Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Amazon GuardDuty

Rapid7 InsightIDR9.1Visit Amazon GuardDuty8.5Visit

Higher score Rapid7 InsightIDR #1 in Security Monitoring 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Rapid7

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Amazon GuardDuty #8 in Security Monitoring 8.5/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 2 features Visit AWS GuardDuty

• Rapid7 InsightIDR fits best

  Teams wanting SIEM with endpoint and network detection

• Amazon GuardDuty fits best

  Teams running workloads on AWS

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Side by side

Feature	Rapid7 InsightIDR 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Amazon GuardDuty 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.5
Ranking	#1 in Security Monitoring	#8 in Security Monitoring
Best for	Teams wanting SIEM with endpoint and network detection	Teams running workloads on AWS
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	8 integrations	15 integrations
Features Rapid7 InsightIDR 0/2 · Amazon GuardDuty 0/2
Automated response	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Log search	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Cloud	Not checked yet
Data source coverage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Data retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Alerting channels	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines log search with built-in and custom detection rules. Adds endpoint detection, network analysis, and behavior analytics. Supports investigations, threat intelligence, and automated response.	Monitors AWS logs, workloads, and data across multiple protection plans Covers EKS, EC2, Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS, and AI workloads Routes findings into EventBridge-based notification and response workflows
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales. Log retention varies by package and requires an add-on for more. Full XDR capabilities are limited to Incident Command Ultimate.	Coverage is limited to AWS cloud environments Pay-as-you-go costs vary by data source and AWS Region The 30-day offer is a trial, not a permanent free plan
Our verdict	Rapid7 InsightIDR is a cloud-native SIEM for security operations teams that need to collect and correlate logs, endpoint telemetry, network data, authentication activity, and cloud-service events. Its scope extends from detection through… Read the review →	Amazon GuardDuty is a managed threat detection service for teams monitoring AWS accounts, workloads, and data. It analyzes AWS logs and activity to generate security findings with severity and resource details. Coverage spans foundational… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Rapid7 InsightIDR — where it wins

  • Combines log search with built-in and custom detection rules.
  • Adds endpoint detection, network analysis, and behavior analytics.
  • Supports investigations, threat intelligence, and automated response.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales.
  • Log retention varies by package and requires an add-on for more.
  • Full XDR capabilities are limited to Incident Command Ultimate.

• Amazon GuardDuty — where it wins

  • Monitors AWS logs, workloads, and data across multiple protection plans
  • Covers EKS, EC2, Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS, and AI workloads
  • Routes findings into EventBridge-based notification and response workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Coverage is limited to AWS cloud environments
  • Pay-as-you-go costs vary by data source and AWS Region
  • The 30-day offer is a trial, not a permanent free plan

• Rapid7 InsightIDR9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  SIEM with behavior analytics, endpoint and network detection, and response tools.

  Visit Rapid7Full verdict →
• Amazon GuardDuty8.5/10 · 30-day trial

  Broad AWS threat detection with findings and response workflows, limited to AWS environments.

  Visit AWS GuardDutyFull verdict →