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# OpenVAS vs Pentest-Tools.com Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**OpenVAS** [

4.4/5(32)

](https://www.g2.com/products/openvas/reviews#reviews)

**Pentest-Tools.com** [

4.8/5(109)

](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**OpenVAS**
No pricing available

**Pentest-Tools.com**
Free Trial

**Starting at $95.00** Per Month · NetSec

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**OpenVAS**
1 month

Based on 6 responses

**Pentest-Tools.com**
1 month

Based on 22 responses

Return on Investment

**OpenVAS**
Not enough reviews yet

**Pentest-Tools.com**
8 months

Based on 19 responses

Perceived Cost

**OpenVAS**
$$$$$

**Pentest-Tools.com**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**OpenVAS**
Not enough reviews yet

**Pentest-Tools.com**
7%

Pros & Cons

**OpenVAS**
Not enough data

**Pentest-Tools.com**
[
Ease of Use (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1858478&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Pentesting Efficiency (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1857367&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Customization (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1986395&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Limited Features (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1986390&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**OpenVAS**
Not enough data

**Pentest-Tools.com**
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Bitbucket

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Internal Audit

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Screenshots

**OpenVAS**
No screenshot available

**Pentest-Tools.com**
 ![Pentest-Tools.com screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/131257/Screenshot1.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**OpenVAS**

8.5

8.521

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.1

9.175

Ease of Use

**OpenVAS**

7.7

7.721

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.5

9.580

Ease of Setup

**OpenVAS**

7.9

7.915

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.6

9.672

Ease of Admin

**OpenVAS**

7.7

7.715

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.4

9.459

Quality of Support

**OpenVAS**

6.9

6.915

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.3

9.371

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**OpenVAS**

7.5

7.510

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.4

9.457

Product Direction (% positive)

**OpenVAS**

8.1

8.118

**Pentest-Tools.com**

9.6

9.664

Features

Vulnerability Scanner[Hide 58 FeaturesShow 58 Features](javascript:void(0);)

7.5

18

7.7

32

Performance

Issue Tracking

7.9(won by 0.6)

13

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

7.3

28

Detection Rate

8.1

16

8.5(won by 0.4)

30

False Positives

6.6

15

7.6(won by 1.0)

29

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Automated Scans

8.3

13

9.2(won by 0.9)

31

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Anomaly/Malware Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network

Compliance Testing

7.5

12

7.6(won by 0.1)

30

Perimeter Scanning

8.0

14

8.6(won by 0.6)

30

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Configuration Monitoring

7.0

11

7.6(won by 0.6)

28

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Source-Code Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Web Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Application

Manual Application Testing

8.5(won by 2.0)

10

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

6.5

29

Static Code Analysis

5.7

9

5.9(won by 0.2)

26

Black Box Testing

7.8

13

8.4(won by 0.6)

27

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Risk Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Vulnerability Scanner

Autonomous Task Execution

Not enough data

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

HIPAA Compliant

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Response

Not enough data

Not enough data

Endpoint Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Maintenance Scheduling

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Application Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Financial Data Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Virus

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Virus Definition Update

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

VPN

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Spam

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Escalation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Runtime Container Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Asset Discovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Intelligence

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability/Threat Prioritization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

SQL Injections

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Web-Application Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Password Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Website Crawling

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Assessment

Not enough data

Not enough data

Website Security[Hide 22 FeaturesShow 22 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

7.7

34

Administration

Content Delivery

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

30

Dashboard & Reporting

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

34

Alerting

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

31

Risk Analysis

Blacklist and Whitelist

Not enough data

7.7(won by default)

27

Vulnerability Assessment

Not enough data

9.3(won by default)

34

Security Auditing

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

32

Web-Application Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Protection

Firewall

Not enough data

6.8(won by default)

24

DDoS Protection

Not enough data

6.4(won by default)

23

Anomaly/Malware Detection

Not enough data

7.0(won by default)

27

Malware Removal

Not enough data

6.2(won by default)

23

Endpoint Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

AI Text Summarization

Not enough data

6.3(won by default)

12

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

SQL Injections

Not enough data

Not enough data

Load Balancing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Response

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Log Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Penetration Testing[Hide 39 FeaturesShow 39 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.2

56

Administration

API

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

30

Extensibility

Not enough data

6.9(won by default)

6

Reporting and Analytics

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

48

Analysis

Issue Tracking

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

41

Reconnaissance

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

47

Vulnerability Scan

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

52

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automatic Scans

Not enough data

Not enough data

SPA Scans

Not enough data

Not enough data

Testing

Command-Line Tools

Not enough data

7.0(won by default)

29

Test Automation

Not enough data

8.4(won by default)

40

Performance and Reliability

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

48

Manual Testing

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Additional Functionality

Network Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

SQL Injections

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Intelligence

Not enough data

Not enough data

Assignment Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Asset Discovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Remediation Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-User Collaboration

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Web-Application Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Assessment

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Runtime Container Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Password Cracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

Simulated Threat Attacks

Not enough data

Not enough data

Certificates

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Cross-Site Scripting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Exploit Frameworks

Not enough data

Not enough data

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)[Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

7.7

11

Administration

API / Integrations

Not enough data

7.3(won by default)

10

Extensibility

Not enough data

6.7(won by default)

8

Analysis

Reporting and Analytics

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

10

Issue Tracking

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

9

Static Code Analysis

Not enough data

5.7(won by default)

7

Vulnerability Scan

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

10

Code Analysis

Not enough data

6.0(won by default)

7

Testing

Manual Testing

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

9

Test Automation

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

9

Compliance Testing

Not enough data

7.5(won by default)

8

Black-Box Scanning

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

9

Detection Rate

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

10

False Positives

Not enough data

7.6(won by default)

9

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![OpenVAS](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_48d6ca1f8cebf47000b6f8223acab699/openvas.png "OpenVAS")](https://www.g2.com/products/openvas/reviews)

OpenVAS

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

35.7%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

53.6%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

10.7%

[![Pentest-Tools.com](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/05d143b02714bffe40e07ed33482802f/pentest-tools-com.svg "Pentest-Tools.com")](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews)

Pentest-Tools.com

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

68.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

20.2%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

11.5%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

35.7%

68.3%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

53.6%

20.2%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

10.7%

11.5%

Reviewers' Industry

[![OpenVAS](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_48d6ca1f8cebf47000b6f8223acab699/openvas.png "OpenVAS")](https://www.g2.com/products/openvas/reviews)
OpenVAS

Computer & Network Security

25.0%

Hospital & Health Care

14.3%

Information Technology and Services

10.7%

Computer Software

10.7%

Management Consulting

7.1%

Other

32.1%

[![Pentest-Tools.com](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/05d143b02714bffe40e07ed33482802f/pentest-tools-com.svg "Pentest-Tools.com")](https://www.g2.com/products/pentest-tools-com/reviews)
Pentest-Tools.com

Computer & Network Security

25.2%

Information Technology and Services

18.4%

Computer Software

10.7%

Financial Services

3.9%

Consulting

2.9%

Other

38.8%

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## OpenVAS vs Pentest-Tools.com

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Pentest-Tools.com easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Pentest-Tools.com overall.

- Reviewers felt that Pentest-Tools.com meets the needs of their business better than OpenVAS.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Pentest-Tools.com is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Pentest-Tools.com over OpenVAS.