Micro Focus Asset Manager [EOL] vs Qualys VMDR comparison

OpenText and Qualys are both solutions in the IT Asset Management category. Additionally, 75% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Qualys users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 19, 2025

Qualys VMDR and Micro Focus Asset Manager [EOL] both compete in the areas of vulnerability management and asset management. Qualys VMDR holds an edge due to its advanced security features and cloud-based convenience, making it more suitable for organizations prioritizing rapid security measures.

Features: Qualys VMDR offers comprehensive vulnerability detection, an integrated threat detection system, and effective vulnerability analysis. Micro Focus Asset Manager emphasizes robust asset lifecycle management, detailed reporting, and customizable asset tracking capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Qualys VMDR could enhance its user interface complexity and offer more flexible integration with third-party tools. Micro Focus Asset Manager requires improvement in its transition from on-premises setups to modern alternatives and refinement in customer support responsiveness.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Qualys VMDR simplifies deployment with its cloud-based setup, offering efficient customer support. Micro Focus Asset Manager involves a more time-consuming on-premises installation but compensates with extensive documentation to aid users during deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Qualys VMDR is attractive due to lower setup costs and faster ROI, leveraging a subscription-based model. On the other hand, Micro Focus Asset Manager demands higher initial costs but offers value over time with its extensive asset management capabilities, justifying its pricing for organizations requiring in-depth management solutions.

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Micro Focus Asset Manager [...

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Qualys VMDR

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Asset Management (4th), Vulnerability Management (3rd), Configuration Management Databases (2nd), Container Security (9th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (1st)

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reviewer1700715

Software Asset Manager Lead at Boeing at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

A stable and clever solution, but it is very complex and it needs a lot of improvements

There are a lot of things that need improvement. Software recognition, software licensing, software compliance, data inputs, reporting, and support are some of the areas. It needs a discovery tool of its own. You have to get that from other Micro Focus products, which means you have to pay more to get those products.

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Ankesh Raj

Information Security Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Real-time responses and reporting streamline vulnerability management

Qualys VMDR provides a real-time response and reporting feature, which is excellent. It allows us to see real-time graphs and reports for every asset, server, and more, which is very user-friendly. Our clients have given good feedback, and they are satisfied with the tool. We use it daily to fix vulnerabilities by connecting with infrastructure to remediate. The feedback from the client side is very good.

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Pros

"It is stable and scalable."

"This product can be customized according to the needs of any company."

"We have now automatic and immediate control of assets usage, and we can now better manage our assets pool and get benefits through that."

"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."

"The initial setup was good. We didn't have any problems with it."

"Qualys VMDR provides a real-time response and reporting feature, which is excellent."

"I find Qualys VM very robust, and it's very useful for vulnerability management and patch management. The value that it brings to my environment is economies of scale. There is no limitation on adding any endpoints. You go by the rule, and it's added once another endpoint is added to our environment. It's automatically installed, and it's less work from our end. It frees up my license automatically if I don't need an endpoint or if my machine is decommissioned. I like the dashboard displays because I don't see any duplication. The most important part is vulnerability management and prioritization. Unlike Symantec, it shows the kind of vulnerability I would want to patch first. It provides a holistic view of the kind of vulnerabilities and the ones I should remediate first. I don't have to do a scan; it just brings up those critical kinds of vulnerabilities like zero-day vulnerabilities and tells me to prioritize them. You have to prioritize these vulnerabilities first and go on with the rest. The dashboard shows me the ones that have been fixed, so I don't have to complete an aging report. The user experience and the graphical interface are good. As it's user-friendly and understandable on an executive level, it brings real value. We also use this solution because it's robust and flexibile."

"Qualys VMDR provides us with a quick response to threat findings through regular scheduled scanning, which improves our security operations."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the external channel."

"The prioritization feature is great. I think it has all of the advanced features that we need."

"The prioritization of vulnerabilities has improved our remediation efforts by around thirty to thirty-five percent."

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Cons

"The usability of this product is still out-of-date and could be improved. The interface could be improved."

"The technology used is outdated, the interface is outdated, the database is outdated, everything is outdated."

"There are a lot of things that need improvement. Software recognition, software licensing, software compliance, data inputs, reporting, and support are some of the areas."

"I would like to see more accuracy in detections, better reporting capabilities, and better dashboard download capabilities."

"It's too early for me to say if there is any room for improvement since we're in the first couple of months of using this solution."

"Endpoint stability and fault resolution could be improved."

"The IoT scan is not great."

"The reporting section needs improvement as running reports can take several hours."

"Integration could be better. When you think about scanning, it's not used just with this product alone but with other Qualys products. If you think about the bundle, the product itself is good. But integration with other products and packages has space for improvement. They should also offer a better price for bundles."

"One area for improvement is the simplification of the process to ignore certain vulnerabilities on specific devices."

"The user interface (UI) is quite complicated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"From my experience, Asset Manager is expensive."

"The license is on a yearly basis."

"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 costly."

"In Nigerian Naira, we spend about roughly four to five million to use this solution and this is expensive compared to solutions like Nessus."

"We do see over $100,000 in terms of price, for mid-size programs. You likely will pay more than $100,000 without any discount. It is a bit pricey."

"It's very expensive, especially if you want to use multiple modules of Qualys."

"Qualys is a pay-as-you-go model, so there's flexibility to the pricing."

"The pricing is very competitive."

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What do you like most about Qualys VMDR?

I like that we have many scanners and channels that don't overload. It helps us scan and track easily. Also, the tagging system is good for tagging. We can still use QualysAgent task ID tools even ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys VMDR?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that we can consider both time and money saved.

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What needs improvement with Qualys VMDR?

One area where Qualys VMDR can be improved is the missing feature for deploying agents for over 1,000 assets, as we need to do it manually. Qualys doesn't have its own tool to deploy the agents all...

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Also Known As

Asset Manager, HPE Asset Manager

Qualys VM, QualysGuard VM, Qualys Asset Inventory, Qualys Container Security

Overview

HPE Asset Manager automates best practices across the asset management lifecycle and integrates processes into IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service support workflows including incident, problem, and change management to improve service quality and business outcomes.

OpenText

Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response (VMDR) is a cornerstone product of the Qualys TruRisk Platform and a global leader in the enterprise-grade vulnerability management (VM) vendor space. With VMDR, enterprises are empowered with visibility and insight into cyber risk exposure - making it easy to prioritize vulnerabilities, assets, or groups of assets based on business risk. Security teams can take action to mitigate risk, helping the business measure their actual risk exposure over time.

Qualys VMDR offers an all-inclusive risk-based vulnerability management solution to prioritize vulnerabilities and assets based on risk and business criticality. VMDR seamlessly integrates with configuration management databases (CMDB), Qualys Patch Management, Custom Assessment and Remediation (CAR), Qualys TotalCloud and other Qualys and non-Qualys solutions to facilitate vulnerability detection and remediation across the entire enterprise.

With VMDR, users are empowered with actionable risk insights that translate vulnerabilities and exploits into optimized remediation actions based on business impact. Qualys customers can now aggregate and orchestrate data from the Qualys Threat Library, 25+ threat intelligence feeds, and third-party security and IT solutions, empowering organizations to measure, communicate, and eliminate risk across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Qualys

Sample Customers

Finansbank, MTS India, Sprint

Agrokor Group, American Specialty Health, American State Bank, Arval, Life:), Axway, Bank of the West, Blueport Commerce, BSkyB, Brinks, CaixaBank, Cartagena, Catholic Health System, CEC Bank, Cegedim, CIGNA, Clickability, Colby-Sawyer College, Commercial Bank of Dubai, University of Utah, eBay Inc., ING Singapore, National Theatre, OTP Bank, Sodexo, WebEx

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