Sold by: Tenable, Inc.
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Nessus provides vulnerability analysis, patch confirmation, configuration assessment, and sensitive data identification for EC2 environments and instances.
4.5
Overview
Nessus is the de-facto industry standard for vulnerability assessment. Trusted by more than 27,000 organizations worldwide, Nessus provides vulnerability analysis, patch confirmation, configuration assessment, and sensitive data identification for EC2 environments and instances. With a continuously updated library of more than 109,000 plugins, Nessus delivers the most in-depth coverage and accuracy to the marketplace.
Highlights
- Prevent attacks by identifying vulnerabilities in the attack surface, allowing IT professionals to mitigate them before attacks occur
- Leverage policy creation wizards and scan scheduling for easy configuration and management
- Ensure ongoing vulnerability and IT asset coverage with daily updates
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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AmazonLinux 20251208
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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Once the instance is running, point your browser to https://<instance>:8834/, where <instance> is either the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the instance.
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Customer reviews
Samantha L.
Comprehensive, Actionable Vulnerability Detection with Flexible Deployment
Reviewed on Dec 26, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Tenable Nessus issues comprehensive and accurate vulnerability detection solution that identifies systems flaws and inefficiencies
Tenable offers actionable results, which facilitates users in solving critical issues
The app constantly updates the vulnerability database and capabilities by increasing its plugins
Tenable issues powerful and customized scanning policies, and this guides companies on compliance goals
The deployment of Tenable is flexible, and it gets connected to wider security systems
Tenable offers actionable results, which facilitates users in solving critical issues
The app constantly updates the vulnerability database and capabilities by increasing its plugins
Tenable issues powerful and customized scanning policies, and this guides companies on compliance goals
The deployment of Tenable is flexible, and it gets connected to wider security systems
What do you dislike about the product?
The costs of running and maintaining Tenable Nessus is extensively high
Beginners finds Tenable very difficult to run and manage, overwhelming their ability to work
Beginners finds Tenable very difficult to run and manage, overwhelming their ability to work
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tenable issues a brilliant vulnerability visibility, something that facilitates users on identifying systems flaws
The app guides on facilitating the process of prioritizing the risky aspects pf the systems, solving the most urgent problems
Tenable has solid compliance guidelines, where it works with set industry regulations and this demonstrates governance
The app is intentionally designed to support security operations by providing a broader risk management framework
The app guides on facilitating the process of prioritizing the risky aspects pf the systems, solving the most urgent problems
Tenable has solid compliance guidelines, where it works with set industry regulations and this demonstrates governance
The app is intentionally designed to support security operations by providing a broader risk management framework
Education Management
Comprehensive Security and Up-to-Date CVE Databases
Reviewed on Dec 11, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I value its practical features, the current CVE databases, and the comprehensive security measures it offers.
What do you dislike about the product?
The disadvantages include the cost, the potential effect on system performance, and the requirement to manually apply patches.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The vulnerability detection is highly efficient, and the availability of ready-made scan templates makes the process straightforward. Reports are clear, with well-defined risk classifications.
Herman .
Powerful Vulnerability Scanner, Rapid Learning Curve
Reviewed on Dec 03, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I think Tenable Nessus is a very popular toolset that stands out because of its usability, allowing me to learn and use it quickly without requiring extensive training or facing a steep learning curve. Its intuitive nature facilitates swift adoption, making it accessible for our team. Additionally, I value the ability to specify the range of IP address assets and perform both ad-hoc and scheduled scanning. This functionality is crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of our network infrastructure, and it helps us in managing and mitigating vulnerabilities efficiently.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the pricing of Tenable Nessus has been going up quite significantly recently.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Tenable Nessus to scan for vulnerabilities, improving our organization's cybersecurity by patching and reporting the status of our systems.
Jorge G.
Customization and Ease of Integration that Surprise
Reviewed on Dec 01, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The customization of each scan that I can perform in the tool. With daily use, it is possible to learn and see how the tool is easy to configure and integrate with some systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
The visibility is excellent and the customer support provided is very quick and completely helpful. As I use it every day, contacting support becomes increasingly simple.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tenable Nessus helps analyze the environment, check the attack surface, correct and mitigate failures in the environment.
Computer Software
Reliable Scans and Effortless Navigation Make This Platform Stand Out
Reviewed on Nov 15, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It's an amazing platform and the thing which i liked about is that how thorough reliable its scans are. I would like to say that there is no need to fight with interface to find what you need, and the scan results are laid out in a way that make sense if you are also not deep into security work everyday.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing for now, everything going smoothly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has solved the problems related security like keeping track of all the weakness hiding in your system before someone else find them. Nessus helps in scanning everything on a regular basis and points out vulnerability, outdated software, misconfigurations so you can know where the risks are on time.