Cobalt (PtaaS) vs. Metasploit

Cobalt (PtaaS)

Metasploit

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cobalt (PtaaS)	Score 9.2 out of 10	N/A	Cobalt, formerly Crowdcurity, is a penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) program from Cobalt.io in San Francisco, California.	N/A
Metasploit	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	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

Cobalt (PtaaS)

Metasploit

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cobalt (PtaaS)	Metasploit
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Cobalt Credits™ is a flexible consumption model where pentests are sold in groups and redeemed easily throughout the year for a continuous and carefree pentesting experience.

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Community Pulse
	Cobalt (PtaaS)	Metasploit
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Intuitive interface Pro Easy to use Pro Multi platform
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Use cases Minus Paid versions Minus Better understand

Best Alternatives
	Cobalt (PtaaS)	Metasploit
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Veracode Score 8.5 out of 10	Veracode Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises	Veracode Score 8.5 out of 10	Veracode Score 8.5 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cobalt (PtaaS)	Metasploit
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (6 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cobalt (PtaaS)	Metasploit
Likelihood to Recommend	Cobalt No answers on this topic	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cobalt No answers on this topic	Rapid7 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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cobalt No answers on this topic	Rapid7 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 Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Cobalt No answers on this topic	Rapid7 We don't use it. Incentivized Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy Auditor de Seguridad de la Información Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cobalt No answers on this topic	Rapid7 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 Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP Senior Network Security Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Cobalt No answers on this topic	Rapid7 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 Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy Auditor de Seguridad de la Información Read full review
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