We performed a comparison between Qualys Web Application Scanning and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can integrate your Burp Suite results and create an integrated report. Also, the way it shows the results - threats and exploit details - makes remediation very easy."
"The interface is user-friendly and easy to understand."
"Qualys Web Application Scanning has multiple features like threat protection and container security scanning in one box."
"Its most valuable features are patch management, vulnerability management, and PCI compliance."
"I have found the detection of vulnerabilities tool thorough with good results and the graphical display output to be wonderful and full of colors. It allows many types of outputs, such as bar and chart previews."
"The most valuable feature is that we are able to scan the services and put credentials like a user ID password. We can verify the vulnerability level."
"It is a good product for website penetration testing to detect vulnerabilities."
"The simplicity of exporting reports and the simplicity and clarity of the reports included with the product are good."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution's instant reports feature is the most effective for detecting threats."
"The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment."
"The solution is stable."
"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are the integration into specific use cases and scanning. All of the features of the solution are useful."
"Qualys Web Application Scanning is very complex to use, and its graphical interface is not very user-friendly."
"We procured around 110 licenses for Web Application Scanning, but we have issues running concurrent scans. I don't currently have the option to trigger scans for all 100-plus websites. The default limit is around 10 conference scans. It's not very scalable, to be honest, because of the limitation that they put on concurrent scans."
"The area of false positives could be improved. There are quite a number of false positives as compared to other solutions. They could probably fine tune the algorithm to be able to reduce the number of false positives being detected."
"There should be better visibility into the application."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing. They should make it more affordable."
"The UI is not user-friendly and you don't have a yearly reporting facility where you can slice and dice in different jobs."
"In certain cases, this product does have false positives, which the company should work on."
"It should have better automatic reporting."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is not very user-friendly and you need a lot of information to get proper reports. The tool's support is not very responsive."
"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."
"The technical support should be improved. Currently, some attacks are detected while others are not."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."
"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."
"It would be great if there were a dashboard that is more user-friendly."
"The platform's technical support services could be better."
"The cloud and the on-premises versions have their own controllers, and there is no way to centrally manage controllers."
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Qualys Web Application Scanning is ranked 19th in Application Security Tools with 31 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. Qualys Web Application Scanning is rated 7.8, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Qualys Web Application Scanning writes "A stable solution that can be used for infrastructure vulnerability scanning and web application scanning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". Qualys Web Application Scanning is most compared with OWASP Zap, Veracode, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and Acunetix, whereas Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, SonarQube, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify on Demand and Invicti. See our Qualys Web Application Scanning vs. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning report.
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