Astra Pentest vs. Metasploit

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

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

• Have encountered issues with updating especially after moving from BackTrack to Kali.
• Sometimes it gets a little buggy, but that's a rare occurrence.

Incentivized

We don't use it.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

• If you prevent an attack you will save a lot of money.
• There is a free version that has a lot of useful exploits.
• You can run it in an open source OS.

Incentivized