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IronNet Collective Defense Platform vs Qualys VMDR comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IronNet Collective Defense ...
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (19th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (23rd)
Qualys VMDR
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
96
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (3rd), Vulnerability Management (2nd), Configuration Management Databases (3rd), Container Security (9th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

IronNet Collective Defense Platform and Qualys VMDR aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IronNet Collective Defense Platform is designed for Network Detection and Response (NDR) and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
Qualys VMDR, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 3.9% mindshare, down 7.2% since last year.
Network Detection and Response (NDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IronNet Collective Defense Platform1.4%
Darktrace14.1%
Vectra AI10.3%
Other74.2%
Network Detection and Response (NDR)
Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys VMDR3.9%
Wiz4.4%
Tenable Nessus3.7%
Other88.0%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1468230 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Easy to use, stable, and easy to install
We use this solution for the Ministry of Defense and the special agencies It adds value to our existing platform, and therefore our system becomes more important for the customer. The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services. It's pretty decent, and I don't see…
Vaibhav Ghule - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc Lead & Edr Administration at Persistent Systems
Continuous risk-based monitoring has strengthened incident response and vulnerability prioritization
I haven't explored Qualys VMDR's vulnerability lifecycle automation yet. One of my analysts mentioned that queries lack grouping operators in Qualys VMDR. From my experience, I would appreciate improvements in the query options in Qualys VMDR, specifically in the query-building process where I would need more features and operators. Additionally, we have been facing issues with Qualys on the cloud level. We cannot download the configuration profile from the cloud agent, and it is showing a pending action for download. During 2025, we noticed outages of Qualys a couple of times. I want to mention that there is an issue with receiving timely RCA deliveries. While this is not necessarily about the tool, it relates to support. The support has not been very responsive, and we are receiving RCAs a little delayed whenever we raise support cases or communicate with the TAMs. Additionally, the UI has a slight latency, which I and my team have experienced. They have also reported this latency issue when navigating through different pages.

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 feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services."
"It adds value to our existing platform, and therefore our system becomes more important for the customer."
"Qualys VMDR is easy to understand and provides detailed reports."
"Vulnerability scans are easily managed and maintained using Qualys."
"The most valuable feature is the QID part, especially of CentralList, which makes it easy to assess new critical vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability detection and the scanning capability to enable identification of vulnerabilities across our network."
"Tech support is helpful."
"Qualys VM has improved the way the organization functions."
"I find the most valuable features are the continuous monitoring. Even on premises, there is constant monitoring."
"The biggest benefit is from a security operations perspective, where we are able to drive our security posture upwards by remediating any discovered vulnerabilities."
 

Cons

"I would like to see it integrate with third-party systems."
"They can tweak their UI since the new version seems a bit jumbled up, and the old UI was more user-friendly."
"From the application security perspective, Qualys has a way to go."
"Maybe the reporting features. It is too granular, so that if someone new wants to get familiar with it, they will have a hard time."
"We are moving away from Qualys to Defender ATP because I find that Defender ATP is much better at prioritizing the vulnerabilities that I should be looking at."
"Web application security model needs some work."
"The price could be better. Asset view is still a legacy feature. I'm not able to extract the information about the asset with complete details. It would be better if they fixed that in the next release. I know Qualys is already working on it, so I'm hopeful it will be available in the next five or six months. That would be something that's changed where I seek improvement."
"The IoT scan is not great."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing costs are yearly."
"The pricing is very competitive."
"Qualys VM is better suited for medium to large companies because the price can be too much for smaller customers."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."
"The pricing and licensing for Qualys could be improved."
"Qualys VM is quite expensive. It's a subscription-based license, and it's yearly. Right now, it's open for me, and I don't have any limitations or caps on the licenses. They are seeing if the product is viable for 4500 users. I can add as much as I want, and at the end of the subscription, they'll let me know how many licenses were actually used and bill me accordingly. On a scale from one to five, I would give their pricing a three. It's still expensive."
"The solution is reasonably priced for the value it provides."
"Qualys is a pay-as-you-go model, so there's flexibility to the pricing."
"It is different for every company, but for us, it's every three years."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
6%
 

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Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise70
 

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Also Known As

IronDefense, Iron Dome, Cyber Operations Center
Qualys VM, QualysGuard VM, Qualys Asset Inventory, Qualys Container Security
 

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Sample Customers

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