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Greenbone OPENVAS

German open-source vulnerability scanner family, now unified under the OPENVAS brand

Overview

Greenbone is the German company behind OpenVAS, the best-known open-source network vulnerability scanner, which it has developed since 2006[15]. The company has announced that all Greenbone products will be brought together under the OPENVAS brand: the range now includes OPENVAS FREE, the entry-level OPENVAS BASIC for small businesses, OPENVAS SCAN, OPENVAS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE and OPENVAS AI[16]. Commercial editions are sold as hardware appliances and as virtual machines compatible with common hypervisors[16].

Greenbone reports more than 100,000 installations, use in more than 150 countries and more than 100 sales partners[16]. It stresses GDPR compliance and European development, which matters to public-sector and regulated buyers in the EU. Its community feed is updated continuously, and the company publishes advisories on new vulnerabilities on its blog[16].

Greenbone says its solutions cost between a few euros a month and several hundred thousand euros depending on scope, and OPENVAS BASIC can be tested free for 14 days[16]. The free edition is capable but requires Linux administration skills, and its reporting and asset management are less polished than commercial cloud platforms.

Greenbone OPENVAS features

  • Free OPENVAS edition
  • Continuously updated vulnerability feed
  • Hardware appliance and virtual machine options
  • Entry-level OPENVAS BASIC for small firms
  • Agent-based scanning in development
  • GDPR-oriented European vendor

Greenbone OPENVAS pricing

OPENVAS FREE: no charge. Commercial products range from a few euros per month to several hundred thousand euros by scope. OPENVAS BASIC: 14-day free test.

Greenbone OPENVAS strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Free open-source edition
  • European vendor with GDPR focus
  • Wide choice of deployment form factors
  • Large installed base

Limitations

  • Free edition requires Linux skills to run
  • Less polished reporting than cloud platforms
  • Prices not itemised publicly
  • Rebranding to OPENVAS may cause confusion with older versions

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