Nessus Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Nessus is SiteOne Crawler, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Metasploit, PhoneSploit Pro, OpenVAS and ScanAnchor. You're spoiled for choice with Vulnerability Scanners like Nessus: we list more than 50 alternatives for the web, Linux, Windows, Mac and self-hosting.

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  1. TEQNIX.io icon
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    TEQNIX is a platform with a number of tools and strategies for penetration testers, red teamers and secops. It promotes automation with scanners and utilities and also assist in a real-time attack situation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. PatrolServer icon
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    Check realtime and continuously for outdated web software on your server. Delivered by mail and an easy to use dashboard and get notified if PHP, Apache, cPanel, Wordpress, Drupal and many more become outdated.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. SmartScanner icon
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    SmartScanner is an AI-powered web vulnerability scanner for testing security of web sites and applications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. 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

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  5. 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
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. 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
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  8. 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
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. 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
    Good alternative?
     
  11. 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)
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  12. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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