Tenable Security Center vs Tenable Vulnerability Management comparison

Tenable Security Center and Tenable Vulnerability Management are both solutions in the Vulnerability Management category. Tenable Security Center is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.7, while Tenable Vulnerability Management is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.1. Tenable Security Center holds a 3.7% mindshare in VM, compared to Tenable Vulnerability Management’s 4.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Tenable Security Center users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Tenable Vulnerability Management users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 28, 2025

Tenable Security Center and Tenable Vulnerability Management are competitive products in the cybersecurity field, focusing on vulnerability management. Tenable Security Center seems to have the upper hand in comprehensive scanning and reporting features, while Tenable Vulnerability Management excels in risk prioritization and flexibility.

Features: Tenable Security Center is praised for its customizable scanning policies, powerful dashboards, and comprehensive vulnerability scanning capabilities. Its Assurance Report Card provides quick security posture overviews. Users also value its distributed scan model which efficiently covers multiple environments. Tenable Vulnerability Management is known for its effective risk prioritization, lightweight agents, and strong integration capabilities, offering predictive prioritization that helps focus on the most important issues.

Room for Improvement: Tenable Security Center could improve its flexibility in report configuration and enhance its query engine. Users find its integration with external tools lacking and desire a more user-friendly system for managing extensive vulnerabilities. Tenable Vulnerability Management needs enhancements in real-time risk prioritization, speed, and support response times. Advancing its reporting capabilities could provide more user-friendly insights.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tenable Security Center is mostly deployed on-premises, offering significant customization control but may require technical support for setup. Its support is responsive but can experience delays. Tenable Vulnerability Management offers versatile deployments, including cloud options, suiting various infrastructures. Its technical support quality can vary based on geographic location.

Pricing and ROI: Tenable Security Center is perceived as more expensive but offers value through comprehensive service delivery and reduced vulnerabilities, providing significant ROI for larger enterprises. It is often part of enterprise agreements, reducing flexibility for smaller organizations. Tenable Vulnerability Management, while pricier per endpoint, is recognized for its effectiveness in preventing breaches and lowering manual tasks, providing substantial ROI.

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Zafran Security is 1.0%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 3.7%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Vulnerability Management is 4.5%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Tenable Security Center	3.7%
Tenable Vulnerability Management	4.5%
Zafran Security	1.0%
Other	90.8%

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Featured Reviews

Israel Cavazos Landini

Associate Director IT Security Operations at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Weekly insights and risk analysis facilitate informed security decisions

I appreciate the weekly insights Zafran provides, which include critical topics for networks and IT security, allowing us to evaluate which insights apply to our environment. The organization score feature is valuable to keep the leadership team updated on how our infrastructure fares security-wise. The applicable risk level versus base risk level feature is beneficial because prior to Zafran, we only used the base risk level, but now understand that risk depends on the asset itself. Zafran is an excellent tool.

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OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

Empower clients with risk-based vulnerability management through continuous workflow and valuable insights

Tenable Security Center could improve by implementing more dynamic data displays and translating reports into European languages. This is especially relevant in Central Eastern Europe, where clients often require reports in local languages. Additionally, the licensing model could be more flexible for managed security providers, similar to a pay-as-you-go model.

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Chethan Gowda

Windows Security Patching Operation III (Cyber Operations) at CBTS

Have maintained accurate vulnerability scans and gained actionable remediation insights across thousands of servers

Tenable Vulnerability Management agents are very lightweight, and the results we get are very accurate. The solutions they provide to us, assuming if one vulnerability exists, there will be a solution. The resolution they give us in wording will be the best solution. The exploit rates and the reports we get provide a lot of information, making it very easy for us to verify.The main benefit of integration with Tenable Vulnerability Management is that there will be no lack of missing vulnerabilities when it comes to the patching environment. That is one of the key aspects of why we have integrated Tenable to our patching tools. It has a vast capacity of pushing the data to our tools due to its capability and compatibility. That is also one of the reasons why we are using Tenable Vulnerability Management.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We are able to see the real risk of a vulnerability on our environment with our security tools."

"Overall, we have seen about eighty-seven percent reduction of the number of vulnerabilities that require urgency to remediate, specifically the number of criticals."

"We saw benefits from Zafran Security almost immediately after deploying it."

"Zafran is an excellent tool."

"Zafran has become an indispensable tool in our cybersecurity arsenal."

"Tenable SC is good for reporting and alerting. The filtering feature is also very valuable. Its integration with multiple vendors is quite good. It can be integrated with SIEM solutions and PAM solutions such as Thycotic, which is very helpful."

"The most valuable features in Tenable SC are scanning and analysis."

"Tenable's most valuable features are the credential scan, vulnerability reports, and vulnerability ratings (VPR)."

"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."

"This solution has a much lower rate of false positives compared to competing products."

"It basically reviews our threat landscape vulnerability."

"The most effective feature of Tenable Security Center for detecting vulnerabilities is its capability for critical mapping."

"The product is our second solution, and we are happy that it meets our requirements."

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"The dashboard is pretty intuitive, and it lets you do a drill-down analysis of each vulnerability. That is something that brings a lot of value to the organization."

"The vulnerability scanning is the most important aspect of the solution for us."

"Technical support has been good. They respond quite quickly."

"The solution is easy to use and configuration is smooth with no complexities."

"Tenable.io, in particular, is quite a powerful product. It looks at your traditional environment, which is pretty much anything that is on-premises, and it also goes a step ahead and covers your modern assets, which is anything that is currently sitting in the cloud. You get complete visibility of your entire environment and tech operation. The ability to give you visibility across the entire tech surface is one of the biggest advantages that Tenable.io has."

"The tool has an easy-to-use interface."

"The solution provides seamlessness, a perfect UI, and identity management for office operations. We are most vulnerable to users. Therefore, it is crucial to implement the right solution to ensure proper user access and resource management."

"The solution is quite friendly."

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Cons

"I think the ability to have some enhanced reporting capabilities is something they can improve on, as they have good reports but we have asked for some specific reporting enhancements."

"The dashboarding and reporting functionality of Zafran Security is an area that definitely could use some improvements."

"Initially, we were somewhat concerned about the scalability of Zafran due to our large asset count and the substantial amount of information we needed to process."

"The vulnerability scan does not work correctly until the access privileges are set by the system administrator."

"Certain aspects require manual effort, such as exporting and analyzing data for our dashboards. The built-in components of the Tenable solution are somewhat clumsy that require external tools. So, this is an area of improvement."

"The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements."

"It's important for Tenable to catch up on testing capabilities that are present in solutions like Qualys."

"The product should provide risk-based vulnerability management."

"The web application is not very functional."

"The web application scanning area can be improved."

"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."

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"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."

"It can have more integration."

"Another area of improvement is customer service and support. Tenable needs to include support in the pricing/license. Currently, they push clients to get support from partners or channel distributors, who often charge a lot."

"t needs additional reporting and intelligence features, as well as enhancements in AI-driven detection, which is still in its early stages."

"There needs to be better dashboard navigation."

"I don't recommend Tenable.io Vulnerability Management for web scanning"

"The stability has room for improvement."

"Technical support from Tenable is rated six out of ten. It needs improvement in response time and addressing feature requests promptly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Though reasonable, the main competitor of Tenable SC, Rapid7, offers a more aggressive and better priced product."

"Tenable is open-source."

"Compared to other companies or other products it could maybe be a little bit less, but the price is okay. I would say it's not very expensive."

"The licensing costs for this solution are approximately $100,000 US, and I think that covers everything."

"Costing is pretty reasonable compared to the competition."

"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 tool costs around 15,000 Saudi riyals monthly."

"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs. The pricing of the solution falls in the mid-range level, so it is not too expensive"

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"There are additional features that can be licensed for an additional cost."

"The tool is reasonably priced."

"Yearly payments are to be made toward the licensing cost of the product. It is neither a cheap nor an expensive product."

"The product costs us around $137,000 annually for 4000 to 5000 assets."

"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten. It is in the middle."

"Tenable.io Vulnerability Management's pricing solution model isn't great."

"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."

"A yearly payment has to be made toward the solution's licensing costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	26

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zafran Security?

Since we stood Zafran Security up in our private cloud, we handle the maintenance on our side. As we opted not to use...

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What needs improvement with Zafran Security?

In terms of areas for improvement, Zafran Security is doing a really great job as a new and emerging company. Oftenti...

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What is your primary use case for Zafran Security?

My use cases for Zafran Security revolve around two primary areas. One is around vulnerability management and priorit...

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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 ...

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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.

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What needs improvement with Tenable SC?

The reason for rating it an eight out of ten is that the initial setup could be easier; the setup is rather difficult...

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What's the difference between Tenable Nessus and Tenable.io Vulnerability Management?

Tenable Nessus is a vulnerability assessment solution that is both easy to deploy and easy to manage. The design of ...

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What do you like most about Tenable.io Vulnerability Management?

The tool has an easy-to-use interface.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.io Vulnerability Management?

Tenable Vulnerability Management is not very effective for real-time risk prioritization for our organization's secur...

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Also Known As

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Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter

Tenable.io

Overview

Zafran Security integrates with existing security tools to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities effectively, proving that most critical vulnerabilities are not exploitable, optimizing threat management.

Zafran Security introduces an innovative operating model for managing security threats and vulnerabilities. By leveraging the threat exposure management platform, it pinpoints and prioritizes exploitable vulnerabilities, reducing risk through immediate remediation. This platform enhances your hybrid cloud security by normalizing vulnerability signals and integrating specific IT context data, such as CVE runtime presence and internet asset reachability, into its analysis. No longer reliant on patch windows, Zafran Security allows you to manage risks actively.

What are the key features of Zafran Security?

Threat Exposure Management: Utilizes existing tools to prioritize vulnerabilities and manage threats.
Integrative Analysis: Combines security data with IT context for precise vulnerability management.
Real-time Risk Reduction: Enables immediate risk management without waiting for patches.
Hybrid Cloud Compatibility: Functions across diverse cloud environments for comprehensive security.

What benefits can users expect from Zafran Security?

Improved Security: Enhances protection by efficiently identifying and mitigating risks.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces unnecessary patching expenses by confirming non-exploitable vulnerabilities.
Time Savings: Frees developers to focus on root causes by handling immediate threats.
Comprehensive Insight: Offers a holistic view of security threats and vulnerabilities.

In industries where security is paramount, such as finance and healthcare, Zafran Security provides invaluable protection by ensuring that only exploitable vulnerabilities are addressed. It allows entities to maintain robust security measures while allocating resources efficiently, fitting seamlessly into existing security strategies.

Zafran Security

Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.

Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.

Tenable

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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Sample Customers

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IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific

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