OpenVAS vs Vicarius vRx

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.

Vicarius vRx combines vulnerability management with patch management, patchless protection, and scripting to remediate security findings. It prioritizes vulnerabilities using exploitability and environment context, and discovers endpoints, servers, network devices, IoT, and containers through agent-based or agentless methods. The platform advertises automated patch deployment across more than 20,000 third-party applications and operating systems. When a patch is unavailable, vShield offers in-memory protection for vulnerable applications, including legacy and end-of-life systems. vScript runs custom, community, and AI-generated PowerShell, Bash, or Batch scripts across Windows, macOS, and Linux. vRx can ingest findings from connected scanners and EDR platforms, route suggested actions for approval, and revalidate fixes after execution. It maps findings and remediation to frameworks including HIPAA, PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials, and more than 100 CIS Benchmarks. Basic is listed at $4 a month and Essential at $5 a month, billed per asset; each covers 100 workstations and servers. Both list a 14-day free trial. Custom pricing is scope-based and not listed.