We performed a comparison between Darktrace and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Cisco, TitanHQ and others in Email Security."Does a thorough job of examining email and URLs for malicious content."
"The deployment capability is a great feature."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features."
"Microsoft Defender has a feature to protect each and every attachment. Even if it's an encrypted attachment, it will check for any potential threats."
"Defender helps us prioritize threats across our organization."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 has improved my organization's security. It makes it easier to manage the infrastructure without the help of third-party applications."
"The good part is that you don't have to configure it, which is very convenient."
"The AI-based pattern is the most valuable feature."
"I have used multiple solutions, but its graphical user interface is quite interesting and quite descriptive. There are a lot of video animations, and we can easily see how the data is transferred between various points. That's something really interesting. It is also quite easy to understand for a new user."
"The most valuable feature is the solution's ability to trim out the false positives and point your attention to the real important stuff."
"The solution is outstanding from a monitoring perspective."
"Darktrace is very flexible."
"Technical support is helpful and responsive."
"One thing I appreciate is Antigena Email, which is for email protection."
"The NDR is good in their solution and they have NTG for email."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"Qualys VM's best features are vulnerability management and customizable scoring."
"Qualys VM has allowed us to know the vulnerabilities we need to prioritize based on the threat levels and the possible impact if there's an intrusion."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to run different capabilities with the same agent. With only one agent, we can have EDR, vulnerability management, compliance and some basic SaaS security capabilities."
"I like Qualys because it is a very complete product, more so than Tenable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the external channel."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"I find the most valuable features are the continuous monitoring. Even on premises, there is constant monitoring."
"The GUI is sometimes slow to fetch the device report and could be improved."
"Microsoft sometimes has downtime, and we'll get several incidents coming in back to back. We have a huge backlog of notifications, many of which may be false positives. However, there might be serious alerts, so we can't risk dismissing all of them at once."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"Microsoft wants its well-paying customers to finish testing some of its half-baked products, find bugs, and report bugs back to Microsoft's team, which is a little frustrating for those who have to manage it and roll it up to thousands of people across the organization."
"Microsoft should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"Too many false positives and lacks an accurate capability to detect malicious SharePoint sites."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should improve the troubleshooting tools. It's unclear whether the device is blocked at the firewall level or at the device itself. The granularity needed for troubleshooting is currently lacking. From my perspective, Microsoft should address this issue to benefit many users who likely share the same sentiment."
"There is room for improvement in terms of reporting."
"I would like to see some additional enhancements."
"It's quite expensive to have."
"Getting logs from different sources can be a challenge."
"The pricing is a bit high for the region."
"It takes time to go through the interface and pick up things. If it were a more straightforward interface, then it would free up time."
"The program is quite expensive."
"I did not use the AI features because they should make it more user-friendly which would be a benefit. Additionally, the solution could integrate with more SIEM or SOAR tools."
"The product doesn't have an endpoint agent that can react to triggers set on the device,"
"The disadvantage of working with Qualys is that the graphical interface is quite outdated."
"The customer support is very bad."
"The solution is a bit expensive if you do not have access to discounts."
"Qualys VM should improve its methodology."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"The only improvement I can think of is on the implementation side. At times it is a bit slow."
"The ability to manage user accounts and give rights to the operator to know about abnormalities of applications is something that needs improvement."
"If anything, I would like to see the user interface modernized a bit more."
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Darktrace is ranked 13th in Email Security with 65 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Darktrace is rated 8.2, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus.
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