Rapid7 InsightVM vs Tenable Security Center comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Rapid7 InsightVM
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tenable Security Center
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Rapid7 InsightVM is 16.1%, up from 14.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 27.3%, down from 32.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Vulnerability Management
14.7%
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
2.7%
 

Featured Reviews

Christian Kyony - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 7, 2024
A vulnerability management solution that is great for managing video equipment
We handle a lot of video equipment and Rapid7 InsightVM helps us to scan subnets, around 150,000 of them Rapid7 InsightVM is more focused on proactive liability management. However, when there's an incident, our team can handle it, but it's not a top priority for me. I think having another…
TS
Mar 10, 2023
The solution serves as a good tool and is very user-friendly
We use the solution for creating passwords and security scanning purposes The solution has been beneficial for our organization. The solution serves as a good tool and is very user-friendly as well. It has many features. We are able to identify vulnerabilities in our systems, and ways to fix…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The pricing is reasonable."
"This solution is much more user-friendly than past solutions I have used."
"The most valuable feature for us is the different types of reporting it provides."
"We can create our own templates."
"The cost is what is most valuable. Compared to the other products on the market, the cost is more palatable."
"You can bring in and get online to do reports fairly quickly,"
"NeXpose is a pretty good vulnerability scanner... There's a nice dashboard."
"The main functionality of identifying item endpoints that weren't properly patched or had vulnerabilities is the solution's most valuable feature."
"It is a very good and user-friendly product."
"The most important features are the dashboard and reporting. The dashboard provides statistics with graphs and bar charts for our management."
"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 features in Tenable SC are scanning and analysis."
"We really love the Security Center dashboard. It basically performs vulnerability scanning and then outputs a vulnerability data."
"We use Tenable to scan all of our environments and plugins for vulnerabilities. Tenable helps us discover network vulnerabilities to threats and piracy."
"Tenable Security Center scans networks and gives reports."
"Tenable.sc's best features are the availability model, accident management, and scoring."
 

Cons

"Rapid7 could be easier to manage."
"The product does not have the capability to do dynamic scanning of non-web applications."
"The on-premise updates could improve from Rapid7 InsightVM."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"There are certain limitations because of the product being used on a hybrid model. Rapid7 InsightVM doesn't offer a solution purely in the cloud."
"InsightVM could be improved by providing passive scanning as an option."
"I would like to see more integration."
"We found that after you passed an endpoint, it didn't always reflect it in the next scan. I'm not sure if it was a glitch or some issue with the product's software. That was never clear. That was always an issue and something that definitely needed improvement."
"The pricing is reasonable, but this could be brought down more aggressively, such as we see with Rapid7, Tenable SC's main competitor."
"I will say it's a lot slower compared to an MS scan. It takes so much longer, so the performance could definitely be worked on."
"Deploying Tenable.sc is highly complex because it's an on-prem solution, whereas Tenable.io is cloud-based, so you can go live as soon as you log in. Tenable.sc involves significant integration with other on-prem solutions, and the deployment takes about two to three weeks with the help of a system integrator"
"The product should provide risk-based vulnerability management."
"The reporting needs a lot of work on the template."
"Tenable SC can improve by adding more integrations with HCI-type tools and more accurate vulnerability detection."
"The web application is not very functional."
"We are facing some challenges related to our channel."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"A full license for the solution is expensive because it is at the organizational level and not by individual users."
"Its licensing is yearly. Everything is included in the price for one year."
"Comparing the price with the value that we receive, I am not happy with it."
"We purchase annual licenses."
"Pricing is reasonable because we pay according to asset usage. We can define our assets and sites according to our preference."
"The solution's pricing is better than Nexus which charges a high amount for very little use."
"The solution is a bit more reasonably priced than other products."
"Our licensing costs are somewhere around $40,000 annually. There are no additional fees."
"The tool costs around 15,000 Saudi riyals monthly."
"I use a local license to perform penetration testing and I'm pretty happy with everything when it comes to pricing and licensing."
"We're able to save because we don't have to employ more staff members to help wit ht he scheduling of the scans, running the reports or sending them out to the systems owners. That alone is a big ROI for us."
"The price can start at €10,000 ($13,000 USD) for between 500 and 1,000 assets, and the price can climb into the millions as more assets are added."
"We pay around 60,000 on a yearly basis."
"Tenable is open-source."
"Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets."
"We're a Fortune 500 company... our licensing costs [are] in the seven figures."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
35%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How would you choose between Rapid7 InsightVM and Tenable Nessus?
You have full visibility across cloud, network, virtual, and containerized infrastructures with Rapid7 Insight VM. You can easily prioritize vulnerabilities using attacker analytics. Overall, Rapid...
What do you like most about Rapid7 InsightVM?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rapid7 InsightVM?
The product is cheaper than the other similar tools available in the market.
What do you like most about Tenable SC?
The tool's dashboard and reporting capabilities match our company's needs since we are able to modify the basic view to create a new dashboard, and it works out very well for our needs.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?
I rate the solution's price as seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. The tool is quite expensive.
What needs improvement with Tenable SC?
The tool's initial configuration is not so easy. The hardware requirements related to the tool need to be better because we need a lot of memory to achieve speed in the solution. If our company nee...
 

Also Known As

InsightVM, NeXpose
Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
 

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Sample Customers

ACS, Acosta, AllianceData, amazon.com, biogen idec, CBRE, CATERPILLAR, Deloitte, COACH, GameStop, IBM
IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific
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