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Tenable Security Center vs Vicarius vRx comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Tenable Security Center
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
3rd
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (12th)
Vicarius vRx
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
18th
Ranking in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Patch Management (11th)
 

Featured Reviews

Md. Shahriar Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 23, 2024
A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans
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. For example, suppose I manually conducted CIS hardening or compliance scoring in a separate data centre. These scores should also be reflected in the Tenable Security Center dashboard. Since the scanner is connected to the Tenable Security Center, the dashboard should display the direct scan results from the general security centre and the connected scanners. There could be unusual activities or attacks with the rising AI-related issues or threats that the Tenable Security Center could track in the future.
Navdeep Saini - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 15, 2024
It protects applications against zero-day threats
We use vRx to do the patch management, vulnerability assessment, and remediation Vicarius vRx helps consolidate multiple tools for patching and remediation. It's critical that Vicarius combines vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation in a single platform. We selected it for that…

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

Pros

"The solution is very intuitive and the dashboards are simple to use."
"Compliance and vulnerability scans are most valuable. Compliance scan helps in validating how our teams are complying, and vulnerability scan helps in future-proofing. Its vulnerability detection is accurate."
"It basically reviews our threat landscape vulnerability."
"The solution is one of the most, if not the most, stable product available."
"This product has the best results in terms of the lowest number of false-positives and false-negatives."
"The scans are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"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."
"The most valuable features of vRx would be virtualized patching and severity prioritization."
"Vicarius vRx's automation feature is its most valuable, allowing us to automate manual tasks, receive automated reports, and easily check device update status."
"I like that vRx is cloud-based. It protects the health of applications against zero-day threats."
"Agent-based scanning is the most valuable feature."
"Vicarius vRx's ability to patch third-party software is particularly valuable for us."
"While other vulnerability scanners overwhelm us with a huge list of problems after a scan, Vicarius vRx goes beyond that."
"Patchless Protection helps protect us from vulnerabilities that may not yet have patches from the manufacturer. I've used it for a piece of software that we don't have a patch for. It monitors that software, analyzes it, and makes sure nothing nefarious is going on when it's vulnerable."
"We can easily deploy patches for third-party applications. It automatically downloads the patches for you. You do not have to download them, upload them to the solution, and configure your own scripts or anything like that. It is all automatic."
 

Cons

"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."
"The solution is expensive."
"The reporting side can be improved. The dashboards are nice, but exporting things out for reports for management was a little tough."
"If I want to have a very low-managed scan policy, it's a lot of work to create something which is very basic. If I use a tool like Nmap, all I have to do is download it, install it, type in the command, and it's good to go. In Security Center, I have to go through a lot of work to create a policy that's very basic."
"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."
"The web application scanning area can be improved."
"The vulnerability scan does not work correctly until the access privileges are set by the system administrator."
"The web application is not very functional."
"The multi-tenant portal has room for improvement."
"I would like to see a way to build a virtual environment where we can test patches in real-time before we deploy."
"I don't like logging in. The portal could be a better process. You could use some third-party push notification rather than sending an email, waiting for the link to generate, and clicking on it. That would be good. It's somewhat frustrating when I need to log in."
"There can be more scripting capability and more filtering capability. We should be able to filter more granular details in the operating system such as whether it is a service, application, executable, or something like that. For the most part, we are satisfied with what we are able to filter."
"Another complaint we've gotten is that the portal doesn't remember your username and password. You tell them your email, and it sends an invitation. You need to click that, and it takes you to a new portal, where you can finally log in. Maybe it's a security precaution, but it seems like a lot of extra steps to log in."
"Unlike previous vulnerability management systems that relied on network scanning appliances to discover and assess endpoints, Vicarius' agent-based approach is less effective for devices like switches, routers, and printers where agent installation is impractical."
"The network device vulnerability scans can be improved. It would be helpful to be able to mitigate those vulnerabilities using SSH or SNMP to get those those updates out to those devices. I don't know if that is possible because it doesn't run an agent. But at the very least, having that CPE information relative to network devices would be incredibly helpful."
"While I appreciate the automation of vulnerability management, Vicarius vRx's current manual patchless application is a point for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool costs around 15,000 Saudi riyals monthly."
"This solution's price is quite high."
"Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets."
"The pricing is more than Nexpose."
"Costing is pretty reasonable compared to the competition."
"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."
"The tool provides competitive pricing."
"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"
"Vicarius vRx's per-asset pricing makes it easy for me to market to clients as it scales with their needs."
"It is in the middle. It is not the cheapest solution, but it is also not terribly expensive. We found it to be a good fit. It is fairly priced."
"The pricing is fair."
"Vicarius vRx is reasonably priced."
"The price of vRx seems fair. None of our clients complained about the pricing. They all thought it was reasonable. Once people understood what it does, it didn't take much to get them to sign up."
"Vicarius' pricing was reasonable compared to the other systems we evaluated."
"Vicarius vRx offers a competitive price point for the features it provides."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Media Company
17%
Computer Software Company
16%
Non Profit
14%
Insurance Company
12%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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?
For enterprise customers, it's acceptable. However, for smaller enterprises or businesses, the budget may be too restrictive to consider such extensive solutions. When proposing to small-scale indu...
What needs improvement with Tenable SC?
They are not currently handling call flows properly. Some call flows are being deleted from the registry but still show as active. Support is also lacking in onboarding properly in this area. This ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vicarius vRx?
Vicarius vRx is slightly expensive. It could be a little lighter on the wallet.
What needs improvement with Vicarius vRx?
I don't like logging in. The portal could be a better process. You could use some third-party push notification rather than sending an email, waiting for the link to generate, and clicking on it. T...
What is your primary use case for Vicarius vRx?
We use vRx to do the patch management, vulnerability assessment, and remediation.
 

Also Known As

Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
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Sample Customers

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