Nmap Manufacturing Reviews & Insights

Score10 out of 10

45 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Nmap are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Extensiveness and Advanced Networking Features: Many users have praised NMap for its extensive range of advanced networking features. These reviewers found the tool to be highly comprehensive, allowing them to perform specific scans and obtain desired results.

Lightweight and Easy to Use: NMap's lightweight nature and ease of use have been highlighted by a significant number of users. They appreciated how quickly they could start up the tool without experiencing any performance issues.

Speedy Network Mapping: Several users have expressed their appreciation for NMap's speed and thoroughness in network mapping. They found the tool's network 'sweep' feature to be quick and efficient in providing an accurate map of their networks.

Nmap Reviews

2 Reviews

ManufacturingConsumer Goods1Defense & Space1

Nmap is the best of breed for network mapping tools

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 7, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Nmap to help troubleshoot networking issues, run internal purple team events, and identify operating systems and open ports. During purple team events we use Nmap to run some exploits on systems to make sure they are not suspectable to the particular exploits. Externally, we perform scans to verify ports that are exposed to the internet. Sometimes we use it to see what systems are on a particular segment of our network.

Pros

Nmap is very good at discovering systems on your network.
Nmap is very good at guessing a systems operating system with a high degree of accuracy.
Nmap is good at validating externally facing systems to make sure that unauthorized access is not allowed.

Cons

The GUI version on Nmap could use some improvement with the options that are available to do scans. For example, they could make it easier to select options for the different types of scanning for people who are beginners
There are no abilities to schedule a scan in the Nmap tool.
An intensive scan sometimes takes too much time to complete.

Likelihood to Recommend

Nmap is well suited for network discovery and finding open ports on systems. Nmap can also been used to discover some vulnerabilities or verify vulnerable systems. It is a good reconaissance tool for performing penetration test. The downside to Nmap I think is the ability to be stealthy for some scanning options. It can be a little bit noisy.

Verified User

Contributor in Information Technology (Consumer Goods company, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

NMap is your network security blanket. Literally.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 29, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

All of IT and Security uses NMap to scan systems for rogue or non-approved open ports. We also scan to be sure there are no non-approved operating systems, such as Windows XP or Vista on the network. I also use it to check open port service versions. In other words, I need to be sure that systems running an SSH server, for example, have the latest or the most secure version of the software. NMap helps us keep our systems secure. A periodic network sweep with it also keeps us updated on any new systems attached to the network and exactly what they're running. It provides a snapshot inventory, as well as, the security information. Any suspect systems can be intensely scanned and physically located for further investigation.

Pros

NMap provides a very fast and a very thorough network "sweep" that allows you to quickly map out exactly what's on your network.
NMap is highly configurable. The "canned" choices are very good in most instances, but using various switches and options, you can create a very specific scan and get exactly the results you're looking for.
NMap is easy to use. Even a new administrator will be able to use the graphical version (Zenmap) with efficiency right away.

Cons

Running stealthier scans would be a bonus. Current scans are pretty noisy.
Scans run fast, which sometimes can make it look like a system is being attacked. There is a slow, comprehensive scan option, though.
NMap scripts are written in Lua, which is not a mainstream language.

Likelihood to Recommend

NMap is well suited to just about any situation, network size, or complexity. Some have brought up the point that NMap's proxy settings need work. I haven't used NMap with a proxy. NMap is my "go to" tool for a cursory security sweep. Once a problem is found, I can perform a deeper dive scan on a system or a network. I wouldn't, and don't, use NMap as my only security tool. No single tool has all the answers. For example, it is not a Wireshark in that it does not capture packets or analyze them. It is basically a port scanner, host discovery, OS detection tool.

Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst in Information Technology at CymSTAR, LLC (Defense & Space, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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NMap is your network security blanket. Literally.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 29, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

NMap provides a very fast and a very thorough network "sweep" that allows you to quickly map out exactly what's on your network.
NMap is highly configurable. The "canned" choices are very good in most instances, but using various switches and options, you can create a very specific scan and get exactly the results you're looking for.
NMap is easy to use. Even a new administrator will be able to use the graphical version (Zenmap) with efficiency right away.

Cons

Running stealthier scans would be a bonus. Current scans are pretty noisy.
Scans run fast, which sometimes can make it look like a system is being attacked. There is a slow, comprehensive scan option, though.
NMap scripts are written in Lua, which is not a mainstream language.

Likelihood to Recommend

Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst in Information Technology at CymSTAR, LLC (Defense & Space, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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