Rapid7 Works Great For Any Environment!
April 13, 2022
Rapid7 Works Great For Any Environment!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Rapid7 InsightIDR
Rapid7 InsightIDR is our current product for EDR and antivirus. This product allows us to keep our environment secure from any and all vulnerabilities that could be harmful to the systems that run the business. We use it to secure our web applications as well as design plans for detection and response.
Pros
- 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.
Cons
- 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.
- Vulnerability scanning is the most important feature of Rapid7 InsightIDR for us as we use it to scan daily for any security holes in our system.
- It allows us to create reports based on findings which we can then formulate response plans against in the future.
- With Rapid7 InsightIDR you are able to break up the environments into device groups for scheduled scanning so that it doesn't disturb your network all at once.
- 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.
Between Rapid7 InsightIDR and Crowdstrike, we liked Rapid7 InsightIDR due to the functionality of the system and the features Rapid7 InsightIDR has. Rapid7 InsightIDR was very easy to deploy in our environment to our endpoint devices. We like the scanning capabilities and the console we felt was very easy to use and can be easily caught up to our IT staff. Also during vulnerability scans, we felt that Rapid7 InsightIDR was able to detect more and any competitor out there.
Do you think Rapid7 InsightIDR delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Rapid7 InsightIDR's feature set?
Yes
Did Rapid7 InsightIDR live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Rapid7 InsightIDR go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Rapid7 InsightIDR again?
Yes
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