Comparison

Impacket vs NetSPI

No leader: the top candidate Impacket has only 0.27 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Impacket43
NetSPI5
Score
Vioscale score
Impacket43 / 100low · 27%updating
NetSPI5 / 100low · 15%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Impacket
NetSPI
Model
Impacketcommercial
NetSPIquote
Price level
Impacketfree
NetSPIunknown
Transparent
Impacket
NetSPI
Integrations
Count
Impacket15
NetSPI2
Adoption
Dependent repos
Impacket1,016
NetSPI
Github stars
Impacket16,038
NetSPI
Activity
Commits last 30d
Impacket21
NetSPI
Release
Cadence days
Impacket198
NetSPI
History
Impacket16 items
NetSPI
Language
Primary
ImpacketPython
NetSPI
Market
Availability
NetSPI

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for penetration testing. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Human led testing
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Automated adversary simulation
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Web application testing
Impacket-
NetSPI-
API endpoint testing
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Network infrastructure testing
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Cloud aws gcp configuration testing
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Compliance ready reporting
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Remediation validation retesting
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Jira issue tracker sync
Impacket-
NetSPI-
SOC2 type ii
Impacket-
NetSPI-
ISO 27001
Impacket-
NetSPI-
Pricing model
Impacket-
NetSPI-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Impacket

A Python library that enables developers to work with network protocols at a low level, supporting packet construction and parsing, with protocol implementations for SMB, MSRPC, LDAP, and other network communications.

Independently observed

NetSPI

NetSPI provides penetration testing and attack surface management services combining a team of professional security experts with artificial intelligence tools to continuously identify and assess security vulnerabilities across cloud and internal infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Impacket

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

NetSPI

Quote-based

Custom pricing for services; available through AWS Marketplace

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Impacket
NetSPI
macOS
Impacket
NetSPI
Windows
Impacket
NetSPI
Linux
Impacket
NetSPI
CLI
Impacket
NetSPI
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Impacket
NetSPI
Self-hosted
Impacket
NetSPI

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Impacket

15 total
  • SMB1
  • SMB2
  • SMB3
  • MSRPC
  • LDAP
  • MSSQL/TDS
  • RDP
  • Kerberos
  • NTLM
  • WMI
  • IPv4
  • IPv6
  • TCP
  • UDP
  • Ethernet
Independently observed

NetSPI

2 total
  • AWS
  • Azure
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.