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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

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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AbdulRazzak A

11/13/19

5 out of 5

"Best platform for Vulnerability scanning tool."

What do you like best? I like this tool which I have used in my last company where I used to scan the windows servers and Linux servers from that tool I used to remove vulnerabilities and missing patches which are dangerous to servers where attackers can hack with that vulnerability I used that tool for network infrastructure also like routers , firewall, switches and workstations.but the functionality and performance is good and high. What do you dislike? Till now I did not found any ...

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Lathosh R

11/07/19

5 out of 5

"Nessus"

What do you like best? Finest Convenient for use with the lowest possible security risk evaluation system. What do you dislike? After too long, testing the application with incorrect credentials notifies the client. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? It is used as a point of reference about the organization's protection ennoblement whatever you can switch to many other strengthened goods.

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Lathosh R

11/07/19

5 out of 5

"Nessus"

What do you like best? Finest Convenient for use with the lowest possible security risk evaluation system. What do you dislike? After too long, testing the application with incorrect credentials notifies the client. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? It is used as a point of reference about the organization's protection ennoblement whatever you can switch to many other strengthened goods.

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Vinit M

11/07/19

4 out of 5

"Nessus is an smart tool for vulnerability scanning"

What do you like best? It supports customizable dashboard, reports and ticketing system. Nessus will assist us focus on critical issues in advance. What do you dislike? Nothing dislike up to now and Nessus great tool for vulnerability scanning. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Nessus still functioned off as an observed deployment, & a much more thinking-out implementing proposal would also have been easier.

UI

User in Computer & Network Security

10/27/19

4.5 out of 5

"Future of Cyber Security Suite"

What do you like best? I liked the Nessus because of its excellent coverage; its final results provides almost every details like vulnerability brief, its exploits, references and such other important matters to be dealt with the vulnerability fix. What do you dislike? The customer support of Nessus is limited as compared to its wide customer base all over the world. So customer support of Nessus needs to be improved from the view point of its availability. What problems are you solving ...

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Juan Rafael V

10/21/19

5 out of 5

"Nessus review"

What do you like best? East to set up, use and report on.The ability to scan static and dynamic asset lists is great What do you dislike? It would be nice if their website had the published or revised date of their plugins What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Nessus has allowed us in the company to develop a timely remediation system

JR

Juan Rafael V

10/21/19

5 out of 5

"Nessus review"

What do you like best? East to set up, use and report on.The ability to scan static and dynamic asset lists is great What do you dislike? It would be nice if their website had the published or revised date of their plugins What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Nessus has allowed us in the company to develop a timely remediation system

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Zishan Ali D

10/10/19

5 out of 5

"Best tool for finding the loop holes in the network infrastructure."

What do you like best? This is an best tool for scanning the vulnerabilties and finding the missing patches in the network infrastructure, windows servers and linux servers it will scan with the credentials of each servers from the network. What do you dislike? I dislike the nessus that it takes more time to scan and also sometimes some vulnerabilities will show false positive. Recommendations to others considering the product: I recommended to use this tool for others employees for ...

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Zishan Ali D

10/10/19

5 out of 5

"Best tool for finding the loop holes in the network infrastructure."

What do you like best? This is an best tool for scanning the vulnerabilties and finding the missing patches in the network infrastructure, windows servers and linux servers it will scan with the credentials of each servers from the network. What do you dislike? I dislike the nessus that it takes more time to scan and also sometimes some vulnerabilities will show false positive. Recommendations to others considering the product: I recommended to use this tool for others employees for ...

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IC

Internal Consultant in Computer Software

10/03/19

4 out of 5

"Nessus, a necessity for datacenter "

What do you like best? I like most that the recommendation/Solution present in the Nessus scan report. if it is not present, we need to troubleshoot things very deeply that can delay in Timelines. What do you dislike? Sometimes I feel when the disk Space got full where we installed Nessus, We must get any message/notification. It happens once with me and not able to figure out what actually happens why reports are generated blank, but later we figured out this and deleted old ...

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