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 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 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 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."
"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 solution can scale well."
"I have found the vulnerability assessment and the reports to be useful."
"I like this solution because it is complete. It can scan and check many types of vulnerabilities. It can also check for compliance."
"The product's most valuable features are vulnerability and asset management. It can define the rules and validate the configuration."
"It does exactly what you expect it to do, and its pricing is great. We couldn't really ask for a better deal."
"Tenable Nessus is one of the best vulnerability assessment tools, that I know."
"The results are not that bad, but the key selling point is that it is an affordable tool set."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the scanning capabilities. I'd like to see broader coverage in terms of the vulnerabilities detected."
"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."
"Tenable Nessus could improve by having more steady updates which will reduce the vulnerabilities."
"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."
"Tenable Nessus could improve the price."
"It would be a good idea if they have a simulation of attacks or a use case for finding a new vulnerability or dealing with a zero-day attack."
"The features are limited when it comes to scanning network devices for vulnerabilities."
"Multiple steps to create an actionable plan will be a great addition to Nessus."
"Tenable Nessus could improve the reporting."
"Nessus' reporting could be more user-friendly."
Amazon Inspector is ranked 27th 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, Tenable Lumin and Microsoft Secure Score, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus. See our Amazon Inspector vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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