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."It is easy to use and performs very well."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"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 technical is excellent."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"The product is easy to use."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"The technical support is good."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"It is a simple solution that makes scanning easy. You just give it a scheduled task, and it will do everything for you."
"The solution is easy to use."
"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."
"It's really beneficial for scanning and interacting with the agent."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"They've become quite expensive."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"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."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"The price could be better. Asset view is still a legacy feature. I'm not able to extract the information about the asset with complete details. It would be better if they fixed that in the next release. I know Qualys is already working on it, so I'm hopeful it will be available in the next five or six months. That would be something that's changed where I seek improvement."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"They have integrated with other third parties, but it is still not viable."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"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."
"Some of the older features could be polished instead of focusing on releasing new features."
"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."
"Qualys VMDR is basically susceptible to false positives, and false negatives."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 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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