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. BabySploit icon
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    BabySploit is a penetration testing toolkit aimed at making it easy to learn how to use bigger, more complicated frameworks like Metasploit. With a very easy to use UI and toolkit, anybody from any experience level will find...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  2. Strobes icon
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    Strobes is an integrated cybersecurity platform that combines Attack Surface Management, Penetration Testing-as-a-service, and Risk-Based Vulnerability Management to continuously manage your threat exposure.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Astra’s Pentest is a comprehensive penetration testing solution with an intelligent automated vulnerability scanner coupled with in-depth manual pentesting.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Tsunami icon
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    A general purpose network security scanner with an extensible plugin system for detecting high severity vulnerabilities with high confidence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    HostedScan provides 24x7 alerts and detection for security vulnerabilities. Industry-standard, open-source, vulnerability scans. Automated alerts when something changes. Manage target list manually or import automatically from providers, such as AWS, DigitalOcean, and Linode...

    13 HostedScan Security alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Pabit icon
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    Live vulnerability catalog with ready-to-run exploits, rich discussions, and user-submitted findings the community helps refine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Cobalt Strike icon
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    Cobalt Strike is threat emulation software. Red teams and penetration testers use Cobalt Strike to demonstrate the risk of a breach and evaluate mature security programs. Cobalt Strike exploits network vulnerabilities, launches spear phishing campaigns, hosts web drive-by...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Yang icon
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    Yang is yet another Nikto GUI; Software for analyzing and securing your servers. Yang establish diagnostics on :

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    This vulnerability scanner for the Windows WorkStations et Servers gives you all the actions to enforce security of your Windows operating Systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Vulners API icon
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    Vulners is a high-quality correlated database of software vulnerabilities. Users can create a custom VM solution using our consolidated database through API, multiple vulnerability scanners, plugins, and many other security tools and integrations.

    20 Vulners API alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Cyberwatch icon
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    Protect your servers from IT vulnerabilities. Cyberwatch detects your vulnerabilities and deploys automatically the appropriate security fixes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  12. 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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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