Qualys WAS vs. Tenable Nessus
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Qualys WAS | Tenable Nessus |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Review count | 21 | 320 |
| Ease of use | 9.4 | 9.1 |
| Ease of setup | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Quality of support | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| Meets requirements | 9.7 | 9.2 |
| NPS | 60 | 68.852459 |
| Small Business | 19.0% | 27.1% |
| Mid-Market | 47.6% | 39.7% |
| Enterprise | 33.3% | 33.1% |
| Total page views | 224 | 1,872 |
| Total LLM citations | 1,027 | 24,390 |
Qualys WAS
Qualys WAS is Qualys's platform for end-to-end web application scanning.
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.
- Vulnerability Identification
- Vulnerability Detection
- Automated Scanning
- Ease of Use
- Features
- User Interface