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Tanium pros and cons

Vendor: Tanium
3.7 out of 5
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PROS

Tanium enhances threat detection, making it a proactive and efficient process.
It offers valuable security features that facilitate quick incident responses with minimal disruption.
The platform's patch management, inventory, and distribution capabilities are considered invaluable.
It consolidates historical data on device endpoints, improving security and infrastructure health.
Tanium's instant discovery and linear-chain architecture allow for immediate updates and rescan confirmation.

CONS

Tanium requires more integrations and custom plugins to enhance compatibility with varied environments.
The need for improved self-healing features for agent-related issues is evident, as agents sometimes fail to report their status.
There are concerns about Tanium's efficiency, including the potential for false positives and performance issues in specialized web environments.
Scalability is a limitation of Tanium, suggesting a need for solutions to handle larger workloads more effectively.
The reporting and tracking capabilities in Tanium should be enhanced along with better handling of patches for older devices.
 

Tanium Pros review quotes

reviewer1493466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 9, 2021
For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user.
reviewer1320009 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 2, 2022
The most valuable features of this solution are the consolidation of all historical data on device endpoints, security drivers, firmware, and Software version gaps.
VK
Jul 15, 2020
I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features.
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reviewer2213730 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 16, 2023
Tanium's most valuable feature is its instant discovery aspect.
KP
Jun 27, 2023
I would say Tanium is the best tool for vulnerability management.
ThreatIn8e74 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2019
Tanium has made the process of detecting threats more proactive with its detection. So, the process is easier and more efficient.
Jun 8, 2023
The interrogation piece was the most valuable feature because it was very detailed.
reviewer2696286 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 18, 2025
I find the inventory and compliance features of Tanium to be the most impressive.
reviewer1374876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 22, 2020
The security features are very valuable.
Mo Vermeiren - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 31, 2022
I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in parallel.
 

Tanium Cons review quotes

reviewer1493466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 9, 2021
The solution can give a lot of false positives.
reviewer1320009 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 2, 2022
It is not really additional functions, or the features that are needed, rather the complexity would be reduced based on the number of modules required to put together a comprehensive operational security and risk compliance model.
VK
Jul 15, 2020
Most of the time, agent-relative issues have to be more equipped with self-healing features. At times, the agent is there, but for some reason, it doesn't report a status. It gives certain problems that are obviously agent-based.
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reviewer2213730 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 16, 2023
Tanium’s scalability could be improved.
KP
Jun 27, 2023
We had some issues with the solution's OS upgrade.
ThreatIn8e74 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2019
I would like to have more integrations and custom plugins to input. Integration is always a big deal in a lot of different environments.
Jun 8, 2023
Tanium's limitations should be improved because although it is a great tool, it is limited to only a few classes during a session.
reviewer1374876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 22, 2020
The solution lacks mobility.
Mo Vermeiren - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 31, 2022
The most painful thing is the interface. It's a bit unclear sometimes.
VK
Feb 24, 2025
When working with Tanium, there are some older devices that haven't been patched for a long time, and certain patches are not included in Tanium.