We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The initial setup was good. We didn't have any problems with it."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"This solution gives us insight into our environment and improves our security. It helps us to maintain a good patching system whereby we know that XYZ is vulnerable within the system."
"Intuitive and easy to use."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the external channel."
"Provides great functionality."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"I think setup could be one area for improvement, because sometimes we don't have people inside so we have to move to the place."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"Some of the older features could be polished instead of focusing on releasing new features."
"The reporting and the GUI need improvements."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"I would like to see this solution more developed and competitive in the Cloud space."
"I do not like that all of the data is stored on the cloud."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
"It is a struggle to be able to pull our report and to be able to do onboarding using automated tools."
"They have integrated with other third parties, but it is still not viable."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, 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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