A feature-by-feature and pricing comparison against the leading vulnerability management, RMM, and network monitoring platforms. We've done the research so you don't have to.
✓ = Included △ = Partial/add-on ✗ = Not available Data sourced from vendor documentation, May 2026.
| Feature | Mantis360 US | Tenable.io | Qualys VMDR | Rapid7 InsightVM | Microsoft Defender |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE & Vulnerability Intelligence | |||||
| NVD/CVE database integration | ✓200K+ CVEs, live sync | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △Microsoft-focused |
| EPSS exploit probability scoring | ✓CVSS × EPSS risk ranking | ✓VPR score | △Add-on | ✓ | ✗ |
| CISA KEV escalation to Critical | ✓Automatic escalation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
| Risk-ranked finding list (CVSS × EPSS) | ✓Fix top item = max risk reduction | △VPR scoring | △ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Security Score (KEV-weighted) | ✓Weighted: KEV, crit/high, coverage, compliance | ✓Cyber Exposure Score | ✓TruRisk | ✓Risk Score | ✓Exposure Score |
| Asset business-criticality weighting | ✓ | ✓ACR | ✓ | ✓ | △Device value |
| Remediation Tracking | |||||
| Auto-remediation on agent check-in | ✓Closes finding when software removed | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Auto vs. manual remediation audit trail | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bulk status update (mark group remediated) | ✓ | △ | △ | △ | ✗ |
| CVE links per finding (NVD deep-link) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
| Remediation script execution | ✓Built-in + dry-run + rollback | △Lumin add-on | ✓Native patch mgmt | △InsightConnect required | △ |
| Remediation SLA tracking | ✓ | △ | △ | ✓Remediation Projects | △ |
| Risk-acceptance reviews with expiry | ✓Time-boxed, auto-reopen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Endpoint Agent | |||||
| Windows agent | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux agent (amd64 + arm64) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| macOS agent (Intel + Apple Silicon) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Software inventory (live on check-in) | ✓60s interval | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
| Network Scanning | |||||
| Agentless network discovery | ✓On-prem probe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CVE scanning on network services | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| ICS/OT device detection | ✓CISA advisory matching | ✓OT Security add-on | △ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TLS / certificate & exposure monitoring | ✓ | △separate add-on | △CertView add-on | ✗ | ✗ |
| External security-posture scan (A–F grade) | ✓Internet-facing, letter-graded | △ASM add-on | △ | △ | △Defender EASM |
| Compliance & Posture | |||||
| STIG compliance bundles | ✓CIS, DISA, custom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
| Identity / AD exposure scanning | ✓ | △Tenable One add-on | ✗ | ✗ | △Entra ID only |
| Compliance breadth (CIS · PCI · HIPAA · NIST 800-171 · STIG · SCAP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
| Platform & Integration | |||||
| Public REST API | ✓m3_live_ keys | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAML 2.0 SSO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deployment & Pricing | |||||
| Cloud-delivered (no on-prem infra) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-tenant data isolation | ✓Dedicated D1 + R2 per tenant | ✗Shared SaaS | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No annual contract or asset minimum | ✓$4/asset/mo, cancel anytime | ✗Annual contract required | ✗Annual, $199–250/asset/year | ✗500-asset minimum, annual | △Per-user, M365 required |
| Public pricing / no-quote required | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free trial (no credit card) | ✓ | △Demo only | △PoC on request | △Demo on request | ✓If M365 subscriber |
✓ = Included △ = Partial/add-on ✗ = Not available Data sourced from vendor documentation, May 2026.
| Feature | MantisRMM US | NinjaOne | Atera | ConnectWise | Datto RMM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Support | |||||
| Windows agent | ✓Windows 10/11, Server | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux agent (amd64 + arm64) | ✓ | △Limited features | △ | △ | △ |
| macOS agent (Intel + Apple Silicon) | ✓ | ✓ | △ | △ | △ |
| Single portal for all platforms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ | ✓ |
| Remote Access | |||||
| Remote desktop (Windows) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bidirectional clipboard sync | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Branded end-user notifications | ✓Connect + disconnect toasts | △ | ✗ | △ | ✗ |
| iOS mobile remote support | ✓Browser-based | ✓ | △ | ✓ | △ |
| Multi-monitor remote desktop | ✓Per-display switching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Endpoint Management | |||||
| Process management (kill, inspect) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Service start / stop / restart | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote file manager (browse, upload, download) | ✓ | ✓ | △ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Script execution (PS, Bash, Python) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote terminal / shell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Software install / uninstall (Winget) | ✓Windows Winget integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows Update / patch management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows Event Log monitors | ✓Fleet + per-agent watch rules | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LAPS — local-admin password rotation | ✓Encrypted escrow, tenant default + override | △ | △ | △ | △ |
| BitLocker management + key escrow | ✓ | ✓ | △ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security & Vulnerability | |||||
| Software inventory with CVE correlation | ✓NVD + EPSS + KEV | △Basic only | △ | △ | △ |
| Integrated VM platform (Mantis360) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Remediation scripts with rollback | ✓ | △ | △ | ✓ | △ |
| EOL-OS detection + fleet Security Score | ✓ | △ | △ | △ | △ |
| Automation & Administration | |||||
| Workflow automation engine | ✓Chained steps, variables, dry-run | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monitor policies + maintenance mode | ✓Alert-suppression windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Device-group-scoped RBAC | ✓Granular API + UI permissions | ✓ | △ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public REST API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing Model | |||||
| Pricing structure | Per-agent ($2/mo) | Per device (~$3–6/mo) | Per technician ($129–249/mo) | Per tech + per device (quote) | Per device (~$2.99/mo) |
| Unlimited technicians | ✓ | ✗Per-technician add-on | ✓Technicians included | ✗Per-tech pricing | ✗Per-tech pricing |
| Per-tenant data isolation | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free trial (no credit card) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △Demo only | △Demo only |
✓ = Included △ = Partial/add-on ✗ = Not available Data sourced from vendor documentation, 2026.
| Feature | MantisNMS US | Paessler PRTG | Auvik | SolarWinds NPM | Domotz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensor Model & Pricing | |||||
| Per-sensor pricing | ✓ | ✓ | ✗Per network device | ✗Per element/node | ✗Per site/device |
| Choose which interfaces bill (no forced per-port sensors) | ✓48-port switch ≈ 7 sensors | △Auto-creates a sensor per port | ✓ | △ | ✓ |
| Device counts as a free container | ✓ | ✗ | △ | ✗ | △ |
| No multi-year contract lock-in | ✓ | △Perpetual + maintenance | ✓ | ✗Annual | ✓ |
| Monitoring | |||||
| SNMP v1 / v2c / v3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interface bandwidth & availability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Host sensors (CPU / memory / disk / uptime) | ✓ | ✓ | △ | ✓ | △ |
| Ping / HTTP / TCP / SSH checks | ✓ | ✓ | △ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threshold & up/down alerting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 50+ sensor types | ✓ | ✓250+ | △ | ✓ | △ |
| WMI / DCOM host sensors | ✓ | ✓ | △ | △SAM module | △ |
| VMware vCenter / Hyper-V / Redfish sensors | ✓ | ✓ | △ | △Virtualization Mgr | △ |
| Database sensors (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) | ✓ | ✓ | △ | △SAM / DPA | △ |
| SSL/TLS certificate grade sensor | ✓ | ✓ | △ | △ | △ |
| Discovery & Traffic | |||||
| Auto discovery & topology map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NetFlow v5/v9 + IPFIX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △NTA add-on | ✗ |
| sFlow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Top talkers / conversations / apps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
| Logs & Events | |||||
| Syslog ingestion | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | △Kiwi/add-on | ✗ |
| SNMP trap receiver | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Platform | |||||
| Cloud-native SaaS (no server to run) | ✓ | △On-prem (Hosted extra) | ✓ | ✗On-prem | ✓ |
| MSP multi-tenant | ✓ | △ | ✓ | △ | ✓ |
| Vulnerability scanning + RMM in the same platform | ✓One bill, one dashboard | ✗ | ✗ | △Separate products | ✗ |
| Network device config backup | ✓NCM | △ | ✓ | ✓NCM | △ |
| Config versioning, diff & drift alerts | ✓NCM change management | △ | ✓ | ✓ | △ |
The honest read: MantisNMS now covers network-config backup & change management (SSH-managed switches/routers/firewalls plus cloud-managed Meraki, with versioning, diffs, compliance rules and drift alerts) — closing the classic Auvik/SolarWinds gap. The pure-plays still lead on auto-generated topology maps and the deepest traffic forensics. Where MantisNMS wins is sensor economics — you monitor only the interfaces that matter instead of paying for every port — and consolidation: it's the only option here that also brings vulnerability management and RMM under one platform, one bill, and one dashboard.
Annual cost for a 100-asset organization at comparable coverage. Mantis360 bundles OT/ICS detection, attack-surface, and identity/AD checks that Tenable, Qualys, and Rapid7 sell as separate paid add-ons — factored into the totals below. Enterprise quotes vary; estimates use published rates and analyst reports.
Monthly cost estimates at 100 managed endpoints / 2 technicians.
Annual cost for roughly 500 sensors (~50 devices). Vendors meter differently — sensors, network devices, or elements — so figures use each vendor's published rates. MantisNMS lets you monitor only the interfaces that matter, so you pay for fewer sensors than per-port tools.
Where MantisOps wins outright, where the competition leads, and when to use each.
Tenable is the gold standard for vulnerability discovery and VPR prioritization. But it stops at the finding list. Mantis360 auto-closes findings when the endpoint agent confirms software removal — with an audit trail. Tenable requires an annual contract; Mantis360 is billed monthly with no minimums.
Qualys offers native patch management (unique in this space) and deep compliance coverage. But it generates up to 30% false positives and has a notoriously steep learning curve. Mantis360 surfaces risk-ranked findings immediately with EPSS filtering — no tuning required to get actionable results.
InsightVM has excellent UX and DevOps integration. Its 500-asset minimum and $1.93/asset/month pricing excludes smaller organizations. Mantis360 has no asset minimum, adds ICS/OT detection that InsightVM lacks, and includes identity/AD exposure scanning.
NinjaOne has a larger ecosystem and stronger PSA integrations. Its per-device pricing grows linearly with your fleet. MantisRMM includes deeper Linux and macOS support at $2/agent/month, plus native NVD vulnerability correlation and unlimited technicians — something NinjaOne doesn't include.
Atera's per-technician model is smart for scaling device counts without cost increase, and its integrated help desk is mature. MantisRMM pairs natively with Mantis360 for vulnerability management — something Atera requires third-party integrations to approximate.
PRTG is the per-sensor benchmark, but every port you touch burns a sensor and it's now an annual, self-hosted subscription. MantisNMS runs ~12–15% lower per sensor, is cloud-hosted with no server to maintain, and lets you monitor only the interfaces that matter — and it's the only option here that also brings vulnerability management and RMM under one bill.
MantisNMS now matches the pure-plays on config backup & change management (versioning, diffs, compliance, drift alerts — over SSH and the Meraki cloud API); Auvik and SolarWinds still go deeper on auto-generated topology maps for network-heavy shops. But Auvik is quote-only and bills per device, and SolarWinds' Orion platform is complex and costly to run. MantisNMS gives you 50+ sensor types, NetFlow analytics, config backup, and public per-sensor pricing with no annual lock-in — consolidated with Mantis360 and MantisRMM.
If you need deep PSA integration (tickets, billing, SLAs), a large third-party integration marketplace, or a dedicated support team with SLAs, NinjaOne or ConnectWise are better fits. For enterprise-scale compliance with regulatory reporting, Tenable or Qualys have deeper certification breadth. For deep auto-generated network topology mapping, Auvik or SolarWinds go further.