Nessus
softwareAbout
Tenable's industry-leading vulnerability assessment scanner for identifying CVEs, misconfigurations, and compliance gaps across networks and systems.
Pros
- +Most comprehensive vulnerability database in the industry
- +Low false-positive rate with accurate severity scoring
Cons
- -Free Essentials tier limited to 16 IP addresses only
- -Scans can be resource-intensive on target systems
This may be an affiliate link — the creator and GuruStacks may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. Learn more
Details
Pricing
Model
freemium
Platforms
Related
Similar tools
View alternatives →OpenVAS
4.2Open-source vulnerability scanner providing comprehensive network security auditing and vulnerability assessment for detecting security issues across IT infrastructure.
Burp Suite
4.8Industry-standard web application security testing platform for manual and automated penetration testing, used by security professionals worldwide.
Trivy
4.4Open-source security scanner by Aqua Security for finding vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and secrets in containers, filesystems, Git repos, and Kubernetes clusters.
Qualys
4.3Enterprise cloud security and compliance platform providing vulnerability management, web app scanning, container security, and compliance monitoring across hybrid IT environments.
OWASP ZAP
4.2Open-source web application security scanner for finding vulnerabilities during development and testing.
Checkov
4.4Policy-as-code static analysis tool that scans IaC configurations across Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes for security misconfigurations.