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SIEM platforms · November 2026 Edition

Rapid7 InsightIDR vs Elastic Security

Four of fourteen models named Rapid7 InsightIDR first on the direct prompt; zero named Elastic Security. Rapid7 InsightIDR was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Elastic Security by fourteen and Rapid7 InsightIDR carries 28 labels and Elastic Security 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Rapid7 InsightIDR

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Elastic Security

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2839A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Rapid7 InsightIDR reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Sentinel was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Sentinel vs Rapid7 InsightIDR · Microsoft Sentinel vs Elastic Security · Wazuh vs Rapid7 InsightIDR

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the SIEM platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Rapid7 InsightIDRFirst choices, of fourteen modelsElastic Security
Direct40
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained02
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Rapid7 InsightIDR · 1 against Elastic Security
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Rapid7 InsightIDR and Elastic Security were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 95 answers naming Rapid7 InsightIDR and the 143 naming Elastic Security. In those answers Elastic Security took the first choice zero times and Rapid7 InsightIDR four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Rapid7 InsightIDR and Elastic Security stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Rapid7 InsightIDR Elastic Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Rapid7 InsightIDR on the left and Elastic Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Rapid7 InsightIDR and Elastic Security stood in it.

Rapid7 InsightIDR first, Elastic Security an alternative

4 of 14 modelsElastic Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: FortiSIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Microsoft Sentinel
Gemini 3.5 FlashRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: Arctic Wolf, Blumira, CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Expel, Huntress Managed SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel, Red Canary, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Sentinel, Rapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Splunk Enterprise Security
GPT-6 LunaRapid7 InsightIDR alternatives: Elastic Security, Microsoft Sentinel

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Elastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Grok 4.20Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: Exabeam, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR
DeepSeek V4 FlashExabeam, LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Kimi K2Microsoft Sentinel alternatives: Datadog Cloud SIEM, Elastic Security, Rapid7 InsightIDR
Muse Glimmer 30BMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Elastic Security, ManageEngine Log360, Rapid7 InsightIDR, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: Google Security Operations, Splunk Enterprise Security
Mistral SmallExabeam, IBM QRadar alternatives: AlienVault USM Anywhere, SolarWinds Security Event Manager
Llama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Sentinel alternatives: EventSentry, ManageEngine Log360, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM
Qwen 3.7 FlashManageEngine Log360 alternatives: LogRhythm, Microsoft Sentinel
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security alternatives: Cybriant, Exabeam, Huntress Managed SIEM, ManageEngine Log360, Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Elastic Security leads by two points.
Elastic Security4%#7 of 14
Rapid7 InsightIDR2%#8 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Rapid7 InsightIDR leads at mid-market.
Rapid7 InsightIDR8%#3 of 15
Elastic Security4%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Rapid7 InsightIDR2%#10 of 13
Elastic Security2%#9 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Rapid7 InsightIDR

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“may be unsuitable if your architecture requires fully on-premises deployment” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best if your team needs a capable SIEM without the operational burden of enterprise platforms” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“If I had to pick one without knowing your stack, I'd start with Rapid7 InsightIDR” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Rapid7 InsightIDR or Microsoft Sentinel would be the top recommendations” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Elastic Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“can demand substantial administration, tuning, infrastructure, or engineering expertise” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best Free/Open-Source Option: Wazuh or Elastic Security ... Great free tier and very scalable, but requires more technical setup.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Sentinel or Elastic Security are the best budget-friendly SIEM platforms” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“a strong mid-market choice when you want flexibility and usage-based pricing, but it's not usually the cheapest route” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.