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Different strengths.
Different operating models.

Open-source roots, a respected vulnerability test feed, deployment control and strong appeal for teams that want to operate or customise their scanning stack. RoboShadow takes a broader operational route: one hosted experience connects external, LAN and endpoint findings to remediation, Dark Web monitoring, Microsoft 365 posture, reporting and MSP workflows.

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About Greenbone / OpenVAS

Greenbone develops the OpenVAS scanning ecosystem and commercial Greenbone products, offering transparent vulnerability testing with options from community software to managed appliances and cloud services.

Look beyond the tick boxes

Open scanning flexibility or an operational security platform?

Greenbone is compelling when control, transparency and open-source foundations matter. RoboShadow extends beyond detection into endpoint action, wider posture checks and day-to-day security operations.

Complete head-to-head

RoboShadow vs Greenbone / OpenVAS

36capabilities
compared
✓Included–Partial or edition-dependent×Not included
CapabilityRoboShadowGreenbone / OpenVAS
Scan & discover
Internal Scanner✓Included✓Included
External Scanner✓Included✓Included
Web Application Scanning✓Included×Not included
Continuous Scanning✓Included✓Included
Shodan Integrated✓Included×Not included
Dark Web Scanning✓Included×Not included
AI Pentest Simulation✓Included×Not included
Software Inventory✓Included✓Included
Microsoft & estate visibility
Microsoft 365 assessment✓Included×Not included
Sync with Intune✓Included×Not included
Sync with 365✓Included×Not included
Sync with Defender✓Included×Not included
Sync with On Prem AD✓Included–Partial
Antivirus Integrations (25)✓Included×Not included
Bitlocker Encryption Reporting✓Included×Not included
Mac Support✓Included–Partial
Linux Support✓Included✓Included
Fix & harden
3rd Party Patching✓Included×Not included
Configuration Fixing✓Included✓Included
Security Benchmark Fixing✓Included–Partial
365 Benchmark Fixing✓Included×Not included
Intune Compliance✓Included×Not included
AI AppGet✓Included×Not included
Prioritise, report & comply
EPSS Scoring✓Included✓Included
Automated Assessment Reporting✓Included✓Included
ISO27001 Exports✓Included×Not included
Additional Compliance Frameworks Exports✓Included–Partial
Operate at scale
True MSP Multi Tenant Support✓Included×Not included
PSA System Integration✓Included×Not included
Complete White Label Branding✓Included×Not included
RBAC✓Included✓Included
API Integration✓Included✓Included
AI assistance
AI Virtual CSO✓Included×Not included
AI Communicate✓Included×Not included
AI Scheduled Prompts✓Included×Not included
AI Model Context Protocol (MCP)✓Included×Not included
This uses RoboShadow's 36-capability master comparison. Partial means limited, edition-dependent or supplied through an adjacent product. Product packaging changes, so validate buying-critical requirements before purchase.

Checked against current public Greenbone / OpenVAS product material, 19 August 2026. Product packaging changes; validate any buying-critical requirement directly with both vendors. 'No native equivalent found' means the capability was not presented as a native product in the material reviewed, not that no integration or adjacent service exists.

Where Greenbone / OpenVAS is strong

Open-source roots, a respected vulnerability test feed, deployment control and strong appeal for teams that want to operate or customise their scanning stack

Open-source roots, a respected vulnerability test feed, deployment control and strong appeal for teams that want to operate or customise their scanning stack.

Where RoboShadow is different

Built around practical security operations

One hosted experience connects external, LAN and endpoint findings to remediation, Dark Web monitoring, Microsoft 365 posture, reporting and MSP workflows.

Build or buyinclude ownership and integration
Cost Model

Compare the whole operating cost.

Community software can reduce licence cost, but operating, maintaining and integrating it still has a cost. Compare total ownership with the managed workflow each platform provides.

Product scope, asset volumes, services, discounts and contract terms vary. Validate the complete workflow and a current proposal from both vendors before making a buying decision.
Who should choose which?

Choose for the team you have.

Neither answer is universal. The better fit depends on the depth, workflow and operating model you need.

Greenbone / OpenVAS may fit you better if…
  • Open-source transparency is a core requirement.
  • You want to self-host and tune the scanner infrastructure.
  • Your team already owns remediation and reporting workflows.
may fit you better if…
  • You need findings to become fixes quickly.
  • You are an SMB, MSP or lean enterprise security team.
  • You want broader security operations and evidence in one place.
Questions people ask

RoboShadow vs Greenbone / OpenVAS, answered.

How does RoboShadow differ from Greenbone / OpenVAS?
  • One hosted experience connects external, LAN and endpoint findings to remediation, Dark Web monitoring, Microsoft 365 posture, reporting and MSP workflows.
Is RoboShadow a good alternative to Greenbone / OpenVAS?
  • It can be when RoboShadow's broader operational model matches the work your team needs to close. Greenbone / OpenVAS may be a better fit where its specialist strengths are the priority.
Does RoboShadow replace Greenbone / OpenVAS completely?
  • Not necessarily. The products can coexist where a specialist Greenbone / OpenVAS capability remains important and RoboShadow consolidates wider posture, remediation and evidence.
Where is Greenbone / OpenVAS stronger?
  • Open-source roots, a respected vulnerability test feed, deployment control and strong appeal for teams that want to operate or customise their scanning stack.
How should we compare cost?
  • Community software can reduce licence cost, but operating, maintaining and integrating it still has a cost. Compare total ownership with the managed workflow each platform provides.
The RoboShadow difference

Find, fix, and prove compliance in one day

01 Find
Unified discovery and exposure

Vulnerabilities, missing patches, configuration drift and external threats, all surfaced in a single scan.

02 Fix
Automated and orchestrated remediation

Move from a finding to patching and hardening without sending the work through a separate console.

03 Prove
Clear compliance evidence

Audit trails and scope tracking give teams and auditors evidence without a separate reporting workflow.