User Reviews of Rapid7 Metasploit

Updated December 2025

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Rapid7 Metasploit review

reviewer1247523
Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Extensive exploit database and seamless integration enhance penetration testing...
The automated approach in the audits or in the hacking testing with Rapid7 Metasploit could be improved because even the same attack you provide today will go in different ways another day. I prefer when the auditor or pen-tester provides the attack in a non-automated mode. For some, it might be a valuable option, but I'm not sure it's...
Rapid7 Metasploit review

Nuki Agustino Wono
Nuki Agustino Wono
Senior Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Effective vulnerability assessment leverages comprehensive exploit development
When I compare Metasploit with Nessus, I find that Metasploit is faster and it does not burden the system as much. While Nessus is more straightforward for management, for vulnerability assessment, Metasploit has the upper hand. Additionally, Metasploit's exploit development feature is among the best and is comparable in quality to Nessus.

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