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Alert Logic MDR vs Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform [EOL] comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.5
Qualys TotalCloud boosts efficiency, reduces manual effort, decreases risk, and offers significant cost savings with a notable ROI.
Sentiment score
6.9
Organizations saw varied ROI with Alert Logic MDR, achieving high returns or underutilization impacting tangible benefits.
Sentiment score
7.3
Threat Stack Cloud Security boosted compliance and revenue, reduced staffing needs, enhanced security, and expanded infrastructure dramatically.
It has saved about 90% of our time.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
TotalCloud has generated overall savings of 30 to 40 percent across various departments.
Security Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
CallStream helps us integrate and automate tasks.
Senior Security Consultant at CyberNxt Solutions LLP
I have seen a return on investment with Alert Logic MDR as it is very secure and has improved security in the organization.
Team Lead at Target
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Qualys TotalCloud support is praised for efficiency and staff knowledge but criticized for delays and inconsistent quality.
Sentiment score
8.7
Alert Logic MDR customer service is responsive and proactive, with mostly positive user experiences, especially during cloud migrations.
Sentiment score
7.4
Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform's support is praised for responsiveness, precise solutions, and effective communication with technical representatives.
They are helpful, respond to my queries, and can answer any question.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Qualys's tech support is highly responsive, providing multiple ways to interact with them.
Service Manager, Security Operations at CDA IT SOLUTIONS
Qualys' customer service provides quality answers, but the response time is long, even though it is within the SLA.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Customer support is very responsive and proactive.
Team Lead at Target
During the four-month duration, we did not face any such issues.
Security Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Qualys TotalCloud excels in scalability, efficiently supporting diverse environments and business sizes, though it may require skilled management.
Sentiment score
8.5
Alert Logic MDR offers scalable, seamless integration for expanding organizations, supporting thousands of users and accounts efficiently across environments.
Sentiment score
8.2
Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is scalable, easy to deploy, and efficient across AWS accounts, with minor configuration concerns.
We started our organization about nine months back. We started with about 30 users, and we now have more than 100 users.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Our organization currently uses it to manage over 1200 web applications.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It is absolutely scalable, and I would rate its scalability as nine out of ten.
retired at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Alert Logic MDR's scalability is highly scalable and can handle organizational growth efficiently.
Team Lead at Target
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Qualys TotalCloud is highly stable with reliable support, 99.9% uptime, minimal bugs, and effective maintenance communication.
Sentiment score
8.2
Alert Logic MDR is highly stable, reliably available, and performs error-free globally across diverse environments and data centers.
Sentiment score
7.5
Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform [EOL] is stable and efficient, with minor GUI and agent issues for some users.
Overall, the support provided has been excellent.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It is a stable solution, which is why we chose it.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Continuous monitoring is crucial to ensure system stability and avoid vulnerabilities or threats.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users suggest enhancing Qualys TotalCloud with clearer reports, better integration, intuitive UI, AI risk assessments, and improved documentation.
Alert Logic MDR needs improved interface, error tracing, alert customization, reporting, EDR integration, and clearer setup documentation.
Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform needs UI improvements, better API alignment, and enhanced integrations, especially for serverless and container environments.
Ideally, the scanner should automatically detect and scan all subdomains, even if not explicitly defined, ensuring comprehensive vulnerability assessment.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
Ideally, updates should be more immediate, enabling quicker implementation of solutions.
Project Lead at Persistent Systems
Our goal is to integrate all these functions into Qualys, creating a single dashboard for comprehensive security monitoring and management.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
One major missing feature was the ability to see if vulnerabilities were exploitable, which required extra effort for us.
Security Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Alert Logic MDR could be improved by adding voice assistance when creating new configurations for the environment.
Team Lead at Target
 

Setup Cost

Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is high yet justified by comprehensive features and flexibility, benefiting larger enterprises seeking robust security.
Alert Logic MDR provides competitive, cost-effective pricing, accessible through AWS Marketplace, though it may be pricier for smaller organizations.
Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform offers value with transparent pricing, ranging $15-$20 monthly, seen as competitively priced by users.
Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is currently acceptable, it is becoming increasingly expensive.
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Pricing is managed by our finance team; however, Qualys TotalCloud offers cost-effective licensing flexibility.
IT Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Qualys TotalCloud is expensive, but it offers a premier solution with no headaches.
Vice President at Inspira Enterprise
Alert Logic MDR is one of the most cost-effective tools to use regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
Team Lead at Target
 

Valuable Features

Qualys TotalCloud offers comprehensive vulnerability detection, cloud security management, and automation with insightful dashboards for efficient threat management.
Alert Logic MDR provides 24/7 cloud-managed security with rapid response, real-time scanning, and cost-effective threat prevention using automated features.
Threat Stack Cloud Security platform is esteemed for its configurability, integration, monitoring capabilities, and effective alert management.
This view of risk helps reduce the work we would have to do to combine multiple sources to prioritize risk.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It will help cybersecurity professionals monitor the cloud and find vulnerabilities.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
We are enjoying the new feature, FlexScan, which is valuable for Internet-facing VMs.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The alert system improved from potentially 24 hours to one hour response time.
Team Lead at Target
The standout features of Alert Logic included the topology feature, which was helpful for mapping assets on the network, giving a clear understanding of all connected devices.
Security Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Qualys TotalCloud
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Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (11th), Container Security (11th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (8th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (8th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (1st), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (6th)
Alert Logic MDR
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (40th), SOC as a Service (3rd), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (20th)
Threat Stack Cloud Security...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

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IT Security Expert at Alior Bank S.A.
Unified risk scoring has improved our cloud visibility and simplifies remediation priorities
Qualys TotalCloud provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IAS and SaaS. This solution provides a single prioritized view of risk, which helps reduce the work I would have to do. We are no longer based on CVSS; we are based on Qualys risk scoring, which is based on CVSS plus internal findings made by Qualys, and then assigns its own score. The TruRisk insight feature has found a small number of assets with high vulnerability scores, though I am cautious since some information is classified. Qualys TotalCloud has positively impacted our bank's performance, and we have definitely seen benefits after implementing this solution.
Alice Walter - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at Target
Cloud monitoring has reduced threats and has improved response times and team productivity
Alert Logic MDR's best features are the cloud-managed service, the cost benefit, and 24/7 monitoring. The alert system improved from potentially 24 hours to one hour response time. The benefit of not having to write custom queries has been significant.The features are very lightweight, with small installations that leave almost no footprint on systems. System resource utilization is minimal. Alert Logic MDR has positively impacted my organization through its decentralized pricing approach, which has protected against several viruses. Any virus stopped represents money saved. There is low impact on users, so they do not experience slowness on their computers when scanning. Alert Logic MDR has improved security in my organization from 50 to 65%.
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Software Development Manager at Rent Dynamics
SecOps program for us, as a smaller company, is amazing; they know what to look for
They could give a few more insights into security groups and recommendations on how to be more effective. That's getting more into the AWS environment, specifically. I'm not sure if that's Threat Stack's plan or not, but I would like them to help us be efficient about how we're setting up security groups. They could recommend separation of VPCs and the like - really dig into our architecture. I haven't seen a whole lot of that and I think that's something that, right off the bat, could have made us smarter. Even as part of the SecOps Program, that could be helpful; a quick analysis. They're analyzing our whole infrastructure and saying, "You have one VPC and that doesn't make a lot of sense, that should be multiple VPCs and here's why." The architecture of the servers in whatever cloud-hosting provider you're on could be helpful. Other than that, they should continue to expand on their notifications and on what's a vulnerability. They do a great job of that and we want them to continue to do that. It would be cool, since the agent is already deployed and they know about the server, they know the IP address, and they know what vulnerability is there, for them to test the vulnerability and see if they can actually exploit it. Or, once we patch it, they could double-check that it can't be. I don't know how hard that would be to build. Thinking on it off the top off my head, it could be a little challenging but it could also be highly interesting. It would also be great if we could test a couple of other features like hammering a server with 100 login attempts and see what happens. Real test scenarios could be really helpful. That is probably more something close to what they do with the SOC 2 audit or the report. But more visualization of that, being able to test things out on our infrastructure to make sure we can or can't hit this box could be interesting.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Performing Arts
10%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Qualys TotalCloud?
Areas that need improvement in every solution include the remediation part. The remediation steps should be simple en...
What is your primary use case for Qualys TotalCloud?
Our use case involves the assets that we have under cloud, the assets exposed to the internet, and the internal appli...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alert Logic?
Alert Logic MDR is one of the most cost-effective tools to use regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Alert Logic?
One major missing feature was the ability to see if vulnerabilities were exploitable, which required extra effort for...
What is your primary use case for Alert Logic?
Our client selected Alert Logic for the Voluntary Management model. We used it for return parameter management three ...
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Also Known As

Qualys TotalCloud with FlexScan
Alert Logic Managed Detection and Response, Alert Logic Threat Manager, Alert Logic Cloud Defender, Critical Watch FusionVM
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