Tenable
Tines
| Feature | Tenable | Tines |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $3990/mo | Free only |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.3 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
| Best For | security-teams, compliance-officers, it-operations, vulnerability-managers | security-teams, soc-analysts, incident-responders, security-engineers |
| Founded | 2002 | 2018 |
| Vulnerability Scanning | ✓ | ✗ |
| Asset Discovery | ✓ | ✗ |
| Risk Prioritization | ✓ | ✗ |
| Compliance Reporting | ✓ | ✗ |
| Web App Scanning | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cloud Security | ✓ | ✗ |
| Workflow Automation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Alert Triage | ✗ | ✓ |
| Incident Response | ✗ | ✓ |
| Case Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ✗ | ✓ |
| Templates | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Tenable Pros
- Comprehensive vulnerability coverage
- Excellent asset discovery
- Good risk prioritization
- Strong compliance reporting
✗ Tenable Cons
- Expensive for large environments
- Complex initial setup
- Scanning can impact performance
✓ Tines Pros
- No-code workflow builder
- Security-focused templates
- Generous free tier
- Fast implementation
✗ Tines Cons
- Security-focused (not general automation)
- Smaller community
- Limited non-security integrations
The Verdict
Tenable is built for security teams and compliance officers, with a focus on vulnerability-scanning and asset-discovery. Tines targets security teams and soc analysts and leads with workflow-automation and alert-triage.
Tines uses custom enterprise pricing, while Tenable starts at $3990/mo — a tangible advantage for teams with a fixed budget.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Both tools are a solid fit for security teams — in those cases, the decision often comes down to workflow style and how your team prefers to organize work.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.