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.
"The stability is good."
"The solution appears to be stable and scalable."
"It's very informative when there is an error. It allows us to backtrace where the error is and resolve that ourselves. It's a bit of a Swiss Army penknife. We find that it fixes most issues."
"The Asset Management and Auto Pilot are valuable features."
"I believe that the solution is actually in Gartner's top quadrant at the moment for mobile device management."
"The mobile application management, MAM, is the most useful aspect of the solution."
"It is very easy to use. It has a very easy interface."
"It is a helpful tool to manage BYOD policies."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The reports are pretty nice and easy to understand."
"It does exactly what you expect it to do, and its pricing is great. We couldn't really ask for a better deal."
"We looked at Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7. We found Tenable was the best of all three."
"It provides multiple recommendations towards the remedy of vulnerabilities."
"Tenable Nessus is one of the best vulnerability assessment tools, that I know."
"Nessus' most valuable feature is vulnerability management because it helps to discover vulnerabilities proactively and integrates with patch management solutions so you can push patches."
"Among the most valuable features are scanning for vulnerabilities and the reporting. The reporting templates are okay. I like that I can see all the hosts with different vulnerabilities."
"We haven't really gone through all the features of Intune. We are just discovering them. Every day, we see a new feature that we want to apply, but what will be great for Intune is to be able to deploy apps in a simple fashion. We should be able to easily install various apps on the Windows platform, iOS, and Android. Currently, we have to write some scripts. It's not as straightforward as we would like it to be. It should be simplified so that we can do it just with three clicks—next, next, finish—without needing to write a script."
"In terms of what can be improved, I am looking for better enhancements regarding Apple management, not only on the mobile device, but also on the laptop."
"It doesn't economize when you scale up. We have over 14,000 employees, and we have between 7,500 and 8,000 city-owned or personal devices being used to conduct city business. Its price can be improved. It is not a cheap solution."
"The technical support could be improved."
"It's only good for a Microsoft environment."
"Intune has some limitations when it comes to application updates for third-party applications. You can schedule an update, but when it's a package setup, you need to supercede and replace it each time."
"From a new user's perspective, it may be a little overwhelming because there are quite a few things to look at in the console, however, once you are sort of acclimated and are familiar with your core functions, it's fairly simple and straightforward."
"Intune's reporting and logging could be improved. When troubleshooting, it's difficult to collect the logs and determine what's happening. If I want to filter out the compliant devices, I can see it from the logs, but I would like the option to drill down further."
"There could be an integration between Tenable Nessus and other Tenable products. It will help us manage all the solutions using one dashboard."
"They could make their reporting a little better."
"The reporting could be improved. The reporting in Rapid7 is much better."
"The solution could improve by having better integration with different vendors' IPS solutions. The ACLs and IPS policies signatures should be enabled based on the results of Tenable Nessus automatically, we currently have to do it manually which is very time-consuming. It has done a good job integrating with Fortinet but we would like it to be better integrated with other solutions that we have."
"We feel the solution's technical support to be very bad."
"We'd like to see the solution embrace more user-friendliness."
"The accuracy of the vulnerability assessment is not up to par yet, as false alarms and false positives occur often."
"One area that has room for improvement is the reporting. I'm preparing reports for Windows and Linux machines, etc. Currently, I'm collecting three or four reports and turning them into one report. I don't know if it is possible to combine all of them in one report, but that would be helpful."
Microsoft Intune is ranked 1st in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) with 165 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, Microsoft Entra ID and SOTI MobiControl, 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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