# BeEF Reviews **Vendor:** BeEF **Category:** [Penetration Testing Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/penetration-testing-tools) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 12 ## About BeEF BeEF is short for The Browser Exploitation Framework. It is a penetration testing tool that focuses on the web browser. ## BeEF Reviews ### 1. my Journey with BeEF **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Animesh R. | Founder, Computer & Network Security, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2022 **What do you like best about BeEF?** the ease of setup that gets ready-to-use condition automatically. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** something database configuration gets confusing **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** browser exploitation demonstration during training sessions for students and corporate employees. ### 2. Most Capable and Trusted API prsenet in market **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** santosh p. | Area Sales Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2022 **What do you like best about BeEF?** It is a very powerful tool that can be used to protect systems from cyber attacks. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** Sometimes its user interface is not so interactive. **Recommendations to others considering BeEF:** Most recommonded for Safty of system **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** It protects our system from firewalls and cyberattacks. ### 3. Great tool for Penetration Testing **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aditya C. | Cyber Security Technologist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2022 **What do you like best about BeEF?** It uses a client-side attack vector to assess the security posture. No complex setup, ease of use. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** Initial setup takes time but it's smooth once done. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a Red Team tool. Very helpful during Penetration Testing and finding bugs. ### 4. One of the best tool to investigate browser vulnerabilities. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankit S. | Marketing Executive, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2022 **What do you like best about BeEF?** Easy to use, intuitive experience, no complicated onboarding is required, and no expertise is required to understand the dashboard; a rookie can take this up without too many hassles. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** The support team is not responsive as expected, I had few queries which were unsolved. None the less good product and recommended **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a smart and user-friendly security tool that we use to examine server browser vulnerabilities and analyse competitve encryption posture. We used to gain insights on which suspects to examine ### 5. The Best Browser Exploiter **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohamed F. | Application Security Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 10, 2022 **What do you like best about BeEF?** Don't need to install any big setups, just from a simple web interface. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** No Cons in this tool. Everything works perfect. **Recommendations to others considering BeEF:** For Penetration testing and to play around yourself you can go for this. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a cool tool to explain XSS in a better way for my students. ### 6. One of the most reliable penetration testing tools in the market **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2022 **What do you like best about BeEF?** The thing I like the most about BeEF has a lot of simple yet powerful features that they offer as a penetration testing tool. It also uses GitHub which is an added advantage. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** Nothing to dislike... simply best when it comes to web browser penetration testing! **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it as a powerful and intuitive security tool to check browser vulnerabilities and assess the security posture of a target. Besides, we truely enjoy its custom modules. ### 7. Great to explore vulnerability of browsers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2021 **What do you like best about BeEF?** simplicity of usage, no complex setup is required and does not require any specific training or learning curve, this can be picked up by a newbie without too many issues **What do you dislike about BeEF?** By its nature this software needs to be managed properly and its usage can be dangerous if not well used **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** test the web browsers to decide which browsers to recommend for our web applications ### 8. The best I know. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 06, 2021 **What do you like best about BeEF?** It is easy to use, requires no complicated installation, requires no special training or learning curve, and is a hassle-free choice for beginners. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** Not for new users, apart from that all OK. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it to analyze how susceptible web pages are to attacks. ### 9. Good for testing **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2021 **What do you like best about BeEF?** Its a testing tool and browser specific and works on the security constrains. Very useful in assessing security scope of particular environment(Target Environment) with client side sample vectors. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** Penetration needs to be tested by professionals. No newbie can handle this. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it to assess how prone are web pages for attacks. ### 10. BeEF is a must-have in a Red Team's toolkit **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 09, 2019 **What do you like best about BeEF?** I love how easy it is to setup BeEF and distributing the webpage to hook. In a few minutes I can have malicious pages up and ready for attack. That's less time spent setting up and more time spent exploiting. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** A downside of BeEF is that it has a very narrow chance of hooking a user. This isn't BeEF's fault, but a problem with the attack vector in general. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** On a Red Team we need every opportunity for exploitation. BeEF is our go-to tool for attacks through the web browser. ### 11. A must have for any Pentester! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Garrett Colby S. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2019 **What do you like best about BeEF?** I love the simplicity of the web interface. Makes it very easy to navigate and understand as well as view all features in an elegant UI. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** I wish there were a wizard or some type of tutorial built in. However, many can easily be found online. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use BeEF mostly for demonstration purposes when showing clients how easy it is for someone to have their system breached and exploited. ### 12. BeEF Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Madeline M. | Sales Associate , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2019 **What do you like best about BeEF?** I like that it is very user friendly, I am able to use for a lot of my work. **What do you dislike about BeEF?** I hate that it is so easy to see how people can hack into your server with this device. That is very scary. **What problems is BeEF solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving server hacking problems. I have realized how I can use it so easily. ## BeEF Discussions - [Can BeEF be used by hackers?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/beef-can-beef-be-used-by-hackers) - 1 comment - [View BeEF pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/beef/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-21+13%3A16%3A47+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=04857081-8e63-41d4-822f-76481cbdf034&secure%5Btoken%5D=028b623c4d549ac066523ad9c346ab67bfe00931eccb5de64c4da5786f121dc8&format=llm_user) ## BeEF Features **Administration** - API / Integrations - Extensibility - Reporting and Analytics **Analysis** - Issue Tracking - Reconnaissance - Vulnerability Scan **Testing** - Command-Line Tools - Manual Testing - Test Automation - Performance and Reliability ## Top BeEF Alternatives - [vPenTest](https://www.g2.com/products/vpentest/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (230 reviews) - [Intruder](https://www.g2.com/products/intruder/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (206 reviews) - [Astra Pentest](https://www.g2.com/products/astra-pentest/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (185 reviews)