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