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Nessus Reviews in July 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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Showing 181-185 out of 185

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Michael Angelo I

12/04/17

5 out of 5

"Scan like you always care"

What do you like best? Nessus always on top of my list for enterprise vulnerability scanner. The way it discover assets and identify correct OS information, vulnerabilities assessment, with a lot of features blades like compliance auditing, mobile, malware/botnet detection. I also love the tennable.io product What do you dislike? Not at much to disliked all features are great and they are in track providing ways to improve their product sets. I would say pricing but at the end of the day ...

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Harshad P

11/28/17

4 out of 5

"Easy to use"

What do you like best? Available pre configured and customizable VM, Amazon EC2, etc What do you dislike? Not available for low end individuals. Configuration from scratch is a challange What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Security optimization

VA

Victor Alfonso L

10/26/17

4.5 out of 5

"Very easy way to scan vulnerabilities"

What do you like best? Nessus has a very complete free platform, the paid version is great but you can start with free for vulnerabilities detection What do you dislike? I think Nessus must allow trial advanced scans, and not ask for credentials in some scans What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Vulnerability scanner

AI

Administrator in Information Technology and Services

10/19/17

5 out of 5

"Excellent Vulnerability Scanner"

What do you like best? I love the fact that it pin points vulnerabilities and makes my work easier as a penetration tester What do you dislike? For now nothing. Nessus has all features i need. The basic scanner is free while other modules are paid. Recommendations to others considering the product: It will serve you well! What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Vulnerability Assessment

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Carvell W

05/31/17

5 out of 5

"Knowing your Vulnerability "

What do you like best? The ease of completing vulnerability scans in a automated fashion is priceless. It helps us to zero in on the critical issues and also gives details on how to get it resolved. It makes server patching a walk in the park. What do you dislike? For me there is not much to be disliked, the feature set is great. The pricing could be a bit better but at the end of the day, the application is doing what it should be doing. What problems are you solving with the product? What ...

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