We performed a comparison between Rapid7 Metasploit and Tenable Vulnerability Management 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 most valuable feature for us is the support for testing Linux-based web server components."
"It allows us to concentrate solely on identified vulnerabilities without the hassle of additional setup."
"The Search Engineering feature is good."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"It contains almost all the available exploits and payloads."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."
"The option to generate phishing emails has proven to be very valuable in understanding the behavior of users."
"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,"
"Technical support has been good. They respond quite quickly."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The interface is fine."
"It is a very, very user-friendly tool...The setup is easy"
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"It's a recommended tool for penetration testers because it's effective for that purpose."
"The vulnerability scanning is the most important aspect of the solution for us."
"The integration of Tenable into our security ecosystem was very good."
"The solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"If your company's patch is not up to date, but you have other detection or defense solutions such as endpoint detection and response and antivirus software, the product exploit may not work effectively. This is because its exploit database update process is slow and not real-time. For zero-day vulnerabilities or new security threats, relying on Rapid7 Metasploit alone may not be effective."
"It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."
"It can have more integration."
"The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
"The solution seems to focus too much on enterprises, and they really need a product that works for SMBs."
"The tool's reports are bad. They're not very customizable or flexible. During audits, we often have to exclude things that aren't relevant to our organization, but we can't do that easily with the reports. They come in HTML or PDF format, and we can't compare current results with previous ones in Excel because we never receive reports in Excel."
"I'm not satisfied with the reporting structure."
"The solution must provide penetration testing."
"They need to have more dependable and faster support."
"The reporting was never great in Tenable Vulnerability Management, so, in my company, we imported all the data into Ivanti RiskSense to start using it for reporting."
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Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 11th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews while Tenable Vulnerability Management is ranked 2nd in Vulnerability Management with 38 reviews. Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6, while Tenable Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Rapid7 Metasploit writes "Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Vulnerability Management writes "Discovers vulnerabilities and integrates well with other solutions". Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix and Rapid7 InsightVM, whereas Tenable Vulnerability Management is most compared with Tenable Security Center, Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Amazon Inspector and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management. See our Rapid7 Metasploit vs. Tenable Vulnerability Management report.
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