We performed a comparison between Amazon Inspector and Rapid7 Metasploit 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 findings dashboards are neat and easy to understand, offering clear demarcations for different types of findings and detailed insights into specific vulnerabilities and their associated instances. It is not a place where everything is dumped together. It offers an easy-to-understand layout."
"The automated vulnerability detection aspect is most valuable."
"The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integrate third-party tools as well. It is just a single-click option."
"The vulnerability discovery is valuable, and they also rank those vulnerabilities for you. So, you could rapidly attack some of the higher, severe vulnerabilities as they pop up, if they do pop up."
"The Search Engineering feature is good."
"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,"
"I use Rapid7 Metasploit for payload generation and Post-Exploitation."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."
"The greatest advantage of Rapid7 Metasploit is that it is the only system that can directly exploit vulnerabilities on the Metasploit platform."
"The reporting on the solution is good."
"There is room for improvement in the scanning capabilities. I'd like to see broader coverage in terms of the vulnerabilities detected."
"It has a limited scope. So, AWS Inspector primarily focuses on the security of the EC2 instance. So, if your architecture includes other AWS services, then you may need to use additional tools for your comprehensive security assessment. So that is one con. Another is, like, we have a dependency on agents."
"There isn't too much to improve right now. Scanning on demand or as a part of the pipeline versus a post pipeline solution would be good, but it is not a deal breaker by any means."
"One major area for improvement is remediation. My team works on remediating findings over time, likely using available patches. However, easier integration with Amazon's patching services would be very helpful."
"I would like to see more capabilities, more functions, and more features. More types of attack vectors."
"At the time I was using it, the graphical user interface needed some improvements."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"Advanced Infrastructure should be implemented in the next release for better orchestration."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."
Amazon Inspector is ranked 27th in Vulnerability Management with 4 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 11th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Amazon Inspector is rated 7.8, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Amazon Inspector writes "Primarily focuses on security of EC2 instances, provides point-in-time assessments rather than real time protection but provides automated vulnerability detection". 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". Amazon Inspector is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Nessus, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Tenable Cloud Security and Wiz, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix, Rapid7 InsightVM and Vectra AI. See our Amazon Inspector vs. Rapid7 Metasploit report.
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