{"id":6079,"date":"2026-05-11T15:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/?page_id=6079"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:13:43","slug":"vs-tenable-qualys-rapid7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/en\/about-us\/compare-us\/vs-tenable-qualys-rapid7\/","title":{"rendered":"VS Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n WithSecure vs. Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7<\/span><\/h1>
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Built in Europe, operated in Europe \u2014 giving midmarket businesses and MSPs continuous exposure management with on-demand expert services, where Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7 are built for large enterprise teams with the resources to run them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n The European midmarket alternative to the “Big 3” vulnerability management platforms<\/span><\/h2>
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Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7 are built for large enterprise security teams with the resources and expertise to operate dedicated vulnerability management programs \u2014 US-focused platforms that add overhead without the managed services or endpoint integration to support resource-constrained organizations.<\/p>\n

WithSecure gives midmarket businesses continuous exposure management with expert services on the same platform as endpoint security and XDR, without needing a specialist team to make it work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n Why WithSecure?<\/a>Industry recognition<\/a> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n Why WithSecure?<\/h2>
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Choosing a cybersecurity partner is a significant decision. These are the independent verdicts that give European midmarket businesses and MSPs confidence in WithSecure \u2014 and they all point to one conclusion: WithSecure delivers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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\n A Visionary <\/p>\n

\n WithSecure is recognized as a Visionary and one of only two European-headquartered vendors included in the first ever 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Among Notable Vendors <\/p>\n

\n Forrester named WithSecure among three European Notable Vendors in Forrester The Proactive Security Platforms Landscape, Q1 2026 (Mar 2026). <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Willingness to Recommend <\/p>\n

\n 100% willingness to recommend in the Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Managed Detection and Response, 2026, based on 20 verified customer reviews. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Exposure management with a co-security partner, not just a scanner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WithSecure delivers continuous exposure management as part of a broader co-security partnership \u2014 not as a standalone scanning tool that assumes an expert team to interpret and act on the results. Midmarket organizations and MSPs get expert guidance and on-demand services on a single platform, without needing to hire the specialists that most vulnerability scanners were built for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Vulnerability data. Compliance outcomes not included.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7 are the established “big 3” vulnerability scanners \u2014 strong at identifying vulnerabilities, but built around the assumption that large, well-resourced security teams will handle everything that comes next. Organizations without a dedicated compliance function will find the gap between raw vulnerability data and documented regulatory readiness significant \u2014 and entirely their problem to bridge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n