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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.7% of reviews)
Enterprise (54.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$3,390.00 1 License With One-Time Purchase
No pricing available
Tenable Nessus
Star Rating
(299)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$3,390.00 1 License With One-Time Purchase
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansWiz
Star Rating
(752)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about WizSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Wiz excels in providing exceptional visibility across cloud environments, allowing users to easily identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in real time. This agentless architecture is highlighted as a significant advantage, enabling quick deployment without the need for extensive setup.
- Users say Tenable Nessus stands out for its comprehensive and accurate vulnerability detection capabilities. Reviewers appreciate its actionable results, which help in addressing critical security issues effectively, making it a reliable choice for organizations focused on vulnerability management.
- According to verified reviews, Wiz's in-depth cloud asset configuration visibility and code-to-cloud capabilities are particularly praised. Users find that it excels at turning complex data into clear, actionable insights, which is crucial for maintaining security in dynamic cloud environments.
- Reviewers mention that Tenable Nessus is user-friendly, with many noting its intuitive nature that allows for quick learning and adoption. This ease of use is a significant factor for teams looking to implement a vulnerability management tool without extensive training.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Tenable Nessus has a solid reputation in vulnerability intelligence, it faces challenges in areas like change management and asset discovery compared to Wiz, which offers more robust features in these domains, making it a better fit for organizations needing comprehensive cloud security solutions.
- Users report that Wiz's integration capabilities with ITSM tools and its comprehensive reporting dashboards enhance its usability, making it a preferred choice for enterprises that require seamless workflows and detailed insights into their security posture.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Tenable Nessus
Pro - 1 Year
$3,390.00
1 License With One-Time Purchase
1-year license of the industry-leading vulnerability assessment solution.
- Automate your vulnerability scanning process
Wiz
No pricing availableFree Trial
Tenable Nessus
Free Trial is available
Wiz
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
247
9.1
621
Ease of Use
8.9
249
8.7
624
Ease of Setup
8.8
171
9.1
484
Ease of Admin
8.9
161
9.0
470
Quality of Support
8.4
229
9.2
592
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
149
9.4
459
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
238
9.8
579
Features by Category
Management
Not enough data
8.7
115
Not enough data
8.4
104
Not enough data
9.3
116
Operations
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.6
109
Not enough data
8.9
109
Security Controls
Not enough data
8.5
75
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
103
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Testing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
9.0
193
Not enough data
8.2
183
Not enough data
9.1
195
Not enough data
8.9
190
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
169
Not enough data
7.9
162
Not enough data
8.6
180
Protection
Not enough data
8.5
174
Not enough data
8.0
169
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
163
Security
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
8.3
224
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
250
Compliance
Not enough data
8.7
244
Not enough data
8.4
231
Not enough data
8.3
230
Administration
Not enough data
8.5
258
Not enough data
8.6
233
Not enough data
8.3
248
Performance
Feature Not Available
8.4
276
8.9
141
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Verified
8.8
273
6.7
137
|
Verified
7.4
273
9.1
135
|
Verified
9.0
277
Network
8.8
136
|
Verified
8.6
257
8.8
128
|
Verified
8.5
253
8.4
112
|
Verified
8.8
273
Application
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
7.3
85
Feature Not Available
7.8
104
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Vulnerability Scanner
8.2
11
7.4
29
8.0
10
7.4
29
Functionality - Software Composition Analysis
Not enough data
8.8
54
Not enough data
9.3
59
Not enough data
9.2
56
Effectiveness - Software Composition Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
9.2
58
Not enough data
9.2
60
Activity Monitoring
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
183
Not enough data
8.0
196
Security
Not enough data
8.6
204
Not enough data
8.9
214
Not enough data
8.4
220
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
201
Not enough data
8.7
211
Not enough data
9.1
211
Agentic AI - Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Not enough data
7.5
20
Not enough data
7.5
20
Not enough data
7.5
19
API Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Testing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Detection & Response
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
9.6
26
Not enough data
8.4
27
Management
Not enough data
8.6
26
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
9.2
22
Analytics
Not enough data
8.8
27
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
8.8
27
Agentic AI - Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Services - Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Configuration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
276
Not enough data
8.4
250
Not enough data
8.1
248
Not enough data
8.5
261
Visibility
Not enough data
9.3
280
Not enough data
9.2
283
Vulnerability Management
Not enough data
8.4
265
Not enough data
9.2
289
Not enough data
8.9
274
Not enough data
9.0
285
Asset Management
6.9
6
9.3
192
7.5
6
8.0
166
4.7
6
7.6
163
Monitoring
8.3
6
8.6
176
10.0
6
9.0
189
8.6
6
8.8
178
9.2
6
9.0
187
Risk Management
9.2
6
9.2
207
9.2
6
8.6
195
8.6
6
8.7
192
9.4
6
8.5
196
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
101
Alerts management
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.5
109
Not enough data
9.0
118
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.5
114
Not enough data
8.4
100
Not enough data
7.8
103
Automation
Not enough data
8.2
108
Not enough data
8.6
111
Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
125
Not enough data
8.5
122
Not enough data
9.3
125
Not enough data
8.5
113
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
8.6
116
Not enough data
8.9
121
Not enough data
9.0
113
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)Hide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
Not enough data
8.2
50
Access control - Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)
Not enough data
8.1
44
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
6.8
43
Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)
Not enough data
8.4
46
Not enough data
7.2
45
Auditing - Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)
Not enough data
9.0
49
Not enough data
8.9
49
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
Not enough data
9.0
22
Security - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
9.5
19
Not enough data
9.2
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
9.5
20
Artificial Intelligence - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
9.1
20
Not enough data
9.0
18
Cloud Configuration Management - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
9.5
19
Agentic AI - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.1
17
Generative AI - Exposure Management Platforms
Not enough data
6.2
14
Not enough data
5.9
13
Risk Identification and Assessment - Exposure Management Platforms
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Monitoring and Integration - Exposure Management Platforms
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Discovery & Classification - Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.3
8
Risk Prioritization - Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Remediation & Governance - Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) ToolsHide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Risk Assessment - AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance & Compliance - AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cloud Visibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compliance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.0
11
Not enough data
7.0
11
Services - Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Not enough data
8.2
12
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Tenable Nessus and Wiz are categorized as Attack Surface Management and Vulnerability Scanner
Unique Categories
Tenable Nessus is categorized as Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and API Security
Wiz is categorized as Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms, Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics, Software Composition Analysis, Cloud Compliance, Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, Container Monitoring, Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), Exposure Management Platforms, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), Container Security, and AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Tenable Nessus
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wiz
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
25.8%
Computer & Network Security
17.0%
Financial Services
7.8%
Computer Software
6.4%
Banking
4.6%
Other
38.5%
Financial Services
18.1%
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Computer Software
11.4%
Computer & Network Security
4.1%
Hospital & Health Care
3.9%
Other
50.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
I'm a consultant; can I use Nessus Professional to conduct my client's vulnerability scanning?
2 Comments
AS
Yes, you can.Read more
Is Nessus professional the right product for me?
2 Comments
Official Response from Tenable Nessus
Nessus Professional has always been designed for the security professional. The typical Nessus user is a consultant or contractor who is very experienced...Read more
Can I use Nessus professional data in other applications?
2 Comments
Official Response from Tenable Nessus
Yes. Many third party applications can incorporate a Nessus file. This allows consultants to share the data with their clients’ other applications for the...Read more
Wiz has no discussions with answers
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