G2 Vendor Directory

HCL AppScan vs. Tenable Nessus

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricHCL AppScan

by HCL Technologies

Tenable Nessus

by Tenable

Overall rating4.24.5
Review count112320
Ease of use8.69.1
Ease of setup8.49.0
Quality of support8.78.7
Meets requirements8.89.2
NPS36.69724868.852459
Small Business25.5%27.1%
Mid-Market26.4%39.7%
Enterprise48.2%33.1%
Total page views7221,872
Total LLM citations2,29024,390

HCL AppScan

HCL AppScan is a comprehensive suite of market-leading application security testing solutions (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, API), available on-premises and on-cloud. These powerful DevSecOps tools pinpoint application vulnerabilities, allowing for quick remediation in every phase of the software development lifecycle. Fast and Accurate Scanning for Secure DevOps Developers and DevOps teams can quickly and accurately scan code, applications, and APIs for security vulnerabilities while applications are being developed.

Pros

    Tenable Nessus

    Built for security practitioners, by security professionals, Nessus products by Tenable are the de-facto industry standard for vulnerability assessment. Nessus performs point-in-time assessments to help security professionals quickly and easily identify and fix vulnerabilities, including software flaws, missing patches, malware, and misconfigurations - across a variety of operating systems, devices, and applications.

    Pros

    • Vulnerability Identification
    • Vulnerability Detection
    • Automated Scanning
    • Ease of Use
    • Features
    • User Interface