We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP 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."We can monitor each activity from our mobile devices, so there is complete visibility of our cloud traffic flows, with threat intelligence provided by Check Point."
"All of the features are very useful in today's market."
"The comprehensive security for IaaS and PaaS cloud assets provides efficient security awareness to all the teams."
"The rulesets and the findings are valuable. The actual core functionality of it and the efficacy of events are great."
"The reporting against compliance is an important feature that helps you comply with policies and standards within your organization."
"This product provides a really nice visualization of the infrastructure, including network topology, firewalls, etc."
"It presents a real-time database that is always updated."
"Almost all the features are valuable, but the most important is proactive threat detection. The overall administration, seamless integration, and being able to have one platform for monitoring our applications for suspicious activities and any potential security threats are also valuable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"The option to generate phishing emails has proven to be very valuable in understanding the behavior of users."
"It contains almost all the available exploits and payloads."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"All of the features are great."
"It's not possible to do penetration testing without being very proficient in Metasploit."
"Automation and advanced threat prevention have room for improvement."
"The price of this solution should be reduced so that it is more affordable to scale."
"The security of Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management could improve. There are always new security issues coming out."
"The software configurations theory is complicated, and without proper planning and a well-skilled technical team, it cannot perform its tasks properly."
"The performance can be better. Sometimes, the performance is not up to the mark. There is also integration complexity with third-party software and tools."
"Currently, worldwide, there are many companies of all sizes that do not understand the value that their data has, but even with all existing clouds, they also do not understand what the shared responsibility model is. They only assume that by having a cloud, the provider must ensure safety, when the truth is that the providers only secure their sites. Everything we do in the cloud and how we configure it is actually our responsibility."
"Especially with cloud security, there's too much clutter on the screen and too many things going on."
"It should capture more information in metadata including communication detail. Also, Internal IP addresses should not be tracked as this might be having some compliance issues."
"Advanced Infrastructure should be implemented in the next release for better orchestration."
"Metasploit cannot be installed on a machine with an antivirus."
"The solution should improve the responsiveness of its live technical support."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"The solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"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."
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is ranked 5th in Vulnerability Management with 63 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 12th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is rated 8.6, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP writes "Threat intel integration provides us visibility in case any workload is communicating with suspicious or blacklisted IPs". 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". Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, AWS GuardDuty, Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Rapid7 InsightVM, Acunetix and Havoc Shield. See our Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP vs. Rapid7 Metasploit report.
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