Pricing: Most reviewers rated both solutions as on the expensive side, although one user of Tenable Nessus noted that the price doesn’t matter because if he ended up with a ransomware attack, he’d be out of business.

Like Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus is easy to use and received mixed reviews on its reporting. They said it works well out of the box and does not need customization.

Several Tenable Nessus users described it as the best vulnerability solution in the industry. One reviewer noted that Rapid7 doesn’t do patching. Some were pleased and others felt it was lacking in these areas. Reviewers of Rapid7 gave mixed reviews regarding its reporting and integrations. Features: Users of Rapid7 InsightVM noted that it was easy to use and rarely gave false positives.Ease of Deployment: Users said that both solutions were easy and straightforward to set up.After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

In May 2022, once the Final plugin feed stage is reached - all Nessus scanners 8.5.1 and below will fail due to exceeding the maximum plugin set size of over 2GB.We performed a comparison between Rapid7 InsightVM and Tenable Nessus based on our users’ reviews in four categories. Only version 8.5.2 and above would continue to get the full plugin set. This can occur if scanners with different plugin sets are scanning the same host across different scans. Vulnerability flapping is when a vulnerability will appear mitigated in one scan, but then reappear in a subsequent scan. Because scanners 8.5.1 and below will be using a different set of plugins than those greater than 8.5.1, there is a risk of 'vulnerability flapping'. Customers with managed scanners with versions 8.5.2 and above will continue to receive plugin updates and scan as usual.Ĭustomers with ONLY managed scanners with versions 8.5.1 and below will continue to be able to scan but with a frozen plugin feed.Ĭustomers with a mix of managed scanners with versions above and below 8.5.2 will continue to be able to scan using all their scanners.

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