Metasploit vs. Strobes PTaaS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Metasploit
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Metasploit is open source network security software described by Rapid7 as the world’s most used penetration testing framework, designed to help security teams do more than just verify vulnerabilities, manage security assessments, and improve security awareness.N/A
Strobes PTaaS
Score 0.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS) offers a personalized, offense-driven approach to safeguard digital assets. With a team of seasoned experts and advanced pen-testing methodologies, Strobes PTaaS provides actionable insights to improve organizations' security posture. Pentesting as a Service (PtaaS) combines manual, human-driven testing with a delivery platform. It’s all about setting up ongoing pentest programs, complete with integrations for smooth operation and easy reporting. Strobes…N/A
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Free/Freemium Version
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Community Pulse
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Metasploit
Chose Metasploit
Acunetix vulnerability scanner, Netsparker, SQLMap
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You can configure and develop your own versions of exploits that are suitable for your business. The free version is very useful and the Rapid7 website has a lot of info to help you understand the exploits. Nessus just lets you identify the vulnerabilities but Metasploit lets …
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Metasploit is an all around good suite of tools to test and validate potential vulnerabilites. Other tools have bits and pecies such as NMAP, Nessus, Burp Suite, etc. but Metasploit can function in the same way but more.
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Metasploit is the most well-known tool in the average pen tester's toolkit. It's hard to compare to its neighbor's due to its size and following.
Chose Metasploit
They are equal in my mind. It really just depends on a user's preference. Cobalt Strike is essential a graphical user interface (GUI) built on top of Metasploit, so it will feel very familiar to Metasploit users. The Pentestly Framework is also quite similar to Metasploit. …
Strobes PTaaS

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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
In security of information it's vital to think like a hacker and it's important to know the tools they use for attacks. So this software gives you the exploits that are already in the wild and to the access of everyone. That's very dangerous so you have to be aware of it.
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Pros
  • Scanning our network for new or existing vulnerable systems.
  • Automation of manual tests and exploits to allow what used to be days of effort to be squeezed into hours.
  • Metasploit has become an integral part in our validation of new systems before their inclusion in our production network.
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Cons
  • If Metasploit could support payloads written in languages other than Ruby, that would be amazing and could help draw in a larger set of contributors.
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Support Rating
We don't use it.
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Alternatives Considered
Acunetix vulnerability scanner, Netsparker, SQLMap
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Return on Investment
  • We have been able to weed out false positives with a more manual vetting of scanned vulnerabilities.
  • Our teams have become more well versed in penetration testing with Metasploit to understand the vulnerabilities potentially present.
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