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Product	Nmap by Nmap View product	Nuclei by ProjectDiscovery View product
Overview
What it is	Nmap: raw packet scanning techniques, OS fingerprinting and service and version detection. Built for network host discovery. Compare Network Security alternatives.	Looking for Vulnerability Management software? Nuclei by ProjectDiscovery provides community templates for Security Testing. Compare features and alternatives.
Product type	Open-Source Network Scanner & Security Auditing Tool	Fast Community-Driven Vulnerability Scanner
Best for	Technology, Government, Defense, Higher Education, Financial Services, Healthcare	AppSec Engineers, Pentesters, AppSec, Security Researchers, DevOps
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	On-premises; CLI Utility; Portable; CLI binary; Source compilation; Pre-compiled packages	CLI; Open Source; Go; Open-source CLI binary
Data residency	Local host only (no telemetry or cloud storage)	Local / Operator Controlled
Key features
What it offers	Raw packet scanning techniques (SYN, UDP, ACK) OS fingerprinting Service and version detection Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) IPv6 support Flexible output formats (XML, Grep) Network host discovery Port scanning	Configurable YAML vulnerability templates Fast scanning engine Community templates Custom rule writing DAST Vulnerability Management Security Testing Continuous Scanning
Platform & access
API access	API access: no	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: no	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Bare-metalVirtual machinesCloud instancesRaspberry Pi	Linux CLImacOS CLIWindows CLIDockerCI/CD Pipelines
Compliance	Open Source (GPLv2)NIST SP 800-115 testing benchmark	Open Source (MIT License)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ZenmapMetasploitWiresharkNessusOpenVASPython (python-nmap)	GitHubCI/CDLinux CLIDocker
Industries	TechnologyGovernmentDefenseHigher EducationFinancial ServicesHealthcare	AppSec EngineersPentestersAppSecSecurity ResearchersDevOps
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Nmap	ProjectDiscovery
Headquarters	Open-source project; global community	Global / Remote
Company size	1-10	11-50
Founded	1997	2019

Nmap

by Nmap

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Nuclei

by ProjectDiscovery

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Overview

What it is

Nmap

Nmap: raw packet scanning techniques, OS fingerprinting and service and version detection. Built for network host discovery. Compare Network Security alternatives.

Nuclei

Looking for Vulnerability Management software? Nuclei by ProjectDiscovery provides community templates for Security Testing. Compare features and alternatives.

Product type

Nmap

Open-Source Network Scanner & Security Auditing Tool

Nuclei

Fast Community-Driven Vulnerability Scanner

Best for

Nmap

Technology, Government, Defense, Higher Education, Financial Services, Healthcare

Nuclei

AppSec Engineers, Pentesters, AppSec, Security Researchers, DevOps

Pricing

Pricing model

Nmap

Contact Vendor

Nuclei

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Nmap

Nuclei

Deployment

Deployment options

Nmap

On-Premise

Nuclei

Cloud

Deployment details

Nmap

On-premises; CLI Utility; Portable; CLI binary; Source compilation; Pre-compiled packages

Nuclei

CLI; Open Source; Go; Open-source CLI binary

Data residency

Nmap

Local host only (no telemetry or cloud storage)

Nuclei

Local / Operator Controlled

Key features

What it offers

Nmap

Raw packet scanning techniques (SYN, UDP, ACK)
OS fingerprinting
Service and version detection
Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE)
IPv6 support
Flexible output formats (XML, Grep)
Network host discovery
Port scanning

Nuclei

Configurable YAML vulnerability templates
Fast scanning engine
Community templates
Custom rule writing
DAST
Vulnerability Management
Security Testing
Continuous Scanning

Platform & access

API access

Nmap

Nuclei

Single sign-on (SSO)

Nmap

Nuclei

Role-based access (RBAC)

Nmap

Nuclei

Multi-tenant

Nmap

Nuclei

Mobile app

Nmap

Nuclei

Supported platforms

Nmap

Bare-metalVirtual machinesCloud instancesRaspberry Pi

Nuclei

Linux CLImacOS CLIWindows CLIDockerCI/CD Pipelines

Compliance

Nmap

Open Source (GPLv2)NIST SP 800-115 testing benchmark

Nuclei

Open Source (MIT License)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Nmap

ZenmapMetasploitWiresharkNessusOpenVASPython (python-nmap)

Nuclei

GitHubCI/CDLinux CLIDocker

Industries

Nmap

TechnologyGovernmentDefenseHigher EducationFinancial ServicesHealthcare

Nuclei

AppSec EngineersPentestersAppSecSecurity ResearchersDevOps

Regions

Nmap

Global

Nuclei

Global

Vendor

Company

Nmap

Nuclei

ProjectDiscovery

Headquarters

Nmap

Open-source project; global community

Nuclei

Global / Remote

Company size

Nmap

1-10

Nuclei

11-50

Founded

Nmap

1997

Nuclei

2019