CloneGuard Vulnerability Assessment vs OpenVAS

CloneGuard Vulnerability Assessment is a self-managed service for internal and external vulnerability assessment through one scanning portal. Continuous discovery maps hosts, services, and applications to keep scope current. Cloud scanners assess internet-facing systems without installed software, while an internal physical or virtual server scans VLANs, data centers, and labs. Authenticated scans detect patch-level issues; unauthenticated scans show what an attacker could see. Findings use severity, exploitability, and business impact for prioritization. Reports include executive summaries, technical details, remediation reports, and compliance-mapped exports covering frameworks such as PCI DSS 4.0.1, HIPAA, SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001, and GDPR. Teams can rescan after remediation to verify closures and track changes. An optional AI assistant explains and groups findings, ranks priorities, and drafts auditor-ready summaries. Plans start at $595/yr; listed external plans cover up to 150 public IPs or URLs.

OPENVAS is a vulnerability scanner for identifying weaknesses in IT systems. It supports authenticated and unauthenticated testing across internet and industrial protocols, with performance tuning for large scans, and uses a vulnerability-test feed updated daily. The commercial OPENVAS SCAN product checks network services, servers, applications, container images, and authenticated endpoints for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and missing patches. It is offered as hardware or virtual appliances and can run entirely inside a customer's environment. Listed integrations include ServiceNow, Splunk, Nagios, Sourcefire, and CyberArk. OPENVAS FREE is a cross-platform virtual appliance intended for private use and non-professional IT infrastructures. It uses the Community Feed, cannot update itself, and lacks schedules, notifications, integrated backups, and air-gap support. The free edition has no default enterprise support, and its self-signed TLS certificate requires a browser exception. OPENVAS BASIC costs €2,524 a year; it excludes API access, sensors, remediation tickets, and Greenbone Support. OPENVAS SCAN pricing is by quote.