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Vulnerability management platforms · October 2026 Edition

Tenable Vulnerability Management vs Vicarius vRx

One of fourteen models named Tenable Vulnerability Management first on the direct prompt; two named Vicarius vRx. Tenable Vulnerability Management was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Vicarius vRx by eight and Tenable Vulnerability Management carries 61 labels and Vicarius vRx 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in seven categories this edition.

Vicarius vRx

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share16%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate30%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels6111A 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 Vicarius vRx · 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 modelsVicarius vRx
Direct122 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Paraphrase402 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Comparative60
Budget-constrained102 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Scale-constrained302 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
Negative0010 against Tenable Vulnerability Management
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 Vicarius vRx were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 171 answers naming Tenable Vulnerability Management and the 25 naming Vicarius vRx. In those answers Vicarius vRx took the first choice three times and Tenable Vulnerability Management four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tenable Vulnerability Management and Vicarius vRx stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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 Vicarius vRx first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tenable Vulnerability Management on the left and Vicarius vRx on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tenable Vulnerability Management and Vicarius vRx stood in it.

Tenable Vulnerability Management first, Vicarius vRx not the choice

1 of 14 modelsVicarius vRx was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-6 LunaTenable Vulnerability Management alternatives: Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM

Vicarius vRx first, Tenable Vulnerability Management an alternative

2 of 14 modelsTenable Vulnerability Management was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSecPod SanerNow, Vicarius vRx alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Nucleus Security, Rapid7 InsightVM
DeepSeek V4 FlashRapid7 InsightVM, Vicarius vRx alternatives: Intruder, Tenable Vulnerability Management

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 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
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

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, SureCloud
Llama 4 MaverickIntruder alternatives: ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, Rapid7's Insight platform
Kimi K2Intruder, Rapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Qualys VMDR
MiniMax M2.5Rapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, Tenable One
Muse Glimmer 30BRapid7 InsightVM alternatives: Intruder, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus

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
Tenable Vulnerability Management leads by two points.
Tenable Vulnerability Management4%#7 of 11
Vicarius vRx2%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Tenable Vulnerability Management leads by twelve points.
Tenable Vulnerability Management16%#2 of 10
Vicarius vRx4%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Tenable Vulnerability Management leads by thirty-two points.
Tenable Vulnerability Management32%#2 of 9
Vicarius vRx0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What 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 Vicarius vRx

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“vRx is highly regarded in the mid-market space. It uses a single agent to perform vulnerability scanning, risk prioritization, and automated patching” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Rapid7 InsightVM or Vicarius vRx are the strongest overall picks.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“described as the strongest fit because of its patchless protection and lower operational overhead” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.