We performed a comparison between Rapid7 Metasploit and Tenable Security Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Vulnerability Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The option to generate phishing emails has proven to be very valuable in understanding the behavior of users."
"It allows us to concentrate solely on identified vulnerabilities without the hassle of additional setup."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"I use Rapid7 Metasploit for payload generation and Post-Exploitation."
"The solution is open source and has many small targetted penetration tests that have been written by many people that are useful. You can choose different subjects for the test, such as Oracle databases or Apache servers."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"Has a great advanced scanning feature."
"The most valuable feature of the product is the Assurance Report Card, which gives us an overview of the security poster in just a simple glance."
"This solution has a much lower rate of false positives compared to competing products."
"I think that this is a good solution for evaluating vulnerability in the network."
"I find Tenable SC to be a very scalable product."
"The tool provides us insight into the happens of the network and its hosts. It provides me with a list of hosts."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"Support is knowledgeable."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"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."
"The solution should improve the responsiveness of its live technical support."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"At the time I was using it, the graphical user interface needed some improvements."
"Tenable SC could be improved with additional connectivity to external company postures and the capability of managing and sustaining agents in the systems directly without additional platforms in the middle."
"Tenable.sc's user interface could be improved."
"We would like to see the inclusion of external IPs and simplified reporting that's easier to deal with"
"Current web page needs improvement, slows down processes."
"The solution needs to improve the vulnerability assessment because we have experienced some challenges with accuracy."
"The reporting side can be improved. The dashboards are nice, but exporting things out for reports for management was a little tough."
"The reporting needs a lot of work on the template."
"Certain aspects require manual effort, such as exporting and analyzing data for our dashboards. The built-in components of the Tenable solution are somewhat clumsy that require external tools. So, this is an area of improvement."
Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 13th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews while Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews. Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6, while Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Rapid7 Metasploit writes "Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix, Rapid7 InsightVM and Nucleus, whereas Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus and Horizon3.ai. See our Rapid7 Metasploit vs. Tenable Security Center report.
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