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Runecast vs Vicarius vRx comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Runecast
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
36th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
GRC (15th), Container Security (28th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (22nd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (24th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (18th), Compliance Management (11th)
Vicarius vRx
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
18th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Patch Management (11th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

Burak AKCAGUN - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 11, 2024
Helps with risk assessments for containers, assessing security, and ensuring container compliance
The tool helps us with risk assessments for containers, assessing security, and ensuring container compliance. It also helps us protect our VMware platforms, identify vulnerabilities, and implement fixes Runecast is a good partner for VMware. Once we have installed it, we can see all the problems…
Navdeep Saini - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 15, 2024
It protects applications against zero-day threats
We use vRx to do the patch management, vulnerability assessment, and remediation Vicarius vRx helps consolidate multiple tools for patching and remediation. It's critical that Vicarius combines vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation in a single platform. We selected it for that…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Runecast is a good partner for VMware. Once we have installed it, we can see all the problems and issues. It also has VMware knowledge-based articles."
"Third-party software patching is the most valuable feature."
"I like that vRx is cloud-based. It protects the health of applications against zero-day threats."
"While other vulnerability scanners overwhelm us with a huge list of problems after a scan, Vicarius vRx goes beyond that."
"Vicarius vRx's automation feature is its most valuable, allowing us to automate manual tasks, receive automated reports, and easily check device update status."
"I also like how easy it is to use. We instructed some companies on how to use it, provided them with an account, and gave them the ability to deploy and patch. They could quickly figure it out. We can spend an hour in the office showing someone how everything works, and they're good to go. It's the same with our customers."
"We can easily deploy patches for third-party applications. It automatically downloads the patches for you. You do not have to download them, upload them to the solution, and configure your own scripts or anything like that. It is all automatic."
"Vicarius vRx's ability to patch third-party software is particularly valuable for us."
"The most valuable features of vRx would be virtualized patching and severity prioritization."
 

Cons

"The product lacks network assessment capabilities. We cannot view our network assets or scan switches, routers, or IPs for vulnerabilities and issues."
"Another complaint we've gotten is that the portal doesn't remember your username and password. You tell them your email, and it sends an invitation. You need to click that, and it takes you to a new portal, where you can finally log in. Maybe it's a security precaution, but it seems like a lot of extra steps to log in."
"Vicarius vRx's application management capabilities could be improved by allowing users to manage and uninstall applications directly within the GUI, eliminating the need for scripting and streamlining the process."
"I would like to see a way to build a virtual environment where we can test patches in real-time before we deploy."
"The multi-tenant portal has room for improvement."
"The network device vulnerability scans can be improved. It would be helpful to be able to mitigate those vulnerabilities using SSH or SNMP to get those those updates out to those devices. I don't know if that is possible because it doesn't run an agent. But at the very least, having that CPE information relative to network devices would be incredibly helpful."
"While I appreciate the automation of vulnerability management, Vicarius vRx's current manual patchless application is a point for improvement."
"They do have a search function for device names. They already have a list of all our devices, however, if I'm looking for something, sometimes the name does not come up at the top of the list."
"Unlike previous vulnerability management systems that relied on network scanning appliances to discover and assess endpoints, Vicarius' agent-based approach is less effective for devices like switches, routers, and printers where agent installation is impractical."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Runecast's pricing is cheaper than that of its competitors."
"Vicarius' pricing was reasonable compared to the other systems we evaluated."
"It is in the middle. It is not the cheapest solution, but it is also not terribly expensive. We found it to be a good fit. It is fairly priced."
"The price of vRx seems fair. None of our clients complained about the pricing. They all thought it was reasonable. Once people understood what it does, it didn't take much to get them to sign up."
"Vicarius vRx's per-asset pricing makes it easy for me to market to clients as it scales with their needs."
"The pricing is fair."
"Vicarius vRx offers a competitive price point for the features it provides."
"Vicarius vRx is reasonably priced."
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Top Industries

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Media Company
17%
Computer Software Company
16%
Non Profit
13%
Insurance Company
11%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Runecast?
Runecast is a good partner for VMware. Once we have installed it, we can see all the problems and issues. It also has VMware knowledge-based articles.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Runecast?
Runecast's pricing is cheaper than that of its competitors.
What needs improvement with Runecast?
The product lacks network assessment capabilities. We cannot view our network assets or scan switches, routers, or IPs for vulnerabilities and issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vicarius vRx?
Vicarius vRx is slightly expensive. It could be a little lighter on the wallet.
What needs improvement with Vicarius vRx?
I don't like logging in. The portal could be a better process. You could use some third-party push notification rather than sending an email, waiting for the link to generate, and clicking on it. T...
What is your primary use case for Vicarius vRx?
We use vRx to do the patch management, vulnerability assessment, and remediation.
 

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Sample Customers

Our customers tell us regularly how Runecast benefits CIOs, CISOs, and both Security and Operations teams across verticals with a proactive approach that results in major time and cost savings, increased uptime and security standards complianceSuccess Highlight 75-85% troubleshooting time savings – Kiel Municipal Hospital90% time savings on reactive troubleshooting – Near East Bank90% time savings in upgrade planning– FLEXdata80% reduction in monthly incidents and issues – University of St Andrews78,000 EUR/year minimum annual cost savings – Notino100s of hours saved on security compliance with remediation scripts alone – Kiel Municipal Hospital75% time saved on troubleshooting and root cause analysis – de Volksbank
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