We performed a comparison between Tanium and Tenable Nessus 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."Tanium's most valuable features are patch management, inventory, and distribution software."
"I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features."
"For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user."
"The solution is scalable and helps to understand how infrastructure works. It helps to improve the health of the organization."
"I like the tool's incident response and security patching."
"Tanium has made the process of detecting threats more proactive with its detection. So, the process is easier and more efficient."
"Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable."
"I would say Tanium is the best tool for vulnerability management."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the dashboard. They are convenient to use."
"We have done code scanning for a long period because as a company, we do DevOps as part of our development life cycle."
"It does exactly what you expect it to do, and its pricing is great. We couldn't really ask for a better deal."
"The most valuable features are that it's fast, it's easy to use and it provides good reports."
"The features of Tenable Nessus that I have found most valuable are its reliability and its ability to collate a dependable output, where we are able to get the same vulnerability when we test manually. The output is quite reliable."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the support it provides for any new vulnerabilities quickly."
"The scanning capabilities are most valuable when compared to Nessus."
"Tenable Nessus has a good performance, is very user-friendly, and is easy to use."
"I would like to have more integrations and custom plugins to input. Integration is always a big deal in a lot of different environments."
"Most of the time, agent-relative issues have to be more equipped with self-healing features. At times, the agent is there, but for some reason, it doesn't report a status. It gives certain problems that are obviously agent-based."
"The solution needs to improve the reporting and tracking capabilities."
"The performance could improve in future releases. We have had performance issues in specialized web environments, but overall I think the problems are less than 2% of the computer systems being used."
"The main issues are the network connection because different customers have issues with their networks. It's difficult implementing this type of solution because the network is the main feature in the architecture for these types of solutions. Tanium could improve by creating some network optimization."
"It is not really additional functions, or the features that are needed, rather the complexity would be reduced based on the number of modules required to put together a comprehensive operational security and risk compliance model."
"The solution can give a lot of false positives."
"The most painful thing is the interface. It's a bit unclear sometimes."
"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."
"I would like to have a management option after the network scanning."
"The solution should be able to support more devices."
"It would be nice for the professional module to include some of the reports available in the expert module."
"Multiple steps to create an actionable plan will be a great addition to Nessus."
"We have had some false positives in the past, which we hope can improve in the future."
"The accuracy of the vulnerability assessment is not up to par yet, as false alarms and false positives occur often."
"Tenable Nessus could improve by having more steady updates which will reduce the vulnerabilities."
Tanium is ranked 18th in Vulnerability Management with 15 reviews while Tenable Nessus is ranked 3rd in Vulnerability Management with 75 reviews. Tanium is rated 7.4, while Tenable Nessus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Tanium writes "Useful tool for vulnerability management and deploying applications, needing improvement in its OS upgrade". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Nessus writes "Unlimited assets for one price and quick, agentless results". Tanium is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Qualys VMDR and Zabbix, whereas Tenable Nessus is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Security Center and Tenable Vulnerability Management. See our Tanium vs. Tenable Nessus report.
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