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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Metasploit

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMetasploit 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

    Tenable Nessus

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ATenable headquartered in Columbia offers Nessus, a vulnerability scanning and security assessment solution used to analyze an entity's security posture, vulnerability testing, and provide configuration assessments.

    $2,790

    Pricing
    MetasploitTenable Nessus
    Editions & Modules
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    1 Year
    $2,790.00
    1 Year + Advanced Support
    $3,190.00
    2 Years
    $5,440.00
    2 Years + Advanced Support
    $6,240.00
    3 Years
    $7,951.00
    3 Years + Advanced Support
    $9,151.00
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MetasploitTenable Nessus
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MetasploitTenable Nessus
    Considered Both Products
    Rapid7
    Chose Metasploit
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Tenable
    Chose Tenable Nessus
    Sometimes when we identify a vulnerability with Nessus that has an exploit, we made a proof of concept with Metasploit in order to show to the IT managers the importance of the software/hardware hardening.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    MetasploitTenable Nessus
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Metasploit and Tenable Nessus
    Feature
    Metasploit
    -
    Ratings
    Tenable Nessus
    5.1
    1 Ratings
    Network Analytics00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Metasploit and Tenable Nessus
    Feature
    Metasploit
    -
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    Tenable Nessus
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    IT Asset Realization00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Authentication00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Web Scanning00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MetasploitTenable Nessus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (4 ratings)