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What is Metasploit?

Metasploit Pro is a penetration testing tool that increases penetration tester's productivity, prioritizes and demonstrates risk through closed-loop vulnerability validation, and measures security awareness through simulated phishing emails.

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Metasploit Pro is a penetration testing tool that increases penetration tester's productivity, prioritizes and demonstrates risk through closed-loop vulnerability validation, and measures security awareness through simulated phishing emails.


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Rapid7
Year Founded
2000
HQ Location
Boston, MA
Twitter
@rapid7
122,714 Twitter followers
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3,075 employees on LinkedIn®
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NASDAQ:RPD
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$411

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Anamta Z.
AZ
Anamta Z.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Metasploit: the master blaster"
It is not just a tool but a toolkit with all the required and extra penetration testing suites.
Abhinav N.
AN
Abhinav N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"The Best Exploitation framework"
metasploit is the best tool for creating payloads and exploitating systems it is the best tool for hackers. we can create different types of payloa...
Scott H.
SH
Scott H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Not Just For Script Kiddies"
I personally enjoy using Metasploit for the easy-to-use interface. This is critical when I require a demonstration of the actual vulnerability bein...
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Abhinav N.
AN
Cyber Security Analyst
Computer & Network Security
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

metasploit is the best tool for creating payloads and exploitating systems it is the best tool for hackers. we can create different types of payloads with this framework ,like apk,exe,pdf etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

its hard to install and if it has a automation feature it will be better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

it hepls me to build payloads and exploit systems to find weakness Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anamta Z.
AZ
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

It is not just a tool but a toolkit with all the required and extra penetration testing suites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

I can't hate this tool. This is just a wow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

So basically it provides you a lot of exploits and payloads which you can use on the target. And all this is coming up with a single installation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scott H.
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Information Security Engineer
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

I personally enjoy using Metasploit for the easy-to-use interface. This is critical when I require a demonstration of the actual vulnerability being exploited to a less-technical professional audience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

Nothing, personally. But for some Offensive Security professionals using/discussing Metasploit in a penetration testing setting can be polarizing. From both a custom tool/developer perspective and practical standpoint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Importing and regular updating of recent vulnerabilities, bridging the "visual gap" for executives and professionals with command line attack scenarios, and coding a LOT that I don't have to 😁 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Metasploit?

What I enjoy best about Metasploit is that it contains an extensive database of exploits that can be tailored to match the individual needs of the user. Metasploit can also be readily connected with other security tools such as vulnerability scanners, network analyzers, and IDS/IPS systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

One aspect of Metasploit that I dislike is its complexity and false positives for Complexity: For beginners, Metasploit might be complex and difficult to use, Metasploit, like any other security testing tool, can generate false positives, resulting in lost time and effort exploring non-existent vulnerabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Security professionals can use Metasploit to discover vulnerabilities in target systems, analyze the efficiency of their defenses, and build effective countermeasures to future threats. This adds to a better overall security posture and reduces the risk of cyber attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishikt V.
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

As a Pen-tester, metasploit is the handy tool for any post exploitation lateral movement. The modules available are perfect and easy to use. only requires LHS & RHS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

User interface is not as good & the enhancement to GUI needs to be done. The CLI is good but when it comes to standalone GUI execution, its not an easy and is cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its aiding in exploitation setup, and gaining access to the systems. User can search for the available modules & the required parameters passing is enough for exploit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manish K.
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

Easy UI interface, reports are well elaborative and easy to understand, Tests are well advanced as per the latest vulnerabilities in the market and very handy to use the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

The tests run for a long period, description of the vulnerabilities can be more elaborative, the reporting dashboard can be more descriptive along with good colour combinations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

For internal VAPT, Metasploit is the best tool to identify vulnerabilities in our product and our tech team efficiently patches the discovered bugs. This helps to maintain our ISO 27001 certification Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Priyanshu K.
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Software Engineer
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

Ease of access of exploits, if you know about a cve of vuln name, it is effortless to use exploits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

Metasploit does not explain what it is doing and what is going on with the exploit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Exploits are scattered all over the internet sometimes it is easy to find, sometimes it is not, Metasploit gathers it all in one software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adeel S.
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

Metasploit pre-installed in kali Linux and made by rapid7, this is most of the time produce surprized results, which is helpful for penetration. A lot of exploits are available for exploitation and timely update by rapid7. This is very useful, especially in large engagements and Metasploit is a solid tool for exploiting and automating your work with more accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

Sometimes searching for the right module and exploit is a very difficult and time-taking activity. Sometimes not updating the database for exploit the need to find out exploit from other sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Metasploit:

One of the best tools, to perform Penetration Testing, gives you a full view from exploitation to target vulnerability. I'll recommend this tool for those who want to start a career in Ethical Hacking. My next recommendation please visit the Offensive security official web to learn different techniques and hands-on experience.

Please use this product with extra care because of your wrong and mismatch exploit, which accidentally cause a service/website/application to be unavailable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

In starting days, I'm using Metasploit for ethical hacking practice on different forms like trackmen, HTB and solve many CTF. Now I'm using Metasploit Penetration Testing engagements and exploitation. The best tool for Pentesting ever made, integrated with Kali Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vamsi Krishna G.
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Senior software Engineer
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What do you like best about Metasploit?

The way security vulnerabilities are shown up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

There aren't any features which I didn't like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

It checks for vulnerability in our systems and gives recommendation if possible. This is benefiting many Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Metasploit?

Exploits, Payloads and Auxilliary portions plays a vital role in Metasploit and it keeps my work easy during PT Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Metasploit?

Mapping the framework with Attack Mitre and allowing an attacker to automate the attack path can be implemented. There is no such specific dislikes so far Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Metasploit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Metsploits solves information gathering, nmap results and other gathered data handling and it saves lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.