We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSIEM 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."This solution offers extensive customization options, making it possible to adapt it precisely to their requirements."
"It is used as an alerting platform."
"FortiSIEM sends an email or SMS notifications to admins when there are significant incidents. It's a highly efficient way of responding to incidents."
"The CMDB and the device discovery features are most valuable."
"FortiSIEM is a great tool for making security processes transparent."
"FortiSIEM helped us discover all the threats at the time that were attacking the IT services of the company. We now have multiple-level authentication."
"The product is quite well-organized. The GUI makes it easy to navigate."
"The solution’s IP database is awesome."
"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."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. As a cloud tool, the product is highly scalable."
"The web interface is great — very useful and user-friendly."
"Rapid7 InsightIDR integrates well with other solutions. It's also easy to configure because Rapid7 InsightIDR has a lot of instructions posted on their website that customers can follow if they need to get the source log."
"Great coverage of all systems within our network from endpoint to firewall."
"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."
"It is a very stable solution."
"I rate Rapid7 nine out of 10 for affordability"
"The log collection and configuration management are not great."
"If there is a configuration on the wrong side of the network or there are changes that result in harm to our IT infrastructure, the solution should immediately fix it."
"Its training can be improved. Its price also needs to be improved."
"The UI could improve in Fortinet FortiSIEM. Humans view the UI frequently for data and if it was more visually pleasing it would be beneficial."
"They should enhance the solution's AI capabilities, including XDR and EDR."
"They could work on their documentation. If there's anything about the solution that needs improvement, it's that. For example, documentation already is on a very high level but specifically on the CLI there are tons of features which can be fine-tuned and thousands of commands are very difficult to document. If they could make this easier, it would improve the overall solution."
"The process of installing Fortinet FortiSIEM and the customization of the alerts take too long."
"The dashboard needs to improve."
"The dashboard is an area that could be simplified."
"I feel it would greatly benefit from more supported log sources."
"It would be useful to import threat intelligence in YARA format along with known incorrect email addresses."
"Customised alert recipients need to be added to allow better first-line action and quicker response. Configurable honeypots would be a welcome addition."
"Sometimes, it is hard to get the right queries to use. Currently, the tool lacks a pre-made set of queries."
"Needs a better ability to customize the check within the console."
"The solution's XDR agents cannot compete with the XDR solutions out there yet."
"The main problem lies in the processes within the client's operating systems."
Fortinet FortiSIEM is ranked 9th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 65 reviews while Rapid7 InsightIDR is ranked 10th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 29 reviews. Fortinet FortiSIEM is rated 7.6, while Rapid7 InsightIDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSIEM writes "It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors". 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". Fortinet FortiSIEM is most compared with IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh and Zabbix, whereas Rapid7 InsightIDR is most compared with Darktrace, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Rapid7 InsightVM and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. Rapid7 InsightIDR report.
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