Tenable Nessus Reviews

We use Nessus for vulnerability assessment. Three or four engineers at my company are using it currently.

Nessus is effortless to integrate.

The reporting could be improved. The reporting in Rapid7 is much better.

Nessus performs well.

Nessus is scalable.

I'm happy with Tenable's technical support. 

Nessus is easy to set up, and it only takes about two hours to deploy. 

I rate Tenable Nessus nine out of 10. Nessus isn't suitable for everyone. It depends on the case. If you need reporting for the COs and stuff, Rapid7 is better. However, if you are implementing it as part of an ongoing VA or retention operation, you should probably use Tenable.

I primarily use Nessus for vulnerability management, including scanning, identifying, and assessing risks.

Nessus' most valuable feature is vulnerability management because it helps to discover vulnerabilities proactively and integrates with patch management solutions so you can push patches.  

Nessus' reporting could be more user-friendly.

I've been using Nessus for more than three years.

I would rate Nessus' stable five out of five.

Nessus is scalable.

Tenable's technical support has a very good turnaround time.

The initial setup is straightforward, and deployment takes up to five days.

The ROI from Nessus is good - it allows us to proactively discover vulnerabilities and deploy patches before the worst-case scenario happens. I would rate the ROI five out of five.

Nessus is affordable, but its licensing model could be improved with more flexibility for adding assets.

I would advise anybody thinking of implementing Nessus that they should be competent with risk management language and do some training on the solution, otherwise, they won't understand anything. I would rate Nessus ten out of ten.

Tenable Nessus has a good performance, is very user-friendly, and is easy to use.

The solution should be able to support more devices.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for approximately one year.

I have one customer that is using this solution.

The installation of Tenable Nessus is straightforward, and it can take a couple of hours.

I am able to do the deployment myself.

There is an annual license required to use this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Tenable Nessus a nine out of ten.

I primarily use the solution for vulnerability scanning within our organization.

The automatic scanner and scheduler are pretty cool. 

The interface is excellent. It makes it very user friendly and easy to navigate for the most part.

It's a pretty solid product. I pretty much like almost all of it. 

The product is pretty problem-free. We don't have any real issues with it.

The reporting is a bit cumbersome. 

A lot of times you have got to, if you want to test things, go in and then back all the way out, and then try something else, and that just becomes cumbersome. 

The testing functionality could be better.

The way they had set up the scan sometimes is difficult as well. It's partly due to how it's set up where I am. It's not necessarily a Tenable thing, however, the user, how they assign users and roles, is strange. Sometimes if a coworker sets up a scan, I can't start it or stop it. That's just something that may be an issue on our set-up and not a Tenable issue.

I've been using the solution for a while. I've probably been using the solution since 2015. It's been over five years at this point.

We're just customers. We're end-users. We don't have a business relationship with the company.

We're using the solution as what I would consider a hybrid, where the security center is managed by another group. However, we have a scanner in our network that connects back to the security center and the DOD of Azure.

We're largely happy with the product. Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. If it weren't for the reporting or the scanning difficulties, I would rate it higher.

Our primary use case of this solution is scanning of our external websites.

The feature I find most valuable is the vulnerability reporting.

I would like to see an improvement in the ranking of high, medium and low vulnerability.

The solution is very stable.

Tenable Nessus is a very scalable solution. We have over 50 devices running on it currently, and over 50 locations. And we plan to increase our usage in the future. We use our existing team for maintenance, so we didn't have to increase our headcounts. One person is enough to do the maintenance.

The technical support is good.

I will say the initial setup was not straightforward, and not complex either. It's medium. Technically it's not too complicated, but if you work with a good partner, they can help. The deployment took us about three to six months.

My advice to others would be to include post-implementation support for six months from the vendor to help with the fine-tuning. I rate this solution an eight out of ten. In the future, I would like to see better reporting for high impact vulnerabilities.

I'm using Tenable for a project I'm working on. The primary use case is for web application scanning and we're also able to conduct infrastructure scanning and network scanning. I'm not using all the features. 

It's a user friendly solution and I like the dashboards. 

Unfortunately, the solution consumes more system resources when it's being run and I'd like that to be reduced. 

I've been using this solution for three months. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable.

The initial setup was very easy, it didn't take more than 10 minutes. It does depend on internet speed so sometimes deployment might take longer. 

I rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

Tenable Nessus can be deployed on the cloud and on-premise.

I use Tenable Nessus for an internal secured scale.

The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the self-updating engine. 

Tenable Nessus could improve the reporting.

I have been using Tenable Nessus for approximately three years.

Tenable Nessus is highly stable.

The scalability of Tenable Nessus is good.

I am the only one in cybersecurity using this solution in my organization.

Tenable Nessus is very easy to support and manage and this is why I have not needed to contact support.

The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is easy.

The is a free version of Tenable Nessus available.

In Brazil, it is about $3,500 per year.

My advice to others is for them to start using the free version to get used to the solution.

I rate Tenable Nessus an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for vulnerability management.

When it comes to servers and scanners, or servers and endpoints, you can discover the vulnerabilities that might be on the other end. You can see, for example, if
you have a gap in vulnerabilities in specific servers or specific endpoints, and you if have to close the. You can really see the risks that might be encountered within your environment.

The solution is very good at vulnerability management. It gives you great visibility of visibilities.

The solution is stable. 

The initial setup is very straightforward.

We'd like to see more integration potential within the solution.

They tend to do a new release every quarter, and will ultimately continue to add more features.

We've been using the solution for two months. We've been looking into it over that time.

The solution is pretty stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance is very reliable. 

I can't speak to the scalability. We have never tried to scale the solution.

I'm the only person in my organization that uses the solution. I don't have plans to increase usage at this time.

I can't speak of technical support's knowledgeability or helpfulness. I haven't used them before and therefore couldn't really evaluate them very well.

The solution is very straightforward and pretty simple. There isn't too much complexity or difficulty involved. A company shouldn't have any issues with the initial setup.

I handled the installation myself. I didn't need the assistance of a consultant or integrator.

We pay a yearly licensing fee.

I can't speak to the exact pricing. It's not an aspect of the solution I directly deal with.

We're using the latest version of the solution. I can't speak to the exact version number.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's pretty great at vulnerability management, however, there are always ways to improve it.

I'd recommend the solution to other users.