We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Rapid7 InsightVM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."
"The actions that the agentless visibility, allow us to perform on the endpoint, are really amazing, especially in the way that it is done."
"It has helped with improving our security posture in terms of controlling the access of rogue devices into our network through identification. We have been able to prevent rogue device activities on the network, check the health of the system, and ensure remediation."
"Forescout Platform has made it possible to block people working near our construction sites who should not have access to our network."
"The 802.1X compliance authentication feature of this solution is very good."
"Forescout Platform has granular features and one of the most impressive features is the agentless feature."
"The scalability is good."
"Within three or four days, we have complete visibility of your infrastructure on the network. Compared to other solutions, the deployment of the solution is easier and we can close the project quickly."
"The most important aspect of the solution is that it rarely gives false positives, especially compared to other products. It provides very clear reports for our IT teams to look at."
"One of the most valuable features is it's graphical dashboard feature. It is quite easy to manage the widgets, and we can customize those according to our queries."
"The most valuable feature for us is the different types of reporting it provides."
"InsightVM's most valuable feature is risk scoring, a formula based on different vectors like the ease of exploitation and the availability of the machine."
"The solution is very user friendly and easy to manage."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Rapid7 have a good distribution network with good support and market presence."
"This solution is very easy to use and easy to install."
"The solution needs more definitive pricing. The costs are hard to nail down."
"The reporting feature needs improvement."
"Forescout Platform could improve the integration or compatibility with other solutions, such as Chinese-made solutions. They do not have any integration with S33 which is a switch. They do not have good integration with new solutions in the market. They do integrate well with Rocket, Cisco, Juniper, and quite a few more but they could expand the integration."
"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."
"We experienced some detection issues when checking compliance for the Sophos agent."
"The biggest disadvantage is the pricing."
"Forescout needs to upgrade its development in the future."
"Forescout Platform could improve the vulnerability management as well as the control on the endpoint, which needs to be connected to my network."
"Within InsightVM, there is no feature to assign a ticket. If we can have more API calls, we can do that from InsightVM."
"Rapid7 InsightVM could be easier to use for those who are using it for the first time."
"We found that after you passed an endpoint, it didn't always reflect it in the next scan. I'm not sure if it was a glitch or some issue with the product's software. That was never clear. That was always an issue and something that definitely needed improvement."
"There should be containerization within the VM."
"The authentication scan is not working."
"Technical support does not respond quickly."
"Reporting could be expanded."
"Their customer support should be improved, and the effectiveness of scans also needs to be improved."
Forescout Platform is ranked 3rd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 68 reviews while Rapid7 InsightVM is ranked 4th in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 54 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Rapid7 InsightVM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightVM writes "You can scan a network, and receive recommendations to address vulnerabilities with the click of a button". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis, whereas Rapid7 InsightVM is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Security Center, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Rapid7 InsightIDR.
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