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Product	Qualys Vulnerability Management by Qualys View product	Nessus Expert by Tenable View product
Overview
What it is	Evaluating Qualys Vulnerability Management? See how this Vulnerability Management tool handles reporting, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.	Shortlisting Vulnerability Scanning tools? Nessus Expert by Tenable brings compliance auditing, with on-premises or hybrid deployment. See strengths and alternatives.
Product type	Vulnerability Management	Extended Vulnerability & External Attack Surface Scanner
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Government	Cybersecurity Consultants, Penetration Testers, Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity Consulting, Managed Services, Financial Services, Tech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Qualys Cloud Platform SaaS; Virtual and physical appliances	On-premises Software; Cloud-Hybrid; Desktop/Server; Installable Software (Windows, Linux, macOS)
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC	Customer-hosted scanner sovereignty
Key features
What it offers	Continuous network vulnerability scanning Flaw identification Configuration auditing Reporting Network vulnerability scanning Flaw assessment Risk reporting	External domain discovery (up to 500 domains) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning Traditional network vulnerability scanning Compliance auditing External asset discovery Pre-build IaC template auditing Network vulnerability scanning Penetration testing assessments
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	CloudOn-premisesHybrid Networks	External DomainsIaC TemplatesHybrid IT NetworksOperating Systems
Compliance	PCI DSSHIPAAISO 27001NIST	PCI-DSSCIS BenchmarksNIST SP 800-53CVE/CWE Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Qualys Cloud PlatformServiceNowSplunkJira	GitHubGitLabTerraformJenkinsTenable Vulnerability Management
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBGovernment	Cybersecurity ConsultantsPenetration TestersEnterprise ITCybersecurity ConsultingManaged ServicesFinancial Services+1 more
Regions	Global	Global availability
Vendor
Company	Qualys	Tenable
Headquarters	Foster City, California, USA	Columbia, Maryland, USA
Company size	2,000+	1,500+
Founded	1999	2002

Qualys Vulnerability Management

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Nessus Expert

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Overview

What it is

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Evaluating Qualys Vulnerability Management? See how this Vulnerability Management tool handles reporting, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Nessus Expert

Shortlisting Vulnerability Scanning tools? Nessus Expert by Tenable brings compliance auditing, with on-premises or hybrid deployment. See strengths and alternatives.

Product type

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Extended Vulnerability & External Attack Surface Scanner

Best for

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Government

Nessus Expert

Cybersecurity Consultants, Penetration Testers, Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity Consulting, Managed Services, Financial Services, Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Contact Vendor

Nessus Expert

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Deployment

Deployment options

Qualys Vulnerability Management

SaaSCloud

Nessus Expert

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cloud; Qualys Cloud Platform SaaS; Virtual and physical appliances

Nessus Expert

On-premises Software; Cloud-Hybrid; Desktop/Server; Installable Software (Windows, Linux, macOS)

Data residency

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Global; US; EU; APAC

Nessus Expert

Customer-hosted scanner sovereignty

Key features

What it offers

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Continuous network vulnerability scanning
Flaw identification
Configuration auditing
Reporting
Network vulnerability scanning
Flaw assessment
Risk reporting

Nessus Expert

External domain discovery (up to 500 domains)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning
Traditional network vulnerability scanning
Compliance auditing
External asset discovery
Pre-build IaC template auditing
Network vulnerability scanning
Penetration testing assessments

Platform & access

API access

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Single sign-on (SSO)

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Role-based access (RBAC)

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Multi-tenant

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Mobile app

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Nessus Expert

Supported platforms

Qualys Vulnerability Management

CloudOn-premisesHybrid Networks

Nessus Expert

External DomainsIaC TemplatesHybrid IT NetworksOperating Systems

Compliance

Qualys Vulnerability Management

PCI DSSHIPAAISO 27001NIST

Nessus Expert

PCI-DSSCIS BenchmarksNIST SP 800-53CVE/CWE Standards

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud PlatformServiceNowSplunkJira

Nessus Expert

GitHubGitLabTerraformJenkinsTenable Vulnerability Management

Industries

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBGovernment

Nessus Expert

Cybersecurity ConsultantsPenetration TestersEnterprise ITCybersecurity ConsultingManaged ServicesFinancial Services+1 more

Regions

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Global

Nessus Expert

Global availability

Vendor

Company

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Qualys

Nessus Expert

Tenable

Headquarters

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Foster City, California, USA

Nessus Expert

Columbia, Maryland, USA

Company size

Qualys Vulnerability Management

2,000+

Nessus Expert

1,500+

Founded

Qualys Vulnerability Management

1999

Nessus Expert

2002