We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions."If I have to give a neutral view of all the SD-WAN platforms that I have known so far, Cisco is good in routing."
"The regular net routing is a good feature."
"The most valuable feature is the application-level routing."
"This solution comes with comprehensive technical support."
"It has a very good GUI."
"Cisco is an industry leader, so customers have a high level of trust with the brand more-so than with some newcomers that might have some more revolutionary solutions, but no name recognition."
"With other routing protocols, we have had to send team members to perform installations and configurations. There is a lot of work involved. However with SD-WAN, once it is installed it is fully automated, and we can do all other tasks remotely. We don't have to send staff out to the client's location. It's very independent, and we can establish SD-WAN connectivity easily. It is secure as well."
"The initial setup is straightforward and easy to deploy."
"Qualys VM's best feature is vulnerability management."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability detection and the scanning capability to enable identification of vulnerabilities across our network."
"Tech support is helpful."
"It's really beneficial for scanning and interacting with the agent."
"I find the most valuable features are the continuous monitoring. Even on premises, there is constant monitoring."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"The reporting functionality is great."
"This solution should include a fully functional firewall at no extra charge."
"The solution is very costly."
"Cisco SD-WAN could improve the integration with the cloud."
"When it comes to adding more security features, you need to add more RAM."
"The Cisco way of thinking is to create umbrella-like solutions. I would prefer it if this solution was separate from the entire monstrous Cisco portfolio."
"Cisco needs to improve the technical support for this solution."
"We have had some problems with the licensing model, and it is something that should be improved."
"The initial setup is really complex."
"There seems to be a lack of easy onboarding into Qualys."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"We are moving away from Qualys to Defender ATP because I find that Defender ATP is much better at prioritizing the vulnerabilities that I should be looking at."
"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."
"It would be nice to have an all-in-one solution that was automated and could handle the scanning and reports as well as the patching and updating."
"What we have found is that the solution is not closely tied with the patch management. It is okay with newer ones, like Windows 10 machines; it gives the correct patch. But for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, it does not give us the correct patch so we have to manually identify the patches. This is a major problem."
"The price could be better. Asset view is still a legacy feature. I'm not able to extract the information about the asset with complete details. It would be better if they fixed that in the next release. I know Qualys is already working on it, so I'm hopeful it will be available in the next five or six months. That would be something that's changed where I seek improvement."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, 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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