# Vulnerability management platforms for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "vulnerability management platform" and as "vulnerability scanning and management tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/vulnerability-management-platforms/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Tenable Vulnerability Management leads with 54% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Tenable Vulnerability Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tenable-vulnerability-management/index.md) | 54% | 14% | 72 |
| 2 | [Tenable One](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tenable-one/index.md) | 16% | 0% | 12 |
| 3 | [Qualys VMDR](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/qualys-vmdr/index.md) | 11% | 14% | 79 |
| 4 | [Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-defender-vulnerability-management/index.md) | 9% | 16% | 37 |
| 5 | [Rapid7 InsightVM](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/rapid7-insightvm/index.md) | 4% | 22% | 72 |
| 10 | [Wiz](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/wiz/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 35 |
| 11 | [Orca Security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/orca-security/index.md) | 0% | 19% | 16 |
| 12 | [CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike-falcon-exposure-management/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 13 | [CrowdStrike](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/crowdstrike/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 83 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Qualys VMDR
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives ArmorCode, Cisco Vulnerability Management, Orca Security, Qualys VMDR
- Perplexity Sonar: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Brinqa, Checkmarx One, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR
- Grok 4.20: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
- Mistral Small: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Exposure Command, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
- Llama 4 Maverick: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, NinjaOne, Qualys VMDR
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Axonius, Orca Security, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
- Kimi K2: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM
- MiniMax M2.5: Exposure Command, Rapid7 InsightVM, Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Wiz
- GPT-6 Luna: Tenable One; alternatives Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, Wiz
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Tenable One, Tenable Vulnerability Management; alternatives Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM

## Sources the answers cite

71 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- tenable.com: 28 answers, 53 citations
- vicarius.io: 28 answers, 37 citations
- ciopages.com: 27 answers, 27 citations
- axis-intelligence.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- techrepublic.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- cloudaware.com: 17 answers, 17 citations
- action1.com: 16 answers, 16 citations
- motadata.com: 16 answers, 16 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/vulnerability-management (27 answers)
- https://axis-intelligence.com/best-vulnerability-management-tools-tested (24 answers)
- https://techrepublic.com/article/top-vulnerability-management-tools (20 answers)
- https://action1.com/blog/best-vulnerability-remediation-tools-software-in-2026 (16 answers)
- https://motadata.com/blog/vulnerability-management-tools (16 answers)
- https://cloudaware.com/blog/best-vulnerability-management-tools (14 answers)
- https://riskwatch.com/vulnerability-management-software (14 answers)
- https://surecloud.com/blog-hub/vulnerability-management-software-compared (14 answers)
- https://ninjaone.com/blog/best-vulnerability-management-tools (13 answers)
- https://edgewisely.com/top-7-vulnerability-management-tools-2026 (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Rapid7 InsightVM: 16 of 72 labels negative. "What You Should Avoid for Predictable Costs | Rapid7 InsightVM | Per-asset pricing can escalate unpredictably" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Qualys VMDR: 11 of 79 labels negative. "Module-based pricing means costs blow up as you add modules" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Tenable Vulnerability Management: 10 of 72 labels negative. "Platforms to Approach with Caution ... "continue to focus on scanning, with minimal lifecycle coverage, limited automation, or constrained scalability falling short of enterprise needs."" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- OpenVAS: 7 of 9 labels negative. "Purely Open-Source / Unsupported Scanners (e.g., OpenVAS / Greenbone Community Edition) ... Why to avoid" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Qualys VMDR (32%) to Tenable Vulnerability Management (54%). Margin 43 points, beyond the floor.

- Tenable Vulnerability Management: 32% to 54%, +22. Cleared the floor by 11 points · rank 2 → 1 of 83.
- Qualys VMDR: 32% to 11%, −21. Cleared the floor by 10 points · rank 1 → 3 of 83.
- Rapid7 InsightVM: 8% to 4%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 → 5 of 83.
- Tenable One: 13% to 16%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 3 → 2 of 83.
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: 8% to 9%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 5 → 4 of 83.
- ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 8 of 83.
- Wiz: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 10 of 83.
- Orca Security: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 12 → 11 of 83.
- CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 12 of 83.
- CrowdStrike: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 52 → 13 of 83.
- OpenVAS: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 68 → 83 of 83.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.