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Rana V.

S

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/3/2022

"An alternative of Kali seems quite light"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

The GUI is awsome of Parrot OS, I think that was the reason I wanted it to install for the first time because that changes the look of my whole system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

There are still some compatibility issue with Parrot os, that parrot dosen't have a big community like kali and debian have which give the upper hand to other destro over parrot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rasitha A.

Security Researcher

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/8/2022

"This is mainly for security professionals it has in-built all pre-installed tools"

5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

I have worked for the past 3-4 years on this domain, a more helpful and powerful operating system with pre-installed tools. The lightweight operating system compares to others. It is good to use in all fluctuation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

It has no disadvantages or dislikes. Even you no need to pay anything to avail yourself of the operating system. Most preferred operating system inbetween the security professionals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UT

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/17/2023

"Modern Linux distribution for security professionals"

4/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

Comes with tons of tools, rarely need to add more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

Some specific features are broken (versus Kali linux). App repositories are sometimes outdated or no longer maintained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Miguel Antonio D.

S

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/28/2022

"Stable OS, Friendly, Secure, Continue Update, Support Community"

5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

i like the interface, compatibility and the performance to increase the hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

The drivers sometimes have troubles with some hardware but in the next update it will fix it.... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Nihal A.

Applications R&D Intern

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/25/2022

"Good UI plus Security features"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

I like that it provides with pre-installed cybersecurity things with good UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

I dislike it's updates not coming very frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jose Manuel O.

Sofware engineer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/24/2021

"The fastest growing distribution for offensive security and pentesting"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

One of the main advantages offered by this distribution is that it provides good support for the updates of the different tools that it provides as there is a strong community behind that periodically reviews the latest packages of each of the tools.

In addition, the best tools for performing security audits are pre-installed out-of-the-box, especially from the offensive point of view, with the objective to discover and exploit vulnerabilities in an organization's infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

I think that documentation can be improved, especially for starting users; it would be good to have guided tutorials and explain the different types of tools that we can find in the distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parrot Security OS:

This distribution is designed to provide a complete set of tools for performing penetration testing, attack mitigation, security investigation, forensic analysis, and vulnerability assessment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parrot Security OS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it primarily for application security testing, as well as the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities related to applications and servers that are part of our organization. For example, if we have an application that we are developing and we want to upload it to production, we could use this distribution to check its security, as well as the servers of the infrastructure where the application is running. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AC

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/17/2022

"Excellent for pen testing. If you use Kali, you'll love Parrot"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

Lots of preinstalled pentesting tools

Easy to install and deploy

Actually nice looking UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

This isn't really realistic, but being based on Debian might throw off some more advanced users expecting a bare-bones approach. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Shashank J.

Assistant IT lead

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/3/2022

"Preferred this over Kali"

5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

Simple color scheme is there which my eyes love,easy to use and navigate around,lightweight on system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

There's nothing as of now that I have disliked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tamzid R.

Penetration Tester | Threat and Vulnerability Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/23/2021

"The OS for the cyber security professionals"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

In the world of operating systems, there are so many to name. But for the experts who keep cyberspace secure, Parrot Security OS is one of the bests. The built-in tools that come with this OS are great for web application penetration testing, information gathering & network mapping. Digital forensic investigators should use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

From a technical perspective, there is nothing to dislike. Some people can say that many tools are not always necessary, but I will say they may come out helpful to you one day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parrot Security OS:

If you are working in the field of cyber security, Parrot Security OS is mandatory for you. It will act as a co-worker with you & it will fulfill all of your expectations regarding penetration testing & assessment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parrot Security OS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I always use Parrot Security OS for my web application penetration testing. The tools are effortless to use & also it takes less time to bring my desired report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Indrajeet S.

Security Researcher

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/27/2021

"Best and Suitable Platform for Penetration test"

5/5

What do you like best about Parrot Security OS?

Parrot OS is the goto Operating System (OS) nowadays because of its advanced GUI and functions which make it one of the best Linux based os to work with. It comes with more than 200+ tools and scripts that are useful in day to day work for Cyber Security professional. My day to day work tools are Nmap and Nessus and burp suite which works perfectly and fast also with memory load. Parrot os is a highly polished operating system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Parrot Security OS?

Sometimes parrot OS gets slow when you use any heavy intensive app because it doesn't support a variety of graphic card natively but you can also make it work after some changes.

sometimes it has compatibility issues with peripheral devices such as USB wireless cards and token devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Parrot Security OS:

If you are in the Computer Security profession then you should start using this operating system in your day to day work it will reduce your workload also it's fast as compared to other similar based os. Also, the peoples who want to start working in Cyber Security should start learning it as soon as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Parrot Security OS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Parrot os helps me to fix security issue it also helps me to work with projects based on Computer forensics it works best for projects based on Penetration testing and network testing. Previously the os which I was using is good but when I perform a task like description it gets slow but parrot os works like a charm and also in less times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.