G2 Vendor Directory

Metasploit

by Rapid7

55

Reviews

4.6

Star rating

#16

Rank in Penetration Testing

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Pentesting Efficiency
  • Expertise

Cons

  • Complex Setup

Traffic & LLM citations

Monthly G2.com page views and citations by AI answer engines for Metasploit.

Page views and citations · Metasploit

Source: G2 review data

Losing to

Based on reviewers of other products who said they switched from Metasploit.

Key stats

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72

Small Business

2

Adoption by company size

SegmentShare of reviews
Small Business47.3%
Mid-Market40.0%
Enterprise12.7%

Quarterly history

QuarterReviewsStar rating
2024 Q415.0
2025 Q115.0

Satisfaction ratings

Ease of Use8.3
Ease of Setup8.1
Quality of Support8.5
Meets Requirements9.1

What reviewers say

Metasploit: the master blaster

5.0

“It is not just a tool but a toolkit with all the required and extra penetration testing suites.”

Security professional

The Best Exploitation framework

5.0

“metasploit is the best tool for creating payloads and exploitating systems it is the best tool for hackers. we can create different types of payloads with this framework ,like apk,exe,pdf etc..”

Cyber Security Analyst

Not Just For Script Kiddies

4.0

“I personally enjoy using Metasploit for the easy-to-use interface. This is critical when I require a demonstration of the actual vulnerability being exploited to a less-technical professional audience.”

Information Security Engineer