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Darktrace vs Rapid7 Metasploit comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Darktrace
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (12th), Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) (1st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (1st), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (1st), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (3rd), AI-Powered Chatbots (3rd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (15th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (12th), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (3rd), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (1st)
Rapid7 Metasploit
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Darktrace is designed for Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and holds a mindshare of 9.0%, down 11.3% compared to last year.
Rapid7 Metasploit, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 1.9% mindshare, down 1.9% since last year.
Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Luis KiambatA - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2022
Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support
We primarily use the solution for IT. Customers use it for banks or construction sites, depending on our customers. We haven't had an OT implementation yet. However, we have interest from two companies The autonomous response is great. It blocks basically everything that is outside the normal,…
Aqeel Junaid - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 14, 2024
Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded
I've been using Rapid7 Metasploit to create vulnerabilities and test exploits. I can create malicious Word documents through the Rapid7 Metasploit framework for testing purposes. I can create a backdoor through the solution to test a web server or a vulnerable machine The most valuable features…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product offers us a very good user interface and we've found the network visibility to be very good so far."
"The Dynamic Threat Dashboard is very nice, as it lists all of your threats and rates them, and then you can choose whether to investigate further."
"The most valuable feature has been the behavioral analytics that allows us to monitor all the traffic."
"I like the dashboards, which are cool. They are more user-friendly, in my experience. Its learning capabilities are really good."
"Darktrace is very flexible."
"Ability to see events and exactly what traffic or website the device had tried to connect to that raised the alert or issue."
"AI analytics are built directly into the product."
"In terms of features, the data or information they collect and unsupervised machine learning are very valuable. Its unsupervised machine learning has reduced our team's effort. Both Darktrace and Vectra work on unsupervised machine learning that learns the behavior or develops a profile on its own, which allows our security team to do some other tasks rather than spending time on Darktrace or Vectra. Because of unsupervised machine learning, its detection capability is quite good. Along with that, if we utilize the integration feature properly, the automated incident response capability of Darktrace is quite useful."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"The reporting on the solution is good."
"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,"
"I use Rapid7 Metasploit for payload generation and Post-Exploitation."
"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 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."
 

Cons

"The interface and dashboards could be improved for ease-of-use."
"The program is quite expensive."
"There is a high ratio of false positive information."
"I'd love them to see maybe covering the cloud a bit more."
"It's a very complex platform."
"Its threat analyzer could be better. It should also have agents. They should improve this product by installing agents for the machine to get more visibility. Currently, they are monitoring only the network. They should also monitor the agents from inside. It should also have a better pricing plan because it is an expensive product."
"I think there is some MSSP missing."
"I would like to see some additional enhancements."
"Metasploit cannot be installed on a machine with an antivirus."
"The solution is not very scalable, it does not provide any automation to be able to scale it."
"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners."
"There are numerous outdated exploits in their database that should be updated."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"At the time I was using it, the graphical user interface needed some improvements."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using a demo of Darktrace for deployment and testing which is free."
"When it comes to large installations, it can be expensive, but for small accounts it's fine."
"The pricing is subscription-based and it is high."
"The pricing is a little high compared to the competition."
"It is pretty expensive, but it is worth it. Its licensing is yearly."
"It is a very expensive product."
"Our customers feel that the price of Darktrace is quite high compared to other solutions."
"It is expensive."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is an open-source solution."
"It is a reasonably priced solution. I would rate it from five out of ten."
"The pricing structure involves a one-time purchase cost of approximately twenty thousand dollars or euros for all customers."
"It is expensive. Our license expired, and our company is not thinking to renew because of our budget."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is cheaper than Tenable.io Vulnerability Management."
"The great advantage with Rapid7 Metasploit, of course, is that it's free."
"I have used the free version of Rapid7 Metasploit."
"I use the open-source version of this product. Pricing is not relevant."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Crowdstrike Falcon compare with Darktrace?
Both of these products perform similarly and have many outstanding attributes. CrowdStrike Falcon offers an amazing user interface that makes setup easy and seamless. CrowdStrike Falcon offers a cl...
Which is better - SentinelOne or Darktrace?
Which solution is better depends on which is more suitable specifically for your company. Darktrace, for example, is meant for smaller to medium-sized businesses. It is also a good option for organ...
What do you like most about Darktrace?
A very useful feature in Darktrace for real-time threat analysis is the packet inspection that analyzes the packet traffic in real time.
What do you like most about Rapid7 Metasploit?
I use Rapid7 Metasploit for payload generation and Post-Exploitation.
What needs improvement with Rapid7 Metasploit?
Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn.
 

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Metasploit
 

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Sample Customers

Irwin Mitchell, Open Energi, Wellcome Trust, FirstGroup plc, Virgin Trains, Drax, QUI! Group, DNK, CreaCard, Macrosynergy, Sisley, William Hill plc, Toyota Canada, Royal British Legion, Vitol, Allianz, KKR, AIRBUS, dpd, Billabong, Mclaren Group.
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