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Salt Security vs Tenable Nessus comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Salt Security
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
API Security (6th), AI Security (41st)
Tenable Nessus
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Salt Security is designed for API Security and holds a mindshare of 7.7%, down 13.0% compared to last year.
Tenable Nessus, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 5.0% mindshare, down 10.2% since last year.
API Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salt Security7.7%
Imperva Application Security Platform9.3%
Akamai API Security9.1%
Other73.9%
API Security
Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tenable Nessus5.0%
Wiz6.4%
Qualys VMDR4.9%
Other83.7%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

IgmarRautenbach - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Tegra
Provides visibility and control over all APIs
I've built integrations for different systems, and some specific integrations might not be built in yet. This might be an issue for large customers but is not a major concern overall. So, the integration part could be a bit extended. Every organization has different systems, but Salt integrates with 90% of them. If a custom integration is needed, they can build it. They're very good at integrations. So, Salt Security can provide a proof of concept with system integration and share results within two weeks, which often leads to customer purchases. At this point, the product covers everything needed. They keep adding new features, and my local customers haven't requested any missing functionality. The product roadmap is good for the market.
MohammedJaffir - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Cipheroot
Has enabled me to reduce false positives and perform deep credential auditing with seamless integrations
I mostly use the configuration audit feature for the audit configuration as a scan policy, and I will use it for credential audit, which helps me scan credentials access such as local administrator or root access, performing a deeper and more accurate check of local configuration settings and file systems, making it a highly recommended feature. Regarding integration capabilities, we can integrate Tenable Nessus with SIM tools such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, and Azure Sentinel, as well as with ticketing systems such as ServiceNow, Jira, and Slack. There is no complexity as it is very easy to integrate everything. In terms of the reporting feature, while vulnerability scanning can throw some false positives, Tenable Nessus has very few, achieving a reduction of 75% to 80% false positives with manual analysis needed. We can generate standard Nessus reports that typically include host summaries and vulnerabilities by host and plugin, alongside solutions and remediation recommendations. The main benefits I get from Tenable Nessus are complete asset inventory and comprehensive attack surface management, allowing us to prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk, focusing on true risk and threat path analysis.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's really great. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. I haven't encountered any instability issues."
"The scanning and reporting features are the most valuable aspects of Tenable Nessus."
"The automatic scanner and scheduler are pretty cool."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is website scanning."
"The value that Tenable Nessus brings to my company is significant because we can see risks; it is also good to see the pages risk and system risks, and it saves money."
"The solution is very stable."
"It also has an executive report where you don't have to provide the client all the detail for them to sift though. But if they wish to dig through the detail they can."
"We have done code scanning for a long period because as a company, we do DevOps as part of our development life cycle."
"It allows me to prioritize efforts and utilize effective technical resources."
 

Cons

"The integration part could be a bit extended."
"Tenable Nessus could improve the reporting."
"Multiple user access would be an area for improvement from a user-access perspective. A role-based access control feature would be great because at present, there is a limitation with only one account. If that account gets compromised or gets locked, then we will encounter problems."
"We'd like to see the solution embrace more user-friendliness."
"The price could be reduced."
"They need more flexible pricing."
"The price and scalability of the solution could improve."
"It would be better if they had application-level support for mobile devices. They don't have anything to scan mobile devices. Tenable Nessus doesn't have a mobile application vulnerability assessment. I also have issues with the false positive rates. The product has limited features."
"The reporting is a bit cumbersome."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Cost-wise, it's an affordable tool."
"Our organization is huge so our license costs $30,000."
"Tenable Nessus is affordable."
"It has a fair cost and very good cost-benefit ratio."
"The solution has free options."
"Tenable Nessus needs to be licensed. We own a license for the security center and that license is charged by the number of IP addresses that you can scan. You're allowed to have as many scanners as you want and there's no license for the number of scanners. We have a bunch of Nessus scanners out there, and as long as we're comfortable with staying under that IP address limit, that's really all we have to be concerned about."
"I think the price is fairly affordable. It provides a license that is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise35
 

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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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Salt Security API Protection Platform
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Sample Customers

Appsflyer, Armis, City National Bank, Coralogix, Finastra, Gett, Honeybook, Payoneer
Bitbrains, Tesla, Just Eat, Crosskey Banking Solutions, Covenant Health, Youngstown State University
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