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Comparison

Elastic Security vs Rapid7 InsightIDR

On the evidence we track, Elastic Security leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Elastic Security54
Rapid7 InsightIDR40
Score
Vioscale score
Elastic Security54 / 100high · 76%
Rapid7 InsightIDR40 / 100low · 29%
Pricing
Free tier
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✗
Model
Elastic Securitycommercial
Rapid7 InsightIDRquote
Price level
Elastic Securitylow
Rapid7 InsightIDRunknown
Transparent
Elastic Security✗
Rapid7 InsightIDR✗
Integrations
Count
Elastic Security26
Rapid7 InsightIDR7
Security
Disclosure policy
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Gdpr
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Iso27001
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Scorecard
Elastic Security6.9
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Elastic Security18,551
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Github stars
Elastic Security77,862
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Elastic Security100
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Release
History
Elastic Security20 items
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Language
Primary
Elastic SecurityJava
Rapid7 InsightIDR–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for siem & soar software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SIEM (log correlation & detection)
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
SOAR (playbooks / automated response)
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Detection
UEBA (behavioural analytics)
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✗
Built-in threat intelligence
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
ML / anomaly detection
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
MITRE ATT&CK detection mapping
Elastic Security✗
Rapid7 InsightIDR-
Ops
Case / incident management
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Pricing
Pricing basis
Elastic SecurityIngest GB/day
Rapid7 InsightIDRPer-asset
Deployment
Deployment
Elastic SecurityHybrid
Rapid7 InsightIDR-
Integration
Connector / content-pack breadth
Elastic Security26+ integrations including security tools (Slack, Jira, PagerDuty, ServiceNow),
Rapid7 InsightIDREnterprise security tools, cloud platforms, IT service management
Licensing
Open-core available
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✗

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Elastic Security

Leader

A security operations platform combining SIEM and XDR capabilities with built-in AI-driven automation and threat analysis. Autonomous agents handle detection and investigation workflows, while analysts focus on verification and decision-making.

Independently observed

Rapid7 InsightIDR

A multi-tier security platform that combines asset discovery and attack surface visibility with vulnerability management, cloud security, and incident detection. Delivers risk-based prioritization and automated response capabilities tailored to different organizational needs, from basic asset visibility to comprehensive threat detection.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Elastic Security

Leader
Free tier14-day trial
as of verify ↗

Rapid7 InsightIDR

Quote-based

Custom quote based on billable assets; annual subscriptions. Volume discounts available.

  • Surface CommandContact sales
    • Asset discovery & unified inventory (CAASM)
    • Internal + external attack surface visibility (EASM)
    • Asset context, enrichment & relationships
    • Blast radius analysis
    • Exposure Management dashboard & remediation hub
    • +1 more
  • Exposure Command EssentialsContact sales
    • Everything in Surface Command
    • Vulnerability management (agent-based and network scanning)
    • Risk-based prioritization with threat-aware scoring
    • Policy & configuration assessment
    • Remediation workflows, SLAs & reporting
    • +2 more
  • Exposure Command UltimateContact sales
    • Everything in Essentials
    • Multi-cloud & container security (AWS, Azure, GCP, K8s)
    • Cloud posture & compliance (CIS + frameworks)
    • Attack path analysis & contextual risk prioritization
    • Real-time cloud visibility & threat detection
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
CLI
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Self-hosted
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✗
On-premise
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓
Hybrid
Elastic Security✓
Rapid7 InsightIDR✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • Jira
  • ServiceNow

Elastic Security

Leader
26 total - 24 not shared
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • IBM Resilient
  • xMatters
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Microsoft Azure AI
  • Cohere
  • Mistral
  • Hugging Face
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • Jina AI
  • IBM watsonx
  • NVIDIA
  • Aryn
  • Tableau
  • Apache Spark
  • Elasticsearch-Hadoop
  • Unstructured.io
  • Alibaba Cloud
Independently observed

Rapid7 InsightIDR

7 total - 5 not shared
  • Microsoft Defender
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.

Elastic Security vs Rapid7 InsightIDR: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale