We performed a comparison between Rapid7 Metasploit and Tenable Nessus 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 greatest advantage of Rapid7 Metasploit is that it is the only system that can directly exploit vulnerabilities on the Metasploit platform."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."
"All of the features are great."
"I don't have any other tools like it, and I always use it when I'm doing a pen test. Metasploit is a great solution for penetration testing,"
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"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 product's most valuable features are vulnerability and asset management. It can define the rules and validate the configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the GUI and user-friendliness. Additionally, the environment is easy to work with."
"We have around 500 virtual machines. Therefore, we conduct monthly scans and open tickets for our developers to address identified vulnerabilities. These scans cover the servers, other network equipment, and appliances in our infrastructure."
"Its initial setup was simple and straightforward."
"Overall Zoom is a good solution."
"Ease of reviewing scores, identifying vulnerabilities, and getting information on them."
"It also has an executive report where you don't have to provide the client all the detail for them to sift though. But if they wish to dig through the detail they can."
"Security is the key number because it can start to scan with a few clicks instead of credits, which is a bit complicated. So simplicity is the first advantage. Then the generated reports are well done and easy to present to management. The quality of the scan is quite good in detecting the severity. The solution has simplicity. Also, it has frequent updates so that is also a valuable feature."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"Metasploit cannot be installed on a machine with an antivirus."
"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"I would like to see more capabilities, more functions, and more features. More types of attack vectors."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"At the time I was using it, the graphical user interface needed some improvements."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"We would like to have the option of using the solution for the cloud as well as on-premises with the same license at the same time. That would be very helpful."
"This is still a maturing product. Tenable is only a scanner for one ability, while other solutions like Rapid7 have more tools for verification. We still have to manually verify to see if the vulnerability is a false positive or not."
"I would like to see an improvement in the ranking of high, medium and low vulnerability."
"I would like to see more on the automation side."
"Some things in the user interface could be better. The user interface could allow more adjustments to plugins. The price could also be better."
"They should try to create an all-in-one solution."
"The inventory management function in this solution needs improvement."
"Model OS costs (and its segregation schema for individual modules)."
Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 12th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. 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 Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Pentera, Rapid7 InsightVM, Acunetix, Nucleus and Qualys VMDR, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Amazon Inspector. See our Rapid7 Metasploit vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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