out of 10
    Microsoft Defender XDR
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (74 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft SentinelInsightIDR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    What has really impressed me is how Microsoft Sentinel delivers centralised security monitoring across multiple data sources in our enterprise. It has reduced cost of handling large security logs by collecting and analyzing data without friction of managing traditional SIEM infrastructure. It is easy to work to integrate with Azure logs for quick data analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Rapid7
    It has been brilliant for us in terms of understanding the behaviour affecting our endpoints and assets. We have full visibility of our alerts, which menas we can act on them immediately. We use a single pain of glass with dashboards that can be easily drilled down into to get further information. It has laso helped us eo create bespoke reports for senios Managmeent, while at the same time supports other teams like Network Mnagement and Operations.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • The visual presentation of data is terrific, so including what we had prior to Microsoft Sentinel, it presents data in a much more usable way, so that's been quite refreshing. It's not quite as complex to understand what you're looking at.
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    Rapid7
    • Rapid7 InsightIDR does a very good job at keeping virus definitions up to date so that our threat intelligence is very up to date when knowing what to protect against.
    • It helps us by scanning all of our infrastructure components and highlights where improvements need to be made in security so we can be proactive with our security initiatives.
    • It has automated response mechanisms to triage and resolve any potentials risks allowing us to save time in the long run.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • One feature that I would like to see improved is probably the log parsing. I think one of the big things that Splunk does better than Microsoft Sentinel is that it makes it easy to bring in new log streams of arbitrary formats and parse them out into columns and tables. Microsoft Sentinel is a lot more involved, though. It takes a lot more manual work to bring in different log sources and parse them out.
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    Rapid7
    • Sometimes Rapid7 InsightIDR will be too locked down and without knowing will block applications and processes needed for day to day operation.
    • System scans with Rapid7 InsightIDR can be very bandwidth-heavy on the network and system resources.
    • From a recent incident, we have seen more and more false positives from Rapid7 InsightIDR on areas that we know are secure.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    it does the job reasonably well
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    Rapid7
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Mirosoft sentinel is easy to use once the inital setup is completed.The dashboard and centralized alerts make it simple to monitor security events and investigate incidents.Integration with other microsoft security tool is also helpful.Some advanced features and configurations can take time to understand, but overall it provides good, user-friendly security monitoring.
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    Rapid7
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Microsoft support is one of the highest rated on the market. It has global and multilingual support. Calls can be made over the phone and the solution is virtually instantaneous with the help of Microsoft engineers. It's great!
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    Rapid7
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Compared to platforms such as Splunk, LogRhythm, and Devo, Microsoft Sentinel’s cloud‑native, consumption‑based pricing model and reduced infrastructure overhead tend to offer better overall cost efficiency. This is especially true for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, where Sentinel can deliver strong capabilities with a lower total cost of ownership.
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    Rapid7
    The biggest advantage it has the lightweight agent and smooth and less traffic chaos in network during log collection. Cloud Security always require extra efforts but InsightIDR reduce that burden as it has highly anticipated agents to which knows what they need to do when they captured malicious traffic.log collection and threat intelligence is major part in and xdr and here it stand out along others in the market, I started my career as qualys administration but I like InsightIDR much now.
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    Did not use professional services
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    Rapid7
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It's probably neutral. We see value, but it's, again, tick that kind of expense stuff. We're getting more insight and value into what is going on in that cloud workspace, but just noting the cost. So it's probably neutral. I'm not directly responsible, so the full kind of return on investment kind of cycle, that's someone else's problem. I'm like the end user. It's my team that will look at the data and look at the output of Microsoft Sentinel. So the ROI, someone else can worry about that.
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    Rapid7
    • Rapid7 InsightIDR has allowed us to be proactive in securing our systems as the vulnerability scans give us a lens at what we need to fortify when it comes to security.
    • In recent incidents its allowed us to save time and money as it mostly detects issues accurately and we are able to bring systems back quickly without too much downtime for the business.
    • With recent updates, we are confident that Rapid7 InsightIDR is a good solution for the long run as they are always making adjustments to their platform and improving it with every release.
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