Re: Nessus free version cancelled, now $1200/year

["Renaud Deraison (lists)" <deraison-lists () nessus org>]

Hello Fyodor,



On May 22, 2008, at 4:17 AM, Fyodor wrote:

> I normally don't post Nessus news to nmap-dev, but this affects Nmap
> somewhat.  There is a new link on Nessus.Org to an "Important message
> for our Nessus users":
>
> http://www.nessus.org/products/directfeed/change.php
> And FAQ at : http://www.nessus.org/documentation/index.php?doc=feed- 
> faq
>
> The letter says that they are removing the free (but registration and
> EULA acceptance required) "registered feed".  Users (except some
> "personal non-commercial" users who qualify for a crippled "Home
> Feed") now have to pay $1200/year to use Nessus.

Some clarifications :

- Nessus is still free to download for every user, commercial or not ;

- Home Users (not "some", but every home user) and qualifying  
charitable organizations will get a free "Home Feed", which is the  
same as our "Registered Feed" but without a seven day delay. We write  
a plugin and it will be immediately available to every user. There is  
nothing crippled about this ;

- Professional Users who want plugin updates will need to get a  
"Professional Feed" which is similar to our current "Direct Feed"  
offering. This is $1200 / year, and we're currently running a  
promotion to lower this to $900 ;

- This change will go into effect on July 31st, and the existing  
Registered feeds will be disabled a few weeks after that ;



So, Nessus is still free of use, the subscription to get the newest  
plugins is much better for home users (who used to have a seven days  
delay), and professional users will need to purchase a subscription to  
get the updates. We effectively think this better balances the needs  
of home users vs. commercial users.


FAQ: http://www.nessus.org/documentation/index.php?doc=feed-faq


If anyone here has any question, feel free to contact me directly,



                                        -- Renaud




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