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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management 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.
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Pros
"The product's stability is very high...The scalability of the product is amazing.""The solution helps identify threats and vulnerabilities.""The solution is up-to-date and helps prevent zero-day attacks.""The product’s most valuable features are compliance, recommendations, and inventories.""One valuable feature is the Microsoft Security Scorecard."

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"The most valuable feature for me is container scanning because I am interested in CICD security.""The solution can integrate with third parties and meets standard compliance.""I would rate Tenable's dashboards and reporting capabilities for illustrating security posture a nine out of ten, with ten being the best.""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.""It is a very, very user-friendly tool...The setup is easy""The solution creates vulnerability tickets within the VM profile but should also include them under the Remediation tab so the fixes can be viewed in the ticketing queue.""The initial setup is mostly straightforward."

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Cons
"Integration can be improved.""It is challenging to extract and customize reports from the system.""The technical support takes too much time to resolve tickets.""The setup phase of the product is not that easy and needs a person to have a certain level of expertise.""The general support could be improved."

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"Tenable could improve visibility into assets, including automated asset tagging. You should be able to automatically tag assets based on location, function, ownership, etc. That would help us because we spend a lot of time identifying and tagging assets by hand.""The solution seems to focus too much on enterprises, and they really need a product that works for SMBs.""The UI has room for improvement.""I'm not satisfied with the reporting structure.""They've been able to think about everything in terms of where the world is going and the type of assets that you've got. They've everything sorted out in that aspect, but you have to pay for most of the other components that they've got to give you complete visibility across your tech surface. If it already had those capabilities in-built, without having to add them on to take advantage of them, it would be a very compelling value proposition.""The solution must be promoted more in the market.""It's not a user-friendly tool since it has a complicated interface.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The product’s pricing is medium."
  • "The licensing model follows a per-user per-month structure."
  • "I rate the product's price a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
  • "The tool is a bit costly."
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  • "There are additional features that can be licensed for an additional cost."
  • "The solution is not too expensive."
  • "Tenable.io Vulnerability Management's pricing solution model isn't great."
  • "The total cost we pay for this solution is over 45K. This is for a large education organization."
  • "Compared to other VM solutions, Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is expensive."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high price, I rate the pricing an eight. So, it is a pretty expensive solution."
  • "Tenable.io is not known for being a cheap product."
  • "A yearly payment has to be made toward the solution's licensing costs."
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    Top Answer: Tenable Nessus is a vulnerability assessment solution that is both easy to deploy and easy to manage. The design of the program is such that if a company should desire to handle the installation… more »
    Top Answer:The integration of Tenable into our security ecosystem was very good.
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    Overview

    Defender Vulnerability Management delivers asset visibility, intelligent assessments, and built-in remediation tools for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and network devices. Leveraging Microsoft threat intelligence, breach likelihood predictions, business contexts, and devices assessments, Defender Vulnerability Management rapidly and continuously prioritizes the biggest vulnerabilities on your most critical assets and provides security recommendations to mitigate risk.

    Managed in the cloud and powered by Tenable Nessus, Tenable Vulnerability Management (formerly Tenable.io) provides the industry's most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your organization. Built-in prioritization, threat intelligence and real-time insight help you understand your exposures and proactively prioritize remediations.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Security Firm24%
    Government12%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization23%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government9%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise60%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business53%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise32%
    Large Enterprise50%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs. Tenable Vulnerability Management
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs. Tenable Vulnerability Management and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is ranked 22nd in Vulnerability Management with 5 reviews while Tenable Vulnerability Management is ranked 2nd in Vulnerability Management with 38 reviews. Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2, while Tenable Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management writes "The vulnerability assessment is very accurate because it runs directly into the vulnerability database". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Vulnerability Management writes "Discovers vulnerabilities and integrates well with other solutions". Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management is most compared with Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel, whereas Tenable Vulnerability Management is most compared with Tenable Security Center, Tenable Nessus, Qualys VMDR, Amazon Inspector and Rapid7 InsightVM. See our Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs. Tenable Vulnerability Management report.

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