We performed a comparison between Amazon Inspector 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."The automated vulnerability detection aspect is most valuable."
"The vulnerability discovery is valuable, and they also rank those vulnerabilities for you. So, you could rapidly attack some of the higher, severe vulnerabilities as they pop up, if they do pop up."
"The findings dashboards are neat and easy to understand, offering clear demarcations for different types of findings and detailed insights into specific vulnerabilities and their associated instances. It is not a place where everything is dumped together. It offers an easy-to-understand layout."
"The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integrate third-party tools as well. It is just a single-click option."
"The most valuable feature is the installation of Tenable which is incredibly easy."
"The solution is easy to understand for users because instructions are included on the platform."
"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 stability is very good."
"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."
"User friendly and good dashboards."
"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."
"It is easy to deploy and easy to use. Its reporting is good. From this reporting, you can see the pain point in your network, which makes it easy to fix them. It is easy to understand the reports and export them."
"There isn't too much to improve right now. Scanning on demand or as a part of the pipeline versus a post pipeline solution would be good, but it is not a deal breaker by any means."
"One major area for improvement is remediation. My team works on remediating findings over time, likely using available patches. However, easier integration with Amazon's patching services would be very helpful."
"There is room for improvement in the scanning capabilities. I'd like to see broader coverage in terms of the vulnerabilities detected."
"It has a limited scope. So, AWS Inspector primarily focuses on the security of the EC2 instance. So, if your architecture includes other AWS services, then you may need to use additional tools for your comprehensive security assessment. So that is one con. Another is, like, we have a dependency on agents."
"I think the reporting templates could be improved with Tenable Nessus."
"Tenable Nessus is not feasible for a large company."
"They need more flexible pricing."
"The reporting is a bit cumbersome."
"From my point of view the solution basically is not for the big enterprise."
"Some things in the user interface could be better. The user interface could allow more adjustments to plugins. The price could also be better."
"I would like to see more on the automation side."
"Lacks some penetration testing-related services."
Amazon Inspector is ranked 25th in Vulnerability Management with 4 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Amazon Inspector is rated 7.8, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon Inspector writes "Primarily focuses on security of EC2 instances, provides point-in-time assessments rather than real time protection but provides automated vulnerability detection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Amazon Inspector is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Tenable Cloud Security, JFrog Xray and Rapid7 Metasploit, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Microsoft Intune. See our Amazon Inspector vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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