OPENVAS SCAN review
A commercial, distributed scanner for network services, endpoints, containers, and compliance.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
OPENVAS SCAN is Greenbone’s on-premises vulnerability scanning and management appliance for organizations and public institutions. It examines network services, servers, applications, and endpoints for known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and missing patches. The product is suited to teams that need scanning within their own environment, with hardware and virtual appliance deployment, authenticated endpoint scans, compliance audits, container image scanning, and agent-based monitoring.
The published offering uses contact-sales pricing and presents one OPENVAS SCAN plan with network service scanning, authenticated endpoint scans, container scanning, agent-based scanning, hardware and virtual deployment, API access, and integrations. Its platform fit centers on Linux, self-hosted deployment, and APIs. Integrations include ServiceNow, Splunk, Nagios, Sourcefire, and CyberArk, giving security and monitoring teams options for connecting vulnerability findings with operational workflows.
Its strongest distinction is breadth across infrastructure and deployment models: scheduled scans, alerts, reporting, compliance and policy scans, network discovery, credentialed scans, and distributed scanning through a master-sensor architecture are combined in one product. The tradeoff is procurement and feature maturity: buyers must engage sales, and agent-based scanning is currently described by Greenbone as an Enterprise-only TechPreview for the new license model. Choose OPENVAS SCAN if on-premises control, distributed scanning, and broad coverage matter more than self-service pricing. Teams seeking a free plan or fully established agent-based scanning should consider an alternative.
OPENVAS SCAN pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Scans network services, authenticated endpoints, containers, and applications
- Supports distributed master-sensor architecture with scheduling and reporting
- Offers API access and integrations with ServiceNow, Splunk, and CyberArk
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing is quote-based and requires contact with sales
- No free plan is offered
- Agent-based scanning is an Enterprise-only TechPreview
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