Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks vs Rapid7 InsightCloudSec

Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks8.6Visit Rapid7 InsightCloudSec7.5Visit

Higher score Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks #3 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software 8.6/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Datadog

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Rapid7 InsightCloudSec #7 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software 7.5/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Rapid7

• Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks fits best

  AWS-led teams wanting priced identity-risk monitoring

• Rapid7 InsightCloudSec fits best

  Large enterprises with substantial security budgets

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Side by side

Feature	Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks 8.6/10 Visit ↗	Rapid7 InsightCloudSec 7.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	7.5
Ranking	#3 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software	#7 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software
Best for	AWS-led teams wanting priced identity-risk monitoring	Large enterprises with substantial security budgets
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$10/device/mo	$66,000/yr
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Community, Docs	Tickets, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks 1/3 · Rapid7 InsightCloudSec 1/3
Automated remediation	✓	✓
Just-in-time access	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Policy simulation	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Supported clouds	AWS, Azure, GCP	Not checked yet
Cloud account limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Continuously detects excessive privileges and privilege-escalation paths Analyzes direct, indirect, cross-account, and permission-gap access Automates remediation through workflows and Terraform pull requests	Agentless multicloud visibility with inventory and resource normalization IAM governance, identity analysis, and attack-path remediation guidance IaC scanning, compliance packs, and automated remediation with Bots
Cons	No product-specific free plan Pricing is calculated per host rather than per cloud account Workload Protection and file integrity monitoring require Enterprise	No free plan or lower-cost entry tier Publicly listed pricing is annual and starts at $66,000 Consumption-based billing depends on monitored billable resources
Our verdict	Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks helps security and DevOps teams find and reduce cloud identity risk across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It continuously scans for excessive administrative privileges, permission gaps, privilege-escalation… Read the review →	Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is a cloud-native security platform for organizations managing complex cloud and container environments. It combines agentless multicloud visibility with cloud asset inventory, resource normalization, compliance… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks — where it wins

  • Continuously detects excessive privileges and privilege-escalation paths
  • Analyzes direct, indirect, cross-account, and permission-gap access
  • Automates remediation through workflows and Terraform pull requests

  Where it doesn't

  • No product-specific free plan
  • Pricing is calculated per host rather than per cloud account
  • Workload Protection and file integrity monitoring require Enterprise

• Rapid7 InsightCloudSec — where it wins

  • Agentless multicloud visibility with inventory and resource normalization
  • IAM governance, identity analysis, and attack-path remediation guidance
  • IaC scanning, compliance packs, and automated remediation with Bots

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan or lower-cost entry tier
  • Publicly listed pricing is annual and starts at $66,000
  • Consumption-based billing depends on monitored billable resources

• Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks8.6/10 · 14-day trial

  A paid, AWS-oriented identity-risk product with cross-cloud scanning and Terraform remediation.

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• Rapid7 InsightCloudSec7.5/10 · Paid

  A broad cloud security platform for large enterprises with substantial security budgets.

  Visit Rapid7Full verdict →