We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"It's easy to set up. The deployment takes one or two days. You need to collect the data from a device and then direct it to the portal."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"They also have threat detection which maps threats. There is a feed that comes from Qualys when a new vulnerability is found. It tells us which machines are infected with that vulnerability."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability detection and the scanning capability to enable identification of vulnerabilities across our network."
"The Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"What I like about Qualys VM is the dashboard presentation. It's very good."
"We also like the flexibility in their licensing."
"Vulnerability management is the most valuable one and it’s a must in every organization."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Container Security is the detailed information in the reports and the remediation. This is done to make sure there are no vulnerabilities."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"I would like to see better filters."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself."
"I would like to see this solution more developed and competitive in the Cloud space."
"Qualys VM could improve by having more skilled support personnel."
"Qualys does have an on-prem solution, but it is very expensive."
"Sometimes the scanning can get overwhelmed and start to drag when a lot of users are trying to scan at once."
"The reporting needs improvement. It should generate much more stuff like field reports."
"Qualys could be improved in its overall performance compared to other vulnerability management or scanning tools."
"The IoT scan is not great."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management.
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