Comparison between Fluid Attacks and Tenable Nessus | Fluid Attacks

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.

Criteria
Fluid Attacks Essential
Fluid Attacks Advanced
Tenable Nessus
Accuracy
Our SAST tool achieved the best possible result against the OWASP Benchmark: a TPR (True Positive Rate) of 100% and an FPR (False Positive Rate) of 0%.
We identify 90% of the evaluated systems' risk exposure. (Accuracy is calculated with the F1 score. Risk exposure is calculated with the formula CVSSF=4^(CVSS-4)).
In the field of system and network scanning, Nessus has a false positive rate with six sigma accuracy, measured at 0.32 defects per million scans. However, they do not provide information on false positive or false negative rates for their SAST tools.
Binary SAST
Yes. We support all ZIP files containing class files that comply with the latest version of the Java Virtual Machine Specification. Therefore, we support JAR, WAR, EAR, APK, ZIP, and class files generated from the following compilers: Java, Scala, Kotlin, Groovy, Clojure, JRuby, and Jython.
Yes. Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
No
Source SAST
Yes. We support the following languages: Cloudformation, Bash, C#, Dart, Go, HTML, Java, Javascript, Kotlin, PHP, Python, Swift, Terraform and Typescript.
Yes. We support all languages supported in the Essential plan, as well as the following: ABAP, ActionScript, Apex, Assembler, ASP.NET, ATS, Awk, C, C++, Clean, ClojureScript, Colm, cScript, Dale, Dart, Elvish, F#, Falcon, Fish, Fortran, Guile, Hana SQL Script, Haskell, Haxe, Idris, Informix, Ion, Janet, JCL, Joker, JScript, JSP, Lisp, Lobster, Natural, Nim, Objective C, OracleForms, Pascal, Perl, PHP, PL-SQL, PL1, PowerScript, PowerShell, Prolog, R, RC, RPG4, Rust, Scala, SQL, Standard ML, Swift, TAL, tcsh, Transact-SQL, VB.NET, VBA, VisualBasic 6 and XML.
Yes. Only their Expert license allows scanning IaC and supports the following technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Atlantis and CloudFormation.
DAST
Yes. We scan unauthenticated HTTP endpoints, including headers, DNS records, HTML content, and SSL connections for encryption suites, protocols, and X509 certificates.
Yes. Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
Yes. Only their Expert license allows scanning unauthenticated and authenticated HTTP endpoints, including headers, DNS records, HTML content and SSL connections. They also cover gRPC API, REST APISOAP API and GraphQL API.
IAST
No
No
No
SCA
Yes. We support the following package managers: Cargo, Composer, Conan, Docker Images, GitHub Actions, Go, Gradle, Hex, Maven, NPM, NuGet, pNPM, pip, Poetry, Pub, RubyGems, SBT, SwiftPM and Yarn.
Yes. Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
No
PTaaS
No
Yes
No
Reverse engineering
No
No
Secure code review
No
No
CSPM
No
ASPM
No
SCM integrations
It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan.
Ticketing integrations
It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan.
No
ChatOps integrations
No
No
No
IDE integrations
It offers the same integration as the Essential plan.
No
CI/CD integrations
AWS CodePipeline, Bamboo, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, TeamCity, Travis CI, and any other CI/CD system that supports Docker
It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan.
Cloud Integrations
It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan.
Compliance integrations
No
NoNo
SCA integrations
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
No

SAST integrations
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
DAST integrations
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
IAST integrations
No
No
No
Secrets integrations
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
No
Container integrations
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
No
CSPM integrations
Native scanner (included, no integration needed)
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
No
Compliance
We validate some requirements based on these standards and guidelinesAgile Alliance, BSIMM, BIZEC-APP, BSAFSS, CAPEC™, CASA, C2M2, CCPA, CERT-C, CERT-J, CIS, CMMC, CPRA, CWE™, CWE TOP 25, ePrivacy Directive, FACTA, FCRA, FedRAMP, FERPA, FISMA, GDPR, GLBA, HIPAA, HITRUST CSF, ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27002, ISSAF, LGPD, MITRE ATT&CK®, MISRA-C, MVSP, NERC CIP, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-63B, NIST 800-115, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF, NIST SSDF, NYDFS, NY SHIELD Act, OSSTMM3, OWASP API Security Top 10, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP-M TOP 10, OWASP SAMM, OWASP SCP, OWASP Top 10 Privacy Risks, OWASP TOP 10, PA-DSS, PCI DSS, PDPA, PDPO, POPIA, PTES, Resolution SB 2021 2126, SANS 25, SIG Core, SIG Lite, SOC2®, SWIFT CSCF, WASC and WASSEC.
We validate all the requirements according to the same standards and guidelines as the Essential plan.
They validate requirements based on these standards and guidelinesBASEL II, CIS, COBIT, DISA, FDCC, FISMA, GLBA, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 17799, ISO/IEC 27002, ITIL, NIST, NSA, PCI DSS, SDP, SOX, USGCB, among others.
Certifications or attestationsIt is covered by the same certifications and attestations as the Essential plan.
Marketplaces
It is available in the same marketplace as the Essential plan.
AWS and Azure
Fast and automatic
Remediation
We provide detailed documentation on fixes and features both on our platform and in our IDE extension, which uses generative AI to offer custom step-by-step correction guidance. Additionally, our IDE extension leverages gen AI to offer automated fixes capabilities.
In addition to the Essential plan features, we offer the option of "Talk to a hacker" in which our experts help clients understand how to remediate the most challenging vulnerabilities.
They provide detailed documentation on fixes and features within their platform.
CI/CD security 
We can integrate with CI/CD systems and trigger a build pipeline failure to prevent from deploying a noncompliant software version into production (break the build).
Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan.
They can integrate with CI/CD systems and trigger a build pipeline failure to prevent from deploying a noncompliant software version into production (break the build).
Vulnerability detection method
Hybrid (automated tools + AI + human intelligence)
Vulnerability chaining
No
By combining vulnerabilities A and B, we discover a new, higher impact vulnerability C.
No
Delivery of evidence
We deliver all the types of evidence mentioned in the Essential plan, and additionally, (a) video recordings of the attack and (b) screenshots with explanatory annotations.
Their evidence is delivered in (a) PDF reports, (b) HTML reports (c) CSV report, (d) JSON format, (e) XML format and (f) graphs and metrics.
Exploitation
No
We can do exploitation as long as the client provides an available environment.
Yes. They can exploit some vulnerabilities identified during the reconnaissance process.
Zero-day vulnerabilities
No
Our security researchers search for zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software.
Their security researchers search for zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software.
AI/ML triage
No
Using artificial intelligence (AI), we prioritize potentially vulnerable files for their assessment. Our AI is specially trained by machine learning (ML) with thousands of snippets of vulnerable code.
No
Year founded
Same founding year as the Essential plan.
2002 (Tenable Inc.)
Number of employees
Same number of employees as the Essential plan.
2.195 (Tenable Inc.)
Other services
Same service focus as the Essential plan.
External attack surface scanning, identification of vulnerabilities in operating systems, identification of vulnerabilities in networks.
Status page
Demo
Free trial
No

Note on reference review date
References were last checked on Sep 16, 2024.
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