We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management 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 product's stability is very high...The scalability of the product is amazing."
"The solution helps identify threats and vulnerabilities."
"One valuable feature is the Microsoft Security Scorecard."
"The solution is up-to-date and helps prevent zero-day attacks."
"The product’s most valuable features are compliance, recommendations, and inventories."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the self-updating engine."
"We looked at Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7. We found Tenable was the best of all three."
"The trial version is very good for testing whether it will suit your needs."
"I am impressed with the tool's vulnerability scanning."
"I like its ease of use. It has the script that is pre-built in it, and you just got to know which ones you're looking for."
"The most valuable feature is the installation of Tenable which is incredibly easy."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The results are not that bad, but the key selling point is that it is an affordable tool set."
"The setup phase of the product is not that easy and needs a person to have a certain level of expertise."
"The general support could be improved."
"Integration can be improved."
"It is challenging to extract and customize reports from the system."
"The technical support takes too much time to resolve tickets."
"The reports are okay, but the interface is a bit difficult to navigate in some cases."
"Remediation needs improvement."
"Lacks some penetration testing-related services."
"It would be better if they had application-level support for mobile devices. They don't have anything to scan mobile devices. Tenable Nessus doesn't have a mobile application vulnerability assessment. I also have issues with the false positive rates. The product has limited features."
"I think the reporting templates could be improved with Tenable Nessus."
"We use credentialed scans. They need more permissions and more changes or settings on Windows and Linux."
"They should improve the I/O reporting and the customized spreadsheet export feature."
"The price and scalability of the solution could improve."
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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is ranked 23rd in Vulnerability Management with 5 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management writes "The vulnerability assessment is very accurate because it runs directly into the vulnerability database". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Rapid7 Metasploit. See our Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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