Sonatype Lifecycle vs Tenable.io Web Application Scanning comparison

Sonatype and Tenable are both solutions in the Application Security Tools category. Sonatype is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.4, while Tenable is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.5. Sonatype holds a 2.0% mindshare in AS, compared to Tenable’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Sonatype users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Sonatype Lifecycle and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning compete in the application security space. Sonatype has the upper hand in ease of deployment and customer support, while Tenable.io offers a more comprehensive feature set.

Features: Sonatype Lifecycle focuses on detailed dependency analysis, proactive vulnerability identification, and a favorable costing model. Tenable.io offers extensive scanning capabilities, integration flexibility, and feature depth, providing a robust security solution.

Room for Improvement: Sonatype could benefit from enhanced reporting capabilities, broader integration options, and improved data presentation. Tenable.io could work on refining scanning speed, accuracy, and adaptability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Sonatype Lifecycle has a straightforward deployment process and a responsive support team. Tenable.io's deployment is slightly more complex, but its customer service is efficient and knowledgeable, addressing user needs effectively.

Pricing and ROI: Sonatype Lifecycle is seen as cost-effective with a clear ROI due to its pricing simplicity. Tenable.io faces criticism for higher costs, but users feel the investment is justified by its extensive feature set and enhanced security posture.

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Categories and Ranking

Sonatype Lifecycle

Ranking in Application Security Tools

13th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (6th), Software Supply Chain Security (6th), AI Software Development (15th)

Tenable.io Web Application ...

Ranking in Application Security Tools

15th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Sonatype Lifecycle is 2.0%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Security Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Sonatype Lifecycle	2.0%
Tenable.io Web Application Scanning	1.4%
Other	96.6%

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@RahulVerma

Presales Engineer at Rah Infotech Pvt Ltd

Compliance used to slow us down. Sonatype Lifecycle turned it into an automated, streamlined step that accelerates delivery instead of blocking it.

Sonatype Lifecycle already does a nice job, but as you use it, you can’t help but notice a few spots where it could feel even smoother. Imagine opening it and immediately seeing a clearer, friendlier dashboard that tells you exactly what deserves your attention without digging around. As you move through your workflow, it would be great if the tool connected more naturally with what you’re already using, so everything just flows. And when an issue pops up, instead of leaving you guessing, it could guide you through what to do next in a way that feels simple and supportive. Even having a bit more visibility into anything happening behind the scenes would make the experience feel more complete. It’s already strong, but with touches like these, it could feel even more helpful and intuitive in everyday use.

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Jonathan-Pereira

Cyber Security Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Centralized license management transforms asset manipulation based on functions and improves security posture

Now that the license is centralized, it's a significant feature to manipulate assets based on their functions. It provides a centralized view from end-to-end to its assets' identities and vulnerabilities. One of the greatest features is Kubernetes. The automated scanning capability is pretty standard in the market, and Tenable's prioritization engine helps improve the security posture.

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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 component piece, where you can analyze the component, is the most valuable. You can pull the component up and you can look at what versions are bad, what versions are clean, and what versions haven't been reported on yet. You can make decisions based off of that, in terms of where you want to go. I like that it puts all that information right there in a window for you."

"It's online, which means if a change is made to the Nexus database today, or within the hour, my developers will benefit instantly. The security features are discovered continuously. So if Nexus finds out that a library is no longer safe, they just have to flag it and, automatically, my developers will know."

"Among its valuable features, it's easy to handle and easy configure, it's user-friendly, and it's easy to map and integrate."

"Due to the sheer amount of vulnerabilities and the fact that my company is still working on eliminating all vulnerabilities, it's still too early for me to say what I like most about Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle. Still, one of the best functions of the product is the guidance it gives in finding which components or applications have vulnerabilities. For example, my team had a vulnerability or a CVE connected to Apache last week. My team couldn't find which applications had the vulnerability initially, but using Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle helped. My team deployed new versions on that same day and successfully eliminated the vulnerabilities, so right now, the best feature of Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle is finding which applications have vulnerabilities."

"When I started to install the Nexus products and started to integrate them into our development cycle, it helped us construct or fill out our development process in general. The build stage is a really good template for us and it helped establish a structure that we could build our whole continuous integration and development process around. Now our git repos are tagged for different build stages data, staging, and for release. That aligns with the Nexus Lifecycle build stages."

"The Software Security Center, which is often overlooked, stands out as the most effective feature."

"The data quality is really good. They've got some of the best in the industry as far as that is concerned. As a result, it helps us to resolve problems faster. The visibility of the data, as well as their features that allow us to query and search - and even use it in the development IDE - allow us to remediate and find things faster."

"It's helped us free up staff time."

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"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use."

"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."

"The most valuable feature is the reporting, which provides a good level of detail with respect to vulnerabilities."

"I think Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is the best option on the market at the moment."

"It collects the vulnerabilities on the hostnames and sends them to the Tenable.io cloud. Tenable has its own cloud where Tenable.io is running, but there are many connectors to other cloud solutions. Tenable can do vulnerability scanning for other cloud managers such as Azure, Amazon, and so on."

"The most valuable features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are the integration into specific use cases and scanning. All of the features of the solution are useful."

"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market."

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Cons

"In the beginning, we sometimes struggle to access the customer environment. The customer must issue the required certificates because many customers use cell phone certificates, and Sonatype needs a valid CA certificate."

"Fortify's software security center needs a design refresh."

"One area of improvement, about which I have spoken to the Sonatype architect a while ago, is related to the installation. We still have an installation on Linux machines. The installation should move to EKS or Kubernetes so that we can do rollover updates, and we don't have to take the service down. My primary focus is to have at least triple line availability of my tools, which gives me a very small window to update my tools, including IQ. Not having them on Kubernetes means that every time we are performing an upgrade, there is downtime. It impacts the 0.1% allocated downtime that we are allowed to have, which becomes a challenge. So, if there is Kubernetes installation, it would be much easier. That's one thing that definitely needs to be improved."

"We had some issues, and I think we might still have some issues, where the Sonatype Nexus Repository has integrations with IQ and SonarQube. We're getting some errors on the UI, so we've had Sonatype look into that a little bit."

"The biggest thing that I have run into, which there are ways around, is being able to easily access the auditing data from a third-party tool; being able to pull all of that into one place in a cohesive manner where you can report off of that. We've had a little bit of a challenge with that. There are a number of things available to work with, to help with that in the tool, but we just haven't explored them yet."

"It is a bit narrow, and we are expecting more features, especially with respect to SBOM and other detections."

"The team managing Nexus Lifecycle reported that their internal libraries were not being identified, so they have asked Sonatype's technical team to include that in the upcoming version."

"Some of the APIs are just REST APIs and I would like to see more of the functionality in the plugin side of the world. For example, with the RESTful API I can actually delete or move an artifact from one Nexus repository to another. I can't do that with the pipeline API, as of yet. I'd like to see a bit more functionality on that side."

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"The report customization needs to be better."

"Sometimes it lags with different cloud environments."

"We have encountered some problems with the technical support from Tenable; I would rate it a five out of ten. It is not efficacious, especially the first-level support."

"I would like for them to add proxy filtering, where you can transfer and alter the package. It is fully automated. Other web application testers programs are actually proxy software, and the proxy software gives you the flexibility of modifying the outgoing package, which will actually help you in exploiting any vulnerability in detail."

"The market is standard for vulnerability scanning, however, the posture can be improved through Tenable's prioritization engine."

"They have a general dashboard for web application scanning, but the dashboards and reporting can be improved. They probably have some features in their roadmap."

"It would be great if there were a dashboard that is more user-friendly."

"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are additional costs in commercial offerings for add-ons such as Nexus Container or IDE Advanced Toolkit. They come with additional fees or licenses."

"The license fee may be a bit harder for startups to justify. But it will save you a headache later as well as peace of mind. Additionally, it shows your own customers that you value security stuff and will protect yourselves from any licensing issues, which is good marketing too."

"Given the number of users we have, it is one of the most expensive tools in our portfolio, which includes some real heavy-duty tools such as GitLab, Jira, etc. It is definitely a bit on the expensive side, and the ambiguity in how the licenses are calculated adds to the cost as well. If there is a better understanding of how the licenses are being calculated, there would be a better agreement between the two parties, and the cost might also be a little less. There is no extra cost from Sonatype. There is an operational cost on the BT side in terms of resources, etc."

"Cost is a drawback. It's somewhat costly."

"It's expensive, but you get what you pay for. There were no problems with the base license and how they do it. It was transparent. You don't have to worry. You can scan to your heart's delight."

"Lifecycle, to the best of my recollection, had the best pricing compared with other solutions."

"The price is good. We certainly get a lot more in return. However, it's also hard to get the funds to roll out such a product for the entire firm. Therefore, pricing has been a limiting factor for us. However, it's a fair price."

"We're pretty happy with the price, for what it is delivering for us and the value we're getting from it."

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"For Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, it comes to around 6,50,000 Indian rupees, plus taxes."

"The pricing is okay."

"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to the competitors. The license cost is based on the number of users and the annual usage."

"It follows the same licensing scheme as Tenable.io and Tenable. sc."

"I rate the product's pricing a four out of ten."

"The application is extremely affordable. There are no additional costs involved with licensing. We switched to Tenable.io Web Application Scanning from other solutions due to pricing."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is expensive for small businesses."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	29

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

How does Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle compare with SonarQube?

We like the data that Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle consistently delivers. This solution helps us in fixing and understanding the issues a lot quicker. The policy engine allows you to set up different t...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle?

From my experience, the licensing side is pretty straightforward to handle. Most of the cost and pricing considerations really come down to how the solution is deployed. Since we work with partners...

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What needs improvement with Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle?

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What do you like most about Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

If there were a solution, I would like to see automation and an integrated remediation solution for vulnerability or patch management.

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What advice do you have for others considering Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

I do not understand what API approach means; I do not understand this term. I think Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is the best option on the market at the moment. My review rating for this pro...

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Also Known As

Sonatype Nexus Lifecycle, Nexus Lifecycle

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Overview

Sonatype Lifecycle enhances enterprise security, helping reduce software risk efficiently. It offers automation and high-quality data to manage open source and AI risk across the SDLC, facilitating quicker issue resolution.

Sonatype Lifecycle reduces software vulnerabilities by offering advanced automation capabilities, ensuring reliable management of open source and AI risks. Through Golden Pull Requests, smart recommendations, and zero-effort fixes, it helps maintain software quality without disrupting development. Its adaptable policies enforce security, legal, and quality standards effectively, reducing potential rework and production issues. The platform provides deep insights into vulnerability, license, quality, and architecture, allowing teams to prioritize risks effectively while continuously monitoring changes. Comprehensive enterprise reporting boosts visibility into the effectiveness of security programs.

What features does Sonatype Lifecycle offer?

DevOps Tools Integration: Seamlessly integrates with DevOps tools and Jenkins for streamlined workflows.
Proactive Detection: Identifies vulnerabilities and policy violations proactively.
Secure Scanning: Blocks insecure open-source components to ensure safe code deployment.
Continuous Monitoring: Live data integration within CICD pipelines aids in continuous awareness.
Alternative Suggestions: Provides developers with viable substitutes for flagged components.

What benefits should users evaluate in reviews?

Risk Reduction: Aids in minimizing software vulnerabilities and compliance issues.
Development Efficiency: Maintains productivity by seamlessly integrating with existing processes.
Quality Insights: Offers reliable data with low false positives, enhancing decision-making.
Time Efficiency: Enables developers to address issues promptly without disrupting workflows.

Sonatype Lifecycle is widely used to enhance security across industries by automating DevSecOps and integrating into build pipelines. Companies employ it for proactive monitoring of third-party libraries, ensuring compliance with licensing standards, and managing firewalls to prevent insecure components. It supports organizations in maintaining robust software supply chain security.

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