We performed a comparison between Tenable.io Container Security and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Tenable.io Container Security excels at identifying vulnerabilities and resolving deployment misconfigurations. Prisma Cloud provides extensive visibility, robust management options, and a diverse set of security functionalities for multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. Tenable.io Container Security needs enhancements in auto-remediation, asset visibility, and compliance customization. Prisma Cloud requires improvements in dashboards, query building, correlation, and automation.
Service and Support: Customers have experienced difficulties with Tenable's customer service and support. Some customers said Palo Alto provided excellent, helpful, and responsive support. However, a few customers were dissatisfied with slow response times and a lack of satisfactory resolutions.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Tenable.io Container Security is considered straightforward with the support of helpful guidebooks. Reviewers had varied experiences when setting up Prisma Cloud. They said it can be easy or challenging depending on the organization's requirements. It typically takes users one or two weeks to deploy Tenable.io, while the deployment time for Prisma Cloud depends on the complexity of the environment.
Pricing: The cost of Tenable.io Container Security is determined by the number of pages in the application. Some users said that Prisma Cloud is reasonably and competitively priced, while others view it as expensive but essential for the benefits it offers.
ROI: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks has demonstrated its effectiveness in preventing breaches, enhancing risk understanding, and decreasing security expenses. Users offered limited feedback on Tenable's ROI.
Comparison Results: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is the preferred choice over Tenable.io Container Security. Prisma Cloud offers extensive visibility and management features. Users like Prisma Cloud's powerful anomaly detection, integration, and coverage of multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Prisma Cloud stands out due to its easy configuration, integration with DevSecOps pipelines, and comprehensive security capabilities.
"It has improved the overall collaboration between SecOps and DevOps. Now, instead of asking people to do something, it is a default offering in the CI/CD. There is less manual intervention and more seamless integration. It is why we don't have many dependencies across many teams, which is definitely a better state."
"Most of the customers we are tackling have different tools and solutions, like Qualys, Nessus, and vulnerability management assessment solutions. There are plugins for them, and we can integrate Prisma Cloud with them. We can enrich our telemetry with their data and use the predefined correlation rules in Prisma Cloud. That means we have that work done in seconds."
"Technical support is quite helpful."
"Configuration monitoring and alerting is the most valuable feature; it happens at the cloud's speed, allowing our development team to respond quickly. If a configuration goes against our security best practices, we're alerted promptly and can act to resolve the issue. As cloud security staff, we're not staring at the cloud all the time, and we want to let the developers do their jobs so that our company is protected and work is proceeding within our security controls."
"The policies that come prepackaged in the tool have been very valuable to us. They're accurate and they provide good guidance as to why the policy was created, as well as how to remediate anything that violates the policy."
"The solution's dashboard looks very user-friendly."
"This solution helped us by allowing us to schedule and fix things. This is not an easy thing if you're managing 1,000 plus resources."
"The ability to monitor the artifact repository is one of the most valuable features because we have a disparate set of development processes, but everything tends to land in a common set of artifact repositories. The solution gives us a single point where we can apply security control for monitoring. That's really helpful."
"Currently, I haven't implemented the solution due to its deprecation by the site. However, I can highlight some benefits of Tenable Cloud Security, a cybersecurity solution with various features for scanning vulnerabilities in both cloud environments and on-premises container security."
"The tool's most valuable feature is scanning, reporting, and troubleshooting."
"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, it is a good solution."
"Nessus scanner is very effective for internal penetration testing."
"It helps us secure our applications from the build phase and identify the weaknesses from scratch."
"The strong security provided by the product in the container environment is its most valuable feature."
"Tenable.io detects misconfiguration when you deploy a Docker or Kubernetes container. It's much better to remedy these issues during deployment instead of waiting until the container is already in the production environment."
"While the code security feature has undergone recent enhancements, there is room for improvement in terms of its cost module."
"We would like it to have more features from the risk and compliance perspectives."
"In terms of securing cloud-native development at build time, a lot of improvement is needed. Currently, it's more a runtime solution than a build-time solution. For runtime, I would rate it at seven out of 10, but for build-time there is a lot of work to be done."
"I would like Prisma Cloud to improve its mapping feature to increase usability."
"The UI is the worst."
"The regional cost of Prisma Cloud in South Africa is high and could be improved."
"Currently, custom reports are available, but I feel that those reports are targeting just the L1 or L2 engineers because they are very verbose. So, for every alert, there is a proper description, but as a security posture management portal, Prisma Cloud should give me a dashboard that I can present to my stakeholders, such as CSO, CRO, or CTO. It should be at a little bit higher level. They should definitely put effort into reporting because the reporting does not reflect the requirements of a dashboard for your stakeholders. There are a couple of things that are present on the portal, but we don't have the option to customize dashboards or widgets. There are a limited set of widgets, and those widgets don't add value from the perspective of a security team or any professional who is above L1 or L2 level. Because of this, the reach of Prisma Cloud in an organization or the access to Prisma Cloud will be limited only to L1 and L2 engineers. This is something that their development team should look into."
"We had some teething issues with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, but overall, it did what we expected."
"They need to work on auto-remediation so it's easier for the security team to act quickly when certain assets or resources are deployed. The latest version has a CIS benchmark that you need to meet for containers in the cloud, but more automation is needed."
"The initial setup is highly complex."
"I feel that in certain areas this product has false positives which the company should work on. They should also try to include business logic vulnerabilities in the scanner testing. Finally, the vulnerability assessment feature should be increased to other hardware devices, apart from firewalls."
"The support is tricky to reach, so we would like better-oriented technical support enabled."
"I believe integration plays a crucial role for Tenable, particularly in terms of connecting with other products and various container solutions like Docker or Kubernetes. It seems that in future updates, enhanced integration is something I would appreciate. Currently, there is integration with Docker, but when it comes to Kubernetes or other container solutions, it appears to be a challenge, especially with on-prem scanners."
"The stability and setup phase of the product are areas with shortcomings where improvements are needed."
"Tenable.io Container Security should improve integration modules. It should also improve stability."
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Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 1st in Container Security with 82 reviews while Tenable.io Container Security is ranked 21st in Container Security with 7 reviews. Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4, while Tenable.io Container Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks writes "The dashboard is very user-friendly and can be used to generate custom RQL based on user requirements". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable.io Container Security writes "It helps you catch misconfigurations before they go into a production environment where they're harder to deal with". Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Aqua Cloud Security Platform, AWS Security Hub and F5 Advanced WAF, whereas Tenable.io Container Security is most compared with Aqua Cloud Security Platform, Wiz, Trivy, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and Sysdig Secure. See our Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks vs. Tenable.io Container Security report.
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