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title: "Metasploit vs Pentera: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Metasploit or Pentera more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Penetration testing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Metasploit vs Pentera: Which is searched more?

Is Metasploit or Pentera more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Penetration testing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Metasploit and Pentera
- **Competitive set**: Penetration testing platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Metasploit Share of Search**: 4%
- **Pentera Share of Search**: 1%

## Is Metasploit or Pentera more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Metasploit had more branded searches than Pentera among penetration testing platforms worldwide. Metasploit had about 40,500 branded searches, while Pentera had 10,200. Metasploit made up 4% of all penetration testing platform searches we track, and Pentera accounted for 1%.
- Metasploit was ahead of Pentera in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Metasploit’s share of searches among penetration testing platforms worldwide moved from 5% to 4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60.5K to 40.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Pentera’s share of searches among penetration testing platforms worldwide held steady at 1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.4K to 10.2K.

## How did search popularity change for penetration testing platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- Metasploit’s share of searches among penetration testing platforms worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 4.7% to 4% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Pentera worldwide fell 17.9% over 12 measured months, from 12.4K to 10.2K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Metasploit estimated searches | Metasploit Share of Search | Metasploit rank | Pentera estimated searches | Pentera Share of Search | Pentera rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 60.5K | 5% | 5 | 12.4K | 1% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 5.7% | 5 | 10.2K | 0.96% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 49.5K | 4.9% | 5 | 8.3K | 0.81% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 49.5K | 4.8% | 5 | 12.4K | 1.2% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 49.5K | 4.8% | 5 | 10.2K | 1% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 49.5K | 4.6% | 6 | 12.4K | 1.2% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 49.5K | 4.8% | 6 | 10.3K | 1% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 49.5K | 5.4% | 5 | 10.2K | 1.1% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 40.5K | 4.7% | 6 | 10.2K | 1.2% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 40.5K | 4.6% | 6 | 10.2K | 1.2% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 40.5K | 4.1% | 6 | 10.2K | 1% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 40.5K | 4% | 6 | 10.2K | 1% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Metasploit’s and Pentera’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Metasploit**: Measured on the search term “metasploit”.
- **Pentera**: Measured on the search terms “pentera”, “pentera io”, “pentera penetration testing”, “pentera pentesting” and “pentera software”, summed into one figure.

- [Metasploit profile](/demand/global-en/brands/metasploit)
- [Pentera profile](/demand/global-en/brands/pentera)
- [All penetration testing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/penetration-testing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Metasploit or Pentera more popular in search?

In September 2026, Metasploit had more branded searches than Pentera among penetration testing platforms worldwide. Metasploit had about 40,500 branded searches, while Pentera had 10,200. Metasploit made up 4% of all penetration testing platform searches we track, and Pentera accounted for 1%.

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