We performed a comparison between Tenable.sc and Wiz based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Tenable.sc provides accurate vulnerability detection, compliance, and asset discovery, while Wiz prioritizes risks and offers context in the cloud environment. Tenable.sc has a user-friendly interface, while Wiz has easy-to-read dashboards and agentless scanning. Tenable.sc needs to work on its penetration testing, pricing, reporting, integrations, and accuracy of vulnerability assessment. Users have struggled with support difficulties. On the other hand, Wiz requires preventive controls, refined reporting, customizable dashboards, improved risk assessment, more frequent scans, and better tenant management.
Service and Support: Tenable.sc's customer service has received both positive and negative feedback, as some customers have appreciated the assistance provided while others have faced delays. In contrast, Wiz's customer service has been praised for its exceptional technical support and accessibility to account representatives.
Ease of Deployment: Tenable.sc may take longer and needs integration, while Wiz is a low-maintenance SaaS. Tenable.sc is easy to implement, but Wiz offers immediate value and visibility.
Pricing: Tenable.sc's pricing varies depending on the number of IP addresses scanned and additional costs for advanced support. Opinions on pricing differ. Wiz's pricing is deemed fair and straightforward, but there are concerns about potential price increases and lack of clarity in pricing. Wiz's pricing is viewed as reasonable given its capabilities and features in comparison to Tenable.sc.
ROI: Tenable.sc helps save on manpower costs and ensures a positive return on investment. On the other hand, Wiz focuses on improving asset management, container image maintenance, and compliance monitoring, and continues to add new features.
Comparison Results: Tenable.sc is the preferred choice over Wiz due to its comprehensive features, accurate vulnerability detection, and user-friendly interface. Tenable.sc offers advanced scanning, prioritization, and automation that make it easier for users to track remediation progress and validate compliance. Although Wiz is commended for its ability to provide context and prioritize risks in the cloud environment, users have identified areas for improvement, such as the need for preventive controls and more refined reporting capabilities.
"The solution is very intuitive and the dashboards are simple to use."
"One of the most valuable features is their distributed scan model for allotting engines to work together as a pool and handle multiple scans at once, across multiple environments. Automatic scanning distribution is a distinguishing feature of their toolset."
"I found the dashboard features very useful. It made it easy to track remediation progress. I could publish dashboards to remediation teams and track the progress on the dashboards."
"The product is our second solution, and we are happy that it meets our requirements."
"The scans are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"Compared to other products, the most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and ability to provide visibility over scan results while providing many templates to users, making it a helpful tool."
"Their overall cost of service is pretty good."
"The solution has a lean and easy-to-use interface that is not confusing to first-time users."
"The automation roles are essential because we ultimately want to do less work and automate more. The dashboards are easy to read and visually pleasing. You can understand things quickly, which makes it easy for our other teams. The network and infrastructure teams don't know as much about security as we do, so it helps to have a tool that's accessible and nice to look at."
"Out of all the features, the one item that has been most valuable is the fact that Wiz puts into context all the pieces that create an issue, and applies a particular risk evaluation that helps us prioritize when we need to address a misconfiguration, vulnerability, or any issue that would put our environment into risk."
"The first thing that stood out was the ease of installation and the quick value we got out of the solution."
"Our most important features are those around entitlement, external exposure, vulnerabilities, and container security."
"The vulnerability management modules and the discovery and inventory are the most valuable features. Before using Wiz, it was a very manual process for both. After implementing it, we're able to get all of the analytics into a single platform that gives us visibility across all the systems in our cloud. We're able to correspond and understand what the vulnerability landscape looks like a lot faster."
"With Wiz, we get timely alerts for leaked data or any vulnerabilities already existing in our environment."
"The security baseline and vulnerability assessments is the valuable feature."
"The product supports out-of-the-box reporting with context about the asset and allows us to perform complex custom queries on UI."
"The web application scanning area can be improved."
"The vulnerability scan does not work correctly until the access privileges are set by the system administrator."
"The solution should include compliance-based scanning."
"Support could be faster."
"The solution needs to improve the vulnerability assessment because we have experienced some challenges with accuracy."
"There is not much room for improvement. However, there should be a guide that describes the step-by-step procedures for doing tasks. Otherwise, training is required from a senior guy to a junior guy."
"In terms of configuration, there is some level of flexibility that we are not able to achieve."
"I will say it's a lot slower compared to an MS scan. It takes so much longer, so the performance could definitely be worked on."
"Wiz's reporting capabilities could be refined a bit. They are making headway on that, but more executive-style dashboards would be nice. They just implemented a community aspect where you can share documents and feedback. This was something users had been requesting for a while. They are listening to customer feedback and making changes."
"We would like to see improvements to executive-level reporting and data reporting in general, which we understand is being rolled out to the platform."
"We're looking at some of the data compliance stuff that they've got Jon offer. I know they're looking at container security, which we gonna be looking at next."
"The only thing that needs to be improved is the number of scans per day."
"The only small pain point has been around some of the logging integrations. Some of the complexities of the script integrations aren't supported with some of the more automated infrastructure components. So, it's not as universal. For example, they have great support for cloud formation and other services, but if you're using another type of management utility or governance language for your infrastructure-as-code automation components, it becomes a little bit trickier to navigate that."
"The reporting isn't that great. They have executive summaries, but it's only a compliance report that maps all current issues to specific controls. Whether you look at one subscription or project, regardless of the size, you will get a multipage report on how the issues in that account map to that control. Our CSO isn't going to read through that. He won't filter that out or show that to his leadership and say, "Here's what we're doing." It isn't a helpful report. They're working on it, but it's a poor executive summary."
"The remediation workflow within the Wiz could be improved."
"Given the level of visibility into all the cloud environments Wiz provides, it would be nice if they could integrate some kind of mechanism to better manage tenants on multiple platforms. For example, let's say that some servers don't have an application they need, such as an antivirus. Wiz could include an API or something to push those applications out to the servers. It would be great if you could remedy these issues directly from the Wiz platform."
Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews while Wiz is ranked 4th in Vulnerability Management with 11 reviews. Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2, while Wiz is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wiz writes "Multiple features help us prioritize remediation, and agentless implementation reduces overhead". Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM and Forescout Platform, whereas Wiz is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Orca Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and AWS Security Hub. See our Tenable Security Center vs. Wiz report.
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