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Cisco ACI vs Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
5.9
Cisco ACI improved productivity with reduced downtime and costs, offering security and ROI benefits, despite implementation challenges.
Sentiment score
3.6
Organizations saw ROI in 3.5 years with reduced manual tasks, efficient risk prioritization, and streamlined vulnerability management.
Efficient utilization leads to cost savings and efficiency gains.
Sr Consultant at Tata Consultancy
I have definitely seen a return on investment; we save a lot of time on a day-to-day basis, during audits, and we need fewer employees because the platform has a lot of capabilities that do not require manual effort.
Head of Business Operations at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
In case of any attack and compromise, there is a big value return on investment.
Senior Manager Of Cyber Security at Ernst & Young
I have seen a return on investment, as we need fewer employees for operations.
Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Cisco ACI's support is praised for responsiveness and technical expertise, despite occasional delays and regional service inconsistencies.
Sentiment score
5.9
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform's customer service is fast and positive, but users suggest improvements in expertise and human interaction.
The technical support from Cisco is satisfactory.
Sr Consultant at Tata Consultancy
When issues occur, the TAC is not able to provide much support, leading to difficulties in finding RCAs.
Network Technical Manager at KPMG
Cisco has a Customer Experience team and other professional services coming in, so their support seems to be good.
Consulting & Solution Integration at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
I have seen replies in less than two or three hours.
Mediation Specialist III at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
When we reach the support team, they do not seem to have the skills to handle our questions and instead return with basic scripted questions rather than understanding what we are asking for and providing proper answers.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I believe in the initial stages, if they can establish a confidence directly with agents or persons, that will definitely create a lot of trust built up.
VP – Head PM O at Vodafone Idea Ltd.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Cisco ACI is praised for scalability, seamless integration, handling large environments, and offering flexibility with multi-site features.
Sentiment score
5.6
Qualys TruRisk Platform is scalable, efficiently managing assets and vulnerabilities, adapting to organizational growth and diverse infrastructure needs.
The solution offers high performance and scalability with connectivity options up to 100 GS.
Chief Technology Officer at Mehbub General Trading PLC
The scalability of Cisco ACI supports our organization's growth effectively.
Sr Consultant at Tata Consultancy
Expanding your network or your data center with Cisco ACI is not an issue; scalability is a good feature.
Network Technical Manager at KPMG
Once we supplied 130 URLs to it for scanning one by one, and it crashed in between.
Mediation Specialist III at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Qualys is fairly elastic.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The use cases that we have handled have not presented much of a challenge on the scalability part.
VP – Head PM O at Vodafone Idea Ltd.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Cisco ACI is praised for its stability, consistent reliability, strong tech support, and high ratings after initial issues were resolved.
Sentiment score
7.0
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform is stable, reliable for high-critical assets, with occasional glitches and transparency concerns affecting performance.
For stability, Cisco ACI rates a nine or 9.5 because I've seen three customers using Cisco ACI and once deployed, the solution is very stable.
Network Technical Manager at KPMG
Cisco ACI is stable in my experience.
Senior Network Automation Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would describe Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform as stable regarding crashes or downtimes ever happening.
Cloud Security Engineer at Punch Powertrain nv
It is not critical in the way that we have for Cortex XDR where if it fails, then the organization basically ceases to function.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
In terms of stability, I would rate it somewhere around seven.
VP – Head PM O at Vodafone Idea Ltd.
 

Room For Improvement

Cisco ACI needs interface improvements, enhanced training, better integration, improved scalability, user-friendly tools, and stronger technical support.
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform struggles with user support, interface usability, performance issues, and outdated reporting capabilities affecting user experience.
What we need is something called RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation. If Cisco can implement that to utilize customer-specific data instead of general knowledge, while ensuring data privacy under GDPR laws, I think that will result in very good, reliable output.
Senior Network Automation Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Their lack of on-ground offices can result in business losses.
Chief Technology Officer at Mehbub General Trading PLC
We do not make use of its visibility and analytics features, as we are mostly using it for the networking part only.
S VP, IT Infra at ATOM
We need to export data to external tools to perform the work that is supposed to be done in the tool itself, so we do not have any real return on investment using this tool.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It would be beneficial if the solution could correctly identify the exact OS version, potentially requiring code adjustments.
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
If you have uploaded a file containing many IP addresses, you don't have a straightforward option to check what the IP addresses were.
Mediation Specialist III at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
 

Setup Cost

Cisco ACI offers robust performance but is costly, with complex licensing, suiting large enterprises seeking reliability.
The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform is perceived as competitively priced, with users valuing its capabilities despite varying cost opinions.
In general, Cisco ACI is on the higher side; it's not a cheap solution.
Network Technical Manager at KPMG
Cisco's pricing tends to be on the higher end compared to other vendors.
Chief Technology Officer at Mehbub General Trading PLC
Cost is one thing that could be improved, as it is heavy for an emerging market like ours.
S VP, IT Infra at ATOM
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform was not expensive regarding the pricing point.
Cloud Security Engineer at Punch Powertrain nv
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform is expensive.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform are as per our budgets, and we found it to be economical.
Head of Business Operations at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Cisco ACI provides security, automation, and scalability, enhancing network flexibility, centralized management, and efficient data center operations.
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform offers versatile risk management with agentless deployment, continuous monitoring, and AI-driven insights across various systems.
Cisco ACI provides substantial capability; you can design your network accordingly and it's part of the SDN family, providing many benefits to the organization, especially when moving from traditional network infrastructure.
Network Technical Manager at KPMG
Instead of taking days or multiple days for a deployment of a server or application, they can do it immediately within minutes because all the configuration templates are already there in the control plane.
Consulting & Solution Integration at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
With the Cisco ACI fabric, you manage them as a whole, and it's an automation-driven solution, with our network development team integrating with the APIs to establish workflows for observability, fault alerts, monitoring, and more.
Senior Network Automation Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The platform scans the entire environment and IP range, providing comprehensive vulnerability reports along with solutions to address these vulnerabilities.
IT Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It will also provide the information of the CVEs related to it, CVSS score related to it, and the CVEs will help you to understand more about how bad it can get.
Mediation Specialist III at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
It identified trust distributions amongst our assets, what are high risk items, what are critical things, vulnerabilities that can be exploited, and what are critical priorities for us.
Cloud Security Engineer at Punch Powertrain nv
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco ACI
Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Network Virtualization (2nd), Software Defined Networking (SDN) (2nd)
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk P...
Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud and Data Center Security category, the mindshare of Cisco ACI is 3.7%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform is 1.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud and Data Center Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform1.4%
Cisco ACI3.7%
Other94.9%
Cloud and Data Center Security
 

Featured Reviews

Sulaiman Olubiyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Automation Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Network automation has simplified secure multi-site connectivity and reduced daily operational effort
I believe Cisco ACI could improve by incorporating something related to agentic AI, where it can execute tasks based on particular evaluations or loop engineering, enhancing fault identification or suggestions based on each tenant's configuration. Additionally, I think they should ensure that the documentation is comprehensive. I appreciate that Cisco provides documentation, and their support engineers are helpful in case of any issues. In terms of governance and security regarding Cisco ACI's AI capabilities, I think what we call evals or evaluations is important, whereby the engineer can evaluate the functionalities of the AI in Cisco ACI, preventing it from making deletions or modifications on its own. Therefore, there should be evaluations or guardrails incorporated into the development capabilities. Regarding accuracy and reliability of output for Cisco ACI's AI capabilities, it hasn't met my expectations. What we need is something called RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation. If Cisco can implement that to utilize customer-specific data instead of general knowledge, while ensuring data privacy under GDPR laws, I think that will result in very good, reliable output.
PK
VP – Head PM O at Vodafone Idea Ltd.
Governance dashboards have improved risk visibility but still need smarter automated decisions
The governance part is the most prominent area for improvement. We want to have a dashboard with just one click where the KPIs are pre-configured as per the business requirement and those things are monitored on a regular basis to check how things are moving. Governance and high-level management or board level visibility matter the most. We are trying to incorporate artificial models which can take care of many things that are currently taken care of manually or through certain jobs so that they can be automated with the help of AI models or agents. We will progress as the AI model matures with pattern learning and all those things. We want self-decision capabilities. Not just analysis and giving alerts, but even taking decisions of actions and performing those actions. The first step would be to not only alert that there is an issue or threat, but to evaluate the threat itself in generality and suggest something. The second step is where those suggestions will definitely have some good minds working on them, but only if they are suitable will we make it as a learning model. Otherwise, we will discard and modify those things. The second level would be to let the learning model learn and then gradually figure out whether we can delegate the decision in the sense of the action that they can perform, see it and then evaluate whether it is falling in line as per the expectation. This is how we will progress on a use case basis only.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Transportation Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise89
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
There are some very major differences between both the Products and to name a few. -Cisco ACI have physical network gear (9K Switches) where the Code runs in ACI Policy Mode & the UCS server wh...
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
Once you know your way around the Cisco ecosystem, using Cisco ACI is not so difficult. It is a global product, so when you change one interface, changes are automatically reflected on every switch...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco ACI?
Cost is one thing that could be improved, as it is heavy for an emerging market like ours.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform?
I obtained Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform directly from a partner and not through the AWS Marketplace.
What needs improvement with Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform?
Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform does not have good qualities, and we are struggling to use this tool to achieve what we are looking for in terms of exposure management in our environment. The re...
What is your primary use case for Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform?
My main use case for Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform is to provide a view of the exposure management risk of the company for vulnerabilities and other capabilities including cloud solutions. I s...
 

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