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Product	Tenable Web App Scanning by Tenable View product	Greenbone OpenVAS by Greenbone View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for Application Security Testing software? Tenable Web App Scanning by Tenable provides SPA support for API security testing. Compare features and alternatives.	Greenbone OpenVAS from Greenbone focuses on Vulnerability Assessment. Key capabilities: 50,000+ NVTs. Compare it with the leading Vulnerability Scanning alternatives.
Product type	Cloud Dynamic Web Application & API Scanner	Open-Source Vulnerability Scanner & Assessment Engine
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, E-commerce, Technology, Education, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Higher Education, Tech	Security Engineers, DevOps, System Administrators, Higher Education
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloudHybrid	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Hybrid Local Engine; Cloud SaaS; Local Scanner Appliance for Internal Apps	Open-Source Software; Linux; Docker; Open-source software; Linux packages; Docker containers
Data residency	Global multi-region cloud hosting; Regional data isolation	Customer Controlled / On-premises
Key features
What it offers	Modern Chromium crawling engine SPA support (React/Angular) REST API scanning via OpenAPI OWASP Top 10 detection Client-side SCA library auditing Dynamic web vulnerability scanning API security testing Front-end open-source library auditing	Open-source network vulnerability scanning 50,000+ NVTs Authenticated host scans CVSS v3.1 scoring NASL scripts Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Management Vulnerability Scanning
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: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Web ApplicationsSPAsRESTful APIsMicroservices	Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali)DockerEnterprise Networks
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0OWASP Top 10ISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAA	Open Source (GPLv2)ISO 27001GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Tenable OneTenable Vulnerability ManagementJiraJenkinsGitHub	Greenbone Vulnerability ManagementSyslogLinuxDocker
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareE-commerceTechnologyEducationBanking & Finance+3 more	Security EngineersDevOpsSystem AdministratorsHigher Education
Regions	Global multi-region cloud hosting	Global
Vendor
Company	Tenable	Greenbone
Headquarters	Columbia, Maryland, USA	Osnabrück, Germany
Company size	1,500+	201-500
Founded	2002	2008

Tenable Web App Scanning

by Tenable

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Greenbone OpenVAS

by Greenbone

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Overview

What it is

Tenable Web App Scanning

Looking for Application Security Testing software? Tenable Web App Scanning by Tenable provides SPA support for API security testing. Compare features and alternatives.

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone OpenVAS from Greenbone focuses on Vulnerability Assessment. Key capabilities: 50,000+ NVTs. Compare it with the leading Vulnerability Scanning alternatives.

Product type

Tenable Web App Scanning

Cloud Dynamic Web Application & API Scanner

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-Source Vulnerability Scanner & Assessment Engine

Best for

Tenable Web App Scanning

Financial Services, Healthcare, E-commerce, Technology, Education, Banking & Finance, Retail & E-commerce, Higher Education, Tech

Greenbone OpenVAS

Security Engineers, DevOps, System Administrators, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Tenable Web App Scanning

Contact Vendor

Greenbone OpenVAS

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Tenable Web App Scanning

Greenbone OpenVAS

Deployment

Deployment options

Tenable Web App Scanning

SaaSCloudHybrid

Greenbone OpenVAS

Cloud

Deployment details

Tenable Web App Scanning

Cloud SaaS / Hybrid Local Engine; Cloud SaaS; Local Scanner Appliance for Internal Apps

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-Source Software; Linux; Docker; Open-source software; Linux packages; Docker containers

Data residency

Tenable Web App Scanning

Global multi-region cloud hosting; Regional data isolation

Greenbone OpenVAS

Customer Controlled / On-premises

Key features

What it offers

Tenable Web App Scanning

Modern Chromium crawling engine
SPA support (React/Angular)
REST API scanning via OpenAPI
OWASP Top 10 detection
Client-side SCA library auditing
Dynamic web vulnerability scanning
API security testing
Front-end open-source library auditing

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-source network vulnerability scanning
50,000+ NVTs
Authenticated host scans
CVSS v3.1 scoring
NASL scripts
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Scanning

Platform & access

API access

Tenable Web App Scanning

Greenbone OpenVAS

Single sign-on (SSO)

Tenable Web App Scanning

Greenbone OpenVAS

Role-based access (RBAC)

Tenable Web App Scanning

Greenbone OpenVAS

Multi-tenant

Tenable Web App Scanning

Greenbone OpenVAS

Mobile app

Tenable Web App Scanning

Greenbone OpenVAS

Supported platforms

Tenable Web App Scanning

Web ApplicationsSPAsRESTful APIsMicroservices

Greenbone OpenVAS

Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali)DockerEnterprise Networks

Compliance

Tenable Web App Scanning

PCI-DSS 4.0OWASP Top 10ISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAA

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open Source (GPLv2)ISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Tenable Web App Scanning

Tenable OneTenable Vulnerability ManagementJiraJenkinsGitHub

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone Vulnerability ManagementSyslogLinuxDocker

Industries

Tenable Web App Scanning

Financial ServicesHealthcareE-commerceTechnologyEducationBanking & Finance+3 more

Greenbone OpenVAS

Security EngineersDevOpsSystem AdministratorsHigher Education

Regions

Tenable Web App Scanning

Global multi-region cloud hosting

Greenbone OpenVAS

Global

Vendor

Company

Tenable Web App Scanning

Tenable

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone

Headquarters

Tenable Web App Scanning

Columbia, Maryland, USA

Greenbone OpenVAS

Osnabrück, Germany

Company size

Tenable Web App Scanning

1,500+

Greenbone OpenVAS

201-500

Founded

Tenable Web App Scanning

2002

Greenbone OpenVAS

2008