Vulnerability management platforms
Asked as “vulnerability management platform”, and as “vulnerability scanning and management tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 57 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
30%
Contested · Tenable Vulnerability Management 16%
30Rapid7 InsightVM16Tenable Vulnerability Management11Intruder44others
30% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▼−16Since September 2026: 45% → 29%, −16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Rapid7 InsightVM held the lead, −16 points on 45%, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Intruder45%Clear leader▼−13Since September 2026: 59% → 46%, −13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Rapid7 InsightVM30%Contested▼−16Since September 2026: 45% → 29%, −16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterprise
Qualys VMDR32%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Qualys VMDR (36%) replaces Tenable Vulnerability Management (45% then, 31% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →
Intruder45%Clear leader▼−13Since September 2026: 59% → 46%, −13 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketRapid7 InsightVM30%Contested▼−16Since September 2026: 45% → 29%, −16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseQualys VMDR32%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Qualys VMDR (36%) replaces Tenable Vulnerability Management (45% then, 31% now), 4 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Rapid7 InsightVM30%19%63accepted challenger▼−16Since September 2026: 45% → 29%, −16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 29%
Rapid7 InsightVM30%19%63accepted challenger▼−16Since September 2026: 45% → 29%, −16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 29%02
Tenable Vulnerability Management16%30%61criticized challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 7% → 12%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 12%
Tenable Vulnerability Management16%30%61criticized challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 7% → 12%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 12%03Intruder11%0%26accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 16% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 12%
Intruder11%0%26accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 16% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 12%04Qualys VMDR9%26%65criticized challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 0% → 8%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 8%
Qualys VMDR9%26%65criticized challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 0% → 8%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 8%05
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus7%10%29accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 9% → 8%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 8%
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus7%10%29accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 9% → 8%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 8%06
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management4%13%23accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management4%13%23accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%07
Vicarius vRx4%0%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
Vicarius vRx4%0%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%08
Tenable Nessus4%30%23criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 5% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 4%
Tenable Nessus4%30%23criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 5% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 4%09
OpenVAS4%31%16criticized challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 9% → 2%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 2%
OpenVAS4%31%16criticized challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 9% → 2%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 2%Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Wiz0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Wiz0%17%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Rapid7 InsightVM vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusRapid7 InsightVM vs Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementRapid7 InsightVM vs Vicarius vRxRapid7 InsightVM vs Tenable NessusTenable Vulnerability Management vs IntruderTenable Vulnerability Management vs Qualys VMDRTenable Vulnerability Management vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusTenable Vulnerability Management vs Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementTenable Vulnerability Management vs Vicarius vRxTenable Vulnerability Management vs Tenable NessusIntruder vs Qualys VMDRIntruder vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusIntruder vs Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementIntruder vs Vicarius vRxIntruder vs Tenable NessusQualys VMDR vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusQualys VMDR vs Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementQualys VMDR vs Vicarius vRxQualys VMDR vs Tenable NessusManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus vs Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus vs Vicarius vRxManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus vs Tenable NessusMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs Vicarius vRxMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management vs Tenable NessusVicarius vRx vs Tenable Nessus
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Rapid7 InsightVM30%
Rapid7 InsightVM30%02Tenable Vulnerability Management16%
Tenable Vulnerability Management16%03Intruder11%
Intruder11%04Qualys VMDR9%
Qualys VMDR9%05ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus7%
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus7%06Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management4%
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management4%07Vicarius vRx4%
Vicarius vRx4%08Tenable Nessus4%
Tenable Nessus4%09OpenVAS4%
OpenVAS4%10Wiz0%
Wiz0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and GLM 4.7 FlashX changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Tenable Vulnerability Management30%
18 of 61 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Full‑featured enterprise tools** (Rapid7, Qualys, Tenable.io) without a dedicated security team” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt
Qualys VMDR26%
17 of 65 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Full‑featured enterprise tools** (Rapid7, Qualys, Tenable.io) without a dedicated security team” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt
Rapid7 InsightVM19%
12 of 63 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget - **Full‑featured enterprise tools** (Rapid7, Qualys, Tenable.io)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt
Tenable Nessus30%
7 of 23 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid trying to scrape out a "Free" version of Nessus; Tenable discontinued its unlimited community scanner” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
76 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1057 links across 214 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 14 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Vicarius45 answers · 78 citations · 11 models
33 answers · 33 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Motadata30 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Orca30 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · RiskWatch29 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
23 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Sprinto21 answers · 21 citations · 11 models
vendor site · UpGuard20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · SureCloud19 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · PDQ18 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
33 answers · 9 models
29 answers · 10 models
29 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best vulnerability management platform”, “vulnerability management platform”, “vulnerability management platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 rapid7.com Rapid7 InsightVM 30% | 30% | 168 | 14,800 | 798 | 123,299 company | $609 | 30 | |
| Tenable tenable.com Tenable Vulnerability Management 16% | 16% | 148 | 27,100 | 1,194 | 187,567 company | $9,764 | 62 | 1 |
| Intruder intruder.io | 11% | 231 | 27,100 | 8,557 | 49,562 | 43 | ||
| Qualys VMDR qualys.com Qualys VMDR 9%, Qualys Community Edition 2% | 11% | 162 | 320 | 16 | 26,929 | 46 | 7 | |
| ManageEngine parent site ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus 7% | 7% | 78 | 8,100 | 675 | ||||
| Microsoft Defender parent site Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management 4% | 4% | 70 | 18,100 | 3,525 | ||||
| Vicarius vRx vicarius.io | 4% | 25 | 20 | 0 | 3,017 | 0 | ||
| Tenable parent site Tenable Nessus 4% | 4% | 73 | 27,100 | 1,194 | ||||
| OpenVAS openvas.org | 4% | 58 | 3,600 | 229 | 3,099 | |||
| Action1 action1.com | 4% | 181 | 8,100 | 87 | 18,854 | $3,801 | 48 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (orca.security, surecloud.com). The first result for “best vulnerability management platform” is surecloud.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best vulnerability management platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which vulnerability scanning and management tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top vulnerability management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best vulnerability management platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a vulnerability management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which vulnerability management platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightVMno first choiceChangedQualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: WizIntruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plusno first choiceagainst: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Vicarius vRxThree alternatives
Microsoft, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable NessusThree alternatives
Nuclei, OpenVAS, TrivyGPT-5.4 miniRapid7 InsightVMTenable Vulnerability ManagementChangedno first choiceRapid7 InsightVMno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementThree alternatives
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMTwo alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Tenable NessusGemini 3.5 FlashSecPod SanerNow, Vicarius vRxIntruderChangedagainst: Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementTenable Vulnerability ManagementAction1against: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementAction1, PDQ, SecPod SanerNowagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: ConnectSecure, CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, OpenVAS, Qualys Cloud Platform, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Nucleus Security, Rapid7 InsightVMFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Orca Security, Rapid7 InsightVM, WizSeven alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Vicarius vRx, WizFive alternatives
DefectDojo, Intruder, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, OpenVAS, WazuhThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, SentinelOnePerplexity SonarRapid7 InsightVMagainst: Tenable Vulnerability ManagementManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusChangedno first choiceManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plusno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Qualys VMDR, Vicarius vRxFour alternatives
Intruder, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementTwo alternatives
Intruder, OpenVASGrok 4.1 FastRapid7 InsightVMTenable NessusChangedQualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementOpenVASagainst: Tenable NessusTenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Arctic Wolf, OpenVAS, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Sprinto, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternatives
Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementFive alternatives
Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementThree alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Rapid7 InsightVMThree alternatives
ESET Vulnerability & Patch Management, Intruder, Tenable NessusFour alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMMistral SmallRapid7 InsightVMRapid7 InsightVMHeldagainst: Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementQualys VMDRagainst: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusIntruder, Qualys VMDRno first choiceagainst: Automox, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Rapid7 InsightVM, SecPod SanerNow, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tripwire IP360
Three alternatives
Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, SureCloudThree alternatives
Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Vicarius vRxThree alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, OpenVAS, Tenable NessusDeepSeek V4 FlashRapid7 InsightVM, Vicarius vRxagainst: Qualys VMDRRapid7 InsightVMChangedQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementQualys Community EditionQualys VMDRagainst: ConnectSecure, Cyrisma, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Nodeware, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternatives
Intruder, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementThree alternatives
Intruder, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementTwo alternatives
Intruder, Tenable NessusFour alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, OPENVAS (Greenbone) Community Edition, Qualys VMDR, Tenable NessusFour alternatives
Orca Security, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, WizLlama 4 MaverickIntruderno first choiceChangedno first choiceTenable Vulnerability Managementno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Rapid7's Insight platformTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Vicarius vRxQwen 3.7 FlashRapid7 InsightVMagainst: BeyondTrustRapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementChangedno first choiceGreenbone OpenVASagainst: Tenable Nessusno first choiceagainst: Acunetix, OpenVAS, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementThree alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, NinjaOne, Orca SecurityFive alternatives
Intruder, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, WizFive alternatives
Burp Suite, Nmap, OWASP ZAP, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementKimi K2Intruder, Rapid7 InsightVMagainst: Tenable Vulnerability ManagementTenable Vulnerability ManagementChangedno first choiceagainst: Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementGreenbone OpenVAS, Intruderno first choiceagainst: OpenVAS, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Veracode
One alternative
Qualys VMDRFour alternatives
Flamingo.run, Intruder, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMFour alternatives
Flamingo, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, SureCloud, SyxsenseOne alternative
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementGLM 4.7 FlashXQualys VMDRManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusChangedQualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: OpenVAS, Tenable NessusMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Tenable Nessusagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Managementno first choiceagainst: Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementThree alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementTwo alternatives
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Rapid7 InsightVMTwo alternatives
Intruder, OpenVASTwo alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMMiniMax M2.5Rapid7 InsightVMagainst: Qualys VMDRRapid7 InsightVMHeldagainst: Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Oneno first choiceQualys VMDRTenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternatives
Intruder, Tenable OneOne alternative
IntruderThree alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementFour alternatives
ESET Vulnerability & Patch Management, OpenVAS, Tenable Nessus, Vicarius vRxThree alternatives
CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMGPT-6 LunaTenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Tenable One, WizTenable Vulnerability ManagementHeldno first choiceMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Managementno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMTwo alternatives
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDROne alternative
OpenVASMuse Glimmer 30BRapid7 InsightVMRapid7 InsightVMHeldQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability ManagementOpenVASagainst: Qualys VMDR, Tenable NessusQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternatives
Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusThree alternatives
Intruder, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDRTwo alternatives
Intruder, Tenable NessusFour alternatives
Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Tenable NessusBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:47 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 21 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:10 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 21 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:27 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 20 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:54 | yes | 13 | 78 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 11 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:00 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:46 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:40 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:05 | yes | 25 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 13 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:07 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 5 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:57 | yes | 18 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:39 | yes | 16 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:09 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 9 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:14 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:55 | yes | 22 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 11 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 22 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:15 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:44 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:07 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:43 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:36 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:06 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:13 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:52 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:05 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:59 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:24 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:46 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 22 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:32 | yes | 20 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:33 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:48 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:21 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 16 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:52 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:32 | yes | 21 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:29 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:03 | yes | 25 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 20 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 2 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 22 | 44 s |
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ManageEngine read as ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
ManageEngine (Vulnerability Manager Plus) read as ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Manageengine read as ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Orca read as Orca Security
Qualys read as Qualys VMDR
Qualys (VMDR - Vulnerability Management, Detection & Response) read as Qualys VMDR
Qualys (VMDR - Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response) read as Qualys VMDR
Qualys (VMDR / Enterprise TruRisk) read as Qualys VMDR
Qualys (VMDR) read as Qualys VMDR
Rapid7 read as Rapid7 InsightVM
Rapid7 (InsightVM) read as Rapid7 InsightVM
Rapid7 Nexpose/InsightVM read as Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Nessus / Tenable Vulnerability Management / Tenable One) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Nessus / Vulnerability Management) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Nessus Pro / Tenable.io / Vulnerability Management) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Nessus/Tenable.io) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (One/io) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Tenable One / Nessus) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Tenable One / Tenable.sc) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (Tenable.io / Nessus) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Tenable (including Tenable.sc and Tenable.io) read as Tenable Vulnerability Management
Vicarius read as Vicarius vRx
Vicarius (vRx) read as Vicarius vRx
Unresolved, counted raw
CoreImpact
Flamingo.run
Greenbone OpenVAS
Greenbone OpenVAS (Community Edition)
Intrigue (formerly Core Security)
Ivanti Neurons for RBVM
OPENVAS (Greenbone) Community Edition
Qualys Cloud Platform
Rapid7's Insight platform
Roboshadow's Cyber Platform Community Edition
SentinelOne Singularity Vulnerability Management
Tenable Nessus.io
Tenable.ad
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.