We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and Aqua Security Platform based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Qualys VMDR receives compliments for its user-friendly interface, effective prioritization system, and extensive vulnerability management. Aqua Security Platform is highly appreciated for its container scanning features and ability to patch on-demand. Reviewers would like Qualys VMDR to be more customizable and improve its integration. Aqua Security Platform requires improvements in report automation, log forwarding, and resource consumption.
Service and Support: Qualys VMDR offers convenient global support in multiple languages. Nevertheless, a few users were dissatisfied with delayed responses and requested more knowledgeable support staff. Aqua Security Platform's customer service is generally prompt and supportive, but a few individuals had to resolve their problems themselves.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Qualys VMDR was described as uncomplicated. Agents can be deployed and configured in around 10 minutes. Some users found the initial setup for Aqua Security Platform to be straightforward while others encountered difficulties, particularly related to Microsoft and AI. The setup process could be more challenging in complex environments.
Pricing: Some users say Qualys VMDR is reasonably priced, while others consider it costly. Aqua Security Platform users say the solution is competitively priced compared to other solutions and sits within the middle range.
ROI: Qualys VMDR effectively identifies vulnerabilities and mitigates risks, leading to a favorable return on investment. Our users have provided no feedback on Aqua Security Platform's ROI so far.
Comparison Results: Qualys VMDR is preferred by our users over Aqua Security Platform. Users liked the straightforward setup, intuitive interface, and comprehensive vulnerability overview Qualys VMDR provides. They also found its continuous monitoring and asset tagging features valuable. Aqua Security Platform reviewers reported mixed experiences with the initial setup and said the solution lacked essential features.
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"They're responsive to feature requests. If I suggest a feature for Prisma, I will need to wait until the next release on their roadmap. Cloud Native Security will add it right away."
"Our previous product took a lot of man hours to manage. Once we got Singularity Cloud Workload Security, it freed up our time to work on other tasks."
"PingSafe's graph explorer is a valuable tool that lets us visualize all connected services."
"All the features we use are equal and get the job done."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its storyline, which helps trace an event back to its source, like an email or someone clicking on a link."
"The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software."
"With PingSafe, it's easy to onboard new accounts."
"From what I understand, the initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and manage."
"Aqua Security allowed us to gain visibility into the vulnerabilities that were present in the container images, that were being rolled out, the amount of risk that we were introducing to the platform, and provided us a look into the container environment by introducing access control mechanisms. In addition, when it came to runtime-level policies, we could restrict container access to resources in our environment, such as network-level or other application-level access."
"The solution was very user-friendly."
"The DTA, which stands for Dynamic Threat Analysis, allows me to analyze Docker images in a sandbox environment before deployment, helping me anticipate risks."
"The container security element of this product has been very valuable to our organization."
"Their sandboxing service is also really good."
"The CSPM product is great at securing our cloud accounts and I really like the runtime protection for containers and functions too."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"Technical support is great and we've never really had a problem."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"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 Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability scanning, policy compliance scanning, and tablet for web application scanning."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the external channel."
"It is a stable solution."
"Sometimes the Storyline ID is a bit wacky."
"The Kubernetes scanning on the Oracle Cloud needs to be improved. It's on the roadmap. AWS has this capability, but it's unavailable for Oracle Cloud."
"We are getting reports only in a predefined form. I would like to have customized reports so that I can see how many issues are open or closed today or in two weeks."
"PingSafe takes four to five hours to detect and highlight an issue, and that time should be reduced."
"The recommended actions aren't always specific, so it might suggest recommendations that don't apply to the particular infrastructure code I'm reviewing."
"Some of the navigation and some aspects of the portal may be a little bit confusing."
"There should be more documentation about the product."
"PingSafe can improve by eliminating 100 percent of the false positives."
"Aqua Security could improve the forwarding of logging into Splunk and into other tools, it should be easier."
"Aqua Security lacks a lot in reporting."
"There's room for improvement, particularly in management capabilities as it may not be comprehensive enough for all customers, and it has been lacking in the realm of cloud security posture management."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"The user interface could be improved, especially in terms of organization and clarity."
"The solution could improve user-friendliness."
"We would like to see an improvement in the overview visibility that this solution offers."
"I would like Aqua Security to look into is the development of a web security portal."
"Finding things in management can be quite difficult."
"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."
"Qualys VM's machine learning and artificial intelligence features could be improved."
"It is a struggle to be able to pull our report and to be able to do onboarding using automated tools."
"The IoT scan is not great."
"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."
"One of the biggest issues from the clients' perspective is that all Qualys computing is on the cloud."
"If anything, I would like to see the user interface modernized a bit more."
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Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 7th in Container Security with 16 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 11th in Container Security with 77 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Snyk, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and Lacework, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Qualys VMDR report.
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