John the Ripper vs. Strobes PTaaS

John the Ripper

2 Reviews and Ratings

Strobes PTaaS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
John the Ripper	Score8 out of 10	N/A	John the Ripper is a penetration testing tool used to find and crack weak passwords.	N/A
Strobes PTaaS	N/A	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS) offers a personalized, offense-driven approach to safeguard digital assets. With a team of seasoned experts and advanced pen-testing methodologies, Strobes PTaaS provides actionable insights to improve organizations' security posture. Pentesting as a Service (PtaaS) combines manual, human-driven testing with a delivery platform. It’s all about setting up ongoing pentest programs, complete with integrations for smooth operation and easy reporting. Strobes…	$499 per month per user

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John the Ripper

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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Best Alternatives
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Enterprises	Metasploit Score9 out of 10	Metasploit Score9 out of 10
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User Ratings
	John the Ripper	Strobes PTaaS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	John the Ripper	Strobes PTaaS
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source It is best suited in those environments where complexity is not the key. We've used it fairly extensively in our UNIX to find weak UNIX passwords and in Windows environments too. It's very easy to get hold of as it is essentially Open Source, although a paid version is now available and we are thinking of looking at this proposition in-depth to see if it is viable. We found it easy to install and deploy across our systems. Patching was fairly regular, so we always had the latest version. It holds its own against DES and Blowfish encryption algorithms among many others. Incentivized Azhar Chaudri Security Team Lead Analyst Read full review	Strobes Security Inc No answers on this topic
Pros	Open Source Easily finds plantect passwords. Simply detects passwords hashes. Has a fully bespoke cracker that can be modified to users requirements. Excellent for UNIX and Windows usage. Incentivized Azhar Chaudri Security Team Lead Analyst Read full review	Strobes Security Inc No answers on this topic
Cons	Open Source It needs to be modified to be able to break SHA 256, 512 and the lastest hashes. Can be slow and wildly against the lastest hashes. Require admin access to set up account. Old and is being superseded by better applications. Incentivized Azhar Chaudri Security Team Lead Analyst Read full review	Strobes Security Inc No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Open Source 'John the Ripper' being open source was free to use, whereas the others had to be paid for. It was very simple to install and runs against many hundreds of hashes and crypts. It is always developing thanks to large communities on GitHub. Incentivized Azhar Chaudri Security Team Lead Analyst Read full review	Strobes Security Inc No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Open Source Helped us achieve initial Password Auditor goals and targets. Simple and cheap to deploy, so have saved greatly compared to paid for products. Incentivized Azhar Chaudri Security Team Lead Analyst Read full review	Strobes Security Inc No answers on this topic
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