Same-subcategory comparison

OPENVAS SCANvsRapid7 InsightVM

Compare buyer fit, pricing, capability depth, and purchase constraints within one buying category. A higher score is not a universal winner.

Comparison summary

How to choose

These conclusions apply to this subcategory and the buyer conditions shown here. They do not make one product universally better.

OPENVAS SCAN

Consider when

Regulated organizations requiring customer-controlled vulnerability scanning
Distributed networks using hardware or virtual master-and-sensor architecture

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Teams requiring a fully vendor-operated SaaS vulnerability platform
Buyers seeking the free OpenVAS Community Edition rather than a commercial appliance

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Rapid7 InsightVM

Consider when

Mid-market and enterprise vulnerability-management programs
Hybrid environments combining network scans and remote endpoint agents

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Buyers seeking patch management without a vulnerability-management program
Teams whose primary requirement is external ASM, AppSec, SIEM, or cloud posture management

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Dimension	OPENVAS SCAN	Rapid7 InsightVM
Pricing and trial	OPENVAS SCAN hardware appliance Amount unverified — check official pricing OPENVAS SCAN virtual appliance Amount unverified — check official pricing Greenbone directs OPENVAS SCAN buyers to consultation. Commercial terms establish a product-bound Enterprise Feed subscription, maintenance, possible asset quotas, and overuse purchases, but do not publish model prices, payment timing, minimum purchase, or a universal subscription duration. No numeric Offer is generated. OPENVAS SCAN hardware appliance: A quoted dedicated appliance bundle for customer-controlled vulnerability scanning and Enterprise Feed access. OPENVAS SCAN virtual appliance: A quoted virtual appliance bundle deployed in customer-managed virtualization infrastructure. OPENVAS BASIC: A reduced-function entry product with separate trial and support conditions; it is not an OPENVAS SCAN edition in this profile. Full profile	InsightVM $1.62 USD · per asset · per month · InsightVM starting rate at 500 assets · starting at · minimum 500 asset · Published starting rate at 500 assets; final quote and all other commercial terms require confirmation The official pricing page binds USD 1.62 per asset per month to a 500-asset starting quantity. It does not state whether the rate is billed monthly or annually, establish a contract term, or publish rates for other quantities. Full profile
Best for	Regulated organizations requiring customer-controlled vulnerability scanning Distributed networks using hardware or virtual master-and-sensor architecture Teams needing authenticated, agent, container, configuration, and compliance assessment	Mid-market and enterprise vulnerability-management programs Hybrid environments combining network scans and remote endpoint agents Teams needing threat-informed prioritization and tracked remediation
Not for	Teams requiring a fully vendor-operated SaaS vulnerability platform Buyers seeking the free OpenVAS Community Edition rather than a commercial appliance Organizations whose primary requirement is native patch deployment or ASM	Buyers seeking patch management without a vulnerability-management program Teams whose primary requirement is external ASM, AppSec, SIEM, or cloud posture management Very small environments below the published 500-asset starting quantity
Source check	98/100	98/100
Key features	Network service and authenticated endpoint vulnerability scanning Agent-based endpoint assessment Container image and configuration assessment Enterprise vulnerability feed with multiple daily updates CVSS and EPSS-informed prioritization with remediation guidance	Distributed credentialed vulnerability scanning Insight Agent assessment for remote assets Active Risk scoring with threat and exploit context Asset grouping and business-context tagging Remediation projects, assignments, exceptions, and SLAs
Cons	No public numeric appliance, subscription, support, implementation, or renewal price was verified Enterprise Feed access is product-bound and time limited according to the purchased bundle Asset-quota overuse may require additional capacity purchases	The public rate applies only to the 500-asset starting quantity Payment timing, contract duration, renewal terms, and rates at other quantities are not public Implementation, support, managed services, and adjacent modules can add cost
Category buying score	77	79Higher category-fit score
Rank	#6	#5
Context	Security & Privacy / Vulnerability Management Software	Security & Privacy / Vulnerability Management Software
Discovery and assessment coverage	85Covers network service, authenticated endpoint, agent, container, and configuration assessments within a single appliance system.	86Credentialed network Scan Engines together with the Insight Agent establish discovery and assessment across on-network and remote assets for hybrid vulnerability-management programs.
Risk prioritization quality	81Utilizes CVSS and EPSS intelligence to rank vulnerability findings for remediation prioritization.	84Active Risk scoring with threat and exploit context supports risk-based queues so teams can focus limited remediation capacity on higher-likelihood issues.
Remediation operations	71Supports ticketing, APIs, and remediation reporting, but requires external systems to perform patching operations.	77Projects, assignments, exceptions, SLAs, ticketing, and validation enable operational tracking, but new customers lack legacy built-in automation workflows and still rely on external patch execution.
Vulnerability intelligence and accuracy	85The Enterprise vulnerability feed with multiple daily updates and transparent test content strengthens detection currency for the commercial appliance line relative to community-only scopes.	83Threat- and exploit-informed Active Risk scoring strengthens vulnerability intelligence for prioritization, with accuracy still dependent on scan credentials, agent coverage, and current threat inputs.
Scale and deployment	80Hardware, virtual, master, sensor, and air-gapped deployment options support distributed and segmented deployment patterns, but the facts do not provide throughput, concurrency, or sizing limits needed to judge peak-scale performance.	76Supports hybrid architectures, but requires a minimum asset commitment of 500 devices for the published starting rate.
Reporting and integrations	76Offers report exports and APIs for custom integrations, though specific pre-built connectors are not detailed.	82Operational, executive, trend, and compliance reporting together with REST APIs and platform integrations support both reporting and downstream workflow connection, although the facts do not establish native connectors for every target system.
Support and total cost	53Quote-based appliance plus time-limited product-bound Enterprise Feed, maintenance, possible asset-quota overages, and buyer-operated infrastructure create total-cost uncertainty until model, term, and services are confirmed.	57USD 1.62 per asset per month is only a starting rate at 500 assets, with payment timing, commitment, other quantities, support tiers, implementation, and adjacent modules left to quote and able to raise total cost.
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Comparison summary

Most material score differences

These are the stored dimension rationales returned with each score. They explain the buyer conditions behind the gap without speculating about hidden model reasoning.

Remediation operations

6 pts

OPENVAS SCAN · 71/100: Supports ticketing, APIs, and remediation reporting, but requires external systems to perform patching operations.
Rapid7 InsightVM · 77/100: Projects, assignments, exceptions, SLAs, ticketing, and validation enable operational tracking, but new customers lack legacy built-in automation workflows and still rely on external patch execution.

Reporting and integrations

6 pts

OPENVAS SCAN · 76/100: Offers report exports and APIs for custom integrations, though specific pre-built connectors are not detailed.
Rapid7 InsightVM · 82/100: Operational, executive, trend, and compliance reporting together with REST APIs and platform integrations support both reporting and downstream workflow connection, although the facts do not establish native connectors for every target system.

Scale and deployment

4 pts

OPENVAS SCAN · 80/100: Hardware, virtual, master, sensor, and air-gapped deployment options support distributed and segmented deployment patterns, but the facts do not provide throughput, concurrency, or sizing limits needed to judge peak-scale performance.
Rapid7 InsightVM · 76/100: Supports hybrid architectures, but requires a minimum asset commitment of 500 devices for the published starting rate.

Research basis

This page uses stored product facts, official evidence, and category scoring rationales. It is not an account-based hands-on test, and third-party user ratings are not folded into the category buying score.

OPENVAS SCAN: Fact confidence: 98% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10
Rapid7 InsightVM: Fact confidence: 98% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10