Tenable · Rate Limits
Tenable Rate Limits
Tenable Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for Tenable on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-09-20.
It captures 8 rate-limit definitions, including Concurrent export requests — maximum of 10 active concurrent export requests per customer container; Simultaneous cloud scanner jobs — The maximum number of simultaneous cloud scanner jobs is 25.; Concurrent web application scans — maximum of five ongoing web application scans.
An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.
Tagged areas include Company, Enterprise, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Management, and Exposure Management.
8 Limits
Exhausted: HTTP 429
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-20 — docs.tenable.com/other/service-description-guide/Content/....
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CompanyEnterpriseCybersecurityVulnerability ManagementExposure ManagementSecurityCloud SecurityAttack Surface Management
Limits
Concurrent export requests account
maximum of 10 active concurrent export requests per customer container
10
Simultaneous cloud scanner jobs account
The maximum number of simultaneous cloud scanner jobs is 25.
25
Concurrent web application scans account
maximum of five ongoing web application scans
5
Concurrent active scans account
25 active, concurrent scans per container
25
Scheduled scans account
10,000 scheduled scans per container
10000
CVE export rate limit endpoint
15 requests over 60 seconds
15
Concurrent export jobs account
10 concurrent exports per container
10
Import assets per request endpoint
Up to 50 individual assets per request
50
Sources
Work with this as data
Every rate limit here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.