We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiDB [EOL] and Tenable Nessus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tenable, Wiz, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Vulnerability Management."The biggest thing, for us lately, has been their cloud tools. They're like Intercept X from Sophos, where they'll test for ransomware. Fortinet has the same sort of set up with their cloud devices. So your firewall picks up something suspicious, it sends it up to the cloud for analysis. We also have their in-house antivirus. Having different antivirus checkpoints throughout the network is a good thing as well."
"The dashboard is very simple. It has an easy to use interface."
"We use it to protect files and to prevent users from browsing them while they are being used."
"The solution is very good at preventing intrusions. You can definitely rely on this solution to cover your security."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the security aspects."
"It is extremely stable, and can expand as per our needs due to its stability."
"The most valuable feature is the installation of Tenable which is incredibly easy."
"The most valuable feature is how it scanned and detected through its database to let us know exactly what fixes we needed to put in place for the vulnerabilities. It detects and it also gives you the way to fix it."
"The vulnerability scanner is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is very easy."
"I have found the vulnerability assessment and the reports to be useful."
"I am impressed with the tool's vulnerability scanning."
"The solution can scale well."
"User friendly and good dashboards."
"I'm an old-school guy. I really don't like web GUI interfaces. They're always slow and laggy and their design is restricted, whereas a binary deployment for an admin tool is always faster, easier, more flexible. I would like that kind of functionality from Fortinet."
"Some use case analyses could be improved."
"The pricing of this solution is a little bit on the high side and can be improved."
"I would like better APIs and integration with other products, like Python and SQL."
"They need to improve the web filter to make it more user-friendly."
"We had some issues trying to fix some critical bugs, such as the SSL encryption."
"Remediation needs improvement."
"Model OS costs (and its segregation schema for individual modules)."
"The problems I faced with Tenable Nessus were related to its dashboard's customization capabilities and its ability to provide data to third-party sources."
"The accuracy of the vulnerability assessment is not up to par yet, as false alarms and false positives occur often."
"To be honest, I haven't used it much to tell you that these are the things that should be improved. But I believe the UI should be enhanced somewhat. For example, there are two ways to find a report, and people are frequently confused as to which is the correct method for locating a full report. Sometimes they go in the opposite direction, so this is an area that may be improved."
"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."
"It would be nice for the professional module to include some of the reports available in the expert module."
"Online learning could be a bit better."
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Fortinet FortiDB [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Vulnerability Management while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Fortinet FortiDB [EOL] is rated 8.2, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiDB [EOL] writes "The cloud tools are able to test for ransomware when the firewall picks up something suspicous". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Fortinet FortiDB [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Pentera.
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