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Pentera vs Tenable One Exposure Management Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Seemplicity
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Ranking in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
5th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (15th), Cloud Security Remediation (2nd)
Pentera
Ranking in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Penetration Testing Services (4th), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (2nd), AI-Powered Penetration Testing (2nd)
Tenable One Exposure Manage...
Ranking in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) category, the mindshare of Seemplicity is 2.6%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pentera is 9.1%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is 4.3%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pentera9.1%
Seemplicity2.6%
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform4.3%
Other84.0%
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
 

Featured Reviews

JL
Vice President Of Security Architecture And Engineering at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Unified vulnerability data has reduced risk and currently cuts duplicate tools and license costs
Seemplicity can be improved by adding additional graphs and charts that make it easier to do trending over time. I had to do some of that manually via manual reports, but Seemplicity already has a feature request for this. Seemplicity has done a pretty good job of keeping up with integrations. One gap that I identified and that Seemplicity is trying to fill now is having a complete end-to-end mapping. Seemplicity currently looks at the external attack surface using tools like Censys, and then looks at the internal side, examining what is in AWS and other clouds using CSPM. However, there is not anything that currently ties a property on the outside to a system on the inside, especially when you have additional security layers like web application firewalls that actually mitigate the risk.
reviewer1460223 - PeerSpot reviewer
Ai Expert at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automated testing has reduced manual effort and improves remediation of critical vulnerabilities
The biggest friction point with Pentera is the need for more granular control or the ability to exclude specific sensitive systems, as well as the necessity for the cloud environment to mature. While Pentera excels in on-premises and hybrid setups, its AWS and Azure attack path simulation is not as deep compared to others.If I could change one thing in Pentera to improve my workflow the most, it would be the platform UI because some security team members are not penetration testing specialists, making it difficult for them to navigate. I would make it easier with more guided workflows.
Jaya Shanker - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has improved our vulnerability tracking and supports cloud-based monitoring with scheduled scans
We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go to cloud security for vulnerability management, it will take five licenses instead of the one-on-one license that vulnerability exposure management requires. The license needs to be reviewed.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Seemplicity has helped us see a return on investment by reducing the need for an L1 analyst for AppSec findings through its categorization, deduplication, and automatic remediation assignments, which has significantly decreased the headcount required for initial analysis."
"When we started with Seemplicity, we saw an 85% reduction in the number of tickets through deduplication, and that is significant for our teams who are swamped with issues."
"Seemplicity really shines on that remediation component and being able to automate that workflow, and that's a gap where we could not find one of our existing technology partners to be able to fill that void."
"I was also able to pay for the tool twice over by using it for tool rationalization."
"Seemplicity has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to provide a single viewpoint into vulnerability management and pen testing for our customers."
"Seemplicity is helping us generate immense ROI in terms of helping secure our infrastructure, applications, endpoints, and understanding vulnerabilities that we really did not have a good process of understanding before."
"I think of Seemplicity as a fantastic company and a fantastic partner to work with."
"Seemplicity has positively impacted my organization by helping reduce the overhead for our SecOps team to manually create vulnerability tickets."
"The most valuable feature of Pentera is that you can do continuous vulnerability assessment, which is automated."
"Pentera has significantly affected our organization by dropping our mean time to remediate critical vulnerabilities because the remediation team can clearly evidence the exploit instead of debating CVSS scores, and our security posture has improved."
"Pentera has impacted my team and my workflow by making things faster and more efficient."
"The platform's most valuable features are credential management and vulnerability management."
"The product is easy to use."
"Pentera has many authentic features."
"Surface provides automated validation and penetration testing features with a proactive, continuous, and highly realistic approach to cybersecurity validation, helping organizations understand and reduce their true cyber exposure."
"Maybe there are some remediation steps on the website, we can mask sensitive information on the website better."
"The product gives us a lot of insight."
"The feature of vulnerability management and discovery is what I use."
"I think it's a good product for risk-based or exposure-based vulnerability management."
"We find Tenable One Exposure Management Platform vulnerability prioritization effective overall because, with the scheduled scan running on our set schedule, we can remediate any findings and check on the next schedule if issues are closed, making it much easier for us to monitor vulnerabilities."
"Tenable EP is a great overall product for our customers; it's great at helping customers to identify current risks, it helps customers manage their risk, users can effectively analyze risk and can assign team members to take a look at items as well, the solution is very easy to set up, technical support is very helpful and responsive, and the pricing is pretty good."
"For me, the setup has been an easy process."
"The solution is very easy to set up."
 

Cons

"To improve Seemplicity, I would suggest having more knowledge base and more threat intel."
"The capability out of the box today is decent, but over time, if we can allow users and organizations to build their own view and how they want to report on things, that would be a great value add."
"Seemplicity can be improved because sometimes the rule setting can be a little complicated, and for instance, filtering out the criteria may not be useful at times, as it can be too complicated based on the business requirements."
"Every tool, including Seemplicity, can improve, and I think it needs to further enhance its deduplication capabilities and understand how to integrate with more security tools, especially as new AI security tools emerge."
"My advice to others looking into using Seemplicity is to be aware that you will get more information from support than from the documents themselves, and it can take a bit of time after feeding in data to show meaningful results."
"Seemplicity could be improved with some of the aggregation accessibility. Currently, it is a bit of a black box and can be a bit of a bottleneck."
"Seemplicity could use more improvement around the user interface."
"For Seemplicity, I would say two things for improvement. First, reporting customization could go further because this industry is evolving; the CEO tries to get much information that they are looking for."
"The biggest frustration I have had with Pentera is the navigation, which seems slower."
"The price could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in virtualization compatibility."
"Maybe scalability. I know that the Pentera right now is high level in order to scan big deals over 500 IPs and not less, and not less. That can be more granular. This will be useful."
"The main challenge currently is the commercial aspect, as the product has become very expensive."
"The automated penetration testing features must be improved."
"The licensing and IP management need improvement. When the IP is imported into a system, we cannot withdraw or revoke the license."
"They need to offer support for a new graphic card."
"The product has limited reporting capabilities and it isn't great at allowing for customization in reports."
"Tenable needs to provide a better way to manage private clouds."
"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address. Sometimes they behave abruptly, requiring me to rework reinstalling the sensors on the endpoints."
"It would be nice if the product provided an agent for enforcing policies."
"The license needs to be reviewed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's not that expensive, but it could be more cost-effective."
"The tool is relatively cheap."
"We have to pay a yearly licensing cost for Pentera."
"The product's cost is reasonable. I rate the pricing a three out of ten."
"The pricing is fair."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
30%
Manufacturing Company
22%
Healthcare Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Seemplicity?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that pricing and setup costs were not in my area. The setup ...
What needs improvement with Seemplicity?
Seemplicity can be improved because sometimes the rule setting can be a little complicated, and for instance, filteri...
What is your primary use case for Seemplicity?
For us, the main use case for Seemplicity is to get vulnerability findings in order to remediate the issue, and then ...
What needs improvement with Pentera?
Cloud testing capabilities need enhancement. The core product was built for on-premises internal network validation.
What is your primary use case for Pentera?
Continuous automated security validation across our internal network and external attack surface was necessary. The p...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.ep?
I think the price of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is reasonable for us.
What needs improvement with Tenable.ep?
We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is...
What is your primary use case for Tenable.ep?
We use Tenable One Exposure Management Platform for vulnerability management in our internal application and external...
 

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Blackstone Group Caterpillar Apria Healthcare Taylor Vinters Sandler Capital Management Drawbridge BNP Paribas British Red Cross
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