We performed a comparison between Skybox Security Suite and Tenable Nessus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Vulnerability Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's very supportive and very user-friendly."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Skybox Security Suite, and this is because I work on the security side, are the firewall assurance, the change manager and the vulnerability control. These three features are the most impressive from Skybox Security."
"I think that compliance checks and policy compliance are the product's good features."
"Skybox deployment is simple, and it's very useful."
"The solution's simplicity of use is its most valuable feature."
"I am impressed with the tool's change management, firewall and network assurance."
"The product's most valuable feature is vulnerability management."
"We are currently working on rule review and compliance. The logging features are good."
"Tenable Nessus is an absolutely stable and fantastic product."
"I have found the vulnerability assessment and the reports to be useful."
"It gives a holistic view of your entire environment."
"I find the features that are most valuable are the policies that help us identify the vulnerabilities. These policies are then used for scanning instabilities and then identifying the particular vulnerabilities."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the GUI and user-friendliness. Additionally, the environment is easy to work with."
"The vulnerability scanner is the most valuable feature."
"The ease of use is the primary valuable feature. This specific version is very straightforward. I like the ability to modify it and configure it based on the different policies."
"The price is costly, and I hope they can reduce the cost."
"The solution does not support certain devices or vendors in some regions or countries due to regulations."
"The Network Assurance, which helps to create the network model, is not so rich."
"There is room for improvement in the technical support."
"Skybox Security Suite can improve the change management module. It is the one part of the tool that is used with the firewall devices and you have a change management module that is used to record changes of all firewalls in the company. It's not compatible with all brands, this is where they can improve the solution."
"Modifications and the deletion of existing policies are currently unavailable."
"The primary room for improvement would be to enable a web interface, which is not something which is there in the product. This is supposed to have come a year, a year and a half ago, but still has failed to come out. It still needs a client application to be installed on a workstation to be able to access that server and then run these reports. So I cannot extend that access to anybody. It has to be one administrator all the time. So unlike a web interface, where you can give multiple users simultaneous access and generate the various reports, that isn't a possibility at the moment."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. It would be better, especially if a customer bought all four modules."
"Pricing is one of the most important features, and it is something that they can improve on."
"Multiple steps to create an actionable plan will be a great addition to Nessus."
"Vulnerability recommendations are outdated and not in line with industry standards."
"The reports should be improved in Tenable Nessus. For example, when you are auditing compliance with CIS standards. It provides very poor reports."
"It wasn't very clear how the scripts are running the scans. There's information about the script but it's not straightforward. The script information for each of the plugins should be available, but it doesn't give us straightforward direct information about how it was executed. That needs to be more clear."
"They should try to create an all-in-one solution."
"Nessus' reporting could be more user-friendly."
"Tenable Nessus could improve the reporting by adding some dashboards. The reports are a hassle at this time. Tenable.io has more detailed reports. Having a better dashboard that can show where the vulnerabilities are and be categorized would be helpful. We then could present them to upper management for a deep overview of our network posture which they do not see."
Skybox Security Suite is ranked 19th in Vulnerability Management with 34 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Pentera. See our Skybox Security Suite vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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