We performed a comparison between Tenable Nessus and Tenable SC based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Tenable SC is the winner in this comparison. Tenable SC received higher marks for its support than Tenable Nessus did. In addition, its users feel that it is the more reasonably priced solution.
"Scanners and reports using CIS templates ("de-facto" standard, easy to fix and to locate correction tips at documentation), tests against cloud providers, database profiles, several types of telecom devices, and others highly customizable scans."
"The most valuable feature is the breadth of vulnerabilities that it finds. It's able to find across a lot of different platforms and operating systems. It's also able to combine local testing with network-based testing."
"The solution is very stable."
"Once you get past the initial implementation, the solution is very stable."
"The vulnerability scanner is the most valuable feature."
"It does exactly what you expect it to do, and its pricing is great. We couldn't really ask for a better deal."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is vulnerability detection."
"Has a great advanced scanning feature."
"We really love the Security Center dashboard. It basically performs vulnerability scanning and then outputs a vulnerability data."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the vulnerability assessment."
"Tenable.sc's best features are the availability model, accident management, and scoring."
"The most valuable features in Tenable SC are scanning and analysis."
"Their overall cost of service is pretty good."
"I find Tenable SC to be a very scalable product."
"The most important features are the dashboard and reporting. The dashboard provides statistics with graphs and bar charts for our management."
"Scans aren't done properly and some devices aren't pinged."
"There could be an integration between Tenable Nessus and other Tenable products. It will help us manage all the solutions using one dashboard."
"The interface is a little bit clunky, and the reporting is not marvelous. There should be better integration of reporting between instances. Currently, the instance stands alone, and it produces a report. Being able to amalgamate those reports with another instance will be useful."
"The problems I faced with Tenable Nessus were related to its dashboard's customization capabilities and its ability to provide data to third-party sources."
"We feel the solution's technical support to be very bad."
"The reports are okay, but the interface is a bit difficult to navigate in some cases."
"The reporting could be improved. The reporting in Rapid7 is much better."
"Vulnerability recommendations are outdated and not in line with industry standards."
"For downloading reports, we have to go to the scan and then we have to go to the reports and download the Excel or CSV or PDF. I think these menus and clicks can be minimized."
"The product should provide risk-based vulnerability management."
"In terms of configuration, there is some level of flexibility that we are not able to achieve."
"Tenable has some problems with agents going offline during scanning and lag between agents and the security center."
"The vulnerability scan does not work correctly until the access privileges are set by the system administrator."
"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."
"Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers."
"We would like to see the inclusion of external IPs and simplified reporting that's easier to deal with"
Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews while Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews. Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4, while Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Pentera and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, whereas Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Horizon3.ai and Tanium. See our Tenable Nessus vs. Tenable Security Center report.
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