We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and Aqua Security Platform based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Qualys VMDR receives compliments for its user-friendly interface, effective prioritization system, and extensive vulnerability management. Aqua Security Platform is highly appreciated for its container scanning features and ability to patch on-demand. Reviewers would like Qualys VMDR to be more customizable and improve its integration. Aqua Security Platform requires improvements in report automation, log forwarding, and resource consumption.
Service and Support: Qualys VMDR offers convenient global support in multiple languages. Nevertheless, a few users were dissatisfied with delayed responses and requested more knowledgeable support staff. Aqua Security Platform's customer service is generally prompt and supportive, but a few individuals had to resolve their problems themselves.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Qualys VMDR was described as uncomplicated. Agents can be deployed and configured in around 10 minutes. Some users found the initial setup for Aqua Security Platform to be straightforward while others encountered difficulties, particularly related to Microsoft and AI. The setup process could be more challenging in complex environments.
Pricing: Some users say Qualys VMDR is reasonably priced, while others consider it costly. Aqua Security Platform users say the solution is competitively priced compared to other solutions and sits within the middle range.
ROI: Qualys VMDR effectively identifies vulnerabilities and mitigates risks, leading to a favorable return on investment. Our users have provided no feedback on Aqua Security Platform's ROI so far.
Comparison Results: Qualys VMDR is preferred by our users over Aqua Security Platform. Users liked the straightforward setup, intuitive interface, and comprehensive vulnerability overview Qualys VMDR provides. They also found its continuous monitoring and asset tagging features valuable. Aqua Security Platform reviewers reported mixed experiences with the initial setup and said the solution lacked essential features.
"Their sandboxing service is also really good."
"The solution was very user-friendly."
"Valuable features include the ability to connect it to our Docker Hub where our images are stored, good integration with Slack, and the connection to the CV, to easily see which CVs are on each image."
"Aqua Security allowed us to gain visibility into the vulnerabilities that were present in the container images, that were being rolled out, the amount of risk that we were introducing to the platform, and provided us a look into the container environment by introducing access control mechanisms. In addition, when it came to runtime-level policies, we could restrict container access to resources in our environment, such as network-level or other application-level access."
"The DTA, which stands for Dynamic Threat Analysis, allows me to analyze Docker images in a sandbox environment before deployment, helping me anticipate risks."
"Customers find it invaluable to have the ability to check for vulnerabilities in an image before deployment, similar to a sandbox environment."
"Support is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"There are fewer false positives when using this solution."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"The solution shows us classic categories, including high, medium, and low risks. It also shows critical items, and that gives us the advantage of prioritizing things."
"Provides great functionality."
"The prioritization feature is great. I think it has all of the advanced features that we need."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"There's room for improvement, particularly in management capabilities as it may not be comprehensive enough for all customers, and it has been lacking in the realm of cloud security posture management."
"The integrations on CICD could be improved. If Aqua had more plugins or container images to integrate and automate more easily on CICD, it would be better."
"They want to release improvements to their product to work with other servers because now there are more focused on the Kubernetes environment. They need to improve the normal servers. I would like to have more options."
"We would like to see an improvement in the overview visibility that this solution offers."
"The user interface could be improved, especially in terms of organization and clarity."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"I would like Aqua Security to look into is the development of a web security portal."
"Aqua Security lacks a lot in reporting."
"It's too early for me to say if there is any room for improvement since we're in the first couple of months of using this solution."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
"They're still evolving their platform in terms of reporting capabilities."
"Qualys could be improved in its overall performance compared to other vulnerability management or scanning tools."
"The only improvement I can think of is on the implementation side. At times it is a bit slow."
"The disadvantage of working with Qualys is that the graphical interface is quite outdated."
"There seems to be a lack of easy onboarding into Qualys."
"We are moving away from Qualys to Defender ATP because I find that Defender ATP is much better at prioritizing the vulnerabilities that I should be looking at."
Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 7th in Container Security with 16 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 11th in Container Security with 77 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Snyk, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and Lacework, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Qualys VMDR report.
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