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Vulnerability management platforms · October 2026 Edition
Tenable Vulnerability Management vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
One of fourteen models named Tenable Vulnerability Management first on the direct prompt; zero named ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus. Tenable Vulnerability Management was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus by eleven and Tenable Vulnerability Management carries 61 labels and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share16%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate30%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels6129A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Tenable Vulnerability Management reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rapid7 InsightVM was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Rapid7 InsightVM vs Tenable Vulnerability Management · Rapid7 InsightVM vs ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus · Tenable Vulnerability Management vs Intruder
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the vulnerability management platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Tenable Vulnerability ManagementFirst choices, of fourteen modelsManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Direct102 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Paraphrase422 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Comparative601 against ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Budget-constrained122 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Scale-constrained302 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Negative0010 against Tenable Vulnerability Management · 2 against ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Tenable Vulnerability Management and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus were named in the same answer forty-one times, of the 171 answers naming Tenable Vulnerability Management and the 78 naming ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus. In those answers ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus took the first choice six times and Tenable Vulnerability Management eleven.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tenable Vulnerability Management and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Tenable Vulnerability Management ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tenable Vulnerability Management on the left and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tenable Vulnerability Management and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus stood in it.
Tenable Vulnerability Management first, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus not the choice
1 of 14 modelsManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-6 LunaTenable Vulnerability Management alternatives: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Rapid7 InsightVM alternatives: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Vicarius vRx
GPT-5.4 miniRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Perplexity SonarRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Qualys VMDR, Vicarius vRx
Grok 4.1 FastRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Mistral SmallRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, SureCloud
DeepSeek V4 FlashRapid7 InsightVM, Vicarius vRx alternatives: Intruder, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Llama 4 MaverickIntruder alternatives: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Rapid7's Insight platform
Qwen 3.7 FlashRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Qualys VMDR, Tenable Vulnerability Management
GLM 4.7 FlashXQualys VMDR alternatives: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Tenable Vulnerability Management
Muse Glimmer 30BRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Gemini 3.5 FlashSecPod SanerNow, Vicarius vRx alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Nucleus Security, Rapid7 InsightVM
Kimi K2Intruder, Rapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Qualys VMDR
MiniMax M2.5Rapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, Tenable One
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus leads by five points.
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus9%#2 of 11Tenable Vulnerability Management4%#7 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Tenable Vulnerability Management leads at mid-market.
Tenable Vulnerability Management16%#2 of 10ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus7%#5 of 10Enterprise
Tenable Vulnerability Management leads by thirty points.
Tenable Vulnerability Management32%#2 of 9ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus2%#6 of 9What the models said about Tenable Vulnerability Management
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Full‑featured enterprise tools (Rapid7, Qualys, Tenable.io) without a dedicated security team” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · hard negative
“Standard enterprise scanners (like Tenable or Qualys) are incredibly powerful, but their interfaces and configurations are built for dedicated, full-time security operations centers” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Tenable is known for being expensive. It is also highly complex; without a dedicated team to configure the workflows, the platform can become a repository of data” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Also a Leader in the 2025 Gartner MQ, positioned highest in Ability to Execute and furthest for Completeness of Vision.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you need the absolute deepest vulnerability coverage across the broadest set of environments ... → Tenable One” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“The best vulnerability management platform for a company with a limited budget is Tenable Vulnerability Management” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“The vulnerability intelligence falls behind security-first platforms, with risk scoring lacking threat intelligence depth” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“noted for their automated patch deployment, but they also do not offer patchless protection” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Limited native remediation options compared to others.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · soft negative
“the most practical recommendation from the results because it is repeatedly positioned as suitable for budget-conscious teams” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“I would recommend ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus ... is the safest fit for a mid-sized B2B company” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.