TechOwl Shield vs. Tenable Nessus

TechOwl Shield is great when you need to monitor a lot of digital assets like websites, emails, and domains all in one place. It’s really helpful for spotting phishing threats or leaked info fast.

Nessus is perfectly suitable for performing comprehensive vulnerability assessment scans being a vulnerability scanner. It is less appropriate for performing penetration testing since it is not a penetration testing tool, it does not have the ability and modules to exploit the vulnerabilities of the system.

Incentivized

• Vulnerabilities Detections
• Open Port Detections
• Phishing Domain Detections

• Shows you how to fix certain vulnerabilities and the commands to run.
• Gives you the CVEs that the vulnerabilities are matched to.
• Easy to understand the vulnerabilities list, giving reasons why the issues need to be patched or fixed.

• False Positives
• Customization
• Integrations

• Could use an upgrade within reports.
• Scans can take a long time to complete. Have to break them down in small sections.

Incentivized

Nessus is best and easy to use application for Vulnerabilities finding and reporting, it has multiple platforms and wide scope covering almost all devices for security improvement so far, thus we are very likely to continue its services.

Incentivized

TechOwl Shield efficiently track Attack Surface, detects threats in the Dark & Deep Web, and provide actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence. Brand Intelligence protects our brand. These combined features make TechOwl Shield an invaluable asset to our security infrastructure.

Tenable Nessus is a great product and provides a lot of value, but it is difficult to set up and use and the amount of data it generates can be overwhelming. It does help us prioritize based on the severity of the detection, however there are sometimes mitigating factors that we have implemented that Nessus does not account for, which causes lots of noise in the reports.

Incentivized

I haven't needed to contact support yet. But issues are easily solved with a quick internet search which means support and by extension, the larger community are involved and knowledgeable.

Incentivized

TechOwl Shield in itself is different in terms of what it offers as compared to others in this industry.

Ease of deployment and use even for junior analysts, strong plugin support, and up-to-date CVE coverage, cost-effective licensing, especially for mid-size companies, and seamless integration with the SIEM tool. Overall, Nessus hit the right balance between functionality, performance, and total cost of ownership for our needs and usability.

• High Initial COst
• Compliance assurance
• Improved Security Posture

• It has helped identify security flaws in our infrastructure that has helped better secure our client's data. It did so quickly and efficiently so I was able to move on to other tasks.

Incentivized