Nucleus Security
Nucleus Security: Consolidates security findings and adds context to risk prioritization and remediation. Ranked #20 of 32 in Vulnerability Management Software by our editors (7.2/10); pricing: Pricing on request; best for enterprises consolidating security exposure data.
At a glance
- Editor score7.2 / 10
- PricingPricing on request
- Best forEnterprises consolidating security exposure data
- Free planNo
- Remediation trackingYes
- Founded2019
- Facts checked19 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Aggregates and deduplicates findings from vulnerability and security tools.
- Adds asset, business, and threat context to risk scoring and prioritization.
- Connects remediation ownership with ticketing and SLA tracking.
Where it doesn't
- Pricing is available through contact with sales.
- Its focus on exposure-data consolidation may not suit teams seeking only a scanner.
- Application-security visibility depends on findings from multiple source types.
Our verdict on Nucleus Security
Nucleus Security is a vulnerability and exposure management platform for enterprises, government agencies, and government contractors. It brings vulnerability and security data together, normalizes findings, and relates them to asset and business context. The product also supports discovery of emerging and zero-day exposure, dashboards, reports, and application-security visibility across SAST, DAST, SCA, CSPM, and penetration-testing sources. Its scope is aimed at organizations managing findings across multiple tools and teams, rather than buyers looking for a single-purpose scanner.
The main distinction is its emphasis on organizing exposure data and turning it into remediation work. Asset inventory capabilities include deduplication, matching, grouping, and business context; custom risk scoring can incorporate asset and threat context, with threat-intelligence and exploitation-risk enrichment. Ownership, ticketing, and SLA tracking link prioritization to follow-up. Integrations named include 42Crunch, Action1, Acunetix by Invicti, Alert Logic, Alienvault USM, Amazon AWS Inspector, and FlexConnect. Buyers should assess whether their existing tools and workflows fit the integrations and data sources they need.
Nucleus Security is offered for web and self-hosted deployment, with a hybrid deployment model specified. According to the vendor's pricing model, buyers contact sales; there is no free plan. That makes evaluation and budgeting a sales-led process rather than a self-serve plan comparison. The platform is a stronger fit for enterprise programs seeking centralized exposure visibility, contextual prioritization, and remediation coordination. Teams that primarily need standalone vulnerability scanning, or that prefer transparent published pricing and a free starting tier, should compare alternatives before proceeding.
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Nucleus Security pricing
Nucleus Security fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Deployment model | Hybrid |
| Authenticated scanning | Not verified |
| Agent-based assessment | Not verified |
| Web application scanning | Yes |
| Remediation tracking | Yes |
| Risk prioritization | Advanced |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web |
| Integrations | 7 integrations: 42Crunch, Action1, Acunetix by Invicti, Alert Logic, Alienvault USM, Amazon AWS Inspector … |
| Pricing | Pricing on request (source) |
| Website | nucleussec.com |
| Facts checked | 19 Sep 2026 |
Nucleus Security integrations
Nucleus Security lists 7 integrations on its own site.
- 42Crunch
- Action1
- Acunetix by Invicti
- Alert Logic
- Alienvault USM
- Amazon AWS Inspector
- FlexConnect
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