We performed a comparison between Tenable Nessus and XM Cyber 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."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."
"Out of the box, the product works well for us, so it's not a tool that we need to customize very much."
"The most valuable features of Tenable Nessus are the scanning option. Advanced scanning is highly useful. The offline config audits and application assessments are useful."
"Tenable Nessus is one of the best vulnerability assessment tools, that I know."
"I like this solution because it is complete. It can scan and check many types of vulnerabilities. It can also check for compliance."
"Tenable Nessus has a good performance, is very user-friendly, and is easy to use."
"Tenable Nessus streamlines the process of scanning for our organization."
"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 platform's most valuable feature is attack simulation."
"What I personally like very much, from my experience, is that it is very reliable."
"Tenable Nessus could improve the reporting."
"Tenable Nessus is not feasible for a large company."
"Technically, it is an excellent and the best solution available in Libya. My only concern is related to its pricing. They are an emerging company in Libya, and they need to put in some effort to provide us with very good prices so that customers can go with the best solution. Chinese companies are getting into the market here, and they're providing very cheap solutions."
"The features are limited when it comes to scanning network devices for vulnerabilities."
"The product must be more comprehensive."
"Consumes more system resources when it's running."
"In Nessus Professional, the main drawback was that we could have a single-user login password. So it could be better in terms of security."
"Tenable Nessus application device assessment is one of the top tools. However, in the application security assessment, there are other tools that provide better, and more accurate findings."
"XM Cyber could identify all areas of vulnerability. They could expand the identification span for different areas."
"We'd like to see a cheaper price."
Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews while XM Cyber is ranked 26th in Vulnerability Management with 2 reviews. Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4, while XM Cyber is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". On the other hand, the top reviewer of XM Cyber writes "Reliable with no false-positives and helpful support". Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management and Pentera, whereas XM Cyber is most compared with Pentera, Cymulate, SafeBreach, Picus Security and Darktrace. See our Tenable Nessus vs. XM Cyber report.
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