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Fortra Tripwire IP360 vs Rapid7 Metasploit comparison

Fortra and Rapid7 are both solutions in the Vulnerability Management category. Fortra is ranked #58, while Rapid7 is ranked #23 with an average rating of 9.3. Fortra holds a 0.7% mindshare in VM, compared to Rapid7’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 60% of Fortra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Rapid7 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Fortra Tripwire IP360 and Rapid7 Metasploit are competitors in the cybersecurity landscape, focusing on vulnerability management. Rapid7 Metasploit appears to maintain an edge in feature innovation due to its advanced penetration testing tools, whereas Fortra Tripwire IP360 is preferred for its comprehensive asset scanning and threat intelligence integration.

Features: Fortra Tripwire IP360 provides robust asset discovery, vulnerability prioritization, and threat intelligence integration across networks. Rapid7 Metasploit offers advanced penetration testing tools, extensive exploit libraries, and custom scripting capabilities that enhance adaptability.

Room for Improvement: Fortra Tripwire IP360 could improve in setup simplification, user interface intuitiveness, and integration ease with third-party security tools. Rapid7 Metasploit may benefit from expanding its threat intelligence insights, enhancing asset discovery features, and refining reporting capabilities for clearer visibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Rapid7 Metasploit is known for straightforward setup and strong community support, providing resources for troubleshooting and optimization. Fortra Tripwire IP360 comes with a steeper learning curve but has dedicated customer service for guided deployment and maintenance.

Pricing and ROI: Fortra Tripwire IP360's premium pricing reflects its in-depth vulnerability analysis capabilities with a high ROI through risk reduction. Rapid7 Metasploit offers competitive pricing with flexible subscription models, balancing cost and actionable security insights, appealing to cost-conscious clients seeking immediate value.

To learn more, read our detailed Fortra Tripwire IP360 vs. Rapid7 Metasploit Report (Updated: September 2026).

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Qualys TotalCloud

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Qualys TotalCloud is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortra Tripwire IP360 is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rapid7 Metasploit is 2.0%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Qualys TotalCloud	1.2%
Rapid7 Metasploit	2.0%
Fortra Tripwire IP360	0.7%
Other	96.1%

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Featured Reviews

reviewer2859021

Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Risk-based triage has transformed container security and now prioritizes high-impact threats

The best features Qualys TotalCloud offers currently include managing cloud infrastructure and container security while facing major challenges such as alert fatigue. Traditional vulnerability scanners flag hundreds of CVEs on short-lived Kubernetes containers, some of which have no internet exposure or are gone before we can even triage them. I leverage Qualys TotalCloud to move beyond static CVSS. I use it to implement runtime exposure, correlation risk reprioritization, and shift-left integration. This notifies developers to fix a base image upstream rather than patching live ephemeral instances. In my work with cloud and container security, the biggest operational hurdle was alert fatigue. I use Qualys to shift left from static CVSS severity to context-aware risk prioritization. I correlated raw vulnerability data with real-time risk factors such as public network exposure, active runtime execution, or overly permissive IAM roles. This allows us to immediately drop the priority of isolated containers and escalate lower-severity CVEs that sit on an exposed, high-risk path. We can map these findings directly back to our CI/CD pipelines so developers can patch the root base images upstream. We have drastically cut down the signal-to-noise ratio, saved a lot of manual hours doing triage work, and ensured engineering effort goes directly towards high-impact risk reduction.

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Corey Cole

Service Coordinator - Technology Security at a government with 10,001+ employees

The solution helps users to manage their entire IP range, but it's unreliable and very expensive to maintain

Only the administrator was using the product. He used it to read reports as part of our compliance programs. It wasn't heavily used by a lot of users. The tool comes in at a large scale, and we tried to scale it down. The scaling did not apply to us. It was neither difficult nor easy. I rate the scalability a five out of ten. We had some challenges while scaling it down. It could do 10,000 devices, and we wanted to use it for ten devices. The process was difficult and expensive. We did not need the product anymore.

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reviewer1247523

Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Extensive exploit database and seamless integration enhance penetration testing capabilities

The automated approach in the audits or in the hacking testing with Rapid7 Metasploit could be improved because even the same attack you provide today will go in different ways another day. I prefer when the auditor or pen-tester provides the attack in a non-automated mode. For some, it might be a valuable option, but I'm not sure it's valuable for us, as after the attack has been provided, we should release a report detailing how it transpired and what the customer should improve to block this way of attack. If the attack was provided in an automated mode, you cannot receive sufficient information that helps with this final report for the customer. While you can check the vulnerability, and the system will tell you there is no vulnerability, usually, a human can change one, two, or three parameters and using the same technique and the same scripts can break the system. Rapid7 Metasploit could be improved in areas concerning the experience with finding particular scripts pre-installed in the solution. Customers, administrators, and pen-testers spend considerable time trying to locate the specific component they need by the name of the technique or the name of the attack, so any improvements in making it easier to find those predefined components by name or timeframe would be beneficial. Search filters could be a correct improvement.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The best feature would be the ability to create policies. It is easy to control and update policies as required."

"Qualys TotalCloud's most valuable features are its cloud security posture management, Kubernetes, and container security capabilities."

"We were able to realize its benefits within 24 to 48 hours."

"CSPM is currently the most used feature, and we are enjoying the new feature, FlexScan, which is valuable for Internet-facing VMs."

"By integrating TotalCloud, we have significantly reduced vulnerabilities in our deployment pipeline."

"In my opinion, this is the best tool."

"The vulnerability management feature is the one I like the most because it provides a clear picture of all vulnerabilities."

"My experience with using TruRisk to mitigate noise from raw CVEs has been extremely effective."

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"This product detects vulnerabilities which exist in the environment, and provides enough information that allows for remediation, thereby securing the environment."

"Tripwire IP360 is a very stable solution."

"It's become the pinnacle point for anything that enters the network or anything that's passing through to production to first be affected by IP360, hardened, and up to standard. For our integrity management, one was deployed in the bank about two years ago and that's still going to expand the usage and the product itself. That will go hand in hand with training and expanding the product as for where it's deployed."

"We could manage our entire IP range with the solution."

"Tripwire IP360 helps me to discover most of the vulnerabilities, and I like the way that it prioritizes these vulnerabilities, as it allows me to focus on the most important ones first and then follow up with the rest."

"The company probably chose this solution because they thought that they would be getting the best bang for their buck."

"Tripwire is one of the most mature in terms of companies, suites, support, everything, much more than any other product."

"It has enhanced the security program by ensuring that all external-facing systems are scanned on a routine basis."

"Rapid7 Metasploit is a useful product."

"This product is fantastic."

"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."

"Technical support is very good; whenever we need assistance, they are quite helpful and responsive."

"The search engine is actually pretty cool, it allows you to search the vulnerability very fast, and the big difference is that the exploit you see on Metasploit has been tested and imported, it's going to work and it is not going to crash anything."

"The greatest advantage of Rapid7 Metasploit is that it is the only system that can directly exploit vulnerabilities on the Metasploit platform."

"The reporting on the solution is good."

"The most valuable features and capabilities of Rapid7 Metasploit are its tight connection with InsightVM, which searches for potential threats and vulnerabilities and then validates whether we can break the system using those vulnerabilities, serving as a validator component of the InsightVM solution."

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Cons

"Two areas for improvement in Qualys TotalCloud are the speed of the public cloud platform and vulnerability detection."

"The areas in the solution that have room for improvement include the UI/UX design, which should be improved, and they should integrate more artificial intelligence into the product."

"The downside is only in container security, but it has not been a long time since they introduced these models."

"Qualys' customer service provides quality answers, but the response time is long, even though it is within the SLA."

"The main area needing improvement is integration. Although the team is strengthening TotalCloud, integration can be enhanced with SIEM, SOAR, ITSM, and other sources."

"There should be improvement from a dashboard perspective when collecting and showcasing data to lead management."

"I sometimes have difficulty detecting or uninstalling certain versions of applications, which I have to do manually."

"The support is not up to the mark and seems to be overburdened."

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"The reporting functions can use improvement."

"We would like to have better reporting capabilities and for them to be more granular."

"The reporting functions can use improvement. There is room for growth because reporting functions differ a lot depending on what you're going to output. It depends on whether it's for technical or senior management and how it's interpreted. There could be growth within the reporting functionality side."

"If you are looking for better reporting capabilities and vulnerability tracking over time for remediation purposes, then this is not the best solution."

"For IP360, unfortunately, scans for certain vulnerabilities often cause issues, as they are mainly false positive."

"We need to dedicate time and resources to keep it running."

"I am not very impressed by the technical support."

"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."

"The automated approach in the audits or in the hacking testing with Rapid7 Metasploit could be improved because even the same attack you provide today will go in different ways another day."

"The solution is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."

"The open-source version has reporting limitations. You need to develop these capabilities yourself. Built-in reporting is an excellent feature for penetration testing, but it isn't a must-have. The solution could also cover more vulnerabilities. Metasploit has around 10,000 exploits in its library, but more is always better."

"The solution is not very scalable, it does not provide any automation to be able to scale it."

"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."

"I think areas with shortcomings that need improvement are more integration and automation."

"Rapid7 Metasploit can add a GUI feature because it is only available online."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for TotalCloud is attractive and competitive in the market. Given the features, especially the dashboard, I have no concerns regarding pricing."

"Qualys TotalCloud is expensive, but it offers a premier solution with no headaches."

"Its price seems higher compared to other tools, but it is worth it. If they could adjust the pricing and make it comparable with other tools, that would be great."

"Qualys TotalCloud offers cost-effective licensing flexibility."

"I am not sure about the pricing. From what I understand, it is a bit on the higher side, but I do not have the exact numbers."

"Qualys TotalCloud offers good pricing that is affordable and competitive with the market. Our partnership also provides us with additional benefits."

"It isn't cheap, but it's reasonable. It helps us to manage things with very few resources."

"The pricing is comparable. It is built into our other product, so I cannot piecemeal it. It is a part of our subscription."

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"The product was expensive for us."

"I believe the price compares well within the market."

"Rapid7 Metasploit is cheaper than Tenable.io Vulnerability Management."

"The pricing structure involves a one-time purchase cost of approximately twenty thousand dollars or euros for all customers."

"The great advantage with Rapid7 Metasploit, of course, is that it's free."

"We pay monthly. The pricing is reasonable."

"I have used the free version of Rapid7 Metasploit."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product's pricing a six. So it's fairly priced."

"There are two versions available, one of which is the Pro version, and the other is the free version."

"I use the open-source version of this product. Pricing is not relevant."

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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider

18%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

13%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

Comms Service Provider

11%

Construction Company

10%

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Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	38

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Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	12

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Also Known As

Qualys TotalCloud with FlexScan

IP360

Metasploit

Overview

Qualys TotalCloud enhances security posture across cloud environments with continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk visualization, ensuring efficient threat assessment and automated remediation for improved cyber risk reduction.

Qualys TotalCloud offers a robust suite of security tools essential for organizations managing multi-cloud infrastructures. By integrating cloud accounts and automating workflows, it supports AWS, Azure, and GCP, offering comprehensive vulnerability management and zero-day detection. The platform's user-friendly design, combined with its extensive risk management and unified threat assessment capabilities, enables organizations to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities effectively. TruRisk Insights provides clear insights on cyber risks, while the automation options streamline patch management and scanning processes. API integration across IaaS and SaaS environments further enhances resource allocation efficiency and saves time, addressing misconfigurations across cloud environments.

What are the most important features of Qualys TotalCloud?

Accurate Vulnerability Reports: Delivers precise and actionable insights for risk mitigation.
Zero-Day Detection: Identifies and addresses zero-day vulnerabilities proactively.
Unified Threat Assessment: Offers comprehensive evaluation of threats across the environment.
Extensive Risk Management: Manages risks effectively with advanced insights and prioritization.
Continuous Monitoring: Provides non-stop surveillance for vulnerabilities and threats.
Cloud-Native Automation: Streamlines processes and reduces manual efforts using automation.
FlexScan for Internet-Facing VMs: Scans external VMs efficiently to detect vulnerabilities.
Dashboard Risk Visualization: Clear visualization helps prioritize vulnerabilities.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Security Posture: Enhances threat detection and response across clouds.
Time Savings: Automation reduces time spent on manual vulnerability management.
Resource Efficiency: Better allocation of resources through streamlined workflows.
Enhanced Risk Prioritization: Focus on critical vulnerabilities for effective mitigation.
Integrated Cloud Accounts: Facilitates seamless cloud management and security.

Qualys TotalCloud is deployed in sectors needing rigorous vulnerability management, such as finance and healthcare. Companies utilize it to secure multi-cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and GCP, focus on compliance, and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines to detect and remedy threats pre-deployment.

Qualys

Tripwire IP360 is a powerful vulnerability management solution that identifies and prioritizes network vulnerabilities for remediation. It is highly effective in scanning devices and applications, improving security posture, ensuring compliance, and managing risks.

Users value its detailed reporting, user-friendly interface, and seamless integration with other security tools for efficient security management.

Fortra

Rapid7 Metasploit provides robust exploitation capabilities, vulnerability assessment, and seamless integration with InsightVM, enhancing penetration testing and security awareness.

Rapid7 Metasploit stands out in the cybersecurity sphere for its extensive exploit modules and automated testing processes. It supports multiple interfaces and databases, simplifying exploit development and facilitating network scanning through integration with Nmap. Its emphasis on vulnerability discovery and incident detection positions it as a key tool in various IT environments, despite limitations in GUI effectiveness and exploit update speeds.

What are the key features of Rapid7 Metasploit?

Exploitation Capabilities: Offers a vast array of exploit modules for advanced penetration testing.
Automation: Streamlines testing processes, ensuring efficient workflow.
Integration: Works with tools like Nmap for enhanced network scanning.
Open Source: Leverages extensive user contributions for diverse payload options.
User Interface: Intuitive design assists in phishing email generation and testing.

What benefits can users expect from Rapid7 Metasploit?

Comprehensive Testing: Enables thorough vulnerability assessments across environments.
Incident Detection: Facilitates early identification and response to security threats.
Efficiency: Automates redundant tasks, reducing manual effort.
Insightful Reporting: Provides detailed analysis for informed decision-making.

In industries such as government and education, Rapid7 Metasploit integrates into security protocols and training programs. Its deployment on platforms like Kali Linux aligns with IP assets for effective scanning and phishing detection. Organizations benefit from its ability to track processes and collaborate securely with entities, enhancing overall cybersecurity readiness.

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1. Aetna 2. Accenture 3. Adidas 4. AIG 5. Airbus 6. Akamai 7. Amazon 8. American Express 9. Aon 10. Apple 11. ATT 12. Autodesk 13. Bank of America 14. Barclays 15. Bayer 16. Bechtel 17. BlackRock 18. Boeing 19. BNP Paribas 20. Cisco 21. CocaCola 22. Comcast 23. Dell 24. Deutsche Bank 25. eBay 26. ExxonMobil 27. FedEx 28. Ford 29. General Electric 30. Google 31. HP 32. IBM

City of Corpus Christi, Diebold, Lumenate, Nebraska Public Power District, Prairie North Regional Health, Apptio, Automation Direct, Bob's Stores, Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions, Carnegie Mellon University

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