# OpenVAS alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 217 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where OpenVAS holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/openvas/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Tenable Vulnerability Management: 73
- Intruder: 21
- Rapid7 InsightVM: 21
- Qualys VMDR: 16
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: 14
- Tenable One: 9

## Vulnerability management platforms

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name OpenVAS (OpenVAS is #3 of 12 at 8%).

- Intruder: first choice in 21 of those 61
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Defendify: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Action1: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Tenable Nessus: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 61
- ConnectSecure: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name OpenVAS (OpenVAS is #7 of 10 at 6%).

- Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 21 of those 73
- Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 18 of those 73
- Qualys VMDR: first choice in 7 of those 73
- Action1: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Tenable Nessus: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Greenbone OpenVAS: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name OpenVAS.

- Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 45 of those 83
- Qualys VMDR: first choice in 9 of those 83
- Tenable One: first choice in 9 of those 83
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Action1: first choice in 1 of those 83
- BitSentry: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Exposure Command: first choice in 1 of those 83

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