We performed a comparison between Rapid7 InsightVM and Rapid7 Metasploit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Risk-Based Vulnerability Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."NeXpose is a pretty good vulnerability scanner... There's a nice dashboard."
"It is stable and scalable."
"We can create our own templates."
"The ease of deployment and configuration allows users to onboard quickly."
"InsightVM offers a robust platform for identifying, prioritizing, and addressing vulnerabilities across an organization's IT infrastructure."
"The most important aspect of the solution is that it rarely gives false positives, especially compared to other products. It provides very clear reports for our IT teams to look at."
"The solution scales well."
"I really love the new platform. It is really easy to understand, use, and deploy."
"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 Search Engineering feature is good."
"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."
"It's not possible to do penetration testing without being very proficient in Metasploit."
"The reporting on the solution is good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"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."
"There should be containerization within the VM."
"It would be nice to have an additional feature that would provide reports on who has logged onto the console or who did what on the console."
"There needs to be much clearer instructions surrounding scanning."
"Rapid7 InsightVM, has impressive capabilities, especially when it comes to managing video equipment. However, we've noticed that Rapid7 also offers a cloud solution called CloudSec, and we don't have that. We think it would be better if InsightVM had all the features for both on-premise and cloud management."
"There is a significant learning curve, that non-technical individuals, especially those not specialized in computer science or the information security industry, might face."
"The InsightVM cannot scan if we connect to our customer by the VPN."
"The solution should include a tighter integration with third-party threat modeling and threat intelligence tools."
"A definite improvement would be to make it easier to run ad-hoc scans without needing to assign the asset to a site or group."
"I would like to see more capabilities, more functions, and more features. More types of attack vectors."
"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."
"Advanced Infrastructure should be implemented in the next release for better orchestration."
"The solution should improve the responsiveness of its live technical support."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"Metasploit cannot be installed on a machine with an antivirus."
"At the time I was using it, the graphical user interface needed some improvements."
Rapid7 InsightVM is ranked 4th in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 55 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 12th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Rapid7 InsightVM is rated 8.0, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Rapid7 InsightVM writes "You can scan a network, and receive recommendations to address vulnerabilities with the click of a button". 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". Rapid7 InsightVM is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Security Center, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Pentera, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix, Nucleus and Qualys VMDR. See our Rapid7 InsightVM vs. Rapid7 Metasploit report.
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