We performed a comparison between Tenable Nessus and Tenable SC based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Tenable SC is the winner in this comparison. Tenable SC received higher marks for its support than Tenable Nessus did. In addition, its users feel that it is the more reasonably priced solution.
"A valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand."
"It is a mature tool."
"Tenable Nessus is cheap and flexible."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the support it provides for any new vulnerabilities quickly."
"Tenable integrates well with other solutions such as SIEM and batch management."
"With the Tenable Nessus enterprise edition, you have unlimited licenses to scan the device."
"We have around 500 virtual machines. Therefore, we conduct monthly scans and open tickets for our developers to address identified vulnerabilities. These scans cover the servers, other network equipment, and appliances in our infrastructure."
"Makes ransomware checking and OS auditing and implementation relatively easy."
"It is a very good and user-friendly product."
"The solution is very intuitive and the dashboards are simple to use."
"The Auto-Remediate feature is good."
"Support is knowledgeable."
"We use Tenable to scan all of our environments and plugins for vulnerabilities. Tenable helps us discover network vulnerabilities to threats and piracy."
"Tenable Security Center scans networks and gives reports."
"The most valuable features in Tenable SC are scanning and analysis."
"Tenable is the leading product for vulnerability scanning."
"The accuracy of the vulnerability assessment is not up to par yet, as false alarms and false positives occur often."
"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."
"I would like to see more on the automation side."
"Some things in the user interface could be better. The user interface could allow more adjustments to plugins. The price could also be better."
"Multiple user access would be an area for improvement from a user-access perspective. A role-based access control feature would be great because at present, there is a limitation with only one account. If that account gets compromised or gets locked, then we will encounter problems."
"Nessus' reporting could be more user-friendly."
"They need more flexible pricing."
"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 biggest issue I have with the solution is when I'm using the scanning it picks up the original DNS of that device. That means, before we image it and actually change the DNS to something within our company structure, it'll just be random numbers and letters and Tenable will stick to that DNS for a long time."
"Current web page needs improvement, slows down processes."
"Tenable has some problems with agents going offline during scanning and lag between agents and the security center."
"The solution's user interface has some issues."
"The integration is very good, although it still needs to improve."
"The solution is expensive."
"In terms of configuration, there is some level of flexibility that we are not able to achieve."
"We are facing some challenges related to our channel."
Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews while Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews. Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4, while Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "Reliable, useful reports, but initial report configuration could improve". Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Pentera and Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, whereas Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Horizon3.ai and Tanium. See our Tenable Nessus vs. Tenable Security Center report.
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