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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs. Tenable Security Center

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

MetricMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management

by Microsoft

Tenable Security Center

by Tenable

Overall rating4.44.6
Review count3484
Ease of use8.98.9
Ease of setup8.48.8
Quality of support8.98.7
Meets requirements8.79.3
NPS55.88235372.972973
Small Business41.2%16.7%
Mid-Market23.5%25.0%
Enterprise35.3%58.3%
Total page views188310
Total LLM citations9741,343

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Defender Vulnerability Management delivers asset visibility, intelligent assessments, and built-in remediation tools for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and network devices. Leveraging Microsoft threat intelligence, breach likelihood predictions, business contexts, and devices assessments, Defender Vulnerability Management rapidly and continuously prioritizes the biggest vulnerabilities on your most critical assets and provides security recommendations to mitigate risk. Reduce risk with continuous vulnerability assessment, risk-based prioritization, and remediation.

Pros

    Tenable Security Center

    Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) is the industry's most comprehensive risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) solution, enabling you to: • See all your vulnerabilities and continuously assess all assets the moment they join the network -- including transient devices that aren’t regularly connected • Predict what matters by understanding vulnerabilities in the context of business risk, as well as the criticality of affected assets • Act on each high priority vulnerability to effectively manage risk, and measure KPIs to effectively communicate

    Pros

    • Features
    • Customer Support
    • Reporting Features
    • Dashboard Design
    • Dashboard Usability
    • Testing Services