Tenable Nessus Reviews & Product Details

We use Tenable Nessus as our business vulnerability scanner, and appreciate its ability to scan our VLANs, report CVEs, and suggest remediation. We like that Nessus helps us stay compliant with CIS18 and ensures we aren't missing any "invisible" problems on our network. What stands out is its more user-friendly interface compared to other scanners we've used, and we find it convenient that it doesn't force us to create our own reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We would love even more customization in the UI. The ability to download additional reports, create new views, etc would be great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s very user-friendly to start a basic scan of IP addresses. As a non-developer, I was able to learn the interface quickly and run the scan without much effort. The reports are audit-friendly, and we were able to submit them for compliance purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The report is provided in PDF format, so we’re not able to assign specific vulnerabilities to the appropriate teams. It would be very helpful if the reports could also be exported to a format like Excel, so we can allocate vulnerabilities to the respective team members more easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think Tenable Nessus is a very popular toolset that stands out because of its usability, allowing me to learn and use it quickly without requiring extensive training or facing a steep learning curve. Its intuitive nature facilitates swift adoption, making it accessible for our team. Additionally, I value the ability to specify the range of IP address assets and perform both ad-hoc and scheduled scanning. This functionality is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of our network infrastructure, and it helps us in managing and mitigating vulnerabilities efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that the pricing of Tenable Nessus has been going up quite significantly recently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Comprehensive vulnerability detection – Covers a wide range of known CVEs, misconfigurations, and compliance issues.

Low false positive rate – Findings are generally accurate, saving time on unnecessary triage.

Regular plugin updates – Constantly updated with new vulnerabilities and checks.

Flexible scan options – Supports credentialed, uncredentialed, web app, compliance, and custom scan policies.

Actionable remediation guidance – Reports often include step-by-step fixes and CVSS scoring.

Easy setup for standard scans – Basic scans are quick to configure and run.

Widely used and trusted – Well-established reputation in cybersecurity and vulnerability management.

Nessus supports / enables a variety of integrations, mostly via its APIs, export features, and plugins. Key categories include: Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Costs can scale quickly – Advanced features and larger environments often require premium licensing.

UI and reporting could be better – Custom reports and dashboard features are somewhat limited.

Steep learning curve for advanced use – Complex scans (e.g., with credentials or web app auth) require deeper technical knowledge.

Authenticated and web app scanning can be finicky – May need fine-tuning to work correctly with complex login flows.

Not ideal for full lifecycle VM – Lacks built-in asset management or long-term trend analysis unless integrated with Tenable.io or Tenable.sc.

Performance overhead on large networks – Can slow down scanning or miss things if not properly resourced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The customization of each scan that I can perform in the tool. With daily use, it is possible to learn and see how the tool is easy to configure and integrate with some systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The visibility is excellent and the customer support provided is very quick and completely helpful. As I use it every day, contacting support becomes increasingly simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Ease of Use: Neat and intuitive interface, and I got use to it pretty quickly;

- Frequency of use - It is easy and pleasent to use Nessus often without any hassle.

- Up-to-Date: There are regular updates keep the vulnerability database current, it is posible to update in offline environment as well.

- Comprehensive Reports: Detailed insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Remeditaion recommendations: Could be sometimes more detailed but in generally works pretty grat Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nessus is Simple and forward. The set up is easy enough for most people to complete. The user interface is clean and not bombarded with tons of bells and whistles that can sometimes be overwhelming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Only Downside can be the scan time, but that is also dependent on equipment and environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its accuracy is really high while scanning for vulnerabilities. along with this it has large supported plugins for extend coverage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can deep dive for product like Zscaler or Netskope Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Accurate, fast vulnerability scanning tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited automation, not very comprehensive reporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its easy to setup and config for first time and tenable support is very good. we are using it every quaterly for the infra scan to make sure our infra is safe from vulnrabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

in reporting for the same vulnerability it will show mutliple cve in differnt rows while exporting which is creating manual effort to clean Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.