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Fortra Vulnerability Management (Fortra VM)
The annual VAPT found four hundred issues. Nobody knows which ten to fix first — Fortra VM scans your internal networks through an RNA appliance and your public IPs from Fortra’s own scanners, then ranks every finding by Threat Rank and Active Risk — run it yourself, or let a Fortra analyst run it on VM Pro.
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The Fortra platform family
This page covers Fortra Vulnerability Management — with its WAS, Active Threat Sweep, agent and container add-ons, VM Pro and PCI-Pro folded in. The rest:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Risk-based scanning of internal and internet-facing networks, with web, agent and container add-ons
- Lineage
- Frontline VM took the Fortra VM name in version 7.0.0.0 (28 Feb 2024); beSECURE is now part of it too
- Maker
- Fortra, LLC, a private security vendor in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, backed by TA Associates and Harvest Partners
- Scanning
- An RNA virtual appliance per network inside; Fortra’s scanners outside, once Fortra Support verifies your IPs
- Scoring
- Threat Rank feeds an Active Risk score of severity, threat, exposure and criticality; Security GPA grades posture
- Tiers
- VM Advanced you run yourself, or VM Pro managed by a Personal Security Analyst; PCI-Pro for ASV scans
- Add-ons
- Web Application Scanning, Active Threat Sweep, Agent Scans and Container Scanning, each its own subscription
- Price
- Quote-only; tiers follow the number of active devices, and no tier price is published; free trial offered
- India
- SaaS lineups in the US, UK, Japan, Switzerland and Sweden only; the on-prem edition is the residency answer
- In India via
- TechBag — device-count scoping, a pilot scan of one site, and a quote in INR with GST
Understand vulnerability management before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is risk-based vulnerability management?
A scanner finds missing patches and weak settings; risk-based VM then ranks them by how likely they are to be exploited.
An annual VAPT and a CVSS spreadsheet vs Fortra VM — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | An annual VAPT and a CVSS spreadsheet | Fortra Vulnerability Management (Fortra VM) |
|---|---|---|
| Scan cadence | One VAPT a year, then silence | Monthly or unlimited scans, set by subscription |
| Prioritisation | Sorted by CVSS alone | Threat Rank and Active Risk, weighted by asset value |
| Who runs it | A spare hour from the sysadmin | Your own team, or a Fortra analyst on VM Pro |
| Board reporting | A 300-page PDF nobody reads | A Security GPA grade with a peer comparison |
| Perimeter | Unknown until the next pentest | Public IPs scanned from Fortra’s own scanners |
| What it is NOT | — | A patching tool, or a SaaS hosted in India |
The cheapest test is Fortra’s free trial on one segment: deploy one RNA appliance, run an authenticated scan and compare the list with your last VAPT.
The four pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
RNA scanner
A hardened-Linux virtual appliance placed on each network segment; it scans internal hosts, with or without credentials, and sends results to Fortra VM securely.
External scanners
Internet-facing addresses are scanned from Fortra’s own scanners with no appliance, after Fortra Support confirms by reverse lookup that the IP ranges are yours.
Agents
A paid add-on for Windows, macOS and major Linux distributions. Fortra calls agent scans essentially patch scans, and an internal scanner must still be set up.
Console
Results land in one console, hosted in five countries or run on your own servers, where Threat Rank, Security GPA and the Network Map turn findings into a fix list.
RNA appliances scan inside, Fortra’s scanners test your public IPs, and one console, SaaS abroad or on-prem in India, ranks what they find.
Nine capabilities. Discover, prioritise, report.
Fortra VM finds what is exposed inside and outside your network, ranks it by real-world risk, and can be run for you by a Fortra analyst.
Internal and perimeter scans
RNA appliances scan internal segments while Fortra’s scanners cover public IPs, at the frequency your subscription sets.
Authenticated scanning
Stored credentials let scans log in for patch and configuration detail; scan policies include a full TCP and UDP port preset.
Web Application Scanning add-on
A DAST add-on on its own annual subscription, reporting against the OWASP Top 10 and grading each web app with a Security GPA.
Container image checks
The Container Scanning add-on inspects an image’s base OS for missing updates as a Docker command, so it can sit in a CI pipeline.
Exploitability, not just CVSS
Threat Rank models how a flaw gets exploited and feeds an Active Risk score that also weighs exposure and the criticality you assign.
Security GPA and Peer Insight
A grade-style posture score for networks and web apps, with Peer Insight setting your grade against organisations in your sector.
Active Threat Sweep add-on
An agentless sweep for signs of active compromise and for hosts with missing or stale endpoint protection; it sits beside EDR.
Dashboards and translated reports
Active View dashboards, custom reports, CIS Benchmark reports for Windows 10 and 11, and report output in languages such as Japanese.
Connect API and Network Map
The Connect REST API, with Swagger docs since September 2026, exports findings; Fortra’s ServiceNow integrations are paused since May 2025.
Watch Fortra VM set up and scan
Three short how-to clips from Fortra’s official channel, all from May 2024: deploying the RNA scanner, the Network Map, and setting up credentials for authenticated scans.
Fortra VM | Configuring RNA Series
A 4:21 walkthrough of setting up the RNA scanner: import the virtual appliance, activate it and give it a network profile.
Fortra VM | Frontline Network Map
A 3:14 tour of the Network Map; the old Frontline name in the title still shows up in the product’s own interface.
Fortra VM | Scan Credentials for Authenticated Scans
A 2:36 clip on storing credentials so that scans can log in to hosts and report patch-level and configuration findings.
Want a live, India-context walkthrough for your environment?
Book a guided demo →Most teams have more findings than hands. Fortra VM ranks them, and can run the scans for you.
Here’s what genuinely sets it apart — and exactly where it stops.
A managed tier for teams without a VM analyst
Most scanners hand over a findings list. Fortra also sells the product as Vulnerability Management Pro, where a Personal Security Analyst runs the scans, reads the results, builds the reports and gives remediation planning guidance. For an Indian mid-size IT team with no dedicated vulnerability analyst, that is the main reason to shortlist it.
One score from threat, exposure and asset value
Threat Rank models how a flaw is exploited, and Active Risk combines it with severity, asset exposure and the criticality you set per asset. Security GPA turns the result into a grade a board can track, and Peer Insight compares it with your industry. Fortra claims under 1% false positives; treat that as its own figure.
PCI scanning pedigree and an on-prem twin
Fortra says it has been a PCI Approved Scanning Vendor for 19 years, and PCI-Pro runs ASV scans with an analyst. The on-prem edition is the same product as the SaaS, built for data rules that bar SaaS, which gives Indian BFSI and public-sector buyers a way to keep scan results in their own data centres.
Where it stops
No India SaaS region: the lineups are US, UK, Japan, Switzerland and Sweden. Fortra’s docs say its ServiceNow integrations have been temporarily unavailable since May 2025. It does not patch, agents cost extra, no AWS, Azure or GCP connectors are documented, no price is published, and Gartner’s 2025 EAP Magic Quadrant leaves it out.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Fortra VM rollout looks like
Count devices and segments
List active devices and every network segment: devices set the price tier, and each segment needs its own RNA appliance.
Pick SaaS region or on-prem
Choose a SaaS lineup abroad or the on-prem edition, and record that choice in your DPDP register before the first scan.
Deploy RNA, verify IPs
Import the RNA appliance, add scan credentials, and ask Fortra Support to verify your public IP ranges for external scans.
Rank, fix, rescan
Run authenticated scans, work the Active Risk list with your patch team, then rescan and watch the Security GPA move.
Choose tier and add-ons
Pick VM Advanced or VM Pro, decide on WAS, agents and Active Threat Sweep, then settle the INR quote with GST.
The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“The VM Pro analyst runs our monthly scans and walks us through each report; a two-person team could never hold that rhythm.”
“Security GPA gave our board one grade to follow quarter to quarter, and Peer Insight showed where we stood against peers.”
“We run the on-prem edition so scan results never leave our data centre; it behaves just like the SaaS trial we began with.”
“We planned to push findings into ServiceNow, then learned the integration has been paused since May 2025. We script the API.”
“False positives were rare in the pilot, so our patch team trusts the list. Agents cost extra, so laptops waited a quarter.”
“Each RNA appliance took an afternoon per site. External scans waited until Fortra Support had verified our public IP ranges.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and review-site grids score satisfaction, not fit for your estate. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the vulnerability management market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Vulnerability Management Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Quote-only; no India SaaS region; no analyst placement.
Managed Help × Coverage Breadth
The grid nobody publishes — how much of the scanning work the vendor does for you vs how much of the estate the product reaches and fixes: cloud, web apps, agents and patching.
VM Pro analyst; no patching, cloud connectors or working ServiceNow link.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Fortra VM vs the vulnerability management field
Against Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Rapid7 InsightVM, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus and Arctic Wolf Aurora VM — on scanning, ranking, patching, managed help, price and India data.
| Dimension | Fortra VM | Tenable Vulnerability Management | Qualys VMDR | Rapid7 InsightVM | ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus | Arctic Wolf Aurora VM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Risk-based network VM | Cloud VM on Nessus | Find-and-fix platform | Hybrid risk-based VM | India-built VM + patch | VM inside an MDR estate |
| Deployment | SaaS or on-prem | Cloud; on-prem sibling | Cloud only | Hybrid, console you host | On-prem or cloud | SaaS, local sensor |
| Scanning and agents | Appliance; agents extra | Nessus + agents + cloud | Cloud Agent + scanners | Scan Engines + agent | Method not detailed | Sensor and agent |
| Prioritisation | Threat Rank, Active Risk | VPR | TruRisk | Active Risk, 0–1000 | AI and ML risk score | Threat-based |
| Web applications | WAS add-on | Separate SKU | WAS, separate SKU | InsightAppSec, separate | Web servers only | Not documented |
| Cloud and containers | Container images only | Cloud, separate SKU | TotalCloud, separate | AWS, Azure, GCP links | Not documented | Separate service |
| Remediation | Reports, no patching | Tickets, not patches | Patching bundled | Projects and SLAs | Patching in Enterprise | Resolve add-on |
| Managed option | VM Pro analyst | Through partners | Self-run | Your team runs it | Technician seats | Concierge in bundles |
| Integrations | API; ServiceNow paused | ServiceNow, Jira | ServiceNow + workflows | Jira, ServiceNow | Not on the page | ServiceNow orchestration |
| Pricing model | Per active device | Per asset, published | Per asset, quoted | Per asset, from 500 | Devices + technicians | Quote or bundle |
| Published entry price | Not published | $3,700 / 100 assets | Reported ~$199–250 | $1.62 / asset / month | $695 / year | Not published |
| India data region | On-prem is the route | India site (Mumbai) | India platform | Your console, in India | Self-host; ask on cloud | No India region |
| Lock-in and exit | History stays behind | Nessus skills travel | Agent does two jobs | Data on your infra | Patch tie-in | Tied to the MDR |
| Best fit | Lean teams wanting help | Published-price cloud VM | Find and fix, one agent | Data on your own infra | Price-led Indian buyers | Arctic Wolf MDR estates |
Which approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Fortra Vulnerability Management (Fortra VM) if…
- ✓You want a vendor analyst to run scans and plan fixes with you (VM Pro) rather than hiring one
- ✓Scan data must stay in India and you can run the on-premises edition yourself
- ✓A simple risk score and a board-friendly Security GPA matter more than a broad exposure platform
Compare alternatives if…
- ✓You want an India-hosted cloud region — Tenable and Qualys both document one
- ✓You want the scanner to patch as well — Qualys VMDR and ManageEngine Enterprise do
- ✓You want a published price before a call — Tenable, Rapid7 and ManageEngine list theirs
Do not expect…
- ✓Patch deployment — it ranks and reports, and VM Pro plans fixes rather than making them
- ✓A working ServiceNow integration today — Fortra lists it as unavailable since May 2025
- ✓Cloud-account discovery for AWS, Azure or GCP — none is documented
Fortra Vulnerability Management (Fortra VM) is one of 23 vulnerability management products TechBag carries. The Vulnerability Management guide narrows them to a shortlist and shows the reasoning. →
What does running scans by hand cost you?
Drag the sliders (devices you scan; staff-hour cost). The estimate assumes 0.5 staff hours a month per device spent running scans, triaging raw findings and chasing owners, and that risk ranking plus scheduled reports remove 60% of it. Both figures are assumptions. Illustrative.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models your actual environment and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Quote only. Fortra says Fortra VM pricing tiers are based on the number of active devices, but it publishes no tier price and no INR list. Web Application Scanning, Active Threat Sweep, Agent Scans and Container Scanning are each a separate annual subscription, VM Pro costs more than self-run VM Advanced, and a free trial is offered. The AWS Marketplace figure is a placeholder, not a price. TechBag gets the quote itemised in INR with GST.
Fortra VM Advanced
Best for teams that run their own scanning
- Quoted by active devices; no public list
- Quarterly, monthly or unlimited scans
- Unlimited users and 24/7 support
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
Fortra VM Pro
Best for teams with no vulnerability analyst
- A Personal Security Analyst runs scans
- Reports and remediation planning done for you
- Patching itself stays with your team
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
Get an India-ready quote
Tell us your requirements and current tools — we’ll model it against what you spend today.
The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
How does Fortra count an active device, and what happens to the price if the count grows during the term?
Which SaaS lineup would hold our data, or should we run on-prem? None of the five hosting countries is India.
Are the ServiceNow integrations, unavailable since May 2025, back yet? If not, budget for scripting the API.
Is our subscription quarterly, monthly or unlimited scanning, and does it cover rescans after we fix things?
Which add-ons are in the quote: WAS, Active Threat Sweep, Agent Scans, Container Scanning? Each bills separately.
On VM Pro, how much of the analyst’s time do we get each month, and in which hours and time zone do they work?
How will AWS, Azure or GCP workloads get scanned, given that no cloud-account connectors are documented?
What term, device tier and support level does the quote cover? Ask TechBag for it in INR with GST, add-ons itemised.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to evaluate Fortra VM?
List your active devices and network segments, or let a TechBag advisor settle SaaS region or on-prem, add-ons and VM Pro scope with Fortra in writing and get the quote itemised in INR.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.