We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Rapid7 Metasploit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen."
"The beginning of any security investigation starts with net flow data."
"The most valuable feature is having visibility into the data segments throughout our network."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"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 allows us to concentrate solely on identified vulnerabilities without the hassle of additional setup."
"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 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."
"All of the features are great."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Cisco Stealthwatch can improve by having bundled packages for popular add-ons. It would be a lot easier for people implementing it, have let's say a better way to use the product."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"The solution should improve the responsiveness of its live technical support."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"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."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 11th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". 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". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Rapid7 InsightVM, Acunetix and Nucleus.
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