Product Comparison and Sizing
The Greenbone Security Managers at a Glance
For each company size and application area, Greenbone provides the perfect fit.
The Greenbone Security Manager supports an unlimited number of target IP addresses. Based on a scan every 24 hours, Greenbone provides the number of target IP addresses in the table below. Please choose the device according to your network size and scan frequency.
Check out the features of each model here:
Physical
Appliance |
Sensor |
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| Model | GSM 6500 | GSM 5400 | GSM 650 | GSM 600 | GSM 450 | GSM 400 | GSM 150 | GSM 35 |
| Use Case |
Large Enterprises / Service Providers | Large Enterprises / Service Providers | Medium Enterprises / Branch Location | Medium Enterprises / Branch Location | Medium Enterprises / Branch Location | Medium Enterprises / Branch Location | Small Medium Enterprise/ Branch Location | Sensor for Managed Services / Branch Scans Only in combination with a master (GSM 400 or above) |
| Support Level |
Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum (Managed via Master) |
| Daily Capacity (IPs to be scanned per day) |
9,000 – 80,000 | 4,000 – 40,000 | 1,000 – 10,000 | 500 – 6,000 | 500 – 4,000 | 300 – 2,000 | 50 – 500 | 20 – 300 |
| Ports |
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| Management/ Feed |
2 out of band management | 2 out of band management | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Scan GbE-BAse-TX |
0-24 Ports | 0-24 Ports | 6 Ports | 6 Ports | 6 Ports | 6 Ports | 4 ports | 4 ports |
| Scan SFP |
0-24 Ports | 0-24 Ports | 2 Ports | 2 Ports | 2 Ports | 2 Ports | – | – |
| Scan 10 GbE XFP/SFP+ |
0-8 Ports | 0-8 Ports | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Port Roles |
2 management, others dynamic | 2 management, others dynamic | 8 ports dynamic | 8 ports dynamic | 8 ports dynamic | 8 ports dynamic | 4 ports dynamic | 4 ports dynamic |
| VLAN Support | 128 per Ethernet Port |
64 per Ethernet Port |
64 per Ethernet Port |
64 per Ethernet Port |
16 per Ethernet Port |
16 per Ethernet Port |
8 per Ethernet Port |
8 per Ethernet Port |
| Hardware |
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| Fan Speed Control | – | – | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Redundant |
Fan, HDD, P/S | Fan, HDD, P/S | Fan | Fan | Fan | Fan | – | – |
| Hot- Swap |
Fan, HDD, P/S | Fan, HDD, P/S | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| LCD |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – |
| GSM Networks | ||||||||
| Master Mode (Scan & Management) |
up to 80 sensors | up to 40 sensors | up to 20 sensors | up to 12 sensors | up to 6 sensors | up to 2 sensors | – | – |
| Sensor Mode (Managed via Master) |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Airgap Master | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | – | – |
| Airgap Sensor |
USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | USB, FTP | FTP | – |
| Greenbone OS |
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| HTTPS GUI (G) Report Plugins (P), Alerts (A), Scheduling (S) |
G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | G/P/A/S | – |
| Remediation Workflow | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – |
| IPv6 support | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Backup/Restore |
Remote/USB, Periodic | Remote/USB, Periodic | Remote/USB, Periodic | Remote/USB, Periodic | Remote/USB, Periodic | Remote/USB, Periodic | USB | – |
Virtual
Virtual Appliance |
Virtual Sensor |
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| Model | GSM EXA | GSM PETA | GSM TERA | GSM DECA | GSM CENO | GSM ONE | GSM MAVEN | GSM 25V |
| Use Case |
Medium Enterprise / Branch Location | Medium Enterprise / Branch Location | Medium Enterprise / Branch Location | Medium Enterprise / Branch Location | Small and Medium Enterprise/ Branch Location | Entry Enterprise/ Training / Audit-via- Laptop |
Entry Enterprise/ Micro Offices | Sensor for Managed Services / Branch Scans |
| Support Level |
Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Platinum | Base | Platinum (Managed via Master) |
| Daily Capacity (IPs to be scanned per day) | 2,000-18,000 | 1,000-9,000 | 300-3,000 | 50-1,500 | 50 – 500 | 20-300 | 20-300 | 20 – 300 |
| Memory on Hypervisor (GB) |
24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| vCPUS |
12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ports |
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| Virtual Ports |
8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Port Roles |
8 ports dynamic | 8 ports dynamic | 8 ports dynamic | 4 ports dynamic | 4 ports dynamic | 1 port management/ scan/ update | 1 port management/ scan/ update | 4 ports dynamic |
| GSM Networks |
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| Master Mode (Scan & Management) |
up to 24 sensors | up to 12 sensors | up to 6 sensors | up to 2 sensors | – | – | – | – |
| Sensor Mode (Managed via Master) |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | √ |
| Airgap Sensor Mode |
FTP | FTP | FTP | FTP | FTP | – | – | – |
| Open VM tools | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | √ |
| Greenbone OS |
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| SSH v2 Support |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| GMP | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| HTTPS GUI | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – |
| Syslog (UDP/TCP/TLS) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | – |
| Alerts (SMTP, HTTP,…) / Scheduling |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | – |
| Remediation Workflow | √ | √ | √ | √ | – | – | – | – |
| Report Plugins |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – |
| IPv6 support | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Certificate Management |
√ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | – |
| Backup/ Restore | Remote, Periodic, VM Snapshot | Remote, Periodic, VM Snapshot | Remote, Periodic, VM Snapshot | Remote, Periodic, VM Snapshot | VM Snapshot via Hypervisor | VM Snapshot via Hypervisor | VM Snapshot via Hypervisor | VM Snapshot via Hypervisor |