We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security based on 38 of our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Qualys VMDR rates 4/5 stars with 34 reviews, while CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security rates 4.3/5 stars with 4 reviews.
Features: Qualys VMDR is praised for its user-friendly interface, prioritization system, and customizable dashboard. It effectively addresses vulnerabilities and offers valuable scanning capabilities. rowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security was lauded for its strong adherence to security best practices. It particularly excels in endpoint protection and its ability to leverage machine learning and AI. Reviewers said Qualys VMDR could improve by offering more customization options and integrating more seamlessly with other systems. The interface could be clearer, and Qualys could enhance scanning capabilities for IoT and industrial control systems. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security could improve its Kubernetes and GCP support.
Service and Support: Qualys VMDR's customer service is mostly considered accessible and responsive. However, some reviewers reported slow response times and expressed a desire for more skilled support personnel. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security users are generally content with the support team's assistance and promptness.
Ease of Deployment: The Qualys VMDR setup is considered uncomplicated and efficient, requiring only a short amount of time. A few users encountered challenges with integration and ensuring data privacy. The setup for CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security was deemed easy, but some users struggled with the Kubernetes implementation.
Pricing: The cost of Qualys VMDR varies depending on the organization's business requirements. Some find it affordable, but others consider it costly compared to alternatives. Users consider the pricing of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security to be fair, but it may be pricier than on-premises alternatives.
ROI: Qualys VMDR offers users a solid ROI by efficiently identifying vulnerabilities and effectively reducing risks. Users have provided limited feedback about the return on investment for CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security.
Comparison Results: Qualys VMDR is favored over CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security for its comprehensive vulnerability management features and adaptability. Users also liked its simple setup process and user-friendly interface. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security users suggest improvements for its user interface and pricing.
"The offensive security feature is valuable because it publicly detects the offensive and vulnerable things present in our domain or applications. It checks any applications with public access. Some of the applications give public access to certain files or are present over a particular domain. It detects and lets us know with evidence. That is quite good. It is protecting our infrastructure quite well."
"The user interface is well-designed and easy to navigate."
"The management console is the most valuable feature."
"The cloud misconfiguration is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to gain deep visibility into the workloads inside containers."
"The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software."
"The tool identifies issues quickly."
"It's positively affected the communication between cloud security, application developers, and AppSec teams."
"CrowdStrike utilizes signatureless technology, eliminating the need for regular signature updates on endpoint systems."
"Technical support is helpful."
"There is a lot that it can do, but endpoint protection is the main thing about it. The fact that it uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor and remediate the issues in real-time is probably the bread and butter of the product."
"The RTR feature stands out as particularly valuable to me due to its capability to log into machines."
"The initial setup is easy ."
"It is fully cloud-based, so we don't need to invest in third-party agents repeatedly."
"The most valuable feature of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is its lightweight sensor, taking minimal space and not impacting server performance."
"Cloud security posture management (CSPM) is most valuable."
"Qualys has a continuous endpoint monitoring feature for agent-based scanning. Once you deploy the solution, it monitors everything that is happening every 30 minutes. Then, if there are any vulnerabilities, they are reported."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"It's stable and quite reliable."
"Tech support is helpful."
"Qualys VM is very stable."
"The most valuable features of Qualys VM are its ability to do proper vulnerability assessment. It has a lot of updates for all the vulnerability databases from all over the globe. It's an amazing solution when it comes to the versatility of the features it has. Additionally, the reports are very good. It generates very detailed reports about the vulnerabilities inside the environment"
"Intuitive and easy to use."
"Qualys VM's best feature is vulnerability management."
"The recommended actions aren't always specific, so it might suggest recommendations that don't apply to the particular infrastructure code I'm reviewing."
"PingSafe takes four to five hours to detect and highlight an issue, and that time should be reduced."
"The Automation tab is an add-on that doesn’t work properly. They provide a list of scripts that don’t work and I have asked support to assist but they won’t help. When running on various endpoints the script doesn’t work and if it does, it’s only a couple. There are a lot of useful scripts that would be beneficial to run forensics, event logs, and process lists running on the endpoint."
"In terms of ease of use, initially, it is a bit confusing to navigate around, but once you get used to it, it becomes easier."
"There is no break-glass account feature. They should implement this as soon as possible because we can't implement SSO without a break-glass feature."
"It took us a while to configure the software to work well in this type of environment, as the support documents were not always clear."
"I would like PingSafe to add real-time detection of vulnerabilities and cloud misconfigurations."
"In addition to our telecom and Slack channels, it would be helpful to receive Cloud Native Security security notifications in Microsoft Teams."
"The threat intelligence and user behavioral analysis could be more comprehensive."
"Incorporating threat intelligence into the system would be a valuable addition."
"Different file options should be available, and clients should be able to select from the options."
"The CrowdStrike dashboard currently lacks a username field."
"The log scale or Humio side of it where it collects the data and expands into the XDR world still needs time to develop in terms of the way it combines the data and metadata that flows into the platform. I know they're working on it."
"There should be cloud storage scanning. We would like to have cloud storage vulnerability and threat management on any cloud storage."
"It gets the work done, but the main problem with the solution is that if you remediate anything, it takes 45 days for you to get any of the features displayed on the dashboard. This is the real weakness of CrowdStrike. Their customer support is also not ready to help with it. If you remediate any cloud vulnerability that they are giving you, such as removing a host from your organization, it takes around 45 days for them to remove it from their console."
"The only suggestion for improvement would be the pricing."
"Reports were lacking somewhat on the customization side."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"The disadvantage of working with Qualys is that the graphical interface is quite outdated."
"Qualys VM should improve its methodology."
"Improve the API speed."
"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."
"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
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CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is ranked 9th in Container Security with 13 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 11th in Container Security with 77 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is rated 8.8, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security writes "Enhances the overall safety of our company's environment from cyber threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, AWS GuardDuty, Wiz, Sysdig Falco and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Microsoft Intune. See our CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security vs. Qualys VMDR report.
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