Tenable Nessus
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Tenable Nessus's? The following comparison table enables you to
discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting your company’s
cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the dedicated page.
This comparison focuses exclusively on the product itself, even though it belongs to a larger parent
company. All information collected is based on the product’s technical, functional, and theoretical
capabilities, not on attributes of the parent company.
Organization
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Attribute
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Essential
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Advanced
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Tenable
Nessus
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Focus
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Extras
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None
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None
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Headcount
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) | ||
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Headcount distribution
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) | ||
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Headcount growth
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) | ||
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Headquarters
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) | ||
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Countries
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) | ||
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Reputation
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Same
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Followers
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Same
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Indeterminable (no information for this
product alone)
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Research Firms
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None
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None
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Founded
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2001 | ||
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Funding
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Bootstrapped
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Same
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No information available
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Acquisitions
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None
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None
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
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Revenue
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Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) | ||
| CVEs as CNA Researcher |
Not applicable, as it is not a CNA Researcher
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Compliance
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SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3
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Bug bounty
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No
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Visits
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Indeterminable (no information for this
product alone)
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Authority
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Indeterminable (no information for this
product alone)
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| Public vulnerability DB |
Tenable - Third-party
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Content
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Same
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| Comprehensive documentation |
13 documentation sections, 7 in common and 6 additional
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7 documentation sections, all in common
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Community
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Forum by Tenable
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Sync training
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1 workshop
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No
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Async training
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3 product use
courses, all free
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5 product use courses by Tenable (all with paid with
certification)
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Distribution
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Same
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| Marketplaces | AWS and Azure | ||
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Freemium
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No
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No
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No
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Free trial
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7-day free trial and PoV
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Demo
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Open Demo
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No
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No
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No
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Pricing
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Pricing tiers
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1 plan
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1 plan
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2 plans (professional, expert). All transparent
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Minimum term
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Minimum payment period
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Minimum capabilities
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Minimum scope
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1 author
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No information available
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Pricing drivers
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Minimum monthly payment
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Free implementation
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Free support
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Service
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Attribute
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Essential
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Advanced
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Tenable Nessus
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PTaaS
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No
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No
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Reverse engineering
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No
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No | |
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Secure code review
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No
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No
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Pivoting
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No
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No
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Exploitation
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No
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No
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Manual reattacks
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Zero-day
vulnerabilities
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None
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Continuous zero-day
vulnerability research
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Continuous zero-day vulnerability research
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SLA
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Availability | ||
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Min availability
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>=99.95% per minute LTM
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>= 99.95% per month
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After-sale guarantees
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No
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Yes
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Accreditations
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Amazon Linux Ready Product, AWS Graviton Ready Product, DevOps ISV Competency and Security ISV Competency (as Tenable) | ||
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Hacker certifications
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Type of contract
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Employee
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Same
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Endpoint control
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Not applicable
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Total
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Not applicable
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Channel control
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Not applicable
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Total
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Not applicable
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Standards
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Some requirements from 67 standards, 10 in common and 57 additional
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All requirements from the same standards
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20 standards, 10 in common and 10
additional
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Detection method
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Remediation
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5, 1 in common and 4 additional
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Same, plus 1
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1 in common
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Outputs
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5, 3 in common and 2
additional
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Same, plus 2
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5, 3 in common and 2 additional
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Product
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Attribute
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Essential |
Advanced
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Tenable Nessus
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ASPM
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No
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API
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IDE
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Same, plus 1 functionality
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No
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CLI
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CI/CD
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Vulnerability sources
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4 sources, 1 in common and 3 additional
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2 sources, 1 in common and 1 additional
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Threat model alignment
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No
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| Priority criteria | |||
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Custom prioritization
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Scanner origin
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SCA
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No
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AI security
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No
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No
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Reachability
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12 languages
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No
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Reachability type
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Not applicable
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SBOM
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Yes. No information available
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Malware detection
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes. Only for OSs
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Autofix on components
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No
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No
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No
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Containers
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No
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Source SAST
(languages)
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No
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Source SAST
(frameworks)
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No
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Custom rules
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No
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No
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IaC
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6, 3 in common and 3 additional
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4, 1 in common and 3 additional
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4, all in common
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Binary SAST
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1 type of binary
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Same, plus 2 types of binaries
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No
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DAST
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7 attack surface types, 6 in common and 1 additional
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7 attack surface types, 6 in common and 1 additional
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API security Testing
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No
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IAST
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No
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No
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No
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CSPM
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Yes |
No
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ASM
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No
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No
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No
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Secrets
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Same, plus verify other attack vectors
and secrets exploitability
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No
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AI
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No
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MCP
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No
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Open-source
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MPL-2.0 license, totally equivalent to the paid version |
Not applicable
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No
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Provisioning as Code
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No
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Deployment
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SaaS and on-premises
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| Regions | |||
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Status
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Incidents
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Integrations
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Attribute
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Essential
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Advanced
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Tenable Nessus
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SCM
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6, 2 in common and 4 additional
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2, all in common
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Binary repositories
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None
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None
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None
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Ticketing
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None
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ChatOps
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None |
None
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None |
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IDE
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None
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CI/CD
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21, 2 in common and 19 additional
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4, 2 in common and 2 additional
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SCA
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None
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Container
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None | ||
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SAST
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None
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DAST
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IAST
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None |
None
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None
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Cloud
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3, 2 in common and 1 additional
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2, all in common
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CSPM
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None | ||
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Secrets
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None
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Remediation
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None
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None
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None
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Bug bounty
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None
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None
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1 |
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Vulnerability management
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None
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None
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None
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Compliance
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None
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None
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None
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References were last checked on Dec 01, 2025.
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