Tenable Nessus Reviews

I'm using Tenable Nessus for my personal projects and vulnerability assessment, but I can't discuss what I do at work with you.

I have experience with it on my attack stations, and it's pretty good to optimize. Personally, I think Nessus is quite a good product.

Some things in the user interface could be better. The user interface could allow more adjustments to plugins. The price could also be better.

I have been using Tenable Nessus as a worker in America for about 15 years now.

Technical support could be more knowledgeable. Their support right now goes from awkward to funny. Sorry to say that, but Tenable Nessus support isn't working as it should. They act fast, but their solutions don't always work. I've been in several situations at work where I had to find my own solutions.

The initial setup and installation are pretty straightforward. Let's say 15 minutes to compile the plugin. It would take about half an hour to an hour to set up and deploy.

One problem with Tenable is its pricing policy. Optimal results can be achieved with Greenbone Solutions which has much more friendly pricing policies.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Tenable Nessus an eight.

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.

In terms of what could be improved, I would say its reporting portion.

Additionally, we have the on-prem version, but sometimes we want to have an on-cloud deployment as well for certain projects, although not so many. The people who used it on cloud didn't find it as good as the version they were using on-prem. Overall, the cloud version could be improved.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for about three years now. We are currently using the latest version.

In terms of stability, recently we are seeing many updates coming in and we are finding that the updating model with its latest releases may be a little buggy. So sometimes deployment may take a couple of times and Nessus takes its own time for updating, thereby delaying the deployment time. Of late is, we are seeing updates coming in very frequently. So when we deploy it, it just updates again and again and that almost doubles the time.

Tenable Nessus is scalable. That's not an issue.

We did reach out to technical support. I think it was just once, but it took them a long time to respond. Maybe it was case specific, but they took a few days to get back to us and we didn't expect that. Now they've completely changed the model to email support, so we send the email and we'll have to wait until the guys answer us back.

The initial setup on-prem and on-cloud did not have any issues. It just took a couple of hours.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Tenable Nessus an eight.

What happens is Nessus keeps on updating and this becomes a showstopper. We are unable to proceed with the vulnerability scans or testing if we do not update to the latest available patch. We can understand the risk if it's maybe one version earlier, meaning, we understand something was updated with XYZ patch but there should be something which gives us an option so that not all of our deployments need to have the latest patch. This would save the deployment time because of frequent updates.

I would recommend Tenable Nessus. Especially the commercial model. We operate in small and medium enterprises and for them, Nessus is becoming expensive. Because of this I may not buy Nessus this year and I might switch to Qualys, for example. Overall, Tenable Nessus is not so price pocket friendly for small and medium users.

Primarily, I use this for assessment and administration testing.

I find the features that are most valuable are the policies that help us identify the vulnerabilities. These policies are then used for scanning and identifying instabilities.

The reporting functionality needs improvement. I think it would be beneficial to have a high level explanation for a particular user. 

It is very stable, based on our past experience. We have had some false positives in the past, which we hope can improve in the future.

The scalability is fine. It is tied to the licensing agreement. We currently have 20 people using this tool in our organization. It is primarily used by people in our cellular team. If we see a need to add more users in the future, we will renegotiate our licensing agreement to do so. 

We have not needed to contact tech support much. We contacted them about the false positives, and they were helpful. 

We also evaluated Netplus. 

The installation is very straightforward and easy. We did not use a third-party installer. 

I think the price is fairly affordable. It provides a license that is fair.

We are a solution provider and Tenable Nessus is one of the products that we implement for our clients.

The primary task that Tenable is focused on is vulnerability management.

This solution is easy to use.

It has a powerful set of features.

Tenable integrates well with other solutions such as SIEM and batch management. This is one of the things that we do to add value for our customers.

I have been working with Tenable Nessus for approximately nine years. This included six years with my previous company and another three years in my current organization. 

The stability is good.

This is a scalable product.

The support, as well as the portal, is very good.

The deployment is very easy to do. It takes less than one hour to complete.

Pricing is one of the most important features, and it is something that they can improve on.

In my region, our customers prefer Tenable over other products, like those offered by Qualys. They have approximately 80% of the market share.

Tenable is the best vulnerability management product in the world, and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

This is something that allows us to quickly get a really important information context. We can now deliver highly professional consulting using the product.

From my point of view, the solution basically is not for large enterprises. I also think there should be built-in plugins for the public cloud vendors.

I'm happy with stability, there's no problem from my point of view.

For an average sized company or for smaller enterprises, this solution is suitable. But, for large enterprises it's not a good choice. We have one customer with more than 5,000 servers. I do not think it will be suitable for that customer.

We communicated via email to solve our issue. The experience was quite good for us.

We switched because our previous solution was too expensive for us.

My advice when choosing a vendor is to always consider:

• Trustworthiness
• Quality
• Price

We looked at Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7. We found Tenable was the best of all three.

We're mainly doing vulnerability scanning with Nessus.

The scanning capabilities are very good. 

The integration is very easy. 

Its initial setup was simple and straightforward. 

The solution is stable.

I haven't explored a lot of features just yet. 

Online learning could be a bit better. It would help people understand the product better. 

I'd like it to have an easier wizard, for example, "click here and this will deploy everything" or "this would help you get the correct things in place for correct scanning," et cetera.

I've been using the solution for two years. 

The stability has been good. Its performance is reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. 

I'm the only person using the solution. 

I don't have plans to increase usage. 

The solution is easy to implement. It's not difficult or complex. 

I was trying to do Tenable SC at some point, however, I gave up on that one.

The deployment takes about two weeks. 

I don't really deal with the pricing aspect of the product. I can't speak to the exact price. 

I'm a partner and customer.

I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten.