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Cortex XSIAM vs Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management 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
4.6
Cortex XSIAM enhances incident management and provides significant financial returns by automating detection and response, reducing staffing needs.
Sentiment score
5.1
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management boosts efficiency, reduces costs, and enhances security, achieving 95% ROI and 150% business growth.
Improvements to our security infrastructure contributed to overall business growth of approximately 150 percent over the past year.
By automating tasks, it significantly reduces the human resources required, leading to increased efficiency and productivity.
It has reduced the number of development and scripting hours along with maintenance hours.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.8
Cortex XSIAM support varies; premium service excels, while non-premium experiences depend on distributor expertise and sometimes face delays.
Sentiment score
7.7
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management offers reliable, responsive support, with knowledgeable staff and efficient issue resolution, despite occasional inefficiencies.
With premium support, core Palo Alto technical experts handle issues directly.
It is ineffective in terms of responding to basic queries and addressing future requirements.
The Palo Alto support team is fully responsive and helpful.
The support team was knowledgeable and offered a variety of quick resolution options.
Their SMEs have sufficient knowledge, and if they are not the right contact, they quickly redirect us to someone who can help resolve issues.
I would rate their customer support a ten out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Cortex XSIAM is scalable for various business sizes with cloud-based integration, but lacks on-premises deployment and mixed reviews.
Sentiment score
7.9
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management scales globally, managing extensive networks efficiently with seamless integration and high user adaptability.
Without proper integration, scaling up with more servers is meaningless.
Cortex XSIAM is highly scalable.
We have about 300,000 assets installed with agents worldwide.
The scalability is excellent as we manage more than one hundred thousand assets, including over one hundred thousand endpoints, approximately 2,600 servers, and more than 1,200 network devices.
Qualys Cybersecurity Asset Management has proven to be a highly scalable solution for us over the past couple of years.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Cortex XSIAM is praised for its stability, rapid issue resolution, and efficient performance despite minor post-update challenges.
Sentiment score
7.4
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management is generally stable, reliable, and efficient, despite occasional minor syncing, query, and slowness issues.
The product was easy to install and set up and worked right.
Overall, Cortex XSIAM is stable.
It works really nice and performs really efficiently after configuration.
I would rate the stability of Qualys CSAM a ten out of ten.
The product stability has notably declined over the last two months, and the performance to fulfill a page request is very slow compared to its previous performance.
They are constantly adding capabilities.
 

Room For Improvement

Cortex XSIAM needs improved integration, performance, interface, pricing, support, ASM, AI, onboarding, tagging, and identity management enhancements.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management needs better integration, user interface, asset discovery, customization, learning materials, stability, and support.
Obtaining validation for integrations from Palo Alto takes around eight months, which is quite long.
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports.
Cortex XSIAM is on the expensive side and requires substantial improvement in pricing.
Qualys is currently not able to identify assets lacking DNS information.
Features enhancing the interaction with IT or security teams should be added, such as a ticketing feature that, if an issue arises in the CSAM module, enables direct ticket creation in systems like ServiceNow.
If there's one key aspect to focus on, it's discovery—the ability to identify assets that you are not aware of, even when you can see they are present.
 

Setup Cost

Cortex XSIAM is viewed as competitively priced but complex, aligning with market expectations despite some regional variations.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management offers competitive pricing, seen as cost-effective for large enterprises but costly for smaller organizations.
The first impression is that XSIAM would be more expensive than others we tried.
The product is very expensive.
Cortex XSIAM is pretty expensive, and the licensing process is not very comfortable.
A cost-effective solution.
I believe that the stability and reliability of Qualys offer great value for the money.
A monthly subscription starting at approximately $72 per month, depending on the specific package and features included.
 

Valuable Features

Cortex XSIAM excels in machine learning threat detection, SOAR features, and advanced automation for efficient security management.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management enhances security by offering comprehensive asset discovery, vulnerability scanning, TruRisk scoring, and compliance tracking.
The advanced visualization capabilities of the product are important for understanding security trends in an organization.
One of the valued aspects of the product is its use of artificial intelligence to detect security vulnerabilities.
The flexibility for creating manual workflows stands out.
By correlating this with QDS scores, we can accurately assess the risk level of high or low QDS scores associated with each asset and monitor them accordingly.
The most valuable feature is the real-time visibility Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management provides into all assets across our development and operational environments.
It also performs scans to identify any vulnerabilities, which helps to take proactive measures before those vulnerabilities are identified by any attacker.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cortex XSIAM
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (13th), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (5th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (7th)
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset ...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (8th), Patch Management (5th), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) (3rd), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (3rd), Software Supply Chain Security (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Cortex XSIAM is designed for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and holds a mindshare of 2.9%, up 1.9% compared to last year.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management, on the other hand, focuses on Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), holds 10.7% mindshare, up 4.8% since last year.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cortex XSIAM2.9%
Wazuh9.3%
Splunk Enterprise Security8.7%
Other79.1%
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management10.7%
Axonius30.5%
Armis21.5%
Other37.3%
Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM)
 

Featured Reviews

AKASH MAJUMDER - PeerSpot reviewer
Incident response times have significantly reduced with efficient device integration and log parsing capabilities
Cortex XSIAM needs improvements in terms of data onboarding, parsers, and third-party integration supports. Additionally, a future update request is to enable tagging of endpoints in groups, similar to a feature available in Cortex XDR. The AI analytics need fine-tuning because some use cases are not working from my side.
Nicki Møller - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables automation and quick access to necessary information
One of the significant challenges Qualys is discovery, which I know Microsoft excels at. I can't recall how well Qualys performs this function; it seems I might be missing some details. However, if there's one key aspect to focus on, it's discovery—the ability to identify assets that you are not aware of, even when you can see they are present. Understanding what those assets are is crucial. With Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management, it was very difficult to extract detections from the system. The features within Qualys are limited to what they have developed. Sometimes a complete overview is needed to push to a Power BI dashboard, Splunk, ServiceNow, or other platforms. The export process is incredibly challenging. We needed a developer to write a hundred-line Python script that would loop over certain assets due to export limitations. Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management could improve its integration capabilities. While it generates substantial data, correlating it with other data sources can be challenging. The export process is difficult, and pre-built integrations with other tools could be enhanced for better process implementation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cortex XSIAM?
It is an effective solution in terms of performance and functionalities.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cortex XSIAM?
I did not participate in pricing discussions for Cortex XSIAM solutions, so I cannot provide a review regarding prices for this solution.
What needs improvement with Cortex XSIAM?
Cortex XSIAM is on the expensive side and requires substantial improvement in pricing. There are other features that could be improved, including integration with vendors such as CyberArk. I would ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
For vulnerability management, we have a good price. We have a solid deal in place for the first and second years. However, as we expand to multiple locations, the pricing varies. For some clients, ...
What needs improvement with Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
Integration of Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management, particularly with ServiceNow, takes a very long time, and it needs prioritization of patch rules based on vulnerability risk. It should support...
What is your primary use case for Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
We use Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management mainly for asset management consolidation because we are using different tools. We have around 256 locations and 480 sites. We have created multiple pla...
 

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