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What is Nmap?

Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free and open-source network scanner. It is used to discover hosts and services on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses. Nmap is commonly used for network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Security professionals often use it for security auditing and penetration testing.

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What other technologies are related to Nmap?

Nmap Competitor Technologies

Tenable Nessus

Nessus is a vulnerability scanner that, like Nmap with NSE scripts, identifies vulnerabilities on a network, thus competing with some of Nmap's functionality.

mentioned alongside Nmap in 17% (6.3k) of relevant job posts

Nexpose

Nexpose is a vulnerability scanner with similar functions to Tenable Nessus that competes with Nmap's vulnerability detection features.

mentioned alongside Nmap in 33% (623) of relevant job posts

Qualys

Qualys is a vulnerability management platform that offers similar vulnerability scanning capabilities to Nmap with NSE scripts.

mentioned alongside Nmap in 9% (1.3k) of relevant job posts

OpenVAS

OpenVAS is a vulnerability scanner with similar functions to Tenable Nessus and Nmap, thus a competitor.

mentioned alongside Nmap in 26% (430) of relevant job posts

Core Impact

Core Impact is a penetration testing tool that can perform vulnerability assessments and exploit identified vulnerabilities, competing with Nmap's NSE scripts and overall functionality.

mentioned alongside Nmap in 37% (211) of relevant job posts