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Kali Linux vs. Metasploit

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kali Linux
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Kali Linux is an open source, advanced penetration testing platform supported by Offensive Security headquartered in New York.N/A
Metasploit
Score 9.9 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
Pricing
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Considered Both Products
Kali Linux

No answer on this topic

Metasploit
Verified User
Consultant
Chose Metasploit
Acunetix vulnerability scanner, Netsparker, SQLMap
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Veracode
Veracode
Score 8.6 out of 10
Veracode
Veracode
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Veracode
Veracode
Score 8.6 out of 10
Veracode
Veracode
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kali LinuxMetasploit
Likelihood to Recommend
Offensive Security
Kali is quite honestly appropriate for use on a Test Lab, a Virtual Machine, it will even run on a Raspberry Pi. It is the most popular tool used in most all training courses. It can be uses in home labs, work labs and production environments to perform real life scans for vulnerabilities among other things. It is the most popular tool for Cybersecurity tool.
Dave King | TrustRadius Reviewer
Dave King
Director of IT
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Rapid7
It is easy to use with sufficient documentation on how to use the tools for end users or newbies. Experienced testers will find it easy to customise and configure the test cases. Just wished that I could have taken up a course on using this tool in my study days so that I could had explored more and improved my familiarity with the tool, unlike when working where access and time to explore the other features of the tool is limited
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Anonymous
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Pros
Offensive Security
  • Provides high security.
  • Does great job with penetration testing.
  • Has good number of testing tools with in.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Rapid7
  • Easy to use.
  • Many exploits available.
  • Multi-platform.
Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy
Auditor de Seguridad de la InformaciĂłn
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Cons
Offensive Security
  • Usage wise, it is tough for use by beginners. Can be improved.
  • With Kali Linux have noticed driver related issues especially with Nvidia graphics cards.
  • Kali Linux can be improved for use as a day to day OS.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Rapid7
  • More robust menus
  • Better plugin inter-operation
Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP
Senior Network Security Engineer
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Support Rating
Offensive Security
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Rapid7
We don't use it.
Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy
Auditor de Seguridad de la InformaciĂłn
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Alternatives Considered
Offensive Security
The hard feature to be beat Kali with is the amount of preinstalled tools. I.e. Ubuntu is great but you would have to install each and every tool separately
Verified User
Anonymous
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Rapid7
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Offensive Security
  • Till now Kali Linux have not made a single penny negative impact on our companies business , its so powerful and useful at the same time for our company.
Om Khard | TrustRadius Reviewer
Om Khard
Network Engineer
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Rapid7
  • Positive: Improves efficiency of our network penetration testing operations.
  • Positive: Allows for collaboration and information sharing during a penetration test.
Verified User
Anonymous
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