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Automox vs Seemplicity 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
5.3
Qualys TotalCloud effectively reduces costs and labor while enhancing asset visibility and risk management, boosting efficiency by up to 40%.
Sentiment score
6.8
Automox enhances efficiency and security by automating patch management, saving time and costs while eliminating on-premises infrastructure needs.
Sentiment score
6.7
Seemplicity enhances efficiency by reducing manual tasks, cutting costs, and optimizing resources, eliminating the need for additional personnel.
We are able to scan all our assets with less human intervention and achieve overall effective outcomes.
Dns architect at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
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
It has also been a great tool because we are able to reduce both manual labor and operational expenses by automating patching of roughly 200 Windows servers.
Data at Infosys
Our team used to spend 10 hours per week just to update these things, and now we're doing it automatically.
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
We have seen a positive return on investment mainly through time savings, as automating patching and routine endpoint maintenance has reduced manual effort by roughly around twenty to thirty percent for these tasks.
QA Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We estimate that, on average, Seemplicity saves us two full-time employees in the security team.
Member And Investor at OpenWeb
Seemplicity sort of multiplies maybe 4x what we would have to spend in terms of employee hiring or actual analysts to be able to triage and remediate these vulnerabilities.
Managing Director
I was also able to pay for the tool twice over by using it for tool rationalization.
Vice President Of Security Architecture And Engineering at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Qualys TotalCloud support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with some delays and varying service quality affecting customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.3
Automox customer service is praised for fast, knowledgeable support, quick responses, and reliable problem-solving, outshining larger competitors.
Sentiment score
9.4
Seemplicity's customer service excels with responsiveness, open communication, and dedicated managers, ensuring high user satisfaction and fast issue resolution.
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
They are really good because they don't take five days to get back to me; they respond within 24 hours with really good information.
Network & Security Administrator at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
They're very knowledgeable and have given us many channels for support, including email, chat, and documentation.
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
Overall, the customer support has been good; responses are generally timely, and the support team is helpful when troubleshooting issues or clarifying how a feature works.
QA Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would rate the customer support a perfect 10 because they have consistently taken care of all requests from day one post-deployment.
Product Security at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
If we need support, their team simply goes down the elevator and steps into our office.
Member And Investor at OpenWeb
Customer support for Seemplicity is quick to respond and provide feedback to any issues or feature requests.
Cybersecurity Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Qualys TotalCloud efficiently scales across multi-cloud environments, supporting diverse needs for small and large teams with minimal issues.
Sentiment score
7.4
Automox is scalable and user-friendly, efficiently managing large networks despite minor console load issues for some users.
Sentiment score
8.7
Seemplicity is highly scalable, flexible, and effectively supports IT teams, adapting to large volumes and diverse data sources.
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
It's pretty easy to scale because it's SaaS, and adding more devices doesn't require any extra server or anything similar.
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
Automox scales well for our needs; adding new endpoints is straightforward and the centralized management approach makes it easy to apply consistent policies as the environment grows.
QA Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automox's scalability is excellent, as it scales very well, and it is easy to deploy new agents.
Cyber Security Analyst II at a media company with 201-500 employees
When it comes to the volume of data ingestion, I have never had any challenges with them, and they pretty much stick to what they promise.
Senior Manager For Info Sec at X-Press Feeders
In terms of being able to force multiply a team that we otherwise do not have by using their AI analysts, it has been super helpful.
Managing Director
They went from a Postgres database to a ClickHouse database and that gave me the capability to build a lot more charts on the fly.
Vice President Of Security Architecture And Engineering at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Qualys TotalCloud is praised for its stability, 99.9% uptime, reliable performance, and responsive support for resolving issues.
Sentiment score
8.2
Automox is reliable, with minimal issues, effective patching, smooth operation, and quick maintenance updates, surpassing other tools in stability.
Sentiment score
8.8
Seemplicity is highly stable and reliable, with users praising its performance, responsive support, and feature accommodation.
Overall, the support provided has been excellent.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It has a lot of scanning mechanisms, which are agentless APIs, eBPF, and cloud agents, that are highly reliable.
Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
It is a stable solution, which is why we chose it.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
It's not crashing or experiencing any downtime.
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
Seemplicity has been stable in the 12 to 14 months that we have been using it.
Managing Director
Seemplicity is quite accommodating, specifically if there is an issue with the platform, but also with requests for additional features and roadmap items.
Managing Director at Cutting Edge Security Services
Seemplicity I would say outperforms a lot of what we typically see, and they're very responsive to any concerns that we may have.
Managing Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Qualys TotalCloud needs UI/UX enhancements, better integrations, compliance reporting, Windows container security, AI threat prediction, and pricing clarity.
Automox needs better remote support, tool integration, user management, customization, reporting, cost-effectiveness, and visibility into patch processes.
Seemplicity users want better integration, customization, UI, collaboration features, and enhancements in governance, security, and data flexibility.
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
From a QA perspective, better visibility into patch history and endpoint changes would make it easier to troubleshoot environment-related issues and track changes over time.
QA Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
An alert of a security threat could be another type of notification that tells me something is important.
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
I would add that remote support for iOS could be better, and remote support of Linux is also lacking.
Data at Infosys
It would be nice if customers could perform the aggregation themselves on the spot to reduce that bottleneck.
Senior Security Engineer at Omnissa
There is room for improvement in a generic approach to queue management and more proactive collaboration with security analysts, developers, and infrastructure teams on tickets.
Member And Investor at OpenWeb
With the introduction of AI and agentic AI and more involvement in day-to-day tasks, it would be great if this platform starts remediating the vulnerabilities as well.
Senior Manager For Info Sec at X-Press Feeders
 

Setup Cost

Qualys TotalCloud offers competitive pricing for large enterprises, providing flexible, cost-effective solutions with comprehensive features and benefits.
Automox offers competitive pricing with no extra fees, a cloud-based solution, and a valued free trial for users.
Seemplicity offers transparent pricing, flexible licensing, and straightforward setup, delivering market-aligned value and efficiency-enhancing solutions.
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
Automox's price is very cost-effective and affordable.
Data at Infosys
Pricing and licensing were straightforward, and we had direct discussions with the CEO of the company, which allowed us to arrive at a price point that worked for both sides.
Member And Investor at OpenWeb
Licensing was clear and predictable; I appreciate there being no surprise costs creeping in after the fact, especially as someone who has to plan budgets.
Senior Manager For Info Sec at X-Press Feeders
They did not come to us with a take-it-or-leave-it price; they sat down with us.
Global Head, Cyber Security at Edge Testing Solutions
 

Valuable Features

Qualys TotalCloud enhances cloud security with risk prioritization, automation, and visibility, boosting efficiency in vulnerability management and remediation.
Automox enhances efficiency and security with flexible, cloud-based patch management, supporting multiple platforms with automation and real-time visibility.
Seemplicity utilizes AI for efficient vulnerability management, enhancing prioritization, automation, and team coordination while reducing manual efforts.
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
One of the best features I appreciate about Automox is automated patching.
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
It has also improved our security posture since automated patching has allowed vulnerabilities to be patched automatically.
Data at Infosys
It has very strong patch automation, particularly in automated OS patching, third-party patching, policy-based rollout, patch scheduling, and vulnerability remediation.
Technical Product Manager at Hireright
One is the option to deduplicate alerts between security platforms, which is something we do not have the capability for anywhere else.
Member And Investor at OpenWeb
The biggest impact Seemplicity has had on my organization is turning what used to be a fragmented, manual process into something structured and accountable.
Senior Manager For Info Sec at X-Press Feeders
It helps us accelerate the amount of time it takes to remediate and patch those systems and ensure that those systems are essentially secure and not vulnerable to exposure.
Managing Director
 

Categories and Ranking

Qualys TotalCloud
Sponsored
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (11th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (9th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (8th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (2nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (7th)
Automox
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
33rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (21st), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (8th), Patch Management (10th), Autonomous Endpoint Management (5th)
Seemplicity
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
15th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Security Remediation (2nd), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Qualys TotalCloud is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Automox is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Seemplicity is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys TotalCloud1.2%
Seemplicity0.3%
Automox0.6%
Other97.9%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2859021 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Risk-based triage has transformed container security and now prioritizes high-impact threats
The best features Qualys TotalCloud offers currently include managing cloud infrastructure and container security while facing major challenges such as alert fatigue. Traditional vulnerability scanners flag hundreds of CVEs on short-lived Kubernetes containers, some of which have no internet exposure or are gone before we can even triage them. I leverage Qualys TotalCloud to move beyond static CVSS. I use it to implement runtime exposure, correlation risk reprioritization, and shift-left integration. This notifies developers to fix a base image upstream rather than patching live ephemeral instances. In my work with cloud and container security, the biggest operational hurdle was alert fatigue. I use Qualys to shift left from static CVSS severity to context-aware risk prioritization. I correlated raw vulnerability data with real-time risk factors such as public network exposure, active runtime execution, or overly permissive IAM roles. This allows us to immediately drop the priority of isolated containers and escalate lower-severity CVEs that sit on an exposed, high-risk path. We can map these findings directly back to our CI/CD pipelines so developers can patch the root base images upstream. We have drastically cut down the signal-to-noise ratio, saved a lot of manual hours doing triage work, and ensured engineering effort goes directly towards high-impact risk reduction.
Naqash Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Reporting Analyst at University of Bradford
Automation has saved time and improves secure, centralized patching across all our devices
While Automox has very good features, I think there's still room for improvement. I want the custom reports to be even more detailed, specifically where I can add more details. It would be nice to have more filters in reports based on location and department more easily. Secondly, the notifications could be more customizable. Many times notifications come, but we don't have control over which notification is urgent and which is not. For example, if there's an alert of a critical update or pending approval, it can help me focus better. An alert of a security threat could be another type of notification that tells me something is important. Customized notifications would be much better. I would say the user interface could be improved as well. Some parts of the dashboard are a bit hard to understand. If they could be improved to be more intuitive, for example, if it could be easy to navigate between devices and reports, that would be great. I would say if Automox could also provide automation templates, that would help. I know there are templates, but I want more templates. Having ready-made worklets for common tasks can save a lot of time. Lastly, it should also support the interface for mobile screens.
JL
Vice President Of Security Architecture And Engineering at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Unified vulnerability data has reduced risk and currently cuts duplicate tools and license costs
Seemplicity can be improved by adding additional graphs and charts that make it easier to do trending over time. I had to do some of that manually via manual reports, but Seemplicity already has a feature request for this. Seemplicity has done a pretty good job of keeping up with integrations. One gap that I identified and that Seemplicity is trying to fill now is having a complete end-to-end mapping. Seemplicity currently looks at the external attack surface using tools like Censys, and then looks at the internal side, examining what is in AWS and other clouds using CSPM. However, there is not anything that currently ties a property on the outside to a system on the inside, especially when you have additional security layers like web application firewalls that actually mitigate the risk.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
34%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Healthcare Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise35
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Qualys TotalCloud?
In terms of improvement, remediation still belongs to the cloud team, which is one of the issues we faced with Qualys...
What is your primary use case for Qualys TotalCloud?
My main use case for Qualys TotalCloud is regarding the cloud visibility that we were not having previously. Previous...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Automox?
Our experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was very pleasant.
What needs improvement with Automox?
I cannot think of anything specific for how Automox can be improved. An AI worklet builder would be a possibility, bu...
What is your primary use case for Automox?
My main use case for Automox involves patching Windows and Linux servers, Windows endpoints, and maintaining configur...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Seemplicity?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that earlier we felt it was too pricey, but I think it's wor...
What needs improvement with Seemplicity?
Seemplicity can be improved because sometimes the rule setting can be a little complicated, and for instance, filteri...
What is your primary use case for Seemplicity?
For us, the main use case for Seemplicity is to get vulnerability findings in order to remediate the issue, and then ...
 

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