We performed a comparison between Rapid7 InsightVM and Rapid7 Metasploit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Risk-Based Vulnerability Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution's most useful feature is that it is entirely a single-page application."
"The most valuable feature is the site scanning, where we can provide a complete subnet and what it is we need to scan on those devices."
"The discovery and prioritization of vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature for me is the risk calculation based on monthly effects."
"The main functionality of identifying item endpoints that weren't properly patched or had vulnerabilities is the solution's most valuable feature."
"NeXpose is a pretty good vulnerability scanner... There's a nice dashboard."
"Rapid7 InsightVM has given us a practical view of the vulnerabilities present in our organization."
"The solution works well."
"The tool's most useful feature for penetration testing is its automation capabilities. With the professional edition, you can upload the results from Nessus in the Rapid7 Metasploit solution portal."
"It's not possible to do penetration testing without being very proficient in Metasploit."
"It contains almost all the available exploits and payloads."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The Search Engineering feature is good."
"The reporting on the solution is good."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"The authentication scan is not working."
"There have been instances where technical support takes a long time to update the status of a ticket, which is something that can be improved."
"There is room for improvement on its cloud side. In the next release I would like to see better reporting."
"We have some issues with how it scans patches."
"The on-premise updates could improve from Rapid7 InsightVM."
"The InsightVM cannot scan if we connect to our customer by the VPN."
"The reporting could be better."
"There needs to be much clearer instructions surrounding scanning."
"The open-source version has reporting limitations. You need to develop these capabilities yourself. Built-in reporting is an excellent feature for penetration testing, but it isn't a must-have. The solution could also cover more vulnerabilities. Metasploit has around 10,000 exploits in its library, but more is always better."
"The solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners."
"The solution is not very scalable, it does not provide any automation to be able to scale it."
"Metasploit cannot be installed on a machine with an antivirus."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."
"I would like to see more capabilities, more functions, and more features. More types of attack vectors."
Rapid7 InsightVM is ranked 4th in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 55 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 12th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Rapid7 InsightVM is rated 8.0, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightVM writes "You can scan a network, and receive recommendations to address vulnerabilities with the click of a button". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 Metasploit writes "Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded". Rapid7 InsightVM is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Security Center, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Lacework, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix, Nucleus and Wireshark. See our Rapid7 InsightVM vs. Rapid7 Metasploit report.
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