Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Rapid7

The 20 closest Cybersecurity software alternatives to Rapid7, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 19 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Rapid7? The closest matches are Sophos, CrowdStrike and Acronis. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Rapid7

Rapid7 rapid7.com

Rapid7 Managed Cybersecurity: Outpace Attackers

Outpace attackers with the only endpoint to cloud, unified cybersecurity platform. Build business resilience with expert-led 24/7 MDR.

Wikidata: developer of the Metasploit Framework

Top 10K · #1,792 English 19 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Rapid7

Summary by Claude

Rapid7 sells cybersecurity software and managed services, including managed detection and response (MDR), SIEM, vulnerability management, cloud security (CNAPP), attack surface and exposure management, and threat intelligence. It also develops the Metasploit penetration testing framework.

Who it’s for
Enterprise security teams and IT departments
Business model
Software subscriptions and managed services

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

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QualysThreatDownBitdefenderManageEngineTenable®WatchGuardTrend MicroAcronisCrowdStrikeSophos

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Rapid7

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Rapid7, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    Sophos sophos.com Top 1K English

    Sophos: Cyber Resilience for the Agentic AI Era

    Sophos Fusion is the industry’s most complete cyber defense system. It sees everything, connects everything, and enables your defenses to respond as one.

  2. 02
    CrowdStrike crowdstrike.com Top 10K

    American cybersecurity technology company

  3. 03
    Acronis acronis.com Top 10K English

    AI-Powered Cybersecurity, Data Protection & IT Automation | Acronis

    We deliver deeply integrated AI-powered features across our backup, cybersecurity, endpoint management and automation solutions to protect and manage workloads for MSPs and businesses. Protect your business and simplify IT operations today.

  4. 04
    Trend Micro trendmicro.com Top 1K English

    Global Enterprise AI Cybersecurity Platform | Trend Micro

    Enterprise AI cybersecurity platform with layered protection, cyber risk exposure management and SecOps—62 global offices, the United States HQ office is in Texas.

  5. 05
    WatchGuard watchguard.com Top 10K English

    WatchGuard | Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions

    Award-winning solutions that are easy to deploy and manage, making enterprise-grade security accessible to any organization regardless of size or expertise.

  6. 06
    Tenable® tenable.com Top 10K English

    Vulnerability and exposure management | Cloud and AI security | Tenable®

    The leader in exposure management and AI security, Tenable cybersecurity solutions reduce cyber risk across IT, OT, cloud, identity & hybrid attack surfaces.

  7. 07
    ManageEngine manageengine.com Top 10K English

    ManageEngine: ITOps, cybersecurity & service management software

    ManageEngine powers businesses like yours to take control of your IT with enterprise-grade solutions built from the ground up.

  8. 08
    Bitdefender bitdefender.com Top 10K English

    Bitdefender - Global Leader in Cybersecurity Software

    Bitdefender is a cybersecurity software leader delivering best-in-class threat prevention, detection, and response solutions worldwide.

  9. 09
    ThreatLocker threatlocker.com Top 10K English

    Enterprise Cybersecurity Solutions | ThreatLocker

    A Zero Trust cybersecurity solutions platform, ThreatLocker delivers world-class enterprise security software and solutions worldwide.

  10. 10
    ThreatDown threatdown.com Top 10K English

    ThreatDown All-in-One Endpoint Security

    ThreatDown unifies EDR, MDR, patch management, and email security in one lightweight platform. Built for SMBs, mid-market, and MSPs. See how it works.

  11. 11
    Qualys qualys.com Top 10K

    Enterprise Cyber Risk and Security Platform | Qualys

    Discover how Qualys helps your business measure & eliminate cyber threats through a host of cybersecurity detection & remediation tools. Try it today!

  12. 12
    Datto datto.com Top 10K English

    Datto | IT Solutions Built for You

    IT professionals rely on Datto for mission-critical business continuity and disaster recovery, networking, business management, and file backup and sync solutions

  13. 13
    McAfee mcafee.com Top 1K

    American global computer security software company

  14. 14
    ESET eset.com Top 1K English

    ESET Cybersecurity | Enterprise, Business and Home Solutions | ESET

    Best IT security solutions for your home and business devices. Try ESET antivirus and internet security solutions for Windows, Android, Mac or Linux OS.

  15. 15
    AhnLab ahnlab.com Top 10K English

    AhnLab

    AhnLab delivers an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that connects endpoint, network, cloud, CPS security, XDR, and threat intelligence to help businesses stay secure.

  16. 16
    Palo Alto Networks paloaltonetworks.com Top 1K English

    Leader in Cybersecurity Protection & Software for the Modern Enterprises - Palo Alto Networks

    Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud Architects & SOC Managers

  17. 17
    Kaspersky kaspersky.com Top 1K English

    Kaspersky Cyber Security Solutions for Home and Business | Kaspersky

    Official Site – A Global Leader in next-generation cybersecurity solutions and services, Kaspersky offers premium protection against all cyber threats for your home and business.

  18. 18
    Semrush semrush.com Top 10K English

    Semrush: Your Unfair Advantage for Growing Brand Visibility

    Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

  19. 19
    HashiCorp hashicorp.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    American software company

  20. 20
    Proofpoint proofpoint.com Top 10K

    Cybersecurity Firm

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to rapid7.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Rapid7 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Rapid7 is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Tag managers
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=6f079f2ba9c641e1ae42d7405bcbb193
A/B testing
  • VWO page source: dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: Hz8lAMrzuCpiSqhviHC9zK1SUs6SMNj4oZQfA44OdHZ8_uKOiyfFAg==
  • Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630598080df44a-FRA
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=92447b140831b768a96508429ae03d56aac235710…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=z0kzoM5HWYKjecj8
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=HK7JKsrarTv57ctwhTuhkdU9AG0ajEErsFu4Dfm…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=65784123-bb76-4570-8d51-94362ff4c391
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=7Hz3zw87LNxfKT-hh9IdhIt0s9YTCl00uB0WAf1dF3Y
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=9a513c427ef2282157c7f16109d17a5e9eec1fea
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-qbKZEnguGIIK6zPdJoffkqXL
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=s0mBsOvfWsLm8Kv0nKYi3qKZevMKfYKX17nFvgcG
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_RZhAVSLBQvCBSQHV-fTGyw

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