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Nessus (BYOL)

Tenable, Inc.

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    Paul C.

excellent product it identifies misconfigs and missing patches

  • August 03, 2025
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
i love the scheduled scans feature along with the customizable templates. we use it mostly to identify configuration mishaps and devices needing additional patching. they have an extensible coverage of plugins
What do you dislike about the product?
The licensing complexity is the biggest issue for me. there is no central management in the base product you have to upgrade to tenable sc. There also a few false positives.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There are so many devices to locate tenable finds the unknows with ease. it is also highly customizable. All of devices are able to be scanned without the need of additional products,


    Gabe M.

as an industry standard software when it comes to vulnerability scanning.

  • June 17, 2025
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
detailed reporting, customizable export options.
What do you dislike about the product?
offline updates can be difficult and can be troublesome.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
providing clients with actionable vulnerability data.


    Engin A.

Its great to use Nessus for vulnerability scan

  • May 23, 2025
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It can be find mostly vulnerability for our devicess
What do you dislike about the product?
Tecnical support ticket create it can be a problem if you create one you can find a solution for pluging
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am scanning vulverabilities of our devices and it can be helpfull for tacking them


    Kaz

AL2 based AMI Image

  • January 14, 2025
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

this help us to deploy via Service Catalog.
that is very helpful.
but currently, AMI image is build based on AL2, not 2023.
AL2 is no longer supported after July 2025.

so we want Tenable to provide AL2023 based nessus AMI.


    Banking

Tenable is a must for Vulnerability Scanning

  • October 31, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Tenable Nessus is easy to setup and easy to navigate. The reporting gives good detail to help remediate the vulnerabilities.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have been using Tenable Nessus for many years and I can't say I have any dislikes for the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tenable Nessus helps keep the network secure by finding vulnerabilities before they become an issue.


    Financial Services

One of the best vulnerability scanners on the market

  • October 24, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Nessus was very easy to install, and we were up and running in very little time. There are lots of various scan type options to choose from. Our third party auditors also use Nessus for internal vulnerability scans, and we were able to import their scanning template in order to do accurate post remediation scans. We were able to easily setup a weekly scan schedule. Product updates are simple and straight forward, and we recieve notification when new versions are available. The price was also within our budget.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish Nessus had a vulnerability remediation option. Finding all the detailed vulnerabilities is only half the battle, researching the vulnerability and the fix is also time consuming. Nessus does have links to the CVE or KB docs, and many times remediation reccomendations, but the patching process is still manual. I realize that automatic remediation may not always be the best practice depending on the vulnerability, the system/device, and various other factors, but possibly some options for simple patches would be very useful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It finds and categorizes all vulnerabilities on all device types. Our previous product would only work with Windows devices for instance, so you are not getting a complete picture of your entire network. Vulnerabilities are categorized based on criticality, so you can prioritize your remediation process.


    Deepsan V.

Tenable Nessus professional

  • May 08, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Nessus has one of the largest libraries of vulnerability and configuration checks, covering a wide range of systems, devices, and applications.
Despite its comprehensive feature set, Nessus is known for its user-friendly interface, which can help users get up and running quickly.
What do you dislike about the product?
While Nessus is known for its comprehensive vulnerability scanning capabilities, it can sometimes produce false positives, which can lead to unnecessary work for security teams.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nessus provides comprehensive visibility into vulnerabilities across an organization's entire IT environment, which can help security teams prioritize remediation efforts and reduce risk.


    Pratik S.

Nessus is one of the powerful tool in scanning vulnerabilities.

  • April 27, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The format of the report with vulnerabilities and it's associated CVE with a detailed explanation is really commendable.
What do you dislike about the product?
The limited availability of features in a free Nessus software.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Unlike other scanning tools like nmap, nessus provides a detailed view of vulnerabilities with a risk score and methods to exploit. It also outlines the exact service where the vulnerability is found.


    Divi N.

Best free to use vulnerability scanner

  • March 30, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
-Free to use
-Has community version where you can use Nessus for free to some extent
-Great user interface
-It also identifies miscofinguration in code
-Versatile tool
-Great dashboards and reporting mechanism
What do you dislike about the product?
-I have only used free community version and it has quite a few limitation with number of hosts and scans etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used Nessus in past for red teaming and penitration testing puposes in past. it really helps in discovering vulnerabilities at early stage. It also provides detailed vulnerability analysis and reports which can be used be for pathcing the same. It has very clean dashboard that makes it very easy to present the current status of vulenrability to the management,


    Information Technology and Services

"Nessus review - One of the best tool for on-prem VM"

  • October 05, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I think Nessus is a best and versatile vulnerability assessment tool that helps organizations to manage their security risks. With comprehensive coverage, advanced scanning techniques, it provides accurate vulnerability detection.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus in the Pro version is limited to one user. Not follow up or comparison between latest scan and recent."
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are using Nessus for On-Prem Vulnerability management it fulfills our requirements.