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ESET Cloud Apps Protection vs Qualys Patch Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ESET Cloud Apps Protection
Ranking in Patch Management
33rd
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Email Security (44th), Vulnerability Management (69th)
Qualys Patch Management
Ranking in Patch Management
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Patch Management category, the mindshare of ESET Cloud Apps Protection is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualys Patch Management is 3.3%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Patch Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys Patch Management3.3%
ESET Cloud Apps Protection1.1%
Other95.6%
Patch Management
 

Featured Reviews

LA
Team Manager at JJ soluciones
Great protection, good privacy, and helpful support
The only thing I would like is a way to open the email that is going to quarantine. Based on the level of security, they cannot open the email to check the message. Even for the administrator, you have to create a security copy to be sent, which will lock the log support. It's not easy for an admin to check and decide if the email is good or not. That is the only thing that I'm seeing could be improved. Basically, ESET doesn't have the ability to let the administrator release an email showing the message on the email. It's not possible. If you want to have an email review, you have to select an option to send a copy. In the way that they designed the system, for security, they are not letting anyone even have the admin privileges to make this happen. Privacy is at a really high level.
AN
Cyber Security Specialist at UBS Financial
Patch management process becomes more efficient and cost-effective while significantly improving vulnerability remediation rates
Regarding improvements in Qualys Patch Management, I did not quite understand the downsides they were expecting. Initially, I was confused about where to find and how to use the available features. It was challenging to identify the options we could employ and why we were using them. However, once I gained hands-on experience, I was able to identify the tool's particular features, making it easier for us to use it. The initial phase had some difficulty with the user interface. I would them to improve user training. They have used many colors, which can be confusing, so they should use specific colors for specific options. For critical options, they could make them red, green for medium, and blue for less significant options. This would make it easier for a beginner to recognize which buttons are dangerous to click. Such adjustments can help new users learn the solution faster.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are the precision of detection and the level of customization of the policy."
"We are close to having 99% or 98% detection."
"It's a trustworthy solution that is easy to learn."
"My overall rating for Qualys Patch Management is a ten out of ten."
"I would recommend Qualys Patch Management 100% because it works for me, it is a necessity for IT SOC teams, and it is easy to deploy and understand."
"Qualys Patch Management excels with its automated patch scheduling and retrieval."
"Qualys Patch Management is integrated with the vulnerability management solution itself, making it more useful and automated."
"The most valuable feature in Patch Management is the Qualys query language for set-it-and-forget-it patching for our preapproved patches, and our preapproved schedules, That is extremely helpful compared to the old days of patching."
"Qualys Patch Management offers excellent features, most notably the Qualys Gateway Service, which caches patches and distributes them to agents, minimizing bandwidth consumption."
"Qualys Patch Management is beneficial for addressing critical vulnerability alerts quickly, providing significant improvements in mitigating risk within our organization."
"Qualys' best feature is its reporting. At first, it may seem a little complicated to a beginning user, but it's helpful once you get used to it. Most of these scans run automatically. We set the scans up for the client to run at daily, weekly, or monthly intervals, depending on how critical the server or other hardware is."
 

Cons

"It's not easy for an admin to check and decide if the email is good or not."
"It's not easy for an admin to check and decide if the email is good or not."
"The specific domain file for Apache needs to be well-defined."
"Currently, there are limitations in downloading patch jobs to view all associated assets and patch statuses."
"One of the challenges that we have faced with the Patch Management tool is that you cannot patch all the things. There are some limitations, whereas, in SCCM, we can create a package and just deploy that through it. Anything is deployable through SCCM, whereas Patch Management is very selective."
"In our environment, the application sometimes crashes, requiring improvement."
"The user interface could be more functional, with dashboards for patch compliance visualization and simplified error code language."
"To be improved or enhanced in Qualys Patch Management, some patches are not automatically updated."
"In my opinion, there are areas within Qualys Patch Management that have room for improvement, such as cloud instance functionality."
"Qualys's current response time for releasing solutions to zero-day vulnerabilities, which takes approximately 12 to 16 hours, needs improvement."
"Qualys Patch Management can be improved by enhancing the reporting capabilities and dashboards since it is difficult to extract customized executive reports for the board."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution provides affordable pricing for medium sized industries."
"Qualys Patch Management offers a moderate price point, neither cheap nor expensive, considering its comprehensive functionality."
"The pricing is fair and within our budget."
"From what I have heard, Qualys Patch Management is pricey, which is a main barrier to entry. Another aspect that I do not like about Qualys is that they do not add new patch management functionalities to the existing package. It is a separate SKU, so you have to pay more money."
"Qualys Patch Management comes as part of a bundled package with several modules, making it a cost-effective deal for us."
"I'm unaware of Qualys' exact price, but it's more expensive than Nessus. With technological products, you need to pay to get the best."
"Its price is competitive in the market. Compared to other solutions like Rapid7, Qualys offers a favorable price point and robust features."
"Qualys Patch Management is expensive."
"It is affordable, but they should provide features as per the rate they are charging. We have a big infrastructure with about 80,000 licenses. We expect better support from the Qualys team. So, it is affordable, but more features should be there, and the support should be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Construction Company
8%
Media Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys Patch Management?
Qualys reduces risk for us and our clients by upwards of 50% when we arrive at a client site with no previous software installed. If they have other software they were using and then transition to ...
What needs improvement with Qualys Patch Management?
In my opinion, there are areas within Qualys Patch Management that have room for improvement, such as cloud instance functionality. If mobile alerts could come through other social media platforms ...
What is your primary use case for Qualys Patch Management?
The purpose of using Qualys Patch Management in my organization is to ensure that our systems are always up to date and to protect against vulnerabilities from attackers. Before we started using th...
 

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