Top 10 Tenable Nessus Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Tenable Nessus Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Intruder
By Intruder
4.8/5
(206)
Product Description
Intruder is a proactive security monitoring platform for internet-facing systems.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Intruder is:
Better at support
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Attack Surface Management
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
API Security

Invicti (formerly Netsparker)
By Invicti Security
4.6/5
(68)
Product Description
Invicti (formerly Netsparker) is an automatic and easy-to-use web application security scanner to automatically find security flaws in websites, web applications and web services.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Invicti (formerly Netsparker) is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to do business with
Better at support
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
API Security

Detectify
By Detectify
4.5/5
(51)
Product Description
Detectify is a SaaS based website security service that analyzes and monitors the security level of a user's website by applying a broad range of emulated hacker attacks and provide report that describes the identified vulnerabilities and their potential risk in the hands of malicious hackers.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Detectify is:
Better at support
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Attack Surface Management
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

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Burp Suite
By PortSwigger
4.8/5
(128)
Product Description
Burp Suite is a toolkit for web application security testing.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Burp Suite is:
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Acunetix by Invicti
By Invicti Security
4.1/5
(105)
Product Description
Acunetix by Invicti automatically crawls and scans off-the-shelf and custom-built websites and web applications for SQL Injection, XSS, XXE, SSRF, Host Header Attacks & over 3000 other web vulnerabilities. It also provides a wide variety of reports to help developers and business owners alike to quickly identify a web application’s threat surface, detect what needs to be fixed, and ensure conformance with several compliance standards.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Acunetix by Invicti is:
Slower to reach roi
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Pentest-Tools.com
By Pentest-Tools.com
4.8/5
(100)
Product Description
Pentest-Tools.com helps security professionals find, validate, and communicate vulnerabilities faster and with greater confidence - whether they’re internal teams defending at scale, MSPs juggling clients, or consultants under pressure. With comprehensive coverage across network, web, API, and cloud assets, and built-in exploit validation, it turns every scan into credible, actionable insight. Trusted by over 2,000 teams in 119 countries and used in more than 6 million scans annually, it delivers speed, clarity, and control - without bloated stacks or rigid workflows.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Pentest-Tools.com is:
Better at support
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Veracode Application Security Platform
By VERACODE
3.8/5
(25)
Product Description
Veracode is the world's best automated, on-demand application security testing and code review solution.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Veracode Application Security Platform is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Orca Security
By Orca Security
4.6/5
(252)
Product Description
Get workload-level visibility into AWS, Azure, and GCP without the operational costs of agents. You could buy three tools instead… but why? Orca replaces legacy vulnerability assessment tools, CSPM, and CWPP. Deploys in minutes, not months.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, Orca Security is:
Easier to do business with
Better at support
More expensive
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
API Security

APPCHECK
By APPCHECK
4.6/5
(67)
Product Description
APPCHECK offers a leading security scanning platform that automates the discovery of security flaws within organisations websites, applications, network, and cloud infrastructure.
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Reviewers say compared to Tenable Nessus, APPCHECK is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
Better at support
Categories in common with Tenable Nessus:
Vulnerability Scanner
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
API Security