AWS Security Hub vs Tenable Security Center comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Tenable are both solutions in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.6, while Tenable is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.9% mindshare in CSPM, compared to Tenable’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

AWS Security Hub

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89% willing to recommend

Tenable Security Center

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96% willing to recommend

AWS Security Hub

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Tenable Security Center and AWS Security Hub compete in vulnerability management. Tenable Security Center has the edge due to its comprehensive scanning capabilities, while AWS Security Hub excels in seamless AWS integrations and affordability.

Features: Tenable Security Center offers comprehensive vulnerability scanning, extensive dashboards, and Assurance Report Card for a quick security overview. AWS Security Hub provides seamless AWS integration, real-time alerts, and a unified dashboard for visibility across AWS services.

Room for Improvement: Tenable Security Center could enhance its query engine, report flexibility, and web application scanning. AWS Security Hub needs better integration with open-source tools and multi-cloud adaptability and requires improvements in dashboard customization.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tenable Security Center is predominantly for on-premises with solid support but slower response times. AWS Security Hub is cloud-native, easy to deploy on AWS, and provides responsive AWS-specific support.

Pricing and ROI: Tenable Security Center is costly due to its enterprise features, justifying with robust vulnerability management. AWS Security Hub, with its pay-as-you-go model, offers competitive pricing, appealing to AWS ecosystem users seeking cost-effectiveness.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Security Hub

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

16th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th)

Tenable Security Center

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (5th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of AWS Security Hub is 3.9%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Security Center is 1.8%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Tenable Security Center	1.8%
AWS Security Hub	3.9%
Other	94.3%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Featured Reviews

Karthik Ekambaram

Director at Scybers

Has helped identify misconfigurations and prioritize risks but lacks multi-cloud support and deeper integration features

AWS Security Hub cannot scale up to multiple different cloud environments; it only works for AWS. There are other products in the market for CSPM that can give you multi-cloud environment misconfigurations, even Microsoft for that matter. Regarding the integration of AWS Security Hub with third-party tools, I am not certain whether we can integrate them, but there is no need to do so. However, AWS Security Hub cannot integrate with other cloud providers, so it only supports the AWS environment. The compliance checks within AWS Security Hub are good, but we don't use them much. We utilize compliance frameworks such as CIS compliance frameworks and ISO 27017 framework, which are beneficial, but it can improve in other areas too, such as including NIST and other frameworks beyond just ISO and CIS. Improvements can be applicable for scalability, particularly on integration with multi-cloud environments, and compliance frameworks can be added for more variety as well. The unified dashboard in AWS Security Hub is adequate; I cannot say it is exceptional, but the content available in the dashboards is satisfactory for now.

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OndrejKOVAC

Solution engineer at EXPERTience

Empower clients with risk-based vulnerability management through continuous workflow and valuable insights

Tenable Security Center could improve by implementing more dynamic data displays and translating reports into European languages. This is especially relevant in Central Eastern Europe, where clients often require reports in local languages. Additionally, the licensing model could be more flexible for managed security providers, similar to a pay-as-you-go model.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"AWS Security Hub can check your infrastructure against multiple compliance frameworks. You can turn on or off specific frameworks based on your needs."

"The best feature of AWS Security Hub is that you can get compliance or your cloud's current security posture."

"AWS Security Hub has very good integration features. It allows for AWS native services integration, and it helps us to integrate some of the services outside of AWS. They have partners, such as Amazon Preferred Network Partners (APN). If you have different security tools around APN, we can integrate those findings with AWS Security Hub reducing the need to refer to different portals or different UIs. You can have AWS Security Hub act as a single common go-to dashboard."

"One of the most effective features of AWS Security Hub is the easy access to a dashboard with a ready-to-use security score."

"The most beneficial aspect of Security Hub is its proactive capability, allowing us to identify potential security issues before they escalate."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to manage...It is a scalable solution."

"AWS Security Hub provides comprehensive alerts about potential compliance issues with CIS standards. The integration with third-party tools is another excellent feature. All our workloads are on AWS."

"I really like the seamless integration with the AWS account structure. It can even be made mandatory as part of the landing zone. These are great features. And there's a single pane of glass for the entire account."

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"Tenable Security Center scans networks and gives reports."

"This product has the best results in terms of the lowest number of false-positives and false-negatives."

"My advice for those considering Tenable Security Center is to note the benefit of upgrading vulnerable devices."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the vulnerability assessment."

"The most valuable features of Tenable SC are the reports and the dashboards."

"The most valuable features in Tenable SC are scanning and analysis."

"The product is our second solution, and we are happy that it meets our requirements."

"The solution is very intuitive and the dashboards are simple to use."

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Cons

"Shortening the response time for support tickets, particularly in production issues, could make the service more efficient."

"It is not flexible for multi-cloud environments."

"There is room for improvement in implementing AI capabilities."

"The telemetry doesn't always go into the control center. When you have multiple instances running in AWS, you need a control tower to take feeds from Security Hub and analyze your results. Sometimes exemptions aren't passed between the control tower and Security Hub. The configuration gets mixed up or you don't get the desired results."

"AWS Security Hub's configuration and integration are areas where it lacks and needs to improve."

"From an improvement perspective, there is a need to add more compliance since, right now, AWS Security Hub only provides four to five compliances to control the tool."

"Security needs to be measured based on their own criteria. We can't add custom criteria specific to our organization. For example, having an S3 bucket publicly available might be flagged as a critical alert, but it might not be critical in a sandbox environment. So, it gets flagged as critical, which becomes a false positive. So, customization options and creating custom dashboards would be areas for improvement."

"I would like a more fine-grained capability for creating custom rules and a more user-friendly experience programmatically in writing queries and configuring custom security rules, making it quicker and easier."

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"We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center."

"It's good at creating information, it's good creating dashboards, it's good at creating reports, but if you want to take that reporting metadata and put it into another tool, that is a little bit lacking."

"Additional costs are associated with using the solution, as additional scanners are required for different endpoints connected to the Tenable Security Center. If Tenable Security Center could extract information from these scanners automatically rather than manually, it would enhance user-friendliness for customers."

"The solution is expensive."

"The solution's user interface has some issues."

"The web application is not very functional."

"It's important for Tenable to catch up on testing capabilities that are present in solutions like Qualys."

"We would like to see the inclusion of external IPs and simplified reporting that's easier to deal with"

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

"AWS Security Hub is not an expensive tool. I would consider it to be a cheap solution. AWS Security Hub follows the PAYG pricing model, meaning you will have to pay for whatever you use."

"The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable."

"AWS Security Hub's pricing is pretty reasonable."

"The pricing is fine. It is not an expensive tool."

"There are multiple subscription models, like yearly, monthly, and packaged."

"The cost is based on the number of compliances, core checks, and services required, and for more than 10,000 recommendations, the charge is just one dollar."

"The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions."

"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs. The pricing of the solution falls in the mid-range level, so it is not too expensive"

"The pricing depends upon the number of IPs."

"I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, where ten is expensive. It is the most expensive tool my company is using."

"The price of Tenable SC is expensive, we pay approximately €70,000 for the license annually. We have to pay for each IP test. The cost of other solutions is far less, such as Nessus Professional, which is €3,000 annually."

"It is a bit expensive. Everything is included in the license."

"Tenable.sc is more expensive than its competitors."

"Tenable SC is priced per asset, with the basic solution starting around US$12,000 for 500 assets."

"I use a local license to perform penetration testing and I'm pretty happy with everything when it comes to pricing and licensing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	27

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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What do you like most about AWS Security Hub?

The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud.

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What needs improvement with AWS Security Hub?

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What do you like most about Tenable SC?

The tool's dashboard and reporting capabilities match our company's needs since we are able to modify the basic view to create a new dashboard, and it works out very well for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable SC?

The price of Tenable Security Center is not so high; it's relatively a cheaper solution.

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What needs improvement with Tenable SC?

We did conduct a long implementation which relates to what I think can be improved about Tenable Security Center. In some cases, we needed to refer back to Tenable itself, and in other cases, we ne...

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Also Known As

SQRRL

Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter

Overview

AWS Security Hub is a comprehensive security service that provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across an AWS environment. It collects data from various AWS services, partner solutions, and AWS Marketplace products to provide a holistic view of security posture. With Security Hub, users can quickly identify and prioritize security issues, automate compliance checks, and streamline remediation efforts.

The service offers a range of features including continuous monitoring, threat intelligence integration, and customizable dashboards. It also provides automated insights and recommendations to help users improve their security posture. Security Hub integrates with other AWS services like Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, and AWS Macie to provide a unified security experience. Additionally, it supports integration with third-party security tools through its API, allowing users to leverage their existing security investments.

With its user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities, AWS Security Hub is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their security and compliance posture in the cloud.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.

Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.

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Edmunds, Frame.io, GoDaddy, Realtor.com

IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific

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