We performed a comparison between Tenable.io Vulnerability Management and Tenable SC based on our users’ reviews in four categories. Our conclusion is presented below.
Comparison Results: Tenable SC comes out ahead when it comes to the user interface and product support. However, it is an on-prem solution only, while Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is available for both cloud or on-prem deployment and is noted as integrating well with third-party solutions.
"One of the most valuable features is their distributed scan model for allotting engines to work together as a pool and handle multiple scans at once, across multiple environments. Automatic scanning distribution is a distinguishing feature of their toolset."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the vulnerability assessment."
"The feature we've liked most recently was being able to take the YARA rules from FireEye and put them into Tenable's scan for the most recent SolarWinds exploit. That was really useful."
"Tenable is the leading product for vulnerability scanning."
"Tenable.sc is user-friendly."
"The most important features are the dashboard and reporting. The dashboard provides statistics with graphs and bar charts for our management."
"Has a great advanced scanning feature."
"The most valuable features of Tenable SC are the reports and the dashboards."
"There is no burden of updating or upgrading this solution."
"It helps us create remediation projects and assign the console’s responsibility to specific engineers."
"A new user can easily understand the workflow, even if they are creating users for other divisions and the user is a beginner."
"The solution is very simple to use."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"One of the most valuable features of Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is its exportability, which allows us to conduct risk assessments efficiently."
"The vulnerability scanning is the most important aspect of the solution for us."
"The solution is quite friendly."
"Tenable SC can improve by adding more integrations with HCI-type tools and more accurate vulnerability detection."
"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."
"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."
"Tenable has some problems with agents going offline during scanning and lag between agents and the security center."
"The solution needs to improve its support. I would like to see a bird's eye view of my network architecture. I would also like to see the continuous view feature in the tool."
"In terms of configuration, there is some level of flexibility that we are not able to achieve."
"A good plugin editor would be a good additional option for the Security Center."
"The product should provide risk-based vulnerability management."
"It can have more integration."
"The reporting was never great in Tenable Vulnerability Management, so, in my company, we imported all the data into Ivanti RiskSense to start using it for reporting."
"The product could be easier to set up on the cloud."
"The interface could be improved; right now it's running on two interfaces simultaneously."
"It would be helpful if Tenable could be more clear with regard to everything the solution can and cannot do with the particular license that you have."
"They should include better customization of the dashboard, and integration tools."
"I don't recommend Tenable.io Vulnerability Management for web scanning"
"I'm not satisfied with the reporting structure."
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Tenable Security Center is ranked 1st in Vulnerability Management with 48 reviews while Tenable Vulnerability Management is ranked 2nd in Vulnerability Management with 39 reviews. Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2, while Tenable Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Vulnerability Management writes "Discovers vulnerabilities and integrates well with other solutions". Tenable Security Center is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM, Horizon3.ai and Tanium, whereas Tenable Vulnerability Management is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Amazon Inspector, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Rapid7 InsightVM. See our Tenable Security Center vs. Tenable Vulnerability Management report.
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