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."FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"One of the main features is that the hardware is extremely reliable."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"Qualys VM has allowed us to know the vulnerabilities we need to prioritize based on the threat levels and the possible impact if there's an intrusion."
"Qualys has a continuous endpoint monitoring feature for agent-based scanning. Once you deploy the solution, it monitors everything that is happening every 30 minutes. Then, if there are any vulnerabilities, they are reported."
"I am impressed with the VMDR feature."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"The Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"What I like about Qualys VM is the dashboard presentation. It's very good."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"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."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"Make some minimal dashboard improvements."
"The disadvantage of working with Qualys is that the graphical interface is quite outdated."
"Qualys could improve the inbuilt dashboards."
"The reporting needs improvement. It should generate much more stuff like field reports."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."
"The solution is a bit expensive if you do not have access to discounts."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 46 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 "A mature product with good integration capabilities, however, it needs to be more affordable". 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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