Amazon Inspector vs Tenable Nessus
| Amazon Inspector | Tenable Nessus | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Paid from | — | $399.17/mo |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Web | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Deployment model | cloud | on_premises |
| Supported targets | Amazon EC2 instances; Amazon ECR container images; AWS Lambda functions; code repositories; CI/CD container images; Microsoft Azure VMs; Azure Function Apps; Azure Container Registry images | IP addresses, operating systems, network devices, databases, applications, SCADA systems |
| Continuous scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance frameworks | CIS Benchmarks; NIST CSF; PCI DSS | CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIG, PCI DSS |
| Authenticated scanning | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Vulnerability Scanning Software. On Inferse, Amazon Inspector scores higher on our published basis.