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Compare Tenable with industry
vulnerability management solutions

Traditionally, Tenable has been compared to Qualys and Rapid7 in the context of vulnerability management. But did you know that Tenable is the leader in vulnerability management and four times as many customers choose Tenable over the competition? Why? That’s due in part to the company’s vision, product leadership and technology roadmap. Tenable doesn’t just focus on software vulnerabilities impacting your IT assets. The Tenable One platform extends into cloud misconfigurations, operational technology vulnerabilities, identity security weaknesses, web app flaws and unknown assets. We also deliver cyber risk analytics to help you make better decisions and communicate risk.

Take a closer look at the comparisons between Tenable and two other popular vulnerability management vendors. Want to know some other factors to consider when choosing Tenable? Review our security leader's guides comparing Tenable to Qualys and to Rapid7.

Data as of May 2024
Tenable
qualys
Rapid7

Overall asset coverage

Traditional IT assets
Cloud resources
Containers
Identity security systems
Operational technology (OT) devices
Web applications

Exposure management analytics

Integrated risk metrics (VM, WAS, Cloud, Identity, ASM, OT)
1
Holistic SLA analysis
1
External Attack Surface (EASM)
1
Attack path analysis
1
Centralized asset inventory
1
Program effectiveness metrics
1
Internal and peer benchmarking
1

Vulnerability management

Vulnerability intelligence
% of total CIS benchmarks covered
82%
63%
41%
Risk-based prioritization
Asset criticality rating
Risk-based remediation guidance
Technology ecosystem
125 partners and 250 pre-built integrations
Limited support for partners
Limited partner support and integrations

Industry adoption

Paid customers2
40,000+
10,000
11,000
No. 1 market share for vulnerability management3

Research

Dedicated research team
Largest research in the industry with the best vulnerability coverage
qualys maintains a respected security research team
Rapid7 maintains a respected security research team

Service and support

Multi-tiered service level offerings
4 distinct offerings
2-tiers + TAM
Dedicated customer care team
Professional services
Community knowledge base with access to all visitors

Why Tenable?

  • The industry’s broadest vulnerability coverage, accuracy and speed to help you respond immediately to the next Log4Shell event.
  • The most effective prioritization capabilities to help you focus on the 3% of vulnerabilities that truly matter to your organization.
  • The most pre-built technology integrations with partners like ServiceNow, BeyondTrust, Hashicorp and HCL BigFix to help you maximize your investments.
  • See all of your exposures in a unified view, including IT assets, cloud resources, identity systems, OT devices and web apps.
  • Take advantage of exposure analytics to anticipate threats with attack path analysis and communicate cyber risk updates to executive stakeholders.
  • Comply with PCI requirements with an integrated and streamlined vulnerability management and PCI ASV solution to simplify attestation workflows.