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."Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The VPN was valuable for us because more people are working from home. It has a lot of reporting and easy-to-use management tools."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"The product's stability is good."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"The solution is stable."
"The technical support is good."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"The most recent is VMDR, which provides a comprehensive overview of how to detect, patch, and remediate specific vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable features of Qualys VM are its ability to do proper vulnerability assessment. It has a lot of updates for all the vulnerability databases from all over the globe. It's an amazing solution when it comes to the versatility of the features it has. Additionally, the reports are very good. It generates very detailed reports about the vulnerabilities inside the environment"
"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."
"I am impressed with the VMDR feature."
"They also have threat detection which maps threats. There is a feed that comes from Qualys when a new vulnerability is found. It tells us which machines are infected with that vulnerability."
"The reporting is fine."
"The Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"Application management can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"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."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"It is more expensive vs. other products on the market."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"Reports were lacking somewhat on the customization side."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"I do not like that all of the data is stored on the cloud."
"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."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 21 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 29 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "It's a reliable solution that will be around for a long time, but the configuration and reporting interfaces need improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Accurate and effective with good reporting". 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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