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."Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The interface is very good."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"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."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The technical is excellent."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"Cisco IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"Cisco has always been a premium product. There's a lot of other entry-level solutions. This is more robust."
"The product's stability is good."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"Cisco IOS Security has many good features, but compared to other solutions, it has a more user-friendly interface with steps to apply and manage rules. Another good part of the solution is that it's more straightforward."
"I am impressed with the VMDR feature."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Container Security is the detailed information in the reports and the remediation. This is done to make sure there are no vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"This is one of the best products I have worked with so far. I like the power of Qualys, and it's a better solution because you can scan a compact file, a BIT file, or batch files. The product already knows what's happening inside, and you don't need to expand the package. Tenable will do the same thing, but you need to have a package issuance claim. With Qualys, we can immediately understand the file, even a compact file. If there's some kind of discovery or incident, you will know what happened in the environment."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"The reporting is fine."
"The vulnerability management feature is what I used the most. It is a good SaaS product. It is easy to use. It has a nice UI where you can see all the assets and vulnerabilities."
"The reporting functionality is great."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Application management can be improved."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"The pricing could always be better."
"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."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"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 solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"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."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"Sometimes the scanning can get overwhelmed and start to drag when a lot of users are trying to scan at once."
"Qualys VM could improve by having more skilled support personnel."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"I would like to have CSPM, a continuous scan-like cloud added to the solution."
"Qualys could be improved in its overall performance compared to other vulnerability management or scanning tools."
"Sometimes we face a problem with accessing the tool and not getting an expected result. From a technology point of view, they need to look into this."
"I do not like that all of the data is stored on the cloud."
"I would like to see this solution more developed and competitive in the Cloud space."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 76 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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