AWS Security Hub vs Tenable Security Center comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Tenable are both solutions in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.9, while Tenable is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.0% mindshare in CSPM, compared to Tenable’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

AWS Security Hub

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89% willing to recommend

Tenable Security Center

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Tenable Security Center and AWS Security Hub are both contenders in the security solutions category. Tenable seems to have an upper hand in vulnerability management with its comprehensive dashboards, while AWS Security Hub excels in AWS integration and compliance monitoring.

Features: Tenable Security Center offers comprehensive vulnerability scanning, customizable policies, and insightful dashboards for large organizations. AWS Security Hub integrates smoothly with AWS services, supports compliance frameworks like CIS, and provides valuable real-time alerting in AWS environments.

Room for Improvement: Tenable Security Center needs better report customizations, enhanced integration capabilities, and improvements in scan performance. AWS Security Hub should increase adaptability for diverse environments, develop a more comprehensive alert system, and upgrade its dashboard usability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tenable primarily supports on-prem deployments, contrasting AWS Security Hub which is optimized for AWS cloud environments. Both offer satisfactory technical support but could improve response times. Tenable varies by region, while AWS is consistently reliable but sometimes slow with updates.

Pricing and ROI: Tenable Security Center, though seen as expensive, delivers strong ROI through its scanning features and manpower efficiency. AWS Security Hub's flexible pricing is attractive to AWS-focused businesses and offers competitive security solutions in AWS-specific contexts.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Security Hub

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

11th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th)

Tenable Security Center

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (5th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of AWS Security Hub is 3.0%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 1.8%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AWS Security Hub	3.0%
Tenable Security Center	1.8%
Other	95.2%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Featured Reviews

Karthik Ekambaram

Director at Scybers

Has helped identify misconfigurations and prioritize risks but lacks multi-cloud support and deeper integration features

AWS Security Hub cannot scale up to multiple different cloud environments; it only works for AWS. There are other products in the market for CSPM that can give you multi-cloud environment misconfigurations, even Microsoft for that matter. Regarding the integration of AWS Security Hub with third-party tools, I am not certain whether we can integrate them, but there is no need to do so. However, AWS Security Hub cannot integrate with other cloud providers, so it only supports the AWS environment. The compliance checks within AWS Security Hub are good, but we don't use them much. We utilize compliance frameworks such as CIS compliance frameworks and ISO 27017 framework, which are beneficial, but it can improve in other areas too, such as including NIST and other frameworks beyond just ISO and CIS. Improvements can be applicable for scalability, particularly on integration with multi-cloud environments, and compliance frameworks can be added for more variety as well. The unified dashboard in AWS Security Hub is adequate; I cannot say it is exceptional, but the content available in the dashboards is satisfactory for now.

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reviewer1534134

Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

Centralized analytics have strengthened patch visibility and support efficient regulatory reporting

From my experience, I assess the product's analytics capabilities as successful. It helped us significantly with patching and managing the risk of the patching process across all our environments, including network devices with Windows and Unix systems. The product covered several environments and gave us exactly what we needed in our environment. Tenable Security Center's centralized platform helped with risk assessment and management across our IT environments. It covered the patching process, and we previously faced many issues regarding how to patch different environments, how to monitor the patching process, and whether it was successful or not. We obtained good reports showing when patches were closed and the details of each patch, including who executed it and everything related to the patching process until it was closed. This gave us good details about the process which helped us significantly in our reporting and even in audits, whether internal or external. We learned how to close audit issues safely and successfully. We used the dashboards for real-time threat insights and extracted several dashboards from Tenable Security Center. We use these dashboards in our cybersecurity dashboard and committees that we have. These dashboards are part of our committees, especially the cybersecurity committee and other committees that we attend.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"AWS Security Hub has very good integration features. It allows for AWS native services integration, and it helps us to integrate some of the services outside of AWS."

"Easily integrates with third-party tools"

"This solution is for security posture management for the cloud, showing the security posture of your cloud infrastructure and giving you good insight into whether your infrastructure is secure or not."

"The most valuable feature of AWS Security Hub is the ability to track when monitoring is not enabled on any of my resources."

"The most beneficial aspect of Security Hub is its proactive capability, allowing us to identify potential security issues before they escalate."

"AWS Security Hub can check your infrastructure against multiple compliance frameworks. You can turn on or off specific frameworks based on your needs."

"Currently, our organization utilizes AWS for various purposes, including SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and hosting applications in the cloud. We develop our applications and use AWS services as a platform for basic functions and secondary development needs. Additionally, we rely on PaaS for accounting services. Approximately, 50% of our applications are hosted in the cloud environment, making it a significant part of our current setup."

"Very good at detection and providing real-time alerts."

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"The most effective feature of Tenable Security Center for detecting vulnerabilities is its capability for critical mapping."

"This solution is very customizable compared to everything else I've seen on the market, so you can easily customize it to suit your needs."

"It is a very good and user-friendly product."

"Compared to other products, the most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and ability to provide visibility over scan results while providing many templates to users, making it a helpful tool."

"One of the most valuable features is their distributed scan model for allotting engines to work together as a pool and handle multiple scans at once, across multiple environments. Automatic scanning distribution is a distinguishing feature of their toolset."

"The most valuable feature is the automatic and periodic management of security scans, along with the ability to consolidate all information into a single dashboard."

"One valuable feature is the Assurance Report Card; with the Assurance Report Card, we are able to give our overview about security posters in just a glance, and with a report to cut this our executives can quickly consume that without going into the difficulties of the vulnerability issue."

"The most valuable features in Tenable SC are scanning and analysis."

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Cons

"From an improvement perspective, there is a need to add more compliance since, right now, AWS Security Hub only provides four to five compliances to control the tool."

"AWS Security Hub's configuration and integration are areas where it lacks and needs to improve."

"I would like a more fine-grained capability for creating custom rules and a more user-friendly experience programmatically in writing queries and configuring custom security rules, making it quicker and easier."

"Security needs to be measured based on their own criteria. We can't add custom criteria specific to our organization. For example, having an S3 bucket publicly available might be flagged as a critical alert, but it might not be critical in a sandbox environment. So, it gets flagged as critical, which becomes a false positive. So, customization options and creating custom dashboards would be areas for improvement."

"Many findings are too generic or irrelevant to the environment, which can lead to false positives."

"Although AWS Security Hub does a periodic scan of your overall infrastructure, it doesn't do it in real time."

"The solution should be easier to learn and use"

"One aspect that could be improved in the solution is its adaptability to different markets and geopolitical restrictions. In certain regions like Thailand, specific services from certain countries or providers, such as AWS or Azure, might be limited or blocked. It also needs improvement in would require configuring the solution more adaptable to AWS infrastructure and function."

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"Deploying Tenable.sc is highly complex because it's an on-prem solution, whereas Tenable.io is cloud-based, so you can go live as soon as you log in. Tenable.sc involves significant integration with other on-prem solutions, and the deployment takes about two to three weeks with the help of a system integrator"

"In terms of the configuration of the reports, there's some level of flexibility that we are not able to achieve."

"There should be an easier way to build your own type of reports because the data is there but it is quite painful to get what I want from it."

"A good plugin editor would be a good additional option for the Security Center."

"Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers."

"They are not currently handling call flows properly. Some call flows are being deleted from the registry but still show as active."

"At times we have had the typical bugs."

"Its reporting can be improved. It is not easy to generate a scan report the way we want."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions."

"The pricing is fine. It is not an expensive tool."

"The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable."

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

"AWS Security Hub's pricing is pretty reasonable."

"AWS Security Hub is not an expensive tool. I would consider it to be a cheap solution. AWS Security Hub follows the PAYG pricing model, meaning you will have to pay for whatever you use."

"The cost is based on the number of compliances, core checks, and services required, and for more than 10,000 recommendations, the charge is just one dollar."

"There are multiple subscription models, like yearly, monthly, and packaged."

"Tenable is open-source."

"The pricing depends upon the number of IPs."

"Though reasonable, the main competitor of Tenable SC, Rapid7, offers a more aggressive and better priced product."

"We're happy with the licensing cost and find it affordable."

"The pricing is more than Nexpose."

"The price of Tenable SC is expensive, we pay approximately €70,000 for the license annually. We have to pay for each IP test. The cost of other solutions is far less, such as Nessus Professional, which is €3,000 annually."

"Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets."

"We're able to save because we don't have to employ more staff members to help wit ht he scheduling of the scans, running the reports or sending them out to the systems owners. That alone is a big ROI for us."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	27

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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What do you like most about AWS Security Hub?

The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud.

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What needs improvement with AWS Security Hub?

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What do you like most about Tenable SC?

The tool's dashboard and reporting capabilities match our company's needs since we are able to modify the basic view to create a new dashboard, and it works out very well for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?

The price of Tenable Security Center is not so high; it's relatively a cheaper solution.

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What needs improvement with Tenable SC?

We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center. In some cases, we needed to refer back to Tenable itself, and in other cases, we ne...

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Also Known As

SQRRL

Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter

Overview

AWS Security Hub is a comprehensive security service that provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across an AWS environment. It collects data from various AWS services, partner solutions, and AWS Marketplace products to provide a holistic view of security posture. With Security Hub, users can quickly identify and prioritize security issues, automate compliance checks, and streamline remediation efforts.

The service offers a range of features including continuous monitoring, threat intelligence integration, and customizable dashboards. It also provides automated insights and recommendations to help users improve their security posture. Security Hub integrates with other AWS services like Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, and AWS Macie to provide a unified security experience. Additionally, it supports integration with third-party security tools through its API, allowing users to leverage their existing security investments.

With its user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities, AWS Security Hub is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their security and compliance posture in the cloud.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.

Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.

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Sample Customers

Edmunds, Frame.io, GoDaddy, Realtor.com

IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific

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