Solvbeat vs Qualys & Tenable: enterprise power, smaller price

Published 2 September 2026 · Solvbeat

Weighing the enterprise vulnerability-management giants — Qualys and Tenable — against Solvbeat? These are serious, deep platforms. The question is whether a smaller business needs all of it, at their price and complexity.

What Qualys and Tenable are great at

Both are mature, comprehensive vulnerability-management platforms trusted by large enterprises: huge check coverage, deep asset management, compliance modules, and the scale to handle tens of thousands of assets. If you're a big organisation with a dedicated security team, they earn their place.

Where they're a poor fit for small teams

Enterprise pricing and setup. Custom quotes, procurement, and a rollout measured in weeks — not an afternoon.
Complexity you have to staff for. These tools assume someone whose job is to run them.
Extras cost extra. A real SOC layer, human pentest, and remediation are separate products or services.

How Solvbeat is different

Solvbeat gives a small business framework-mapped findings (OWASP + MITRE ATT&CK), continuous internal monitoring, a SOC layer, human pentest and remote fixes — live in under a minute, from £38/mo, with no procurement dance. Same certifications the big platforms hold (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials), a fraction of the overhead.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qualys or Tenable if you're an enterprise with a security team and complex compliance needs. Choose Solvbeat if you want serious, framework-mapped security that a small team can actually run and afford.

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Pricing and capabilities are taken from each vendor's publicly available information as of September 2026 and can change — always check the vendor's own site for the latest. This comparison reflects our reading of what each product is documented to do, written to help you choose, not to disparage anyone. Intruder™, Detectify™, Aikido™, UpGuard™, Qualys™, Tenable™ and Snyk™ are trademarks of their respective owners.