We performed a comparison between AlienVault OSSIM and Rapid7 InsightIDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."AlienVault OSSIM is an enterprise solution that sells easily. It is rated highly by organizations."
"With AlienVault you get everything in one box."
"The initial setup was straightforward. I didn't have any problems."
"Asset discovery is good."
"There are a lot of people you will find using OSSIM since they are also offering OTX as a service"
"The solution is very stable. Compared to Qradar and Splunk, it's very stable."
"Better than other SIEM solutions because almost everything can be integrated."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the data correlation and vulnerability assessment."
"The web interface is great — very useful and user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to use, and the interface is intuitive."
"Rapid7's reporting is more robust than Tenable's."
"Simple configuration and automatically syncs to the cloud platform."
"The alerting to drive investigations and remediation has been its most valuable feature."
"InsightIDR has allowed us to find potential security issues that we did not know existed, and get remediation quickly."
"Intelligent alerting to avoid the common problem of alert fatigue associated with traditional SIEMs."
"It is a very stable solution."
"I suggest more in-built rules based on modern threats and environments to make it a more competitive solution."
"The solution needs more integration with cyber intelligence systems."
"Sometimes technical issues take very long to get resolved."
"It takes some time. It does not give me a prompt response for any such [malicious] traffic. It takes time to get that alert from the AlienVault system."
"AlienVault OSSIM is costly."
"AlienVault OSSIM should improve the deployment and make it unified like the USM."
"The documentation could be improved."
"AlienVault OSSIM gives unwanted notifications."
"The main problem lies in the processes within the client's operating systems."
"I feel it would greatly benefit from more supported log sources."
"It takes time for the product's support team to resolve issues, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The searching feature in Rapid7 InsightIDR needs to evolve"
"The interface for doing investigation needs to be enhanced with minor improvements that would make it more useful."
"Lacks a mobile application."
"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."
"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."
AlienVault OSSIM is ranked 11th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 28 reviews while Rapid7 InsightIDR is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 30 reviews. AlienVault OSSIM is rated 7.4, while Rapid7 InsightIDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of AlienVault OSSIM writes "An easy-to-scale open-source solution used for monitoring events on devices ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightIDR writes "Helps in the management of compliance, secret events and information". AlienVault OSSIM is most compared with Wazuh, Elastic Security, USM Anywhere, Splunk Enterprise Security and AWS Security Hub, whereas Rapid7 InsightIDR is most compared with Darktrace, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Rapid7 InsightVM and IBM Security QRadar. See our AlienVault OSSIM vs. Rapid7 InsightIDR report.
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