Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response Services vs. Field Effect MDR

Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a preemptive, AI-powered security service designed to identify, disrupt, and contain threats before they impact your business. By combining expert human analysts with advanced analytics and exposure intelligence, Rapid7 MDR goes beyond traditional detection and response to help organizations proactively reduce risk and strengthen resilience. Built on an open platform with native, multi-vector telemetry, Rapid7 MDR delivers comprehensive visibility across endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and SaaS data.

Field Effect delivers intelligence-grade managed detection and response for the AI era. Built on Federated Smart Compute™ and nation-state tradecraft, our holistic MDR platform uncovers weaknesses early, blocks attacks in real time, and reduces risk across the entire threat surface—endpoint, network, cloud, and more. With an 18-second median time to detect, Field Effect helps MSPs and overwhelmed IT teams outpace agentic attacks and achieve premium protection with the team they have.