Vicarius

Tenable

Built for Remediation, not just Reporting

Vicarius was purpose-built to help security teams take action, not just generate alerts. While Tenable stops at discovery, Vicarius delivers real-time, in-platform remediation that actually fixes vulnerabilities, no external tools or delays required.

How Vicarius compares to Tenable

Capabilities

Remediation built-in

Automated, in-platform remediation with scheduling, scripting, and guided patching

No native remediation relies on external integrations

Virtual Patching

Enables virtual patching for zero-days and unsupported software

Not supported

Cross-platform support

Full patching for Windows, Linux, macOS, and over 10,000 third-party applications

Limited patch coverage; relies on third-party tools like Adaptiva that supports ~2,500 3rd-party applications

Agent-based & agentless modes

Offers both agent-based and agentless scanning for flexible deployment across asset types

Primarily agent-based or requires additional setup

Real-time risk validation

Validates exploitability in live environments using telemetry, not simulated exploits

Relies on traditional scanning without exploit validation

Multi-tenancy for MSSPs

MSSP-friendly architecture with tenant isolation, delegated roles, and centralized control

Lacks mature multi-tenant and MSP-specific capabilities

Workflow Automation

Unified platform for detection, prioritization, and remediation, minimizing tool sprawl

Requires manual effort and multiple tool handoffs

Ease of deployment

Modern, cloud-native UI with fast onboarding and centralized console

High deployment and operational overhead

Coverage depth

Covers vulnerabilities across system, app, network, and even patchless or legacy systems

Lacks complete coverage for unpatchable/unsupported assets

Customer satisfaction

G2: 4.9 / Gartner: 4.8 praised for ease of use, performance, and support

G2: 4.5 / Gartner: 4.6 common UI, reporting, and performance complaints

See Vicarius in action

Watch how Vicarius identifies, prioritizes, and remediates vulnerabilities in real time, leveraging automation, scripts, and virtual patching. One platform to streamline remediation and take full control of your exposure.

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Vicarius key differentiators

Built-in Remediation

Vicarius goes beyond detection, offering real-time, automated remediation in-platform, eliminating the operational gap Tenable leaves between scanning and patching.

Proactive Threat Mitigation

Vicarius uses AI-driven, cloud-native protection to proactively reduce risk, unlike Tenable’s reactive, scheduled scans and signature-based updates.

Low operational overhead

Vicarius provides a streamlined, modern interface with seamless deployment and centralized workflows, in contrast to Tenable’s high complexity and deployment burden.

MSSP-ready architecture

Vicarius is built for multi-tenancy and flexible pricing, while Tenable faces challenges with MSSP support and scaling across clients.

Superior Automation & coverage

Vicarius automates patching and supports over 10,000 apps with virtual patching and scripting, Tenable lacks integrated remediation and requires third-party tools.

Higher user satisfaction

Vicarius scores higher across G2 and Gartner reviews, with customers praising ease of use, patchless protection, and immediate remediation, unlike Tenable’s issues with false positives and slow scans.

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Hear from our customers

From urgency to strategy

“Vicarius allowed us to step away from reactive patching and finally manage vulnerabilities with strategy instead of urgency.”

Anonymous IT Division Manager

IT Division Manager

EL AL secures global Patch Compliance

“Within two weeks we decided on Vicarius. Patch scheduling is now a one-day task instead of a full-time job.”

Tal Shachar

Deputy Director, Infrastructure, EL AL Airlines

Complete Vulnerability Remediation Platform

"What stood out was that it wasn’t just a scanner or a patch manager. It was an entire remediation platform. You discover vulnerabilities, prioritize based on real risk, and remediate automatically."

Eric Dowsland

Chief Customer Officer

Third-party software patching is the most valuable feature.

"We have automated third-party patching on specific software, improving efficiency by 80%. vRx has reduced our patching time, which has improved our operations. It is more robust than other solutions because it offers better third-party remediation."

Billy Turner

VP, Managed Technology & Services

Single source of truth, capable of handling any application in our fleet

"vRx gives a single pane of glass to see what patches needed to go out and what sort of vulnerabilities we have on our Windows machines. Our meantime to remediate vulnerabilities has gone down by about 60% to 70%."

Peter Fallowfield

IT Manager

60% faster remediation, many hours saved

"Typically, with our previous solution of ManageEngine, it took about three hours to patch Windows Server, and now, that is less than an hour. It means less downtime for the business each month when we do patches."

Anonymous Security Analyst

Security Analyst

Great patching capabilities, helpful dashboard, and excellent support

"vRx has saved us an incredible amount of time. We can just rely on the automated system and the schedules we've set. It's a huge time saver. It's saved us hundreds of hours."

Michael Cortez

Sr. Director of IT

My favorite feature is Patchless Protection

"With Vicarius' vRx, I've never seen a patch that failed or had to be rolled back. We're saving quite a bit of time. Our clients using vRx haven't had any issues, and they've easily established patching for all their endpoints."

Jeremy Herman

Security Engineer

Unified vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation

"Vicarius streamlines vulnerability management between IT & Security by directly linking identified vulnerabilities to required patches, enhancing efficiency. The automation process has saved at least 30 percent of our manual tasks."

Wayne Ajimine

Information Security Professional

Patchless Protection is an incredible technology!

"vRx reduces the time customers spend on patching by reducing the overhead on the administrators, allowing them to do additional work. It saves time they would spend addressing the patching process, follow-ups, etc."

Antwune Gray

VP IT Security and Services