We performed a comparison between Microsoft Intune and Tenable Nessus based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Tenable Nessus has a slight edge in this comparison. According to its reviewers, it is easier to deploy than Microsoft Intune.
"Stable product that's easy to set up compared to other MDM products."
"The most important thing for me is the autopilot feature."
"The technical support of Microsoft Intune is good."
"In terms of technical support, you will get an immediate response."
"We can manage and standardize security across your environment, identify problems, receive alerts, and so on. That's its purpose, and that's also why it's so good."
"It's normally able to meet 100% expectations of our customers."
"The reporting and analytics features in Microsoft Intune have been a lifesaver."
"The stability of Microsoft Intune is good."
"I find the features that are most valuable are the policies that help us identify the vulnerabilities. These policies are then used for scanning instabilities and then identifying the particular vulnerabilities."
"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."
"We have done code scanning for a long period because as a company, we do DevOps as part of our development life cycle."
"The trial version is very good for testing whether it will suit your needs."
"Tenable Nessus streamlines the process of scanning for our organization."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the dashboard. They are convenient to use."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is vulnerability detection."
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand."
"An issue we have run into with Microsoft Endpoint Manager is that we cannot patch third-party products like Adobe and Chrome with it."
"Its configuration is fairly complicated. You have to do quite a bit of discovery to be able to deploy it for a customer. You have to ask them a lot of questions. So, its initial deployment is the biggest challenge. They should make it easier to deploy with the use of Wizards or something else. During the deployment stage, there could be profiles for the customers who are particularly wanting to use certain feature sets of Intune."
"Cost is the biggest factor for us right now. Microsoft Intune and AD P1 together in a bundle is a good thing to have, but it is very costly compared to other products in the market. Otherwise, Microsoft Intune is the best."
"There are a couple of issues with stability."
"When somebody has a customized application or their own company's application, we cannot deploy that application."
"Microsoft Intune's support for Mac devices is lacking and could be improved."
"Intune doesn't provide much control over Windows servers. It's something we struggle with."
"Intune's third-party patch management could be better. It should be easier for the average system admin to keep non-Microsoft applications updated."
"Consumes more system resources when it's running."
"Tenable Nessus is not feasible for a large company."
"We'd like to see more integration potential within the solution."
"There is room, overall, for improvement in the way it groups the workstations and the way it detects, when the vulnerability is scanned. Even when we would run a new scan, if it was an already existing vulnerability, it wouldn't put a new date on it."
"The price could be reduced."
"I have found it is sometimes difficult to control the Zoom meeting sessions. For example, it is difficult to know who is talking and when trying to mute everyone but the speaker you end up muting everyone. When using multiple screens it is laborious to find the control buttons, such as to start a session. Additionally, when a recording is done I have found it difficult to find them, there should be an easier way to retrieve them."
"There could be an integration between Tenable Nessus and other Tenable products. It will help us manage all the solutions using one dashboard."
"The features are limited when it comes to scanning network devices for vulnerabilities."
Microsoft Intune is ranked 1st in UEM (Unified Endpoint Management) with 156 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Microsoft Intune is rated 8.0, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Intune writes "We can manage all aspects of our devices from a single console, easy to scale, and quick to deploy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Microsoft Intune is most compared with Jamf Pro, VMware Workspace ONE, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, SOTI MobiControl and Microsoft Entra ID, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus.
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