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."Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"The product's stability is good."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"Monitors workstations and servers for vulnerabilities and creates reports."
"The integrations for this solution are very good. I use a different product for virtual patching of vulnerabilities and Qualys integrates well with that product."
"I like Qualys because it is a very complete product, more so than Tenable."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's stable and quite reliable."
"The initial setup was good. We didn't have any problems with it."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"We cannot directly upgrade the system. The tool's deployment is also very difficult in legacy environments. The tool needs to have bigger ports as well."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"Reports were lacking somewhat on the customization side."
"It's not very user-friendly at times and requires in-depth understanding. So, a layman or someone new to Qualys won't be able to easily understand it. You need education to use the solution."
"Qualys VM's machine learning and artificial intelligence features could be improved."
"Finding things in management can be quite difficult."
"When tested on Zero day, there were errors."
"Some of the older features could be polished instead of focusing on releasing new features."
"Improve the user interface."
"The tool needs to improve the adding assets and report generation features. I would like to see the policy scan of offline appliances in the product's future releases."
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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