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Vulnerability management platforms for enterprise buyers

Asked as “vulnerability management platform”, and as “vulnerability scanning and management tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Tenable Vulnerability Management
Contested
25% of first choices, contested.
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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 businessIntruder59%Clear leaderStanding →Mid-marketRapid7 InsightVM45%Clear leaderStanding →EnterpriseTenable Vulnerability Management25%ContestedThis page

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Tenable Vulnerability Management25%0%18accepted challenger
02Qualys VMDR14%14%37accepted challenger
03Tenable14%23%30accepted challenger
04Rapid7 InsightVM10%11%38accepted challenger
05Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management8%8%25accepted challenger
06Qualys4%33%24criticized challenger
07CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight2%30%10criticized challenger
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11Rapid70%29%17criticized challenger
08Wiz0%11%28accepted challenger
10CrowdStrike0%10%10accepted challenger
09Orca Security0%8%13accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
Rapid7 InsightVM vs IntruderRapid7 InsightVM vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager PlusIntruder vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus

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%.

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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
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01Tenable Vulnerability Management25%
02Qualys VMDR14%
03Tenable14%
04Rapid7 InsightVM10%
05Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management8%
06Qualys4%
07CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight2%
08Wiz0%
09Orca Security0%
10CrowdStrike0%
11Rapid70%

02What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 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.
Qualys
33%
8 of 24 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“the standard "pay-per-scanned-asset" model (used by leaders like Qualys and Tenable) creates significant budget volatility” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
Tenable
23%
7 of 30 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“⭐⭐ (Poor - Spikes with Cloud Growth) ... Only pay a dedicated premium (Qualys/Tenable) if your legal/compliance team strictly mandates a third-party scanner” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
Qualys VMDR
14%
5 of 37 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid for Predictable Costs | Qualys VMDR | Per-IP pricing ... modular add-ons increase complexity” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Rapid7
29%
5 of 17 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“Rapid7 launched Active Patching in July 2025 as a paid add-on, with script-based virtual patching templates for systems without fixes rather than runtime protection” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 877 links across 193 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

gartner.com
32 answers · 46 citations · 11 models
techrepublic.com
29 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
riskwatch.com
vendor site · RiskWatch26 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
orca.security
vendor site · Orca25 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
axis-intelligence.com
25 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
expertinsights.com
vendor site · Expert Insights22 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
tech-insider.org
20 answers · 36 citations · 8 models
technologymatch.com
20 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
worldmetrics.org
20 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
cybervendorguide.com
17 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
pdq.com
vendor site · PDQ17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
guptadeepak.com
16 answers · 16 citations · 6 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.

gartner.com/reviews/market/vulnerability-assessment
29 answers · 10 models
techrepublic.com/article/top-vulnerability-management-tools
29 answers · 9 models
riskwatch.com/vulnerability-management-software
26 answers · 9 models
axis-intelligence.com/best-vulnerability-management-tools-tested
25 answers · 8 models
orca.security/resources/blog/best-vulnerability-management-tools
25 answers · 10 models
technologymatch.com/blog/tenable-vs-qualys-vs-rapid7-vm-platform-comparison
20 answers · 7 models
worldmetrics.org/best/enterprise-vulnerability-management-software
20 answers · 9 models
expertinsights.com/security-operations/the-top-vulnerability-management-sol…
19 answers · 8 models
pdq.com/blog/best-vulnerability-management-tools
17 answers · 8 models
cybervendorguide.com/guides/vulnerability-management
16 answers · 7 models

04How 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.
ModelDirect“What is the best vulnerability management platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which vulnerability scanning and management tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade vulnerability management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best vulnerability management platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a vulnerability management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which vulnerability management platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Tenable
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
no first choiceChangedTenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tanium
against: Microsoft Defender Vulnerability ManagementQualys VMDR
Two alternativesTanium, Tenable One
no first choiceagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7
GPT-5.4 miniTenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR
Tenable One / Tenable Vulnerability ManagementChanged
Two alternativesQualys, Rapid7 InsightVM
Qualys VMDR, Tenable One / Tenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternativesCisco Vulnerability Management, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management / Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Rapid7 InsightVM
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, Qualys VMDR
One alternativeTenable One
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashQualys, Tenable
Six alternativesBrinqa, CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Nucleus Security, Orca Security, Wiz
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, Tenable OneChanged
Five alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Rapid7, Wiz
Tenable
Six alternativesCrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz
Nucleus Security
Three alternativesBrinqa, Qualys VMDR, Tenable One
against: Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Snykno first choiceagainst: ConnectSecure, Ivanti Neurons for Vulnerability Management, Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable
Perplexity SonarTenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternativesOpenVAS, Qualys VMDR / Enterprise TruRisk Platform, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementHeld
Five alternativesMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable One / Tenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management/Falcon Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Wiz
Tenable
One alternativeQualys
against: CrowdStrike, MetricStream, Rapid7, Riskonnect, WizQualys, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Orca, Wiz
against: Action1, Automox, GFI LanGuard, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, NinjaOne, Nuclei, OpenVAS, PDQ, Trivy
Grok 4.1 FastTenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementHeld
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable Vulnerability Management
Four alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable Vulnerability Management
Two alternativesMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Wiz/Orca
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMCrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable One
One alternativeWiz
against: Flexera, Qualys, Rapid7, Rapid7 Nexpose, Tenable
Mistral SmallRapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Ivanti Neurons for Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementChanged
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternativesIvanti Neurons for Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMno first choicenothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashQualys VMDR, Tenable
Three alternativesOrca Security, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
TenableChanged
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Qualys VMDR, Tenable
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
One alternativeTenable
against: Qualys, Rapid7no first choiceagainst: Cisco Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Defender, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Vulnerability Detection & Patching, Orca Security, Qualys, Qualys AssetView, Tenable
Llama 4 MaverickRapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
One alternativeBinarly
IntruderChangedno first choiceQualys VMDRCymulate
Two alternativesArctic Wolf, ConnectSecure
nothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashTenable One
Three alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementChanged
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
against: NmapTenable
Four alternativesOrca Security, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
One alternativeCrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight
against: Qualys, Tenableno first choiceagainst: CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Orca, Tenable Nessus, Wiz
Kimi K2Tenable
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementChanged
Two alternativesQualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Tenable
Five alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Orca Security, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
against: Ivanti Neurons for Vulnerability ManagementMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management
Two alternativesRapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management
against: CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Qualys VMDR, Wizno first choiceagainst: OpenVAS, Qualys, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable, Tenable Nessus
GLM 4.7 FlashXTenable One
Three alternativesMicrosoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Wiz
Qualys VMDR, Tenable One / Tenable Vulnerability ManagementChanged
One alternativeRapid7 InsightVM
Tenable
Three alternativesIvanti Neurons for Vulnerability Management, Qualys, Rapid7
Tenable Vulnerability Managementagainst: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVMno first choiceagainst: Cyrisma, Nodeware, Qualys, RoboScan, Tenable, VulScan
MiniMax M2.5Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable One / Tenable Vulnerability Management
Three alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Complete with Spotlight, Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, Wiz
Qualys VMDRChanged
Three alternativesRapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Vulnerability Management
against: OpenVASTenable
Six alternativesCrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Ivanti Neurons for Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
Two alternativesTenable One / Vulnerability Management, VulNova
no first choiceagainst: Nuclei, OpenVAS, Qualys, Tenable
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The 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
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 07:34yes99 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 07:28yes28 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 07:25yes1321 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 07:42yes207 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 07:42yes3414 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 07:29yes54 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 07:48yes810 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 07:45yes54 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 07:29yes961 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 07:39yes1533 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 07:33yes14116 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 07:40yes522 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 07:44no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 07:25yes59 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 07:30yes921 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 07:23yes205 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 07:41yes4215 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 07:21yes55 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 07:49yes1717 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 07:22yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 07:47yes545 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 07:33yes1465 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 07:24yes1745 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 07:23no062 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 07:27yes1312 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 07:22yes514 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 07:21yes2230 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 07:25yes2012 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 07:21yes3118 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 07:32yes1514 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 07:42yes1821 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 07:43yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 07:42yes527 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 07:28yes1454 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 07:26yes25110 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 07:21yes1021 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 07:49yes1610 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 07:24yes37 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 07:30yes2127 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 07:41yes206 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 07:24yes1913 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 07:22yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 07:46yes2420 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 07:32yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 07:48yes10112 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 07:31yes2538 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 07:38yes22102 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 07:36yes2179 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 07:43no08 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 07:27no013 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 07:21no018 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 07:38yes199 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 07:21yes1914 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 07:43no09 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 07:22yes2521 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 07:33yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 07:42no048 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 07:23yes1433 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 07:27yes1487 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 07:33yes559 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 07:22yes3513 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 07:34no010 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 07:22yes2630 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 07:44yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 07:30yes2214 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 07:44yes55 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 07:37yes2023 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 07:29yes54 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 07:27yes1990 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 07:40yes30243 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 07:36yes2851 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 07:25yes528 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure read as CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management
Ivanti read as Ivanti Neurons for Vulnerability Management
Unresolved, counted raw
CrowdStrike Falcon Complete with Spotlight
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management / Spotlight
CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management/Falcon Spotlight
Cymulate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Vulnerability Detection & Patching
Profisee
Qualys AssetView (legacy)
Qualys VMDR / Enterprise TruRisk Platform
Rapid7 InsightVM/Exposure Command
RoboScan (Roboshadow)
ServiceNow Vulnerability Response
TAC Security
UINAT
VulNova
VulScan
Vulcan
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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