We performed a comparison between Rapid7 Metasploit and Tenable Nessus 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 Search Engineering feature is good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"It's not possible to do penetration testing without being very proficient in Metasploit."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."
"All of the features are great."
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"The greatest advantage of Rapid7 Metasploit is that it is the only system that can directly exploit vulnerabilities on the Metasploit platform."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is vulnerability detection."
"The solution is the most dynamic one I have seen thus far."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Tenable Nessus is one of the best vulnerability assessment tools, that I know."
"The solution is easy to understand for users because instructions are included on the platform."
"Nessus is good at finding out what nodes you have in place. It will then provide you a report, by node, of what the vulnerabilities are. It does it quickly and stealthfully."
"Quick assessments, compliance scores, and results are provided without having to do agents."
"Tenable integrates well with other solutions such as SIEM and batch management."
"Advanced Infrastructure should be implemented in the next release for better orchestration."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"The solution should improve the responsiveness of its live technical support."
"I would like to see more capabilities, more functions, and more features. More types of attack vectors."
"Remediation needs improvement."
"It would be nice for the professional module to include some of the reports available in the expert module."
"Lacks some penetration testing-related services."
"Tenable Nessus application device assessment is one of the top tools. However, in the application security assessment, there are other tools that provide better, and more accurate findings."
"The features are limited when it comes to scanning network devices for vulnerabilities."
"I would like to see an improvement in the ranking of high, medium and low vulnerability."
"Tenable Nessus could improve the price."
"The tool needs to upgrade asset tracking."
Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 12th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. 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 Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Pentera, Rapid7 InsightVM, Acunetix, Nucleus and Qualys VMDR, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Amazon Inspector. See our Rapid7 Metasploit vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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