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Rapid7 InsightVM vs RapidMiner

Rapid7 InsightVM logo

Rapid7 InsightVM

Cybersecurity

Vulnerability management at scale

From
$1.62/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
RapidMiner logo

RapidMiner

Machine Learning

Visual workflow data science platform, now sold by Altair as AI Studio

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only RapidMiner has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Rapid7 InsightVM insightVM is now sold inside Exposure Command rather than as a standalone product; RapidMiner processes are stored as the product's own XML, so they cannot be meaningfully diffed, reviewed in a pull request or executed anywhere else, and a team's accumulated work is not portable in any practical sense.
  • They diverge on capability: Rapid7 InsightVM covers Asset discovery, RapidMiner covers Visual process canvas.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Rapid7 InsightVM and RapidMiner actually diverge.

Attributes where Rapid7 InsightVM and RapidMiner differ
AttributeRapid7 InsightVMRapidMiner
Starting price$1.62/monthFree
Pricing modelusage-basedfreemium
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Cloud, ApiLinux, Mac, Windows, Web
CategoryCybersecurityMachine Learning
Founded20002007

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Rapid7 InsightVM

  • Asset discovery
  • Vulnerability scanning
  • Risk prioritization
  • Threat intelligence
  • Custom policies
  • Remediation tracking
  • Compliance reporting
  • API access

Only in RapidMiner

  • Visual process canvas
  • Operator library
  • Automatic modelling
  • Python and R operators
  • Validation operators
  • Text and time series extensions
  • AI Hub server
  • Altair portfolio integration

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Rapid7 InsightVM

  • Vulnerability management and risk assessmentnot RapidMiner
  • Web application security scanningnot RapidMiner
  • Cloud infrastructure security monitoringnot RapidMiner

RapidMiner

  • Modelling work in an engineering organisation where the analysis must be reviewable by people who do not codenot Rapid7 InsightVM
  • Teaching data science concepts, where seeing the validation split as a visible connection is more instructive than reading a function callnot Rapid7 InsightVM
  • Companies already holding Altair licences, where adding this draws on units already purchased rather than a new procurementnot Rapid7 InsightVM
  • Business analysts building predictive workflows without a data science team to hand the problem tonot Rapid7 InsightVM

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Rapid7 InsightVM

  • InsightVM is now sold inside Exposure Command rather than as a standalone product
  • Rapid7 states pricing is not publicly listed and is provided by custom quote based on the customer's environment
  • Billing counts billable assets including devices, software, identities, cloud compute instances and applications, so the asset count grows faster than a device inventory suggests
  • Cloud security, compliance, infrastructure as code scanning and application security testing require the Ultimate package rather than Essentials
  • Volume discounts are described as commonly available for larger asset counts, so smaller buyers pay the higher unit rate

RapidMiner

  • Processes are stored as the product's own XML, so they cannot be meaningfully diffed, reviewed in a pull request or executed anywhere else, and a team's accumulated work is not portable in any practical sense.
  • The operator library is the ceiling, and anything beyond it means dropping into an embedded Python or R operator, at which point the code sits inside a visual container that provides none of the version control, testing or debugging a normal repository would.
  • Two changes of ownership in three years, Altair in 2022 and Siemens thereafter, have already moved the product's name, packaging and licensing, so a buyer is committing to a roadmap decided inside a much larger engineering software business.
  • Licensing draws on Altair's shared units pool, so running heavy modelling work consumes capacity that other teams in the organisation were relying on for different products, which makes cost attribution and capacity planning awkward.
  • Scheduling and deployment require AI Hub as a separate server product to install, license and operate, so a model built on the desktop is not in production until another purchase and another installation have been completed.

Pricing, plan by plan

Rapid7 InsightVM

$1.62/month
  • InsightVM$1.62/month per asset
    • Vulnerability risk management
    • Unlimited user accounts
    • 24/7 technical support
  • InsightAppSec$175/month
    • Web application security
    • Per application pricing
    • Unlimited user accounts
  • InsightCloudsec$5775/month
    • Cloud security
    • Up to 500 instances
    • Unlimited user accounts

RapidMiner

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 10,000 data rows
    • 1 logical processor
  • ProfessionalFree
    • Unlimited data
    • Full features
    • Support

Which should you pick?

Choose Rapid7 InsightVM if

  • You need asset discovery.
  • You work on Web, Cloud, Api.
  • You also want vulnerability scanning.
Rapid7 InsightVM review

Choose RapidMiner if

  • You need visual process canvas.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, Mac, Windows, Web.
  • You also want operator library.
RapidMiner review

Questions people ask

Is Rapid7 InsightVM or RapidMiner better?
Neither clearly leads. Rapid7 InsightVM starts at $1.62/month and RapidMiner at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Rapid7 InsightVM or RapidMiner?
RapidMiner has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $1.62/month for Rapid7 InsightVM and Free for RapidMiner.
Does Rapid7 InsightVM or RapidMiner run on more platforms?
Rapid7 InsightVM runs on Web, Cloud, Api. RapidMiner runs on Linux, Mac, Windows, Web.
Can I use RapidMiner for free?
Yes. RapidMiner has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Rapid7 InsightVM starts at $1.62/month.
What is Rapid7 InsightVM best used for?
Rapid7 InsightVM is most often used for vulnerability management and risk assessment, web application security scanning, cloud infrastructure security monitoring. Of those, vulnerability management and risk assessment and web application security scanning are not what RapidMiner is typically brought in for.
What can Rapid7 InsightVM do that RapidMiner cannot?
Rapid7 InsightVM covers Asset discovery, Vulnerability scanning, Risk prioritization, Threat intelligence. RapidMiner covers Visual process canvas, Operator library, Automatic modelling, Python and R operators.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Rapid7 InsightVM: What is the starting price for Rapid7 InsightVM?

InsightVM starts at $1.62 per month per asset, with example pricing provided for 500-asset deployments.

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RapidMiner: Is it still called RapidMiner?

The desktop product is now Altair AI Studio and the server is Altair AI Hub. The RapidMiner name persists in documentation, community material and most search results, which makes finding current information harder than it should be.

Rapid7 InsightVM: How much does InsightAppSec cost?

InsightAppSec starts at $175 per month per application for web application security scanning.

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RapidMiner: Is there a free version?

Altair has offered free and academic editions with usage limits, but the terms have moved with each ownership change, so check what is currently on offer rather than relying on what the free tier allowed a few years ago.

Rapid7 InsightVM: What does InsightCloudsec cover?

InsightCloudsec starts at $5,775 per month for cloud security monitoring of up to 500 instances.

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RapidMiner: Do I need to write code?

No, which is the point of it. You will write some once you hit the edge of the operator library, and at that stage the tool works against you rather than for you.

Rapid7 InsightVM: Do Rapid7 products include unlimited user accounts?

Yes, all Rapid7 products include unlimited user accounts, 24/7 technical support, single sign-on, and customer-success team access.

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RapidMiner: Can I put a model into production?

Through AI Hub, which is a separate licensed server. The desktop tool builds and validates; it does not schedule or serve.

RapidMiner: How does licensing work?

Through Altair's units model, where a pool of purchased units is drawn on by whichever Altair products your organisation runs, rather than a per-seat licence specific to this product.

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