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Tenable Vulnerability Management pros and cons

Vendor: Tenable

4.0 out of 5

43 reviews
91% willing to recommend

374 followers

Pros & Cons summary

Tenable Vulnerability Management provides swift technical support and facilitates easy initial setup with existing infrastructure. Its container scanning supports CICD security and offers comprehensive visibility for on-premises and cloud assets. System updates enhance stability by including new vulnerabilities. However, its pricing is high, licensing is unclear, and setup can be complex. Technical support and flexible reporting need improvement, as response times and customization are limited.

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PROS

Technical support is highly responsive, offering quick replies.

Container scanning is a valuable feature, especially for those interested in CICD security.

Tenable.io provides a single pane of visibility across both on-premises and cloud environments, offering complete asset visibility.

The vulnerability management capability, along with references to mitigation techniques, is highly valued.

Tenable Vulnerability Management is stable and frequently updated to include new vulnerabilities.

CONS

An improvement area is the dashboard customization; users cannot view past month results alongside current ones for comparison.

Tenable Vulnerability Management's pricing could be more reasonable and include support in the licensing, as customers often need to rely on partners for assistance.

Reports are not customizable or flexible, lacking Excel format and making audits cumbersome since irrelevant data cannot be easily excluded.

The setup process is complex and can be challenging to implement in the cloud environment.

Technical support needs enhancement, particularly in response times and feature request handling.

Tenable Vulnerability Management Pros review quotes

SC

CSO at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 29, 2023

The solution's most valuable feature is providing a single pane of visibility on all the infrastructure and its status.

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President and CEO, Founder Executive at SecuSolutions Co., Ltd.

Mar 30, 2021

They are on a good trajectory as a company and investing in R&D in the right ways.

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SN

Intake Specialist at Maxtec

Apr 1, 2022

Tenable.io, in particular, is quite a powerful product. It looks at your traditional environment, which is pretty much anything that is on-premises, and it also goes a step ahead and covers your modern assets, which is anything that is currently sitting in the cloud. You get complete visibility of your entire environment and tech operation. The ability to give you visibility across the entire tech surface is one of the biggest advantages that Tenable.io has.

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Yogeswaran Neelagandan

Key Account Manager at Uniware

Jan 24, 2024

I would rate Tenable's dashboards and reporting capabilities for illustrating security posture a nine out of ten, with ten being the best.

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reviewer1388802

Ingeniero de proyectos de TI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Feb 22, 2021

The initial setup is very straightforward.

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reviewer2721399

SOC Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jun 17, 2025

Tenable Vulnerability Management is the backbone of our vulnerability management and has affected my organization positively.

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reviewer2305767

CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 5, 2020

The most valuable feature for me is container scanning because I am interested in CICD security.

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VR

Security Analyst at Capgemini

Apr 7, 2023

One of the most valuable features of Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is its exportability, which allows us to conduct risk assessments efficiently.

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MM

Security Manager at Yarix S.r.l.

Aug 10, 2023

Tenable.io Vulnerability Management is an easy-to-use product. I

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RK

Technical Lead at GE Healthcare

Jan 6, 2025

The stability is commendable, and I would rate Tenable ten out of ten.

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Tenable Vulnerability Management Cons review quotes

SC

CSO at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

May 29, 2023

I would like the solution to cover the whole cycle of mitigation since it's an area where the solution currently lacks.

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President and CEO, Founder Executive at SecuSolutions Co., Ltd.

Mar 30, 2021

The solution seems to focus too much on enterprises, and they really need a product that works for SMBs.

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SN

Intake Specialist at Maxtec

Apr 1, 2022

They've been able to think about everything in terms of where the world is going and the type of assets that you've got. They've everything sorted out in that aspect, but you have to pay for most of the other components that they've got to give you complete visibility across your tech surface. If it already had those capabilities in-built, without having to add them on to take advantage of them, it would be a very compelling value proposition.

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Yogeswaran Neelagandan

Key Account Manager at Uniware

Jan 24, 2024

Another area of improvement is customer service and support. Tenable needs to include support in the pricing/license. Currently, they push clients to get support from partners or channel distributors, who often charge a lot.

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reviewer1388802

Ingeniero de proyectos de TI at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Feb 22, 2021

There needs to be better dashboard navigation.

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reviewer2721399

SOC Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jun 17, 2025

I would evaluate Tenable Vulnerability Management's customer service and technical support as average.

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reviewer2305767

CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 5, 2020

It would be helpful if Tenable could be more clear with regard to everything the solution can and cannot do with the particular license that you have.

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VR

Security Analyst at Capgemini

Apr 7, 2023

The UI has room for improvement.

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MM

Security Manager at Yarix S.r.l.

Aug 10, 2023

The shortcoming of the solution that needs improvement is related to its capability to do vulnerability assessments on applications.

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RK

Technical Lead at GE Healthcare

Jan 6, 2025

I would rate it four out of ten. For startups, freelancers, or companies between startup and midsize, Tenable is recommended. However, for midsize or enterprise-level companies, I would not prefer it.

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