We performed a comparison between IFS Cloud Platform and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Asset Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."IFS has been completely rebuilt, modernized, and cloud-based so we don't need bulky software installations."
"The main reason for the ERP project was to bring together our fourteen sites, which had until then worked in separate silos."
"Feature-wise, I like the way it provides inventory details...It is a stable solution."
"IFS Applications is an all-in-one solution for finance, accounting, and production."
"I like the connectivity and interfaces. In V10, it's easy to modify the interfaces and layouts, but it's becoming more complicated in the cloud. IFS is excellent at asset maintenance and incident management. They have specialized modules for IFS that cover incident and asset management and everything else connected to finance. The reporting in IFS is also easy to use."
"The best feature is the maintenance module, which is essentially an industry-specific workflow designed with a manufacturing module as per industry standards. It's very precise and specific without having complex functionalities. It's straightforward. Field Service Management is definitely a wonderful product that IFS has developed because it caters to field services. The energy and utility sectors can answer their business needs using the software."
"A high level of ERP can be handled in IFS."
"Individual user profiles that can be configured as templates to minimize data entry."
"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."
"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."
"I find the most valuable features are the continuous monitoring. Even on premises, there is constant monitoring."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"Qualys VM's best features are vulnerability management and customizable scoring."
"This solution gives us insight into our environment and improves our security. It helps us to maintain a good patching system whereby we know that XYZ is vulnerable within the system."
"We also like the flexibility in their licensing."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"The support provided by IFS Applications has room for improvement. I'm based in Poland, and when my company had an issue, finding people from IFS to give my company the support it needed was difficult."
"There should be some improvements in the predefined templates in IFS Applications."
"Technical support could be improved."
"We would like to see AI-driven CSI functions built into the tool that would allow us to quickly tie our improvement goals to metrics and activities, so Assyst will suggest the next steps to help us get closer to our goals."
"The next version has already been released, and some of the technical things are a little bit behind the curve in development. This is specifically security, maintenance, security role maintenance, and creation. This is in their new product, called IFS Cloud."
"There were initial difficulties when I started using the application."
"We have upgraded to the latest version right now. We have issues with the quality. We tried to enroll in their Evergreen program which was meant to help us adopt any service update or anything that the tool’s providers come up with."
"There are certain digital features that need to be incorporated, such as IOP."
"It's quite complex on the way it is set up, so it takes a fair bit of time in order to get your head around it in order to deploy it. Once you've deployed it, then you're never confident on the versions of the browsers and the SSL certificates, etc. You have to always go back into Qualys and check."
"I would like to see this solution simplified to work more easily in a multi-cloud environment."
"There's a need to upgrade or fix the potential vulnerability rate. Around 20,000 potential vulnerabilities were showing in Qualys VMDR, but none of the other tools showed them. When we checked, it wasn't the case. Support explained that even small issues were being counted as vulnerabilities, causing issues in our audit. So, the security features could be improved to identify vulnerabilities accurately."
"The customer support is very bad."
"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."
"I do not like that all of the data is stored on the cloud."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
"When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself."
IFS Cloud Platform is ranked 8th in IT Asset Management with 29 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 4th in IT Asset Management with 77 reviews. IFS Cloud Platform is rated 7.8, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IFS Cloud Platform writes "Robust, customizable, and modern". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". IFS Cloud Platform is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and IBM Maximo, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management. See our IFS Cloud Platform vs. Qualys VMDR report.
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