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Nessus Reviews in April 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Nessus Reviews & Ratings

4.4

Very Good

Based on 580 ratings & 185 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(125)

Very Good

(53)

Good

(6)

Poor

(0)

Terible

(1)

Expert's Review generated by AI

Tenable Nessus has garnered positive feedback for its robust vulnerability detection capabilities, user-friendly interface, and comprehensive plugin repository that ensures up-to-date vulnerability detection. Users appreciate its efficiency in scanning and managing security risks, with easy integration and automation features that enhance productivity. The tool's ...Read more

Nessus pros and cons

  • Comprehensive coverage and accurate vulnerability detection due to updated plugin repository.

  • Easy to navigate GUI, user-friendly interface, and automated scanning/reporting increase productivity.

  • Provides decent customer support.

  • Supports agent-based and credentials-based implementations.

  • Scan time and results may sometimes be inconsistent.

  • Limited selection in the Marketplace for additional apps and connectors.

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AU

Anonymous User

07/06/23

4 out of 5

"Vulnerability assessments with a trusted platform"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? The user friendlyness, and the frequent updates of signatures What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? Nessus pro wont allow creating multiple users. What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Vulnerability scanning on the servers

AU

Anonymous User

07/05/23

4.5 out of 5

"Good"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? How user friendly it is in regards to interface and showing the vulnerabilities What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? There is nothing that i could thing about right now. What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Finding vulnerabilities in my organization web services.

FR

Felipe R

06/22/23

4.5 out of 5

"Overall Experience"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? It is easy to use, versatile, flexible, and it is very secure What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? The user interface can be complex and not very intuitive. Limited Reporting capabilities. What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Security vulnerabilities discovery, Compliance, Security posture.

JP

Justin P

05/26/23

5 out of 5

"Great scanning capability and insight"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? Ease of use. Intuitive user interface. Functional output with actionable results. What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? Hard drive space has been a consistent issue with the number of scans we run. Centralizing the results in the cloud is not always a solution for us. What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Tenable makes scanning for vulnerabilities within our on-prem environment quick and easy. It has become a ...

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JP

Justin P

05/26/23

5 out of 5

"Great scanning capability and insight"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? Ease of use. Intuitive user interface. Functional output with actionable results. What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? Hard drive space has been a consistent issue with the number of scans we run. Centralizing the results in the cloud is not always a solution for us. What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Tenable makes scanning for vulnerabilities within our on-prem environment quick and easy. It has become a ...

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AU

Anonymous User

05/22/23

5 out of 5

"Tool provides more insight about the vulnerabilities across environment"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? It provides each and every vulnerabities Found on the devices and gives more visibility towards fixing on the flaws found What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? Frequent upgrade to be required , some times getting delay on updating trending security landscape . What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? It gives attention to close the vulnerabilities on priority wise to workaround to close the patch /upgrades .

AU

Anonymous User

05/22/23

5 out of 5

"Tool provides more insight about the vulnerabilities across environment"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? It provides each and every vulnerabities Found on the devices and gives more visibility towards fixing on the flaws found What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? Frequent upgrade to be required , some times getting delay on updating trending security landscape . What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? It gives attention to close the vulnerabilities on priority wise to workaround to close the patch /upgrades .

JL

Jim L

05/18/23

5 out of 5

"Since using Nessus various vulnerabilities have turned up that other products didn't catch at all"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? Can't beat the results of having up to date network What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? they keep me on my toes when i'd rather relax What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Catches what other apps have missed, i get an email daily from the selected scheduled group scan, daily to keep my quiet moments filled up

JL

Jim L

05/18/23

5 out of 5

"Since using Nessus various vulnerabilities have turned up that other products didn't catch at all"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? Can't beat the results of having up to date network What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? they keep me on my toes when i'd rather relax What problems is Tenable Nessus solving and how is that benefiting you? Catches what other apps have missed, i get an email daily from the selected scheduled group scan, daily to keep my quiet moments filled up

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Paul S

05/17/23

5 out of 5

"Tenable Nessus Pro works well to help us achieve PCI-DSS compliance"

What do you like best about Tenable Nessus? Tenable Nessus Pro works well to help us achieve PCI-DSS compliance. We scan our servers monthly and remediate any vulnerabilities as needed. When it comes to our annual PCI-DSS audit we provide the Nessus Pro reports to our QSA. What do you dislike about Tenable Nessus? There is nothing to dislike about Tenable Nessus Pro. It gives us all the information needed to find and remediate any vulnerabilities on our development and production ...

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