Metasploit vs. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense (formerly Shape Defense, acquired January 2020) provides security to protect a website from bots, fake users, and unauthorized transactions, preventing large scale fraud and eroded user experiences. Companies get visibility, detection and mitigation outcomes to reduce fraud and cloud hosting, bandwidth and compute costs, improve user experiences, and optimize their business based on real human traffic.
$25
per month
Pricing
MetasploitF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
Individual
$25
per month
Teams
$200
per month
Organization
Quote
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MetasploitF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
MetasploitF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
MetasploitF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Small Businesses

No answers on this topic

GitLab
GitLab
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Veracode
Veracode
Score 8.4 out of 10
GitLab
GitLab
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Veracode
Veracode
Score 8.4 out of 10
GitLab
GitLab
Score 8.9 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
MetasploitF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
8.2
(12 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(12 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
MetasploitF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Likelihood to Recommend
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
Read full review
F5
Cloud Bot defense is great for protecting all cloud assets. It is near impossible to have employees monitor these resources each and every second of the day. Criminals do not sleep, so why should our defenses? Having the bots monitoring gives round-the-clock protection and security.
Read full review
Pros
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.
Read full review
F5
  • Strong anti-bot protection against middle-level threats
  • Analysis and alerting on known problem areas
  • Customer support - before and after installation, [F5] Shape [Security] has supported us actively to see the product realize value.
Read full review
Cons
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.
Read full review
F5
  • On a technical side, we've had a lot of deployment issues. This is not a one-sprint solution.
  • We ran into undocumented failure modes and had to rely on L2 and L3 customer support, delaying troubleshooting significantly [in our experience].
  • Accurate log ingestion is a larger challenge than one would want in a security tool.
Read full review
Support Rating
Rapid7
We don't use it.
Read full review
F5
Because we have been using this product for over a year, we like this and we want to use it for the other department also. So I definitely recommend it to other customers or the vendors to use this F5.
Read full review
Implementation Rating
Rapid7
No answers on this topic
F5
The implementation of F5 distributed cloud, but defense was extremely easy. Very simple to set up an implement in a matter of minutes
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
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.
Read full review
F5
We have tried a whole bunch of solutions before we got Shape bot defense solution. But non of them worked for us the way F5 Shape solution worked
Read full review
Return on Investment
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.
Read full review
F5
  • [F5] Shape [Security] established a clear negative trend line in bot traffic to our retail site.
  • [F5] Shape [Security's] anti-automation has moved our business out of reach for ROI for attackers.
  • So far, [F5] Shape [Security] has not caused any incidents as a technology, and has stifled attacks which would have certainly landed as a Sev 2 without this protection.
Read full review
ScreenShots