Detectify vs. Nessus
Both Detectify and Nessus are web application scanning solutions with some common and unique features. Detectify is more focused on attack surface monitoring and Nessus a is typical vulnerability assessment solution. Here's a comparison to help you understand both tools well.
Detectify vs. Nessus
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Nessus
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Feature Comparison
Detectify
Per month pricing
Surface monitoring and Application scanning start at $89 per month. Security testing is automated and does not provide a manual option.
Nessus
Yearly pricing
Nessus provides its top package at $5,888.20 per year. It is built to scan the modern attack surfaces to find any vulnerabilities and protect the assets from the same.
No vetted scans
Does not provide vetted scans and thus cannot ensure results with zero false positive assurance.
Provides an unlimited number of vulnerability scans with scan behind login features.
However, the user experience leaves more to be desired in terms of vulnerability management.
Zero false positives ensured
Nessus provides a point-in-time vulnerability assessment solution that can easily identify vulnerabilities like missing patches, malware, and misconfigurations.
It offers a limited number of scans but ensures zero false positives with its scanning.
No Pentest
Does not provide an option for manual expert pentester assistance nor pentest certificate upon successful remediation of vulnerabilities identified.
No Pentest
Nessus mainly opts for thorough vulnerability assessments and as such does not provide manual expert pentesting or a pentest certificate.
Little remediation support
Detectify offers little in terms of remediation support to fix the vulnerabilities found.
This puts the finding of appropriate fixes and makes them solely responsible for the whole patching process.
Remediation support
The advanced remediation support is only available for an additional $472.
This comes with 24*365 access to phone, emails and chat support. It is a hefty price to pay on top of the price of the package.
Integration
Detectify can be integrated into the CI/CD project pipelines as it provides integrations with Jira, Trello, Slack, and Splunk.
Integration
CI/CD integration is possible with Nessus and it partners with IBM Security, Splunk, GitHub and GitLab.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Astra combines automated and manual pentest to offer the most comprehensive security testing solution, without burning a hole into your pocket. The pentest platform integrates easily with your CI/CD pipeline and the intuitive dashboard makes it easy to manage and monitor the vulnerabilities. It is a self-served tool, with excellent remediation support, and an impeccable record.
Yes, a Pentest is an in-depth exercise that requires hours of effort of human & technology resources. That’s why an upfront payment is expected.
Definitely, once you’ve fixed the vulnerabilities you can request a scan simply by clicking a button on your dashboard. Following which, our engineers are notified and they plan a re-scan. If you are a business plan customer, you get a re-scan every month. If you’ve opted for a security audit separately then one re-scan is available to you.
Yes, for sure. We assist your developers in fixing the vulnerabilities reported. Your developer can comment under each vulnerability if they have any questions regarding the fixation process.
- A self-served tool with a capable team behind it to help you with roadblocks.
- Easy integrations with your SDLC.
- Value for money.
- Scan behind login pages.
- Remediation Support
You start seeing vulnerabilities reported by us from the day testing is started. You can ask for support in fixing the vulnerabilities for 30-days, starting from the day our engineers finish testing. During these 30 days, our engineers will be available to work with you or your developers and assist them in fixing bugs via the comment system of our dashboard. At any point, if the engineers feel that there is a need for a chat, they’ll be happy to talk to you over a chat too.
Not at all, the security audit and VAPT are agnostic of the technology stack and work well on all websites.
The main role of a VAPT service provider is to reveal all the underlying security vulnerabilities in your website. Always check for:
- # of tests
- VAPT methodology
- Depth of Penetration testing Report
- Video POCs
- Qualification of security engineers
- Certifications