dont take this as a comment on SENuke X but when you're asking about SEO tools its best to take the opinions of people with a bunch of SEO tool affiliate links in their sig with a grain of salt
I get what you're saying but its an honest opinion.
As someone who used SEnuke all the way back when it was SEnuke and not SEnukeX, it still works great if you know how to use it.
I know the OP said "Out of the box", I guess it really depends what he means.
If he meant without adding extra forums etc. and modding the software, then it works fine.
If he wants to be lazy and just push a couple of clicks and get results, then he won't.
You can say that about any software though.
All the tools are CRAP if you don't know how to use it properly.
SEnukeX if you take the time to produce some good content to submit can create CRAZY serp movement.
If you are one of the guys doing the "download, auto-spin, submit", you are not going to get as good results.
I personally use it to make thousands every month. I read a lot of people on the forum saying it's overpriced etc, but for me it generates money. If a tool earns you more than it costs, you have to get it. Just smart business.
Lots of people say there is "better out there for cheaper", and perhaps you can hash a bunch of one-time fee tools together for cheap, but to me time is money.
I can schedule my work and bounce. Whenever I go to bed, out to eat, to the gym, watever my SEnukeX is running. Even as I type this SEnukeX is running.
It's all how you use it, and the OP should decide for himself by taking the 14 day free trial they offer.
But to reiterate SEnukeX still works great post panda if you know how to use it. I guess the devil is in the details.