G2 Vendor Directory

Smallstep Platform vs. Tenable Cloud Security

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

MetricSmallstep Platform

by Smallstep

Tenable Cloud Security

by Tenable

Overall rating4.24.5
Review count1042
Ease of use8.49.1
Ease of setup8.39.2
Quality of support8.19.0
Meets requirements8.69.1
NPS3069.047619
Small Business30.0%7.3%
Mid-Market30.0%53.7%
Enterprise40.0%39.0%
Total page views362513
Total LLM citations2,4572,311

Smallstep Platform

Smallstep is a certificate management and device identity platform that helps organizations automate encryption, authentication, and access control across devices, users, and workloads. It provides a unified approach to establishing digital trust using cryptographic certificates rather than passwords or shared secrets. Smallstep is designed for IT, security, and DevOps teams that manage distributed infrastructure across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Secure Access
  • Cross-Platform Compatibility
  • Access Control
  • Accessibility
  • Security

Tenable Cloud Security

Tenable Cloud Security is an actionable cloud security platform that exposes and closes priority security gaps caused by misconfigurations, risky entitlements and vulnerabilities. Organizations use its intuitive UI to unify siloed tools to secure the full cloud stack, achieving end-to-end visibility, prioritization and remediation across infrastructure, workloads, identities, data and AI services. Users can access the extensive knowledgebase of Tenable Research, reducing the risk of breaches with advanced prioritization that understands resource, identity and risk relationships.

Pros

  • Compliance
  • Detailed Analysis
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Vulnerability Detection
  • Integrations
  • Vulnerability Identification