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 feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"I'm able to transfer data over internet network security. With the GRE I'm able to transfer data within one bunch to another bunch in a public way, like the internet. The communication is encrypted and is private. It gives me added privacy."
"Technical support for this solution is very good."
"The product's stability is good."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"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 Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Vulnerability management is the most valuable one and it’s a must in every organization."
"It is very easy to use and there are lots of options. We can usually easily go through it and all of the things we want to configure, and we can configure everything to our specifications very easily."
"It's stable and quite reliable."
"I like Qualys because it is a very complete product, more so than Tenable."
"The biggest benefit is from a security operations perspective, where we are able to drive our security posture upwards by remediating any discovered vulnerabilities."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
"Reports were lacking somewhat on the customization side."
"They're still evolving their platform in terms of reporting capabilities."
"I would like to have CSPM, a continuous scan-like cloud added to the solution."
"The customer support is very bad."
"It would be nice to have an all-in-one solution that was automated and could handle the scanning and reports as well as the patching and updating."
"The reporting and the GUI need improvements."
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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