Informer External Attack Surface Management vs. Tenable Nessus

Informer External Attack Surface Management

Tenable Nessus

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Informer External Attack Surface Management	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	A SaaS attack surface management platform that provides with visibility of an IT environment, enabling the user to obtain real-time risk insights and take proactive measures to address potential security threats. Informer combines automated asset discovery and vulnerability scanning enabling users to scan assets based on their criticality. Alongside this, Informer provides manual penetration testing.	N/A
Tenable Nessus	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Tenable headquartered in Columbia offers Nessus, a vulnerability scanning and security assessment solution used to analyze an entity's security posture, vulnerability testing, and provide configuration assessments.	$2,790

Pricing

Informer External Attack Surface Management

Tenable Nessus

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

1 Year: $2,790.00
1 Year + Advanced Support: $3,190.00
2 Years: $5,440.00
2 Years + Advanced Support: $6,240.00
3 Years: $7,951.00
3 Years + Advanced Support: $9,151.00

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Informer External Attack Surface Management	Tenable Nessus
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Informer External Attack Surface Management	Tenable Nessus
Considered Both Products	Informer External Attack Surface Management No answer on this topic	Tenable Nessus Verified User Anonymous Chose Tenable Nessus Comparing other products, Nessus has a lot of plus points. Not only for PCIDSS, Nessus is great for other compliance bodies such as HIPAA, NIST etc. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Tenable Nessus We looked at AlienVault since it can be a SIEM and scanner all in one. Ultimately, we decided AlienVault didn't stack up well against Nessus so we decided to purchase Nessus. Glad we did. Incentivized Helpful? Omar Israel Sánchez Monroy Auditor de Seguridad de la Información Chose Tenable Nessus Sometimes when we identify a vulnerability with Nessus that has an exploit, we made a proof of concept with Metasploit in order to show to the IT managers the importance of the software/hardware hardening. Incentivized Helpful? Tejas Gandhi Associate Security Consultant Chose Tenable Nessus Tools like Qualys, Rapid7 stack up well against Nessus, but I think Nessus is superior overall when compared to them, given the features it has. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Tenable Nessus Nessus is much easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? SZ Sohail Zende Network Security Consultant Chose Tenable Nessus Nessus is standard vulnerabilities assessment tool, i would recommend for mid or higher level organization to have their personalised tool from Nessus for day to day managing of their network security with continuous improvements. Incentivized Helpful? SV Stephan van der Merwe Cyber Security Analyst Chose Tenable Nessus Nessus is the smallest product in the Tenable stable and is also the first vulnerability scanner to be created almost 20 years ago. Great tool for once off scans. But you need the other products if you want real time monitoring etc Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Tenable Nessus Defender provides lots of insight into missing patches and vulnerabilities on Windows devices but doesn't provide much help for other platforms. Incentivized Helpful? PJ Phil Jackson System Admin Chose Tenable Nessus Tenable was easier to set up and use than CIS-CAT. Incentivized Helpful? AG Akhilesh Ghosh VAPT-Teamlead Chose Tenable Nessus Ease of deployment and use even for junior analysts, strong plugin support, and up-to-date CVE coverage, cost-effective licensing, especially for mid-size companies, and seamless integration with the SIEM tool. Overall, Nessus hit the right balance between functionality, … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Informer External Attack Surface Management

Tenable Nessus

Threat Intelligence

Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
	Informer External Attack Surface Management - Ratings	Tenable Nessus 5.1 Ratings 43% below category average
Network Analytics	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Threat Recognition	00 Ratings	4.50 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting	00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings
Threat Analysis	00 Ratings	5.50 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting	00 Ratings	7.30 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification	00 Ratings	1.00 Ratings

Vulnerability Management Tools

Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Product A and Product B
	Informer External Attack Surface Management - Ratings	Tenable Nessus 8.0 Ratings 1% below category average
IT Asset Realization	00 Ratings	9.10 Ratings
Authentication	00 Ratings	9.10 Ratings
Configuration Monitoring	00 Ratings	9.10 Ratings
Web Scanning	00 Ratings	4.50 Ratings
Vulnerability Intelligence	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Informer External Attack Surface Management	Tenable Nessus
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.7 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.1 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Informer External Attack Surface Management	Tenable Nessus
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Nessus is perfectly suitable for performing comprehensive vulnerability assessment scans being a vulnerability scanner. It is less appropriate for performing penetration testing since it is not a penetration testing tool, it does not have the ability and modules to exploit the vulnerabilities of the system. Incentivized Tejas Gandhi Associate Security Consultant Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Shows you how to fix certain vulnerabilities and the commands to run. Gives you the CVEs that the vulnerabilities are matched to. Easy to understand the vulnerabilities list, giving reasons why the issues need to be patched or fixed. Phil Jackson System Admin Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Could use an upgrade within reports. Scans can take a long time to complete. Have to break them down in small sections. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	Nessus is best and easy to use application for Vulnerabilities finding and reporting, it has multiple platforms and wide scope covering almost all devices for security improvement so far, thus we are very likely to continue its services. Incentivized SZ Sohail Zende Network Security Consultant Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Tenable Nessus is a great product and provides a lot of value, but it is difficult to set up and use and the amount of data it generates can be overwhelming. It does help us prioritize based on the severity of the detection, however there are sometimes mitigating factors that we have implemented that Nessus does not account for, which causes lots of noise in the reports. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	I haven't needed to contact support yet. But issues are easily solved with a quick internet search which means support and by extension, the larger community are involved and knowledgeable. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Ease of deployment and use even for junior analysts, strong plugin support, and up-to-date CVE coverage, cost-effective licensing, especially for mid-size companies, and seamless integration with the SIEM tool. Overall, Nessus hit the right balance between functionality, performance, and total cost of ownership for our needs and usability. AG Akhilesh Ghosh VAPT-Teamlead Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	It has helped identify security flaws in our infrastructure that has helped better secure our client's data. It did so quickly and efficiently so I was able to move on to other tasks. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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