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RiskIQ Illuminate vs Tenable Nessus comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

RiskIQ Illuminate
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Attack Surface Management (ASM) (30th)
Tenable Nessus
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. RiskIQ Illuminate is designed for Attack Surface Management (ASM) and holds a mindshare of 0.2%, down 0.6% compared to last year.
Tenable Nessus, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 10.2% mindshare, down 13.4% since last year.
Attack Surface Management (ASM)
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

SimonClark - PeerSpot reviewer
Able to discover unpatched servers, offers good stability, and scales very well
A low-cost service to evaluate the risk score of a supply chain would be very helpful. This could be useful for insurance companies offering cyber insurance to enterprise customers, providing the insurer with a valuable way to unobtrusively, quickly, and frequently assess their customers and apply appropriate premiums for the level of risk. This would also be useful for enterprises. They could, for example, assess companies prior to a merger or acquisition. What would also be useful for any enterprise would be if their supply chain has some kind of direct digital access to parts of their network.
HarshBhardiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Provided increased visibility across the organization's servers
The user interface of Tenable Nessus feels outdated and could be more user-friendly. Additionally, the documentation is not well-organized, which can be confusing when searching for solutions or specific information related to Tenable Nessus Professional. The reporting feature could be improved by allowing users to create their own templates instead of relying on predefined ones.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable with 12 years of established historical data."
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand."
"The features I personally like include host discovery."
"The scanning and reporting features are the most valuable aspects of Tenable Nessus."
"The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is very easy."
"It does exactly what you expect it to do, and its pricing is great. We couldn't really ask for a better deal."
"It allows me to prioritize efforts and utilize effective technical resources."
"It gives you an unlimited IP scan."
"The product's most valuable features are vulnerability and asset management. It can define the rules and validate the configuration."
 

Cons

"A low-cost service to evaluate the risk score of a supply chain would be very helpful."
"EQA's and dashboards should be addressed in the next release."
"Tenable Nessus could improve by having more steady updates which will reduce the vulnerabilities."
"The reporting could be improved. The reporting in Rapid7 is much better."
"From my point of view the solution basically is not for the big enterprise."
"The scalability of Tenable Nessus is good. However, it could be more flexible."
"The reporting is a bit cumbersome."
"It would be a good idea if they have a simulation of attacks or a use case for finding a new vulnerability or dealing with a zero-day attack."
"The price and scalability of the solution could improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is an annual license required to use this solution."
"One problem with Tenable is its pricing policy. Optimal results can be achieved with Greenbone Solutions which has much more friendly pricing policies."
"Its pricing is great and can't be improved. It is very cheap. It is less than 2,000 pounds a license, and you can't really ask for more. It has unlimited IPs and unlimited scans. There are no particular pricing constraints. The only additional cost is the inherent cost of the people to actually review the actual scans."
"The price is okay. I would give it a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
"It has a fair cost and very good cost-benefit ratio."
"The price of Tenable Nessus is too expensive for each service center."
"Nessus is affordable, but its licensing model could be improved with more flexibility for adding assets."
"Nessus Manager is not an expensive product. It has its limitations, but the pricing reflects that. We have a yearly subscription."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
40%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
6%
 

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How would you choose between Rapid7 InsightVM and Tenable Nessus?
You have full visibility across cloud, network, virtual, and containerized infrastructures with Rapid7 Insight VM. You can easily prioritize vulnerabilities using attacker analytics. Overall, Rapid...
What's the difference between Tenable Nessus and Tenable.io Vulnerability Management?
Tenable Nessus is a vulnerability assessment solution that is both easy to deploy and easy to manage. The design of the program is such that if a company should desire to handle the installation t...
What do you like most about Tenable Nessus?
We have around 500 virtual machines. Therefore, we conduct monthly scans and open tickets for our developers to address identified vulnerabilities. These scans cover the servers, other network equi...
 

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RiskIQ Digital Threat Management
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DocuSign, Outbrain, The Economist Group, Rackspace, The Citizen Lab
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