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Nessus (BYOL)

Tenable, Inc. | 10.7.3

Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 20240503 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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2 AWS reviews

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275 reviews
from G2

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    Information Technology and Services

Nessus is the best VA tool.

  • June 24, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
- Compatible with all kinds of applications and OS.
- Easy to configure with an existing environment.
- Easy to manage.
What do you dislike about the product?
The scanning duration takes time. Can be improved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
All kinds of Vulnerabilities and loop holes.


    Mr. A.

Best application web application pentester and researcher.

  • June 18, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Beside every tool, i love to use nessus more often because of it's accuracy it's been really easy and handy to use it. I personally love to use it more.
What do you dislike about the product?
Well, there is nothing much I have about tool. And i seriously don't remember last time when this tool disappointed me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm into web application penetration testing, and this tool helped me in getting the accurate result unlike other tools as well as it's kinda fast and reliable.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I personally believe that, people don't just seeing reviews or ads but they believe after using it. So I recommend using it.


    Swapnesh C.

Best Automation Tool for Vulnerability Assessment

  • June 07, 2021
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Nessus helps in running credential-based scanning of different servers. It also has templates for multiple network devices like firewalls, switches, etc.
The reporting feature of this tool is also the best with editable elements like logo and severity levels.
What do you dislike about the product?
Till now, I didn't find any negative points regarding Nessus.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nessus helps in running credential-based scanning of different servers. It also has templates for multiple network devices like firewalls, switches, etc.
Nessus also provides templates for scanning web applications and MDM applications.
Nessus also provides reports in different formats, which we can use in various tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For all the people who are doing penetration testing, Nessus is the best tool to get started with.


    Computer & Network Security

The best tool for your recon

  • June 05, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It scans not only remote flaws of the host but their missing patches and other versions also
What do you dislike about the product?
Its little bit heavy for sma end devices so developer should focus on wide variety and flexibility
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As i am seeking Pentester i used Nessus for finding vulnerabilities in host which is quick fast and reliable


    Mahendra D.

Nessus review

  • June 05, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The simple and easily understandable user interface makes the task faster.
Email feature for all the alerts like task completion etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nessus should give details results for the issue when the scan failed on a VPN connection while scanning the internal network.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am using this to perform vulnerability assessment and configuration assessment.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I have recommended this to my colleague.


    Charis S.

An efficient and user-friendly vulnerability scanner

  • June 04, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
friendly user interface, quick and effective vulnerability scanning, trustworthy findings. Moreover Nessus provides a builtin reporting mechanism in order to quickly and effectively produce finding report
What do you dislike about the product?
Somehow complicated setup in a Linux environment. Moreover some of Nessus findings are often false-positive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automation of vulnerability scanning in Web application pen testing assignments. Moreover, it effectively speeds up the initial steps of the web application security testing procedure as it does a good job of mapping the web application and uncovering vulnerabilities or bugs of the web application
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend nessus scanner to anyone seeking to use an effective automated vulnerability scanner. It provides a beautiful user interface while its reporting format is quite satisfactory


    Security and Investigations

very likely recommend

  • June 03, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
the repository for vulnerability is wide and scanning is fast
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not came accros anything as such in nessus scanner
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am using nessus as a vulnerability scanner.


    Information Technology and Services

Easy to use and beginner friendly

  • June 02, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Loved how detailed the findings were represented.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only downside I can think of is that it is quite expensive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have used it during my bug bounty hunting and pentest engagement, and it proved to be a good addition to my arsenal.


    Health, Wellness and Fitness

Nessus make Easy to Identify Vulnerabilities To secure your network/protocol/OS

  • June 02, 2021
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy to identify vulnerability and give fix in description.
What do you dislike about the product?
No downside for using nessus.
Help in fixing vulnerabilities
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
using Nessus for network devices & server scanning.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I strongly recommend nessus for vulnerability scanning to identify weakness and fix to secure yourself from threats.


    Security and Investigations

Excellent tool

  • June 02, 2021
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy and very flexible reporting, customizable for your own purpose
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes scans takes a little bit longer than expected.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Nessus helps me find critical security loopholes.