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.
"The initial setup of Tenable Nessus is very easy."
"The plug-in text information is quite useful."
"We looked at Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7. We found Tenable was the best of all three."
"The results are not that bad, but the key selling point is that it is an affordable tool set."
"The stability is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Tenable Nessus is the support it provides for any new vulnerabilities quickly."
"The solution is the most dynamic one I have seen thus far."
"The product's most valuable features are vulnerability and asset management. It can define the rules and validate the configuration."
"Very customizable with a lot of templates."
"The scans are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"Has a great advanced scanning feature."
"The solution has a lean and easy-to-use interface that is not confusing to first-time users."
"Tenable is the leading product for vulnerability scanning."
"This solution has a much lower rate of false positives compared to competing products."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the vulnerability assessment."
"The most important features are the dashboard and reporting. The dashboard provides statistics with graphs and bar charts for our management."
"Online learning could be a bit better."
"The problems I faced with Tenable Nessus were related to its dashboard's customization capabilities and its ability to provide data to third-party sources."
"There is room for improvement in finishing the transition to the cloud. We'd like to see them keep on improving the Tenable.io product, so that we can migrate to it entirely, instead of having to keep the Tenable.sc on-prem product."
"The features are limited when it comes to scanning network devices for vulnerabilities."
"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 should be a possibility to install agents on scanned machines. Tenable IO provides the capability of using local agents to check local problems, but this feature is not there in Tenable Nessus Professional. It would be nice to have something similar in Tenable Nessus Professional. We should have the capability to use local agents installed on the machines to locally check a problem."
"Some things in the user interface could be better. The user interface could allow more adjustments to plugins. The price could also be better."
"I would like to have a management option after the network scanning."
"Tenable SC could improve by making the creation of the initial reports easier that correspond to our network."
"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."
"The pricing is reasonable, but this could be brought down more aggressively, such as we see with Rapid7, Tenable SC's main competitor."
"The solution is expensive."
"Certain aspects require manual effort, such as exporting and analyzing data for our dashboards. The built-in components of the Tenable solution are somewhat clumsy that require external tools. So, this is an area of improvement."
"Security can always be improved."
"Tenable SC could be improved with additional connectivity to external company postures and the capability of managing and sustaining agents in the systems directly without additional platforms in the middle."
"We experienced some difficulties with the solution’s support."
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 "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". 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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