Nessus Alternatives

Nessus is described as 'Identify system vulnerabilities with automated assessments and prioritize remediation through a scoring system, offering guidance for all experience levels' and is a vulnerability scanner in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Nessus for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, Windows, SaaS and Mac apps. The best Nessus alternative is SiteOne Crawler, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nessus are Metasploit, OpenVAS, PhoneSploit Pro and Sucuri.

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  1. Hackerize icon
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    Hackerize is an essential security monitoring tool for websites, constantly protecting businesses from ever-evolving cyber threats.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. WPSec.com icon
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    For all the scans WPSec.com perform they use the latest technology in vulnerability scanners. Their custom scanning technology includes the use of WPScan, the most reliable and up-to-date WordPress scanning software.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Wordpress
     
  3. Rapid7 icon
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    Rapid7 is engineering better security to help companies reduce risk of breach, detect and respond to attacks, and build effective cybersecurity programs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. The goal of cvechecker is to report about possible vulnerabilities on your system, by scanning the installed software and matching the results with the CVE database. Indeed, this is not a bullet-proof method and you will most likely have many false positives (vulnerability is...

    16 cvechecker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Network Hotfix Scanner is a free advanced hotfix check utility that scans network computers for missing hotfixes and patches, and helps you download and install them. NetHotfixScanner gives you a quick look at the hotfixes and patches installed or missed on any remote computer...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Runecast  icon
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    Runecast is an AI-powered, agentless scanning solution that allows organizations to keep their workloads secure and compliant anywhere. It automates vulnerability assessment, configuration drift management, and continuous compliance – for VMware, Cloud and Containers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Kubernetes
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
    • VMware vSphere
     
  7. Lead of security scanners, meticulously tailored to pinpoint and evaluate the security vulnerabilities in WordPress websites.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Mageni icon
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    Mageni provides a free, open-source and enterprise-ready cybersecurity vulnerability management solution.

    36 Mageni alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. RedEye icon
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    RedEye is an open-source analytic tool developed by CISA and DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to assist Red Teams with visualizing and reporting command and control activities. This tool, released in October 2022 on GitHub, allows an operator to assess and display...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Website Security Store offers affordable website security solutions like secure web hosting, SSL Certificate, code guard, malware scanner & more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. The Crashtest Security Suite is a web application and API vulnerability scanner. Our software provides fully automated security testing for your whole web application portfolio: detailed, accurate and easy to implement.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. kube-hunter hunts for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters. The tool was developed to increase awareness and visibility for security issues in Kubernetes environments. You should NOT run kube-hunter on a Kubernetes cluster that you don't own!

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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