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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

Veracode and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are leading solutions in the web application security space. Users favor Tenable.io for its range of features, highlighting its value for the price.

Features: Veracode offers comprehensive vulnerability findings, detailed analysis, and seamless reporting. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning provides adaptive scanning capabilities, integration with existing security tools, and flexible feature variety, giving it a performance edge.

Room for Improvement: Veracode could enhance its reporting features, increase scan speed, and improve user interface. Improvements for Tenable.io Web Application Scanning include documentation clarity, dashboard functionalities, and enhanced customer support materials, although these areas are less critical to satisfaction.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Veracode is known for seamless integration and helpful customer assistance. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning boasts a quick deployment process but garners mixed reviews on customer service reliability.

Pricing and ROI: Veracode has a high initial setup cost but offers good long-term ROI through effective risk management. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning provides competitive pricing with a favorable ROI, largely due to its robust features, making its cost-effectiveness compelling.

To learn more, read our detailed Tenable.io Web Application Scanning vs. Veracode Report (Updated: November 2026).

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning vs. Veracode

November 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Tenable.io Web Application ...

Ranking in Application Security Tools

25th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veracode

Ranking in Application Security Tools

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

208

Ranking in other categories

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (3rd), Container Security (14th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (2nd), Static Code Analysis (1st), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (1st), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Security Tools category, the mindshare of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is 1.2%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veracode is 4.2%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Security Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Veracode	4.2%
Tenable.io Web Application Scanning	1.2%
Other	94.6%

Application Security Tools

Featured Reviews

Hatem Langar

Security Analyst at TOPNET

Web audits have identified vulnerabilities and now provide clear visibility into compliance gaps

We have experience with Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, and we use it as well; we have approximately ten licenses for web application scanning. We use it to find vulnerabilities, but Tenable.io Web Application Scanning does not include remediation; we remediate with other products. We use the…

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Yash Shende

Software Development Engineer II at Rocket Software

Monthly scans have provided baseline security but still miss critical vulnerabilities

Veracode can improve to stand in this market. They do not have to do much; they just need to improve their UI experience and add more documentation within the application rather than just creating documentation pages on different websites. They need to ensure their web application guides whoever uses it. Since whoever uses Veracode must be a technical person, they just need to guide them to the actual points. They can also improve their security capabilities by adding more filters to identify what vulnerabilities their application has. They need to improve their scanning engine to scan for more critical defects. Also, the integration part can be enhanced by adding features to integrate with a CLI, such as introducing a CLI version or a Jenkins plugin. If such features exist, they should show it as a pop-up, signaling that they have a new feature. Currently, it feels Veracode from two years ago is still the same, so that is something Veracode needs to improve. They can improve the security part. Some of the severe security issues were never caught by Veracode in the reports. In fact, I have never seen any high or critical severity issues pop up in my Veracode report. That is one thing they can improve on their scanning ability to catch high severity issues. Next is integration; Veracode does not provide any tools to integrate with Jenkins or CLI. I do not even know if there is any CLI for Veracode that I can use to automate in my pipeline. The last thing is the UI interface that they have, as it is a bit confusing. I remember we did not have the capability to handle authentications of our internal application. We had to write Selenium code using a Selenium IDE. To write a Selenium script for a Veracode scan, you have to download a Selenium IDE, record it, and then paste that file into Veracode. I can see that Selenium IDE is already decommissioned, so it is no longer used by anyone. Still, we have to use it because Veracode only supports that kind of file for Selenium to automate. They can add more ways to authenticate our application using normal JavaScript or Python or Shell script. I feel these are the four main points. They can document it more by adding tooltips into the application that explain why a parameter is required and what other options are available. For the same example with the Selenium script, they can add a link to their documentation that explains what other kinds of scripts can be written for authentication. I feel they can also make the UI more intuitive so that whoever uses it can guide themselves, as whoever uses Veracode is already a technical person.

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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

"If customers need a cost-efficient way to do very good ramification scanning and vulnerability management, this is the right solution."

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is very easy to use, provides very reliable results, and is easily managed by someone who lacks prior knowledge, information, or experience."

"It has good unified web application scanning and exposure management."

"The product provides comprehensive details and reports to help us understand everything and handle any patches in order to keep our system safe."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"I would recommend Tenable.io Web Application Scanning to others."

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

"Our customers adopt this solution because of the replication testing and the vulnerability assessment it can do. It is a multi-faceted product."

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"With the tools that Veracode provides, our developers are actually able to comprehend what the vulnerability was and then resolve it. So a lot of knowledge has been grown as a result, around security, with our developers."

"We use it to get our scan results and see where our software is vulnerable or not vulnerable."

"The solution's ability to help create secure software is very valuable; we're a zero-trust networking company so we want to have the ability to say that we're practicing security seriously, and having something like Veracode allows us to have confidence when we're speaking to people about our product that we can back up what we're doing with a certification, with a reputable platform, and say, "This is what we're using to scan an application, here's the number of vulnerabilities that are on an application, and here's the risk that we're accepting.""

"The most valuable features of Veracode Static Analysis are its ability to work with GitLab and GitHub so that you can do the reviews and force the code."

"The most valuable feature is detecting security vulnerabilities in the project."

"From the very relevant results and issues that were pinpointed by Veracode, I can say that our customer security was greatly enhanced by its use."

"In three years, we have not had any breaches or seen any reduction in Shadow IT."

"The ease of integration with Bitbucket pipelines and Git pipelines is vital for us."

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Cons

"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."

"The technical support needs improvement. Currently, it takes time, which might be due to the free version, but providing some level of support could encourage future purchase decisions."

"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."

"I would like for them to add intervening proxy, whereby you can alter the get/put requests."

"Sometimes it lags with different cloud environments."

"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."

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

"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."

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"We would like a way to mark entire modules as "safe." The lack of this feature hasn't stopped us previously, it just makes our task more tedious at times. That kind of feature would save us time."

"The user interface could be more sleek."

"However, they were quick to comment that the product is too expensive and that there are too many false positives which take too much time to remediate."

"The policies you have, where you can tune the findings you get, don't allow you not to file tickets about certain findings. It will always report the findings, even if you know you're not that concerned about a library writing to a system log, for example. It will keep raising them, even though you may have a ticket about it. The integration will keep updating the ticket every time the scan runs."

"I would also like to see some improvement in the speed. Our developers are saying, "It takes 72 hours to scan it.""

"There are certain shortcomings in Veracode's static analysis engine. I would improve Veracode's static analysis engine to make it capable of identifying vulnerabilities with low false positives."

"The results of agent-based software composition analysis are not connected to policy scanning. So, for me, the only thing that Veracode can improve in Software Composition Analysis is to connect it with the policy scan because, at present, it is a bit inconvenient for those in our organization who use agent-based Software Composition Analysis. In the end, they need to make a static scan with all those libraries in order to receive that report. If Veracode implemented a connection between agent-based static scan and static scanning itself, it would be great because it would lead to fewer operations in order to prepare release documentation and release reporting from Veracode. We recently had a conversation with Veracode about it."

"It's taking too much time to do a quality scan."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

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

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

"The pricing is okay."

"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."

"Veracode is fairly priced."

"I'm unfamiliar with the solution's pricing, but it must be worth the cost from a company perspective, as we have been using it for years and have no plans to move away from it."

"I wouldn't really recommend Veracode for a small firm, because it might be a little pricey for them. But for a large organization, with more than 1,000 applications in the enterprise, there are tiered levels of pricing."

"The pricing for Veracode is high, making it difficult for beginners to afford."

"Its pricing is fair."

"There is a fee to scale up the solution which I consider expensive."

"As compared to others, it is a costly solution. It is overpriced, and many organizations with a limited budget cannot afford it. That is why they are going for other tools, but those tools are not that effective. Veracode is better in terms of quality. If you want good service, you have to pay for it."

"They just changed their pricing model two weeks ago. They went from a per-app license to a per-megabyte license. I know that the dynamic scan was $500 per app. Static analysis was about $4500 yearly. The license is only for the number of users, it doesn't matter what data you put in there. That was the old model. I do not know how the new model works."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	70
Midsize Enterprise	46
Large Enterprise	114

Questions from the Community

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.

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...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

I think the price is expensive. We do not have an idea of how much we have to pay approximately, but comparing to other products, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is expensive.

Which gives you more for your money - SonarQube or Veracode?

SonarQube is easy to deploy and configure, and also integrates well with other tools to do quality code analysis. SonarQube has a great community edition, which is open-source and free. Easy to use...

What is the biggest difference between Veracode and Checkmarx?

According to my experience of using both the tools in different organizations Veracode is a Cloud-native, managed AppSec platform with strong focus on ease of use, it is SaaS delivery, and provide...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veracode Static Analysis?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Veracode is that it is fairly moderate.

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Overview

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning delivers automated scanning and robust risk mitigation for diverse cloud environments, prioritizing security and compliance for modern organizations.

Tenable.io Web Application Scanning leverages scalable architecture for comprehensive vulnerability detection across applications and systems. It integrates with cloud services, providing an interface to analyze complex functions and enhance security. Detailed reports guide vulnerability management and ensure compliance with key standards.

What are the critical features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning?

Priority Ratings: Streamlines risk assessment by ranking vulnerabilities based on severity.
Automated Scanning: Simplifies continuous security checks across environments.
Scalable Architecture: Ensures adaptability across expansive networks.
Cloud Integration: Supports various cloud platforms for consistent security.
Comprehensive Reporting: Offers detailed insights into vulnerabilities and risk mitigation measures.

What benefits or ROI should users expect?

Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthens defenses with thorough vulnerability analysis.
Compliance Assurance: Facilitates adherence to OWASP Top 10 and NISC standards.
Streamlined Management: Simplifies processes with a cloud-based approach.
Insightful Dashboards: Provides easy access to important security metrics.

Organizations across industries employ Tenable.io Web Application Scanning for routine vulnerability assessments, safeguarding container exposure, internal networks, and more. Dashboards and reports aid in informed decision-making, supporting comprehensive threat detection and compliance.

Tenable

Veracode is a leading provider of application security solutions, offering tools to identify, mitigate, and prevent vulnerabilities across the software development lifecycle. Its cloud-based platform integrates security into DevOps workflows, helping organizations ensure that their code remains secure and compliant with industry standards.

Veracode supports multiple application security testing types, including static analysis (SAST), dynamic analysis (DAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and manual penetration testing. These tools are designed to help developers detect vulnerabilities early in development while maintaining speed in deployment. Veracode also emphasizes scalability, offering features for enterprises that manage a large number of applications across different teams. Its robust reporting and analytics capabilities allow organizations to continuously monitor their security posture and track progress toward remediation.

What are the key features of Veracode?

Static Analysis (SAST) - Scans source code for vulnerabilities before deployment.
Dynamic Analysis (DAST) - Examines applications in a running state to detect flaws in real-time.
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - Identifies risks in open-source libraries and third-party components.
Manual Penetration Testing - Offers expert analysis for more complex vulnerabilities.
Integrations with DevOps tools - Seamlessly integrates with CI/CD pipelines for automated security checks.

What benefits should users consider in Veracode reviews?

Early detection of vulnerabilities - Helps developers fix security issues early in the development process.
Scalability - Supports organizations with large-scale application portfolios.
Compliance support - Ensures applications meet various security standards and regulations.
Developer training - Provides tools for educating developers on secure coding practices.
Comprehensive reporting - Offers detailed reports that track remediation and risk trends.

Veracode is widely adopted in industries like finance, healthcare, and government, where compliance and security are critical. It helps these organizations maintain strict security standards while enabling rapid development through its integration with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Veracode helps businesses secure their applications efficiently, ensuring they can deliver safe and compliant software at scale.

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Manhattan Associates, Azalea Health, Sabre, QAD, Floor & Decor, Prophecy International, SchoolCNXT, Keap, Rekner, Cox Automotive, Automation Anywhere, State of Missouri and others.