OpenVAS Alternatives for Mac

OpenVAS is not available for Mac but there are a few alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Nessus. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Dependency-Check or vFeed. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to OpenVAS and four of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.

OpenVAS alternatives are mainly Vulnerability Scanners but may also be Penetration Testing Tools or WAFs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of OpenVAS.

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OpenVAS

Free • Open Source
Vulnerability Scanner
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Nessus
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Paid • Proprietary
Vulnerability Scanner
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37 alternatives to Nessus
The Nessus vulnerability scanner is the world-leader in active scanners, featuring high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security posture.
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Dependency-Check
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Free • Open Source
Vulnerability Scanner
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6 alternatives to Dependency-Check
Dependency-Check is a utility that identifies project dependencies and checks if there are any known, publicly disclosed, vulnerabilities. Currently Java and .NET dependencies are supported.

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vFeed
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4 alternatives to vFeed
The vFeed framework is an open source naming scheme concept that provides extra structured detailed third-party references and technical characteristics for a CVE entry through an extensible XML schema.

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nuclei
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Free • Open Source
Vulnerability Scanner
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18 alternatives to nuclei
Nuclei is used to send requests across targets based on a template, leading to zero false positives and providing fast scanning on a large number of hosts. Nuclei offers scanning for a variety of protocols, including TCP, DNS, HTTP, SSL, File, Whois, Websocket, Headless etc.
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