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Forescout Platform vs Tenable Security Center comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Forescout Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Network Access Control (NAC) (4th), IoT Security (1st), Endpoint Compliance (4th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (16th)
Tenable Security Center
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (4th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (13th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Forescout Platform is designed for Network Access Control (NAC) and holds a mindshare of 13.8%, up 12.5% compared to last year.
Tenable Security Center, on the other hand, focuses on Risk-Based Vulnerability Management, holds 31.4% mindshare, down 38.9% since last year.
Network Access Control (NAC)
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Odai Halawani - PeerSpot reviewer
May 27, 2024
It's an easy and effective solution, especially for device profiling without agents
Forescout Platform works as our next-gen solution, helping us monitor and manage devices connected or disconnected from the network. Additionally, it assists in remediating noncompliant devices Forescout Platform's most valuable aspect is its excellent device profiling for devices without agents,…
Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 23, 2024
A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans
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. For example, suppose I manually conducted CIS hardening or compliance scoring in a separate data centre. These scores should also be reflected in the Tenable Security Center dashboard. Since the scanner is connected to the Tenable Security Center, the dashboard should display the direct scan results from the general security centre and the connected scanners. There could be unusual activities or attacks with the rising AI-related issues or threats that the Tenable Security Center could track in the future.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment, which does not require the use of an agent."
"Forescout has a feature that blocks the endpoint at the point of collection. It sets preconditions and will block the system if those aren't met."
"Forescout Platform's most valuable features are that it is very granular. We are able to cull out a lot of information about our particular device or endpoint. The configuration and the visibility are very seamless. Overall the solution is very easy to handle and it's very comprehensive."
"Forescout Platform has made it possible to block people working near our construction sites who should not have access to our network."
"The best parts of Forescout Platform are its orchestration features, discovery capabilities, classification buckets, and flexibility in creating policies."
"The most valuable feature of the Forescout Platform is the large capacity it can handle. Additionally, the interface of the platform is good."
"The user interface is quite simple."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the vulnerability assessment."
"The valauble feature is compliance reporting system."
"Tenable.sc is user-friendly."
"It is a very good and user-friendly product."
"What is useful to me is being able to fulfill very customized scanning policies. In the clinical environment, because of vendor control, we can't perform credential-vulnerability scanning. And network scans, which I've done before, can cause a lot of impact. Being able to create very customized policies to be able to routinely scan and audit our clinical networks, while simultaneously not causing impact, is important to us."
"I find Tenable SC to be a very scalable product."
"The feature we've liked most recently was being able to take the YARA rules from FireEye and put them into Tenable's scan for the most recent SolarWinds exploit. That was really useful."
"We really love the Security Center dashboard. It basically performs vulnerability scanning and then outputs a vulnerability data."
 

Cons

"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."
"Forescout Platform's technical support is slow to respond and could be more knowledgeable."
"Forescout Platform needs to improve how the device works in preventing rogue servers."
"The ability to block external devices in Mac is lacking and needs to be added."
"I should be able to integrate my Forescout with any other third party security technology, to build that connected security strategy."
"The product may not yield any return on investment since it is only used to make your environment more reliable and secure."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"For the user, the policy that they have implemented sometimes needs adjustments. Sometimes the features that the customer asks for aren't involved in the main installation, and I need to bolt an add-on in. However, I never know if this policy is the right one when I do this."
"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"
"Tenable.sc's user interface could be improved."
"There's a lot of information being streamed out of the reports. What would be nice, and maybe we just haven't found it, would be more of an executive-type view. We still expect it to collect all this information, but we would like a feature that would allow us to show it to an executive or a director or someone like that and give them some type of high-level overview but not get into the nitty-gritty."
"The dashboard templates are limited."
"The integration is very good, although it still needs to improve."
"The solution's user interface has some issues."
"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 solution is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The setup cost, pricing, and licensing are on the high side."
"Licenses are perpetual but can come with renewable support."
"They base the license on the number of devices, which is quite misleading."
"You can have a flexible license depending on your environment."
"Forescout's pricing is noted for its attractiveness, with potential discounts depending on partnership levels."
"The solution is not priced low. There are no hidden costs."
"The ROI is priceless."
"The solution’s pricing is fine."
"The licensing costs for this solution are approximately $100,000 US, and I think that covers everything."
"It is slightly more expensive than other solutions in the same sphere."
"Tenable.sc is more expensive than its competitors."
"Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets."
"The price can start at €10,000 ($13,000 USD) for between 500 and 1,000 assets, and the price can climb into the millions as more assets are added."
"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."
"The tool costs around 15,000 Saudi riyals monthly."
"We're happy with the licensing cost and find it affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
32%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?
Forescout is a very powerful NAC product that does not rely on port level configuration. It can detect and block unauthorized devices very quickly. But it has a lot of capabilities and really would...
What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?
I would rate the Forescout Device and Visibility Control Platform at a six out of ten.
What advice do you have for others considering Forescout Platform?
I recommend doing a compression demo. If people use it, they will buy it. So they have to see the product in place. That's the main recommendation is to do a proof of concept. If they do, they will...
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?
For enterprise customers, it's acceptable. However, for smaller enterprises or businesses, the budget may be too restrictive to consider such extensive solutions. When proposing to small-scale indu...
What needs improvement with Tenable SC?
They are not currently handling call flows properly. Some call flows are being deleted from the registry but still show as active. Support is also lacking in onboarding properly in this area. This ...
 

Also Known As

Forescout Platform, CounterACT for Endpoint Compliance, ForeScout CounterACT
Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
 

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NHS Sussex, SAP, SEGA, Vistaprint, Miami Children's Hospital, Pioneer Investments, New York Law School, OmnicomGroup, Meritrust
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