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Cobalt Strike vs Metasploit

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Cobalt StrikeBreach and Attack Simulation
$5,900/user/yearPublished price
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MetasploitPenetration Testing
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Cobalt Strike
Breach and Attack Simulation

Software for Adversary Simulations and Red Team Operations

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Metasploit
Penetration Testing

The world's most used penetration testing framework

Overview
CategoryBreach and Attack SimulationPenetration Testing
What it isAdvanced adversary simulation platform used by red teams and penetration testers to emulate real-world threat actor behavior and test defenses.Rapid7's open-source penetration testing framework with thousands of exploits and auxiliary modules.
Pricing
Published price$5,900/user/yearMetasploit Framework / Community edition is free and open source. Metasploit Pro is quote-only from Rapid7; resellers (CDW, Insight) carry per-named-user subscription SKUs but gat…
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Free optionsNot availableFree plan · Free trial
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Company
Founded20122003
Team size51-200 employees1001-5000 employees
HeadquartersWashington, DCBoston, MA

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