No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

ServiceNow Security Operations vs Tenable Security Center comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ServiceNow Security Operations
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Security Incident Response (1st), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (9th)
Tenable Security Center
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (15th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Risk-Based Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of ServiceNow Security Operations is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 7.2%, down from 11.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tenable Security Center7.2%
ServiceNow Security Operations1.6%
Other91.2%
Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Suhel Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant (Siem Admin) at IBM
Precise incident handling has improved reporting and searching across complex security cases
I would like to see new features added, particularly regarding the incident upgrading part. For instance, if you have an instance and need to transfer it to a particular team, being able to show that the status is still in progress, which is currently in a beta version, would definitely help people to understand that the status has changed for the incident.
reviewer1534134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Security at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Centralized analytics have strengthened patch visibility and support efficient regulatory reporting
From my experience, I assess the product's analytics capabilities as successful. It helped us significantly with patching and managing the risk of the patching process across all our environments, including network devices with Windows and Unix systems. The product covered several environments and gave us exactly what we needed in our environment. Tenable Security Center's centralized platform helped with risk assessment and management across our IT environments. It covered the patching process, and we previously faced many issues regarding how to patch different environments, how to monitor the patching process, and whether it was successful or not. We obtained good reports showing when patches were closed and the details of each patch, including who executed it and everything related to the patching process until it was closed. This gave us good details about the process which helped us significantly in our reporting and even in audits, whether internal or external. We learned how to close audit issues safely and successfully. We used the dashboards for real-time threat insights and extracted several dashboards from Tenable Security Center. We use these dashboards in our cybersecurity dashboard and committees that we have. These dashboards are part of our committees, especially the cybersecurity committee and other committees that we attend.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ServiceNow Security Operations should be mandatory for any organization to maintain data."
"The ServiceNow platform provides tremendous value to organizations that not only want to implement SecOps, but when integrated with IT Service Management, IT Operations Management, Software Asset Management, Governance Risk and Compliance, and into their overall strategy for digital and business transformation."
"ServiceNow is a convenient platform to raise tickets, and the respective support team will contact us to resolve any issues."
"The most valuable aspect of working with ServiceNow is its meaningful and feature-rich product."
"The solution is available over the cloud and is easy to manage."
"The ease of use is great."
"Multiple projects use the ServiceNow tool because it is a low-cost and open-source tool."
"The product's most valuable features include the no-code capability for workflows and flow design, which makes it user-friendly, and the ability to perform advanced configurations."
"Tenable also helps us to focus resources on the vulnerabilities that are most likely to be exploited. And since it is continuously updated, it allows us to reevaluate quickly if there are new vulnerabilities found..."
"This solution has a much lower rate of false positives compared to competing products."
"Their overall cost of service is pretty good."
"The solution is very intuitive and the dashboards are simple to use."
"Tenable's most valuable features are the credential scan, vulnerability reports, and vulnerability ratings (VPR)."
"This solution has given us visibility of the vulnerability in our network and shows what needs to be done to negate the vulnerabilities by providing links to the solution for those issues, so we are now able to manage our vulnerabilities better by identifying them, prioritizing them, and then negating them, which has improved our security posture."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the dashboards and speed of the test, and Tenable.sc is user-friendly."
"Tenable.sc is user-friendly."
 

Cons

"The threat intelligence module needs a better dashboard."
"One area for improvement for the product is the need to tailor and alter some codes for customization, which can cause issues during upgrades. It does not support customized operations."
"A one-year delay from their go-live date is a bit too long."
"​Process framework and best practices for ease of integration between IT and security teams via incident, problem, and change.​"
"There is room for improvement in terms of developer support and documentation."
"I would like to see new features added, particularly regarding the incident upgrading part."
"It would be ideal if there were already integrations available in ServiceNow with third-party tools."
"Report generation within ServiceNow can take some time."
"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."
"We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center."
"They are not currently handling call flows properly. Some call flows are being deleted from the registry but still show as active."
"Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers."
"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 GUI could be improved to have all concerns and priorities use the same GUI, allowing them to see all tickets, assign vulnerabilities, and assign variation failures to each member of their team."
"The solution needs to improve the vulnerability assessment because we have experienced some challenges with accuracy."
"At times we have had the typical bugs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive product."
"The product is more expensive than other solutions."
"Compared to competitor tools, ServiceNow Security Operations is more affordable"
"If you're going to implement it on your own, there would be internal costs. If you're going to implement it through a contractor or consultant, you have to pay for that."
"This product is a good value for the money."
"The solution is more expensive than BMC Remedy, the other ITSM tool available in the market."
"I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, where ten is expensive. It is the most expensive tool my company is using."
"It is slightly more expensive than other solutions in the same sphere."
"The pricing is more than Nexpose."
"The tool costs around 15,000 Saudi riyals monthly."
"Tenable is open-source."
"The price of Tenable SC is expensive, we pay approximately €70,000 for the license annually. We have to pay for each IP test. The cost of other solutions is far less, such as Nessus Professional, which is €3,000 annually."
"The tool provides competitive pricing."
"We pay around 60,000 on a yearly basis."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Risk-Based Vulnerability Management solutions are best for your needs.
909,725 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise27
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow Security Operations?
In my opinion, the pricing is quite affordable considering the features, and I do not find it expensive. I would not call it cheap; rather, I am looking at it as a product owner.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow Security Operations?
I would like to see new features added, particularly regarding the incident upgrading part. For instance, if you have an instance and need to transfer it to a particular team, being able to show th...
What advice do you have for others considering ServiceNow Security Operations?
For someone looking to use ServiceNow Security Operations, I recommend that they read about the documentation and spend one or two hours familiarizing themselves with FortiGating, and that will be ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?
The price of Tenable Security Center is not so high; it's relatively a cheaper solution.
What needs improvement with Tenable SC?
We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center. In some cases, we needed to refer back to Tenable itself, and in other cases, we ne...
What is your primary use case for Tenable SC?
The typical use case for Tenable Security Center is that it is an on-premise solution, and it can use the agent and active scanning, which is needed by governmental organizations and manufacturers,...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DXC Technology, Freedom Security Alliance, Prime Therapeutics, Seton Hall University, York Risk Services
IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific
Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow Security Operations vs. Tenable Security Center and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
909,725 professionals have used our research since 2012.