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Tenable Nessus vs The NodeZero Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 11, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Tenable Nessus
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
The NodeZero Platform
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
40th
Average Rating
1.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Penetration Testing Services (4th), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Tenable Nessus is 12.6%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of The NodeZero Platform is 1.9%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Matthew Weisler - PeerSpot reviewer
Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results
The solution has a single price for unlimited assets. Value wise, the solution is also great for pen testers and consultants. The solution is useful for vulnerability and patch management from both the internal and public facing sides. Quick assessments, compliance scores, and results are provided without having to do agents.
reviewer2331969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Doesn’t identify threats and vulnerabilities, and the reports are quite useless
We run the penetration testing and look at the reports. The reports are quite useless. We are looking for a different product. The tool did not help enhance our organization's cybersecurity posture. The reports had a lot of false positives. They didn't detect anything. The tool didn’t identify any vulnerabilities. The solution must detect threats and vulnerabilities.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The features of Tenable Nessus that I have found most valuable are its reliability and its ability to collate a dependable output, where we are able to get the same vulnerability when we test manually. The output is quite reliable."
"User friendly and good dashboards."
"Tenable integrates well with other solutions such as SIEM and batch management."
"Nessus is good at finding out what nodes you have in place. It will then provide you a report, by node, of what the vulnerabilities are. It does it quickly and stealthfully."
"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."
"It gives you an unlimited IP scan."
"The most valuable features are that it's fast, it's easy to use and it provides good reports."
"The most valuable feature is how it scanned and detected through its database to let us know exactly what fixes we needed to put in place for the vulnerabilities. It detects and it also gives you the way to fix it."
"Penetration testing and scans are useful features."
 

Cons

"We feel the solution's technical support to be very bad."
"The price and scalability of the solution could improve."
"Lacks some penetration testing-related services."
"Tenable Nessus could improve by having more steady updates which will reduce the vulnerabilities."
"They have added a new Tenable Nessus Expert. That is their new product, which caters to the cloud and everything else. I am assuming that the new features and product enhancements are based on that tool set, but we haven't reviewed it yet."
"Online learning could be a bit better."
"The reporting could be improved. The reporting in Rapid7 is much better."
"Nessus' reporting could be more user-friendly."
"The reports are quite useless."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is high for the solution. There are free tools with similar functionality available. The solution cost approximately $3,500."
"The price of Tenable Nessus is much more competitive versus other solutions on the market."
"The price of Tenable Nessus could improve, it is expensive."
"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."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The is a free version of Tenable Nessus available."
"We have a subscription, the licensing fees are paid yearly, and I am using the latest version."
"The product is free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
40%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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 do you like most about Horizon3.ai?
Penetration testing and scans are useful features.
What needs improvement with Horizon3.ai?
We run the penetration testing and look at the reports. The reports are quite useless. We are looking for a different product. The tool did not help enhance our organization's cybersecurity posture...
What is your primary use case for Horizon3.ai?
The solution is used for penetration testing.
 

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Sample Customers

Bitbrains, Tesla, Just Eat, Crosskey Banking Solutions, Covenant Health, Youngstown State University
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