Action1 vs. Tenable Attack Surface Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Action1 is an autonomous endpoint management platform that is cloud-native, scalable, and configurable in 5 minutes. It is free for the first 200 endpoints, with no functional limits. By pioneering autonomous OS and third-party patching - AEM’s foundational use case - through peer-to-peer patch distribution and real-time vulnerability assessment without needing a VPN, it eliminates costly, time-consuming routine labor, preempts ransomware and security risks, and protects the digital…N/A
Tenable Attack Surface Management
Score 6.1 out of 10
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Tenable Attack Surface Management (formerly Tenable.asm, and previously Bit Discovery) is an external attack surface management (EASM) solution that integrates into a vulnerability management platform. Tenable.asm continuously maps the entire internet and discovers connections to internet-facing assets so that users can assess the security posture of the entire external attack surface, or those facets of an organization that face the public, and the Internet. It can be used to access an attack…N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
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Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
Action1
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Ratings
Tenable Attack Surface Management
9.3
Ratings
16% above category average
Threat Recognition00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Threat Analysis00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Vulnerability Management Tools
Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Product A and Product B
Action1
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Tenable Attack Surface Management
9.4
Ratings
15% above category average
IT Asset Realization00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Authentication00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Web Scanning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Action1Tenable Attack Surface Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
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10.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.4
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Usability
9.1
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Support Rating
5.0
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
10.0
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User Testimonials
Action1Tenable Attack Surface Management
Likelihood to Recommend
For small teams having to deal with significant ammount of devices, I can't express how useful Action1 is. With very small effort, you can easily keep track of your devices, keep them up to date, deploy new software to your users, create recurring reports/alerts and so on. Initially, the 100 endpoints for free was also a nice touch. Now, even better since they increased to 200. For the forseeable future, I have not to worry about costs and still can't believe it's a full solution for free, not those freeware stuff where what you really desire is behind a cost.
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Tenable Attack Surface Management simplifies not just your vulnerability management needs but also the mapping and discovery of known and unknown internet assets. All this within a very intuitive online dashboard, making it relatively easy to setup and configure. Without having to spend hours of training time in order to use basic functions.
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Pros
  • Provide a friendly and easy-to-use interface to manage all my endpoints
  • Provide automated patch management that can be placed on a schedule. Patch approval is easy and intuitive
  • Scan for available software updates and readily report critical updates
  • Uploading and installing software via the Action1 console is very easy to use
  • The app deployment works very well and fast
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  • Maps external facing infrastructure and continuously updates this data
  • Can display the scan results in Business Context to help with management reporting
  • Great Asset Management tool
  • Powerful vulnerability scanning engine
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Cons
  • Lots of times Action1 will identify a program that needs to be patched, but then not really have a path laid out to get that done...so they just remain as they are, but are tagged as such.
  • Really wants to replace the windows update mechanism. Resists (or did at least) you if you try to keep updates as they are and update occasionally from Action1
  • Could develop the scripts section a bit more, looked pretty sparse last time I checked it out.
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  • No improvement can be suggested at this moment as it fits our needs and more
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Likelihood to Renew
Price, functionality, and continuous improvement of the product.
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Usability
Agent deployment is simple (and silent) - once that is done, you're good to go. Everything is simple, centralized and very easy to work with. There isn't one aspect of this platform that requires crawling over forums and Google, it just works!
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Support Rating
I never contacted support services
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Very fast and helpful support staff. From the Vendor as well as the local Distributor. Support like that makes adding such a product to our MSSP offering the obvious choice.
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Implementation Rating
very easy to start using it.
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Alternatives Considered
After looking at different solutions, Action1 [Cloud Remote Monitoring and Management Solution] was the perfect fit for us that delivered all of the features we wanted without being as costly as some of the others alternatives we've looked at. There was no minimum endpoint count and they even offer up to 50 endpoints for free, which is really great for a small organization like us to help us lower our starting costs and still allows us to grow at our pace without having to commit to a defined amount of endpoints to start.
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We didn't test any other solutions. Because to be frank no other solution can compare feature-wise as well as ease of use. Which makes reselling and supporting any Tenable product such an obvious choice for us.
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Return on Investment
  • Saved hours per week on patching and able to ensure a 100% patching success rate.
  • Able to create custom alerting on potential problems as well as able to create some automation to automatically address problems.
  • Improved support to our remote locations and users.
  • Custom deployments allow us to have a mechanism to deploy custom applications we build as well as other third party applications we need to distribute.
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  • This solution is most definitely a great Return on Investment because it can quickly and accurately discover and report on our clients' entire Internet facing real estate. And keep this data updated with any changes.
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