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Tenable Nessus vs Tenable Vulnerability Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Tenable Nessus
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tenable Vulnerability Manag...
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Tenable Nessus is 13.2%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Vulnerability Management is 9.0%, down from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management
 

Q&A Highlights

NC
Nov 24, 2021
 

Featured Reviews

Matthew Weisler - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 16, 2023
Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results
I implement the solution as a vulnerability management tool for client use cases. It can be used for public factors because it sits right where you have tie in and bleeds over or in between other tools as another piece in the EDR puzzle. The solution identifies vulnerabilities, applies patches, and…
Yogeswaran Neelagandan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 24, 2024
Offers risk prioritization , notification system but support should be bundled with the product cost
It's a fantastic product, but there are some things to consider. One is the price. Compared to on-prem solutions, the SaaS model can be expensive. Price is definitely a concern and needs improvement, especially for the Indian market. While it's a fantastic product, it should be more accessible to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Currently, only larger enterprises seem to be able to afford and evaluate it thoroughly. So, pricing can be improved and be more affordable for the Indian market, specifically for SMBs. Another area of improvement is customer service and support. Tenable needs to include support in the pricing/license. Currently, they push clients to get support from partners or channel distributors, who often charge a lot. Even for a simple one-time setup, they may charge three to four lakhs, and then additional annual charges for ongoing support. We have the technical skills to handle basic tasks, but relying on Tenable itself often results in just receiving emails or being redirected back to channel partners. So, support should be bundled with the product cost.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find the features that are most valuable are the policies that help us identify the vulnerabilities. These policies are then used for scanning instabilities and then identifying the particular vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable features are that it's fast, it's easy to use and it provides good reports."
"The solution is the most dynamic one I have seen thus far."
"Tenable Nessus is cheap and flexible."
"User friendly and good dashboards."
"With the Tenable Nessus enterprise edition, you have unlimited licenses to scan the device."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is vulnerability assessments. There are a lot of threats around the world and this solution is the first to come out with detection rules."
"The solution is great for scanning servers."
"The solution provides seamlessness, a perfect UI, and identity management for office operations. We are most vulnerable to users. Therefore, it is crucial to implement the right solution to ensure proper user access and resource management."
"The interface is fine."
"The initial setup is mostly straightforward."
"The best feature of the solution is the amount of visibility it provides of the vulnerabilities."
"The solution can integrate with third parties and meets standard compliance."
"Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is an easy-to-use product. I"
"It helps us create remediation projects and assign the console’s responsibility to specific engineers."
"The most valuable feature for me is container scanning because I am interested in CICD security."
 

Cons

"From my point of view the solution basically is not for the big enterprise."
"The price and scalability of the solution could improve."
"We use credentialed scans. They need more permissions and more changes or settings on Windows and Linux."
"Pricing is one of the most important features, and it is something that they can improve on."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with different vendors' IPS solutions. The ACLs and IPS policies signatures should be enabled based on the results of Tenable Nessus automatically, we currently have to do it manually which is very time-consuming. It has done a good job integrating with Fortinet but we would like it to be better integrated with other solutions that we have."
"The professional version is not very scalable."
"Consumes more system resources when it's running."
"They should improve the I/O reporting and the customized spreadsheet export feature."
"There needs to be better dashboard navigation."
"More flexibility is required compared to other solutions."
"The product could be easier to set up on the cloud."
"The user interface could be improved by being able to change the user interface to fit your position or your job. The graphs are set in stone and you can only print reports."
"Users get confused between VPR and CVSS ratings."
"It's not a user-friendly tool since it has a complicated interface."
"They need to have more dependable and faster support."
"The pricing of the solution could be more reasonable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better discounts."
"I think the price is fairly affordable. It provides a license that is fair."
"The product pricing is dynamic and varies based on the specific needs of each project and customer."
"Our organization is huge so our license costs $30,000."
"Its price is high for Libya. The companies here in Libya don't have the awareness of and a good budget for cybersecurity services. If you want them to go for a product, you need to provide something different. This differentiation is related to the price. They should give about 40% to 45% discount per person on the current cost."
"The newer tools are quite pricey. There is a case of some fine tuning that can be done in terms of licensing. The IP based licensing that is offered makes the tool very expensive. If they want the IT industry to adopt it, the price should be looked at."
"The is a free version of Tenable Nessus available."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"Compared to other VM solutions, Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is expensive."
"A yearly payment has to be made toward the solution's licensing costs."
"The product costs us around $137,000 annually for 4000 to 5000 assets."
"Tenable.io is not known for being a cheap product."
"The solution is not too expensive."
"Tenable.io Vulnerability Management's pricing solution model isn't great."
"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten. It is in the middle."
"Yearly payments are to be made toward the licensing cost of the product. It is neither a cheap nor an expensive product."
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Answers from the Community

NC
Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2021
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 themselves, they would be able to do so. The updates that the program requires to keep up-to-date take up a large portion of the setup time. Tenable Nessus can be deployed in under an hour. The speed o...
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DG
Nov 7, 2021
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 themselves, they would be able to do so. The updates that the program requires to keep up-to-date take up a large portion of the setup time. Tenable Nessus can be deployed in under an hour. The speed of an organization’s internet can impact how quickly the deployment will go. Furthermore, once it has been set up, only a small management team is necessary for maintenance. Tenable Nessus is an incredibly important program that provides businesses and organizations with robust protection. This ease of deployment and management gives it an edge over the competition. Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is basically comparable to Tenable Nessus in regards to setup and management. It is relatively straightforward to set up. A single person could deploy it in a non-business setting in a matter of hours. The setup can be handled without requiring a business to rely on the help of outside consultants. As with Tenable Nessus, a small team of two or three people is all that is necessary to manage the solution. Organizations can save a great deal of time and resources by choosing to utilize this solution. Tenable Nessus is a solution with good scalability. This can be accomplished with relative ease. However, the load that it can handle makes it a poor fit for larger organizations. At a certain point, the farther up you scale it, the more the solution quality diminishes. Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is able to offer a much higher level of scalability. It is typically used without trouble by organizations with many thousands of users. As with Tenable Nessus, the process is relatively simple. Conclusion: The actual difference in time and ease as far as deploying Tenable Nessus versus Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is negligible and cannot truly set one apart from the other. Ease of management is another area where these two solutions are very similar. A major difference between them is their scalability. While both can be scaled relatively easily, Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is able to handle a higher level of scalability, with the diminishment of quality being a far lesser concern than is the case with Tenable Nessus.
Jairo Willian Pereira - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 24, 2021
Both, but I prefer Nessus Pro (costs and you can define out-of-band your better presentation/xLAP platform). Tenable.io has its facilities and extra plugins/views/analytics, but nothing that can't be externally performed by another ETL/presentation tool (for a fraction of cost, sometimes using free toolings like Pentaho, OpenRefine, OBIEE and others).
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
39%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
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 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...
What advice do you have for others considering Tenable.io Vulnerability Management?
We are resellers. The solution is easy to implement. It has an easy-to-use interface, enabling organizations to go faster to market. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.
 

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Sample Customers

Bitbrains, Tesla, Just Eat, Crosskey Banking Solutions, Covenant Health, Youngstown State University
Global Payments AU/NZ
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