Cymulate vs Tenable One Exposure Management Platform comparison

Cymulate and Tenable are both solutions in the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) category. Cymulate is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.3, while Tenable is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.5. Cymulate holds a 16.3% mindshare in CTEM, compared to Tenable’s 5.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cymulate users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Cymulate and Tenable One Exposure Management are competing solutions in the cybersecurity sector. Cymulate holds the upper hand in pricing and deployment simplicity, whereas Tenable offers superior risk assessment.

Features: Cymulate provides threat simulations, breach attack exercises, and tabletop preparedness exercises. Tenable One Exposure Management identifies risks, quantifies vulnerabilities, and provides network and application deep insights. Cymulate focuses on proactive security testing, while Tenable emphasizes continuous risk evaluation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cymulate is known for its easy deployment and dependable support. Its initial setup and maintenance are straightforward. In contrast, Tenable One Exposure Management offers comprehensive deployment and expert support but requires a more detailed initial configuration.

Pricing and ROI: Cymulate offers a competitive pricing model with a lower initial investment, providing rapid returns through enhanced threat detection. Tenable One Exposure Management is more expensive but delivers significant ROI over time due to its extensive risk management capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Cymulate

Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)

9th

Ranking in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (1st), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (10th)

Tenable One Exposure Manage...

Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)

16th

Ranking in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) category, the mindshare of Cymulate is 16.3%, down from 29.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is 5.9%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cymulate	16.3%
Tenable One Exposure Management Platform	5.9%
Other	77.8%

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

Featured Reviews

SaarBar

Security Architec at Shikun & Binui

Support and integration enhance security posture over three years

I don't know if there's something that could be improved. They surprise me. As I mentioned, I returned a month ago. I haven't fully investigated the complete system yet. I must say that we have been with them for around three years. This is amazing because throughout these three years, they have supported us every week. We meet weekly to review results and fix issues together. Apart from occasional days off, this weekly support has been consistent for three years. It's remarkable because many products are sold and then the product teams forget about you, but this isn't the case with Cymulate.

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Jaya Shanker

IT Security Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has improved our vulnerability tracking and supports cloud-based monitoring with scheduled scans

We don't have any issues with Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. It works well for us, but the only problem is the licensing aspect. In the license, it becomes problematic because when we go to cloud security for vulnerability management, it will take five licenses instead of the one-on-one license that vulnerability exposure management requires. The license needs to be reviewed.

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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

"The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day."

"With Cymulate, the best features are the capacity to test the EDR or malware, anti-malware solution."

"The reporting capabilities are very good."

"Cymulate is easy to set up, install, and configure."

"Cymulate has positively impacted our organization by helping us to take care of the efficacy and reviewing the policies and configuration."

"The security validation feature helps my organization in assessing our security posture."

"We find Tenable One Exposure Management Platform vulnerability prioritization effective overall because, with the scheduled scan running on our set schedule, we can remediate any findings and check on the next schedule if issues are closed, making it much easier for us to monitor vulnerabilities."

"For me, the setup has been an easy process."

"I think it's a good product for risk-based or exposure-based vulnerability management."

"The product gives us a lot of insight."

"The solution is very easy to set up."

"The feature of vulnerability management and discovery is what I use."

Cons

"The reporting process requires significant improvement as it often takes longer than expected and the quality is lacking."

"I will be honest, we have it, but in the last year, I didn't maintain the system until a month ago."

"We have had some trouble with the agents."

"The cost can be quite high, and it impacts scalability as more simulations require additional expenses."

"The way Cymulate works for EDR could be improved, as it drops payload and requires action from the EDR console for remediation, which can block the whole process of Cymulate execution."

"The product must provide consultancy for initial setup."

"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address."

"It would be nice if the product provided an agent for enforcing policies."

"The sensor update is a challenge that Tenable needs to address. Sometimes they behave abruptly, requiring me to rework reinstalling the sensors on the endpoints."

"Tenable needs to provide a better way to manage private clouds."

"The product has limited reporting capabilities and it isn't great at allowing for customization in reports."

"The license needs to be reviewed."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cymulate's services are expensive."

"The product is affordable."

"The pricing is fair."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

10%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	3

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cymulate?

The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cymulate?

I don't know if it's expensive. It depends on the modules that you want, or the time, because they give you a tenant. A tenant for you.

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What needs improvement with Cymulate?

I don't know if that helped with quick decision making for my security team because I am the security team and you must have a dedicated team to work with this tool. I don't use the analytics modul...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.ep?

I think the price of Tenable One Exposure Management Platform is reasonable for us.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.ep?

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What is your primary use case for Tenable.ep?

We use Tenable One Exposure Management Platform for vulnerability management in our internal application and external application, and also for cloud security. We are using the web application feat...

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

For companies that want to manage their security posture against the evolving threat landscape: Cymulate SaaS-based Extended Security Posture Management (XSPM) deploys within an hour, enabling security professionals to continuously challenge, validate and optimize their cyber-security posture end-to-end across the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The platform provides out-of-the-box, expert and threat intelligence-led risk assessments that are simple to deploy and use for all maturity levels, and constantly updated. It also provides an open framework to create and automate red and purple teaming by generating penetration scenarious and advanced attack campaigns tailored to their unique environments and security politices. Cymulate allowes professionals to manage, know and control their dynamic environment.

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You can now translate technical asset, vulnerability and threat data into clear business insights and actionable intelligence for security executives. Combine broad exposure coverage spanning IT assets, cloud resources, containers, web apps and identity platforms, with threat intelligence and data science from Tenable Research. Focus efforts to prevent likely attacks and accurately communicate cyber risk to support optimal business performance.

Tenable One is an exposure management platform that combines risk-based vulnerability management, web application security, cloud security and identity security.

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Sample Customers

Euronext, YMCA, Telit, Nemours

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