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Snyk vs Tenable Vulnerability Management comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Snyk enhances security, saves time up to 40%, boosts productivity, and streamlines development, despite cost concerns versus free alternatives.
Sentiment score
8.1
Tenable Vulnerability Management enhances ROI by transforming vulnerabilities into actionable tasks, valued for visibility and cost-effective detection.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Snyk's customer service is responsive and proactive with direct support channels, but some suggest improvements in communication speed and clarity.
Sentiment score
5.9
Tenable support is quick for basic issues but slow on complex ones; users want faster response and clearer processes.
Our long-standing association has ensured smooth communication, resulting in favorable support experiences and satisfactory issue resolution.
It needs improvement in response time and addressing feature requests promptly.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Snyk is highly scalable, integrating smoothly across projects but may slow with large requests; user adoption and UI improvements noted.
Sentiment score
7.4
Tenable Vulnerability Management is highly scalable, supporting many users and assets, despite initial licensing challenges, with strong growth prospects.
Snyk allows for scaling across large organizations, accommodating tens of thousands of applications and over 60,000 repositories.
They can seamlessly scale the number of endpoints from 100 to 1,000,000 in a day.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Snyk is stable and reliable overall with high user ratings, despite occasional bugs and documentation challenges during integration.
Sentiment score
8.0
Tenable Vulnerability Management is stable and reliable, with few issues, strong infrastructure, and high user ratings.
I have faced no stability issues with Tenable.
The stability is commendable, and I would rate Tenable ten out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

Snyk could improve by enhancing integrations, UI, documentation, and vulnerability protection while optimizing pricing and training resources.
Tenable's interface, support, and customization need improvement, with pricing concerns and performance challenges impacting small businesses.
It lacks the ability to select branches on its Web UI, forcing users to rely on CLI or CI/CD for that functionality.
The inclusion of AI to remove false positives would be beneficial.
I would suggest HP WebInspect as a better option than Tenable.io.
They should also accelerate the process of implementing new features upon request.
 

Setup Cost

Snyk offers premium pricing and flexible licensing, seen as cost-effective with valuable features for CI/CD integration.
Tenable's pricing is seen as high by enterprises, with costs based on assets, prompting suggestions for flexible payment options.
Snyk is recognized as the cheapest option we have evaluated.
Tenable charges around $40 per device, while Rapid7 costs $10 to $15 per device.
 

Valuable Features

Snyk offers cost-effective vulnerability detection, integration, and security features, boosting developer efficiency across platforms and programming languages.
Tenable Vulnerability Management excels in interface, scalability, and integration, offering strong cloud capabilities, risk prioritization, and continuous monitoring.
Our integration of Snyk into GitHub allows us to automatically scan codebases and identify issues, which has improved efficiency.
Snyk helps detect vulnerabilities before code moves to production, allowing for integration with DevOps and providing a shift-left advantage by identifying and fixing bugs before deployment.
Tenable enables vulnerability management through potential AI integration that consolidates efforts and resolves multiple vulnerabilities simultaneously.
It provides survivability benefits. It helps me understand if the system is capable of withstanding certain levels of stress.
 

Categories and Ranking

Snyk
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (4th), Container Security (5th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (3rd), Software Development Analytics (2nd), DevSecOps (1st)
Tenable Vulnerability Manag...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (8th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Snyk is designed for Application Security Tools and holds a mindshare of 8.0%, up 8.1% compared to last year.
Tenable Vulnerability Management, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 6.0% mindshare, down 8.0% since last year.
Application Security Tools
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

meetharoon - PeerSpot reviewer
Affordable tool boosts code scanning efficiency but faces integration hurdles
The most important feature of Snyk is its cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions such as Check Point. It is easy to consolidate Snyk across multiple entities within a large organization. Additionally, our integration of Snyk into GitHub allows us to automatically scan codebases and identify issues, which has improved efficiency.
Mani Bommisetty - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlines vulnerability management with excellent reporting and potential AI integration
Tenable is user-friendly and excels in reporting. It allows me to easily fetch and schedule reports. The software's discovery feature aids in strengthening our security posture. The single-sensor installation process on various operating systems is smooth, unlike Rapid7, which requires different versions for separate systems. Furthermore, Tenable enables vulnerability management through potential AI integration that consolidates efforts and resolves multiple vulnerabilities simultaneously.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
Educational Organization
30%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Snyk compare with SonarQube?
Snyk does a great job identifying and reducing vulnerabilities. This solution is fully automated and monitors 24/7 to find any issues reported on the internet. It will store dependencies that you a...
What do you like most about Snyk?
The most effective feature in securing project dependencies stems from its ability to highlight security vulnerabilities.
What needs improvement with Snyk?
Snyk has several limitations, including issues with Gradle, NPM, and Xcode, and trouble with AutoPR. It lacks the ability to select branches on its Web UI, forcing users to rely on CLI or CI/CD for...
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 needs improvement with Tenable.io Vulnerability Management?
I would suggest HP WebInspect as a better option than Tenable.io. My current client doesn't have access to it. However, from my experience, HPE WebInspect provides more extensive reports and detail...
 

Also Known As

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Tenable.io
 

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Sample Customers

StartApp, Segment, Skyscanner, DigitalOcean, Comic Relief
Global Payments AU/NZ
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