We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and Rapid7 Metasploit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Risk-Based Vulnerability Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Qualys VM has allowed us to know the vulnerabilities we need to prioritize based on the threat levels and the possible impact if there's an intrusion."
"It's really beneficial for scanning and interacting with the agent."
"This solution gives us insight into our environment and improves our security. It helps us to maintain a good patching system whereby we know that XYZ is vulnerable within the system."
"It's stable and quite reliable."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Container Security is the detailed information in the reports and the remediation. This is done to make sure there are no vulnerabilities."
"Qualys VM had a recent upgrade and the newer version is supporting the cloud."
"All of the features are great."
"It contains almost all the available exploits and payloads."
"I use Rapid7 Metasploit for payload generation and Post-Exploitation."
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"The reporting on the solution is good."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scripts, the modules, and the tools that the Rapid7 Metasploit framework has."
"The option to generate phishing emails has proven to be very valuable in understanding the behavior of users."
"The reporting needs improvement. It should generate much more stuff like field reports."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
"They have integrated with other third parties, but it is still not viable."
"The only improvement I can think of is on the implementation side. At times it is a bit slow."
"When tested on Zero day, there were errors."
"Qualys VMDR is basically susceptible to false positives, and false negatives."
"The price could be better. Asset view is still a legacy feature. I'm not able to extract the information about the asset with complete details. It would be better if they fixed that in the next release. I know Qualys is already working on it, so I'm hopeful it will be available in the next five or six months. That would be something that's changed where I seek improvement."
"The reporting and the GUI need improvements."
"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."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"The solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"The open-source version has reporting limitations. You need to develop these capabilities yourself. Built-in reporting is an excellent feature for penetration testing, but it isn't a must-have. The solution could also cover more vulnerabilities. Metasploit has around 10,000 exploits in its library, but more is always better."
"It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners."
Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 13th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 Metasploit writes "Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded". Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Acunetix, Rapid7 InsightVM and Amazon Inspector. See our Qualys VMDR vs. Rapid7 Metasploit report.
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