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Nessus Reviews in May 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Nessus Reviews & Ratings

4.4

Very Good

Based on 580 ratings & 185 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(125)

Very Good

(53)

Good

(6)

Poor

(0)

Terible

(1)

Expert's Review

Tenable Nessus has garnered positive feedback for its robust vulnerability detection capabilities, user-friendly interface, and comprehensive plugin repository that ensures up-to-date vulnerability detection. Users appreciate its efficiency in scanning and managing security risks, with easy integration and automation features that enhance productivity. The tool's ...Read more

Nessus pros and cons

  • Comprehensive coverage and accurate vulnerability detection due to updated plugin repository.

  • Easy to navigate GUI, user-friendly interface, and automated scanning/reporting increase productivity.

  • Provides decent customer support.

  • Supports agent-based and credentials-based implementations.

  • Scan time and results may sometimes be inconsistent.

  • Limited selection in the Marketplace for additional apps and connectors.

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Sachin P

07/03/19

4 out of 5

"A Great tool for improvising Security on all levels"

What do you like best? The tool results are descriptive and sufficient for understanding the Vulnerabilities, the reference and mitigation recommendations provided for each Vulnerabilities is really helpful in solving bigger issues. We can perform vulnerability assessment on almost any network device or different server platforms like windows, linux l, unix or Mac based systems. What do you dislike? The tool configuration is a bit of experts game, once you are familiar with each ...

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Ahetesham A

06/25/19

4 out of 5

"Nessus is best scanning tool for VA"

What do you like best? Generates the vulnerability report of server. Where we know what are the vulnerability in server What do you dislike? Slow connection. The minimum requirement of the system to be i3 processor , 8 gb ram. 120 HDD. Recommendations to others considering the product: Nessus is very good for scanning the server. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? To find out the vulnerabilities in the server. I am able to generate report efficiency.

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Consultant in Computer Software

06/23/19

4.5 out of 5

"Best CPE integrated Vulnerability assessment tools"

What do you like best? Great tool used for getting vulnerabilities in server router switches. One of the best tool recently added CPE Vulnerability assessment What do you dislike? There is an integration of CPE it creats some proxy issue please make the issue resolve as soon as possible Recommendations to others considering the product: Keep going . There is no other tool in market which can compete nessue What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Best ...

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Tejas G

06/23/19

4.5 out of 5

"Backbone tool for vulnerability assessment and Penetration testing."

What do you like best? When it comes to performing vulnerability assessment of the systems, Nessus is the widely used tool because of this tools ability to scan and provide comprehensive results of the scan. Nessus has large number of features for performing vulnerability assessment which very few scanner has. To start with, Nessus has ability to schedule the scan any given time. The main feature of this scanner is that it has set of policy templates to perform different types of scans. It ...

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CI

Consultant in Computer Software

06/23/19

4.5 out of 5

"Best CPE integrated Vulnerability assessment tools"

What do you like best? Great tool used for getting vulnerabilities in server router switches. One of the best tool recently added CPE Vulnerability assessment What do you dislike? There is an integration of CPE it creats some proxy issue please make the issue resolve as soon as possible Recommendations to others considering the product: Keep going . There is no other tool in market which can compete nessue What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Best ...

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Tejas G

06/23/19

4.5 out of 5

"Backbone tool for vulnerability assessment and Penetration testing."

What do you like best? When it comes to performing vulnerability assessment of the systems, Nessus is the widely used tool because of this tools ability to scan and provide comprehensive results of the scan. Nessus has large number of features for performing vulnerability assessment which very few scanner has. To start with, Nessus has ability to schedule the scan any given time. The main feature of this scanner is that it has set of policy templates to perform different types of scans. It ...

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CI

Consultant in Computer & Network Security

06/22/19

4.5 out of 5

"Best Security Scanner."

What do you like best? Nesus professional is all in one tool it's having multiple options for scanning the security stuff like servers, firewall, network, web applications and hardware devices. It's provide accurate results of the scanning. and screenshot we will not provide its against company policy. What do you dislike? It's take more time to update. Compare to other scanning tools. Recommendations to others considering the product: Work on updates. What problems are you solving with the ...

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CI

Consultant in Computer & Network Security

06/22/19

4.5 out of 5

"Best Security Scanner."

What do you like best? Nesus professional is all in one tool it's having multiple options for scanning the security stuff like servers, firewall, network, web applications and hardware devices. It's provide accurate results of the scanning. and screenshot we will not provide its against company policy. What do you dislike? It's take more time to update. Compare to other scanning tools. Recommendations to others considering the product: Work on updates. What problems are you solving with the ...

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User in Computer & Network Security

06/22/19

4 out of 5

"Excellent for Vulnerability Scanning. "

What do you like best? Best for Vulnerability Scanning on any server and have best support from tenable. It's updated with most recent attacks Vulnerability plugins. What do you dislike? There is nothing to be a disadvantage, but can be more better in future. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Patching with new patches for any new Vulnerability found on any server.

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Shahbaz Ahmed B

06/18/19

3.5 out of 5

"It infrastructure scanner"

What do you like best? One of the best tool used to it infrastructure scan tool,Which scans all it infrastructure assets and provide the Vulnerability . What do you dislike? It is becoming EOL , it provides many false positive Vulnerabilities. It doesn't have plugins to scan hp-ilo devices . It doesn't scan all the ports. Everytime 443,445 n 22 port should be open to perform scan Recommendations to others considering the product: Should provide proper results for Vulnerabilities and false ...

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