Comparison

SecPortal vs Tenable.io
pentest delivery vs Tenable One exposure management

Tenable.io is the cloud arm of the Tenable platform, sold as Tenable Vulnerability Management on Tenable One. It bundles cloud vulnerability scanning, Tenable Web App Scanning, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Identity Exposure, and Tenable Attack Surface Management under a unified exposure score for internal security teams. SecPortal is a pentest delivery and findings platform for security firms, MSSPs, consultancies, and in-house teams that run scoped engagements, ship AI-generated reports through a branded client portal, and bill the work out of one workspace. Different categories, different buyers. The honest framing on this page is whether the buyer is running an internal exposure programme on assets they own or delivering scoped assessments to clients with a defined scope, kickoff, and deliverable.

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Feature	SecPortal	Tenable.io
Primary use case	Pentest delivery and findings management for client engagements	Internal exposure management across an asset portfolio
External vulnerability scanning
Authenticated web application scanning (DAST)		Tenable Web App Scanning
Code scanning (SAST and SCA via Semgrep)
Cloud workload posture scanning	External cloud exposure modules	Tenable Cloud Security
Identity exposure (Active Directory)		Tenable Identity Exposure
External attack surface management	Subdomain enumeration and discovery	Tenable Attack Surface Management
Scanner result import (Nessus, Burp, CSV)		API and connector ingestion
Engagement model with scope, ROE, and deliverables		Programme model rather than scoped engagement
Client model with onboarding, contacts, and access control		Internal asset owner model
Branded white-label client portal on your subdomain
AI-powered report generation (executive, technical, remediation)
300+ finding templates with remediation guidance		Plugin-mapped vulnerability records
CVSS 3.1 vector parsing and auto-scoring		CVSS plus VPR risk scoring
Manual finding entry with full editor		Limited (vulnerability item creation)
Retest workflow paired to original finding		Re-scan validates closure
Compliance framework templates	21 frameworks	Compliance dashboards mapped to controls
Integrated invoicing and Stripe Connect payments
Activity audit trail with CSV export		Platform audit logs
MFA enforcement on every workspace		SSO and IdP-driven controls
Free plan available
Pricing model	Free, Pro, Team	Asset-based enterprise contracts on Tenable One
Setup time	2 minutes	Asset onboarding plus agent or scanner deployment
Best fit for	Pentest firms, MSSPs, consultancies, and in-house teams that ship findings to clients or stakeholders	Internal security teams running continuous exposure management across their own asset estate

SecPortal vs Tenable.io: pentest delivery vs the Tenable One platform

Tenable.io is the cloud arm of the Tenable platform, sold as Tenable Vulnerability Management on Tenable One. It bundles the cloud vulnerability scanner that grew out of Nessus, Tenable Web App Scanning for DAST against running applications, Tenable Cloud Security for cloud workload posture, Tenable Identity Exposure for Active Directory exposure, and Tenable Attack Surface Management for external-facing asset discovery, all unified under the Tenable One exposure management score and dashboard. For a large internal security team running a continuous exposure programme over its own infrastructure, with the budget for asset-based licensing and the team to operate the agent fleet, the Tenable One stack is a defensible choice.

SecPortal is a different category. SecPortal is the pentest delivery and client portal platform for security firms, MSSPs, consultancies, and in-house teams who run scoped engagements and hand findings to clients or stakeholders. The engagement, the findings, the scanning, the AI report, the branded portal, and the invoice all sit inside one workspace. If you are comparing an internal exposure management programme to running a delivery operation, this page is the side-by-side. The adjacent comparison for the standalone scanner is SecPortal vs Nessus; this page covers the cloud platform.

Where Tenable One stops for delivery work

These are not Tenable-specific criticisms; they are properties of an internal exposure management platform when you compare it to running scoped client engagements on a platform built for delivery.

Built for internal exposure management, not for delivering work to clients

Tenable One is the exposure management platform Tenable sells to internal security teams that own the assets being scanned. The console is organised around the asset inventory, the agent fleet, and the cyber exposure score. There is no engagement record with scope, rules of engagement, deliverables, retests, and an invoice. If the work you ship is a pentest report under a client contract rather than an internal exposure dashboard, the Tenable shape is the wrong fit.

No branded client portal on your subdomain

Tenable.io results live inside the Tenable console. Sharing them with a client typically means PDF exports, scheduled reports, or an API integration to a separate portal. SecPortal ships a white-labelled client portal on your tenant subdomain so every finding, retest, remediation thread, and report download lives under your firm name rather than the vendor name.

No AI-generated executive summaries or technical writeups

Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Web App Scanning produce scan output, asset risk dashboards, and the Cyber Exposure Score. They do not generate narrative reports. Executive summaries, technical writeups, and remediation roadmaps are written by hand or in a separate reporting tool. SecPortal uses Claude to generate those deliverables from the live findings record.

No engagement, retest, or invoicing workflow

Tenable has no concept of a scoped engagement that opens with a kickoff, runs against a defined target list, ships a final report, schedules a retest, and closes with an invoice. SecPortal is built around that lifecycle: every engagement carries scope, team, findings, retest verification, and billing through Stripe Connect on one record.

Sales-led procurement and asset-based licensing

Tenable.io pricing is custom, sales-led, and typically asset-based with multi-year terms across the Tenable One bundles. There is no public price page for the cloud platform, no monthly billing tier, and no free starting point for a delivery team. SecPortal pricing is transparent on the website with a free plan, monthly Pro and Team tiers, and no minimum commitment.

Compliance evidence is internal-programme shaped, not assessor-deliverable shaped

Tenable maps findings to regulatory references for internal compliance dashboards inside the cyber exposure model. SecPortal ships templates for 21 frameworks (OWASP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, NIS2, CIS Controls, Essential Eight, PTES, HIPAA, GDPR, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, IEC 62443, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP API Security Top 10, and more) so the same workspace produces evidence for assessor-led reviews and client audits at the engagement level.

Who each platform is the right fit for

Tenable.io and SecPortal solve different problems for different buyers. The honest answer is that the right tool depends on whether you are running an internal exposure programme on assets you own or delivering assessments to clients.

Tenable One fits internal exposure management programmes

If you are an internal security team running a continuous exposure management programme across thousands of internal and cloud assets, with a SOC, a CMDB, and a budget for asset-based enterprise licensing, Tenable One is built for that shape of work. The Tenable Vulnerability Management scanner fleet, Tenable Web App Scanning, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Identity Exposure, and Tenable Attack Surface Management are aimed squarely at internal exposure visibility on assets the buyer owns.

SecPortal fits firms and teams who deliver assessments

If you are a penetration testing firm, an MSSP, a consultancy, or an in-house security function running scoped engagements (pentests, vulnerability assessments, red teams, code reviews, compliance audits) and handing findings to a client or a stakeholder, SecPortal is the delivery platform. Engagement, findings, scanning, AI reports, branded portal, and invoicing live in one workspace.

SecPortal fits buyers who want findings to live somewhere they own

If your firm books external testers but wants every finding, retest, and remediation conversation in a portal you own (rather than scattered across vendor PDFs, Tenable scheduled report emails, and ticketing systems), SecPortal is the workspace that holds that record across vendors and across years.

Transparent pricing, no procurement cycle

SecPortal pricing is published on the website and self-service from sign-up. There is no annual contract floor, no per-asset licensing model, and no sales call required before you can run a real engagement.

SecPortal Free

Free forever

1 user, 3 clients, 2 engagements per client, 3 AI credits, 6 core scan modules.

SecPortal Pro

From $149/month

All 33 scan modules, 100 clients, 25 AI credits/month, branded client portal, invoicing, compliance tracking.

SecPortal Team

From $299/month

Up to 5 users, 75 AI credits/month, team management, activity audit trail, MFA enforcement.

Why delivery teams pick SecPortal over Tenable One

Run scoped engagements with rules of engagement, deliverables, retests, and a final invoice on one record
Deliver findings through a white-labelled client portal on your tenant subdomain instead of through scheduled report emails
Generate executive summaries, technical reports, and remediation roadmaps with Claude from the live findings
Combine 16 external domain scan modules, 17 authenticated web modules, and SAST and SCA code scanning in one workflow
Pair every retest to the original finding so the closure record holds up under audit
Map findings across 21 frameworks including OWASP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, MITRE ATT&CK, DORA, and NIS2
Invoice clients directly from the engagement record through Stripe Connect with self-service payment
Start on the free plan and upgrade to Pro or Team without contract negotiation or a sales call

Pentest delivery is not the same as exposure management

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