Nessus

Widely used commercial vulnerability scanner.

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About Nessus

Nessus scans hosts and applications against a very large plugin library, performing configuration auditing and compliance checks alongside vulnerability detection, with prioritised reporting. Nessus Essentials is free for up to sixteen IP addresses.

Strengths

  • Very large and rapidly updated plugin library
  • Configuration and compliance auditing alongside vulnerability scanning

Limitations

  • Free Essentials edition is capped at sixteen IP addresses
  • Closed source, with subscription pricing beyond the free tier

Details

Pricing
FreemiumNessus Essentials is free for up to sixteen IP addresses. Professional is a paid subscription.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Tenable
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Best suited for
Widely used commercial vulnerability scanner
Categories
Security tools
Last verified
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Provenance
Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Cybersecurity & Pentesting); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.

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