We compared Qualys VMDR and Tenable Vulnerability Management based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Users generally find the setup process for Qualys VMDR to be easy and fast, taking only a few minutes. However, there are some integration issues with other systems. In contrast, setting up Tenable Vulnerability Management can be time-consuming, ranging from a couple of hours to a few weeks. Some users find it difficult to configure IP ranges and firewall settings.
Qualys VMDR offers a prioritization mechanism, continuous monitoring, a customizable dashboard, and a comprehensive overview of vulnerabilities. On the other hand, Tenable Vulnerability Management provides complete visibility, scalability, and a user-friendly dashboard for vulnerability analysis.
Both Qualys VMDR and Tenable Vulnerability Management have areas that require improvement. Qualys VMDR could benefit from enhancements in user experience, UI design, SLA tracking, batch prioritization, integration, reporting, and dashboards. On the other hand, Tenable Vulnerability Management needs improvements in visibility, support, dashboards, integration, reporting, pricing, user interface, and automation.
The cost of setting up Qualys VMDR can be high for smaller customers, as it varies depending on the specific features needed. Some reviewers mentioned that additional fees are required for features like patch management and EDR policy compliance. In contrast, Tenable Vulnerability Management has a pricing model that varies among users, which some users did not find ideal. While basic vulnerability scanning and management have no hidden costs, the overall cost can be relatively expensive compared to other solutions.
Qualys VMDR is praised for its ability to effectively reduce risks and mitigate cybersecurity threats, resulting in a good return on investment. On the other hand, Tenable Vulnerability Management is acknowledged for providing long-term value and identifying vulnerabilities, although not everyone experiences a significant return on investment.
The feedback for Qualys VMDR's customer service varies, with some customers appreciating the support provided, while others highlight the need for quicker response times and more knowledgeable staff. Similarly, Tenable Vulnerability Management's customer service has received mixed reviews, with certain users expressing dissatisfaction regarding issue resolution and turnaround time, while others commend the team's round-the-clock availability and promptness.
Comparison Results
In comparing Qualys VMDR to Tenable Vulnerability Management, both solutions have easy initial setups and offer comprehensive vulnerability management. Qualys VMDR provides a prioritization mechanism, continuous monitoring, and great technical support. It also has a customizable dashboard. However, it lacks user-friendliness, integration with other systems, and needs improvement in reporting and dashboards. On the other hand, Tenable Vulnerability Management offers complete visibility, is considered reliable and cost-effective, and has a user-friendly dashboard. It also provides efficient risk assessments. However, it lacks coverage of the entire vulnerability management process and needs improvements in support, pricing, and user interface customization.
"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."
"Technical support is fantastic."
"Qualys VM's best features are vulnerability management and customizable scoring."
"I find the solution's dashboard interesting...The response time is fine. You can pull up reports without dragging or consuming bandwidth."
"There are fewer false positives when using this solution."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"We also like the flexibility in their licensing."
"The most valuable feature is that this solution is very lightweight."
"It is very stable, and it is updated periodically by adding new vulnerabilities."
"A new user can easily understand the workflow, even if they are creating users for other divisions and the user is a beginner."
"Tenable.io, in particular, is quite a powerful product. It looks at your traditional environment, which is pretty much anything that is on-premises, and it also goes a step ahead and covers your modern assets, which is anything that is currently sitting in the cloud. You get complete visibility of your entire environment and tech operation. The ability to give you visibility across the entire tech surface is one of the biggest advantages that Tenable.io has."
"Technical support has been good. They respond quite quickly."
"It is quite straightforward to set up."
"It is a very, very user-friendly tool...The setup is easy"
"The vulnerability management itself is the most valuable feature as well as references to the mitigation techniques."
"The solution creates vulnerability tickets within the VM profile but should also include them under the Remediation tab so the fixes can be viewed in the ticketing queue."
"Qualys VM's machine learning and artificial intelligence features could be improved."
"Certain integration factors between different options could be improved."
"Qualys VM should improve its methodology."
"Qualys VM could improve by having more skilled support personnel."
"This solution could be improved by extending the agent capabilities to different operating systems including Mac and Linux. We would also like the capability to easily check for vulnerability in assets in the IOTs."
"The only improvement I can think of is on the implementation side. At times it is a bit slow."
"The tool needs to improve the adding assets and report generation features. I would like to see the policy scan of offline appliances in the product's future releases."
"The customer support is very bad."
"Users get confused between VPR and CVSS ratings."
"They need to have more dependable and faster support."
"They should include better customization of the dashboard, and integration tools."
"The pricing of the solution could be more reasonable."
"The UI has room for improvement."
"The solution must be promoted more in the market."
"The solution seems to focus too much on enterprises, and they really need a product that works for SMBs."
"An area of improvement for this solution is being able to customize the dashboard. For example, the dashboard does not allow us to view a previous months vulnerability results alongside current results to make comparisons."
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Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 76 reviews while Tenable Vulnerability Management is ranked 2nd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 35 reviews. Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2, while Tenable Vulnerability Management is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Vulnerability Management writes "Reliable with good vulnerability management but needs better reporting". Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, whereas Tenable Vulnerability Management is most compared with Tenable Security Center, Tenable Nessus, Amazon Inspector, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Rapid7 InsightVM. See our Qualys VMDR vs. Tenable Vulnerability Management report.
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