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Tenable Cloud Security helps organizations identify cloud misconfigurations, excessive permissions, vulnerable workloads, and combinations of exposures that create attack paths. Tenable now presents this offering as Tenable One Cloud Exposure. When requesting a new purchase or renewal, include the name on your existing agreement so the quotation can match the correct entitlement.
Selecting the right coverage starts with your cloud inventory and required security capabilities. Compare standalone purchasing with inclusion in Tenable One, then confirm the applicable resource-counting rules before ordering.
- Deployment: Cloud security platform with cloud-provider onboarding.
- Licensing basis: Billable cloud resources; the applicable package and contract determine the scope.
- Purchase routes: Standalone or as part of Tenable One.
- Coverage to confirm: Posture, permissions, workloads, containers, data, and other required capabilities.
- Quotation inputs: Cloud providers, sizing results, selected capabilities, contract period, and existing entitlements.
Request Tenable Cloud Security Pricing: Send your cloud inventory, required coverage, planned start date, and existing Tenable subscription details. Include an approved bill of materials if one is available.
Send your cloud inventory and required coverage to receive a Tenable Cloud Security quotation matched to your environment.
Which Tenable Cloud Security Coverage Do You Need?
Start with the risks you need to assess. These are requirements to evaluate, not a promise that every capability is included in every package.
| Your Requirement | Option to Evaluate | What to Confirm Before Ordering |
|---|---|---|
| Find misconfigurations and assess cloud compliance | Cloud security posture management (CSPM) | Supported services, required policies, and reporting scope |
| Identify excessive cloud permissions | Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) | Identity coverage and required permission-analysis capabilities |
| Assess workloads and container exposures | Cloud vulnerability and workload protection capabilities | Resource types, scanning methods, and included entitlements |
| Review infrastructure before deployment | Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD security | Supported repositories, formats, and pipeline integration |
| Combine cloud findings with wider enterprise exposure | Tenable One purchasing route | Existing package, cloud entitlement, and applicable licensing model |
For broader cross-environment coverage, compare our Tenable One license information before choosing the purchasing route.
How Tenable Cloud Security Licenses Are Counted
Tenable bases standalone cloud pricing on billable resources. Published examples include virtual machines, container hosts, serverless resources, container repositories, and data stores. Use the current sizing process for the capabilities being quoted; the number of cloud accounts alone is not a reliable license quantity.
Tenable provides environment-sizing tools for multiple cloud providers. Have your cloud administrator produce the inventory, document its scope and date, and identify expected growth. Confirm how ephemeral resources, overlapping assessments, and optional capabilities affect consumption.
For Tenable One purchases, verify whether the agreement uses a ratio-based model or a newer package model. Do not apply a conversion ratio from another contract or assume an existing vulnerability-management entitlement automatically supplies cloud coverage.
Ordering Guide and Deployment Example
Prepare the order around the confirmed package, billable resource quantity, contract period, and support or implementation requirements. Use vendor-confirmed part numbers from the quotation rather than constructing SKUs from the product name.
Example: An AWS and Azure Environment
Suppose a company has three AWS accounts and two Azure subscriptions. Its priorities are cloud posture, excessive-permission analysis, and workload vulnerability assessment.
- Run the applicable sizing tools across all five environments.
- Map the required capabilities to the proposed package.
- Compare standalone purchasing with the company’s existing Tenable One agreement.
- Include growth expectations and any separately scoped onboarding services.
Five connected environments do not imply five licenses. Final quantities follow the billable inventory and the commercial model confirmed for the order.
Prepare These Details for License Selection
Provide cloud providers, account or project scope, sizing results, required capabilities, renewal dates, and existing entitlement information. Identify the organization that will own the tenant and the administrator responsible for onboarding.
Tenable Cloud Security Pricing & Quote
Pricing depends on billable resource quantity, selected coverage, purchasing route, contract period, and associated services. There is no verified public price range to substitute for a scoped quotation. Pricing information reviewed in October 2026 remains subject to the offer’s validity period.
Ask the quotation to identify the product or package, quantity, resource metric, start and end dates, support coverage, and total price. Confirm whether onboarding, training, taxes, and future capacity increases are included or charged separately.
For a new purchase, renewal, or expansion, follow our How to Buy guide and include the current agreement where applicable.
Buying, Delivery and Activation with GoLicense
1. Confirm the Licensing Scope
Submit your inventory and required coverage. Confirm the package, quantities, commercial terms, delivery timeframe, and activation assistance in the quotation before approving the order.
2. Confirm the Tenant and Administrator
Identify whether this is a new environment or an extension of an existing tenant. Supply the organizational and administrator details requested for order processing through the agreed channel.
3. Receive and Verify the Entitlement
Check the supplied entitlement or provisioning confirmation against the approved order. Verify the organization, licensed coverage, capacity, and contract dates. The quotation should specify the actual delivery method and when its delivery timeframe begins.
4. Onboard Cloud Accounts and Validate Coverage
Use the current product onboarding workflow to connect the approved accounts, subscriptions, or projects. Your cloud administrator must authorize the provider-specific roles and permissions required for the selected assessment capabilities.
After onboarding, confirm connection health, discovered inventory, assessment results, and license consumption. Assign finding owners and test the agreed reporting or notification workflow. Agentless assessment still requires an authorized connection and the appropriate permissions.
Before You Order: Prerequisites and Common Mistakes
Pre-Order Checklist
- Confirm required cloud services and assessment capabilities.
- Record current sizing results and planned growth.
- Identify existing Tenable subscriptions and renewal dates.
- Confirm permissions, tenant ownership, and onboarding responsibility.
- Review data-handling requirements and the proposed service region.
- Separate subscription charges from implementation services.
Common Buying and Activation Issues
Counting cloud accounts instead of billable resources: Size the resources within the environments you will assess.
Assuming all cloud capabilities are included: Match each requirement to the quoted package and any additional entitlements.
Confusing cloud security with general vulnerability management: Check cloud posture and identity requirements separately from a Tenable Vulnerability Management license subscription.
Onboarding with incomplete permissions: A connection can be established without providing full assessment coverage. Review permission and scan errors before accepting the deployment.
Applying the wrong Tenable One rules: Use the licensing model in the actual agreement when calculating capacity or expansions.
Ready to order? Send your cloud requirements and request a Tenable Cloud Security quote.