We performed a comparison between Forescout Platform and Tenable Security Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The stability is amazing for the Forescout Platform. We have been using Forescout for four years, and no one complained about the stability."
"The initial setup is easy, taking no more than two or three weeks."
"The most valuable features of ForeScout is the fact that it can do network access control either with 802.1x or without 802.1x."
"The standout strength of this solution lies in its unique capability to effectively manage unmanaged switches."
"The user interface is quite simple."
"The initial setup is quite simple. It's not too complex or difficult to set up."
"Forescout Platform's best feature is plug-in integration."
"Vulnerability remediation is valuable. We can narrow down a system and its properties. We can go granular on the properties of each endpoint, such as which operating system you're using."
"Support is knowledgeable."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"Tenable.sc is user-friendly."
"I find Tenable SC to be a very scalable product."
"We really love the Security Center dashboard. It basically performs vulnerability scanning and then outputs a vulnerability data."
"Initial setup was pretty straightforward."
"Tenable SC's most valuable features are the low number of false positives and the strong capability of providing prioritization for the vulnerabilities detected."
"Tenable.sc's best features are the availability model, accident management, and scoring."
"The solution does have a bit of complexity, and there's some complexity in the deployment. Users need to be trained before undertaking an initial setup."
"They should improve features related to IT security. ForeScout should analyze behavior to see if the behavior is malicious behavior and block this device. They should develop the ability to analyze the behavior of the device in my environment."
"Custom integrations need to be better."
"It's scalable, but not without a big investment. It doesn't do so well at the branch. At the home office, it does okay and not so well at the branch."
"The ability to block external devices in Mac is lacking and needs to be added."
"In the next release of the solution, it could benefit from being more flexible to allow for more freedom."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The licensing costs are quite high. With the amount of hardware we have, we need too many licenses to make the product effective and it's ultimately just too costly."
"For downloading reports, we have to go to the scan and then we have to go to the reports and download the Excel or CSV or PDF. I think these menus and clicks can be minimized."
"There is not much room for improvement. However, there should be a guide that describes the step-by-step procedures for doing tasks. Otherwise, training is required from a senior guy to a junior guy."
"The biggest issue I have with the solution is when I'm using the scanning it picks up the original DNS of that device. That means, before we image it and actually change the DNS to something within our company structure, it'll just be random numbers and letters and Tenable will stick to that DNS for a long time."
"It's good at creating information, it's good creating dashboards, it's good at creating reports, but if you want to take that reporting metadata and put it into another tool, that is a little bit lacking."
"The solution should include compliance-based scanning."
"Tenable SC could be improved with additional connectivity to external company postures and the capability of managing and sustaining agents in the systems directly without additional platforms in the middle."
"The pricing is reasonable, but this could be brought down more aggressively, such as we see with Rapid7, Tenable SC's main competitor."
"We experienced some difficulties with the solution’s support."
Forescout Platform is ranked 3rd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 69 reviews while Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews. Forescout Platform is rated 8.4, while Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Microsoft Intune, whereas Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus and AWS Security Hub.
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