We compared Tenable Nessus and Pentera based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Tenable Nessus is praised for its vulnerability scanning capabilities, customer service, reasonable pricing, and value in improving cybersecurity. On the other hand, Pentera stands out for its security testing capabilities, user-friendly interface, efficient vulnerability tracking, and positive return on investment. Areas for improvement include user interface, system stability, performance, and customer support.
Features: Tenable Nessus is valued for its comprehensive vulnerability scanning and prioritization capabilities, while Pentera is praised for its extensive range of security tests and efficient vulnerability tracking and reporting system.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost of Tenable Nessus is praised for being relatively low and the licensing process is straightforward, according to user feedback. On the other hand, the cost, setup, and licensing of Pentera have been discussed by customers, with opinions shared about pricing, initial investment, and license agreement., The Tenable Nessus product has received positive feedback regarding its effectiveness, reliability, and ease of use, providing value in terms of ROI. Users also appreciated its comprehensive reporting features. On the other hand, Pentera users expressed satisfaction and benefit from their experience with the product, indicating a positive ROI.
Room for Improvement: The room for improvement in Tenable Nessus includes user feedback on areas that need to be addressed. On the other hand, Pentera has areas to improve such as enhancing the user interface, improving system stability, increasing platform performance, and enhancing customer support and documentation.
Deployment and customer support: Tenable Nessus and Pentera both have users mentioning spending three months on deployment and an additional week on setup. However, Pentera also has users mentioning a week for deployment and another week for setup, indicating a potentially faster implementation process compared to Tenable Nessus., The customer service for Tenable Nessus is highly regarded, with users praising the effectiveness and responsiveness of the support team. On the other hand, customers of Pentera appreciate the helpful and responsive assistance they have received from the company.
The summary above is based on 41 interviews we conducted recently with Tenable Nessus and Pentera users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Pentera is that you can do continuous vulnerability assessment, which is automated."
"Maybe there are some remediation steps on the website, we can mask sensitive information on the website better."
"What I like the most about Pentera is its solution-oriented approach."
"The vulnerability scanner, exploit achievements, and remediation actions are all great."
"Among the most valuable features are scanning for vulnerabilities and the reporting. The reporting templates are okay. I like that I can see all the hosts with different vulnerabilities."
"With the Tenable Nessus enterprise edition, you have unlimited licenses to scan the device."
"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."
"Nessus gives me a good preview of vulnerabilities and good suggestions for remediation. It's easy to find a description of a given vulnerability and solutions for it."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is real-time monitoring."
"The solution is the most dynamic one I have seen thus far."
"My favorite part about Nessus is that you can customize the tool to scan exactly what you want. Microsoft releases new patches monthly on Patch Tuesday, and a lot of companies track that date. I set up Nessus for the day after Patch Tuesday to see which devices have already pushed those updates from Microsoft, so we can stay updated."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the GUI and user-friendliness. Additionally, the environment is easy to work with."
"Maybe scalability. I know that the Pentera right now is high level in order to scan big deals over 500 IPs and not less, and not less. That can be more granular. This will be useful."
"Pentera's general dashboards could be improved and made more specific in terms of vulnerabilities that I'm discovering."
"There is room for improvement in virtualization compatibility."
"The price could be improved."
"The vulnerability scanner, exploit achievements, and remediation actions are all great."
"The solution could improve security updates."
"The report for counters is too simple and would be improved by a dashboard."
"Vulnerability recommendations are outdated and not in line with industry standards."
"This is still a maturing product. Tenable is only a scanner for one ability, while other solutions like Rapid7 have more tools for verification. We still have to manually verify to see if the vulnerability is a false positive or not."
"They should improve the I/O reporting and the customized spreadsheet export feature."
"There could be an integration between Tenable Nessus and other Tenable products. It will help us manage all the solutions using one dashboard."
"The scalability of Tenable Nessus is good. However, it could be more flexible."
"One significant drawback we encounter is the tool's tendency to flag patched packages incorrectly. For instance, if a package is patched by Debian maintainers but not updated to a major or minor version, Nessus may still flag it as vulnerable based on its database. This discrepancy leads to false alarms and requires our developers, system admins, and DevOps teams to address them."
Pentera is ranked 14th in Vulnerability Management with 5 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Pentera is rated 8.2, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Pentera writes "A stable solution that can be used to do continuous and automated vulnerability assessments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Pentera is most compared with Cymulate, Horizon3.ai, Picus Security, Qualys VMDR and XM Cyber, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management. See our Pentera vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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