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 solution can scale well."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan."
"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."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The technical is excellent."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"Monitors workstations and servers for vulnerabilities and creates reports."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"Technical support is great and we've never really had a problem."
"I like that we have many scanners and channels that don't overload. It helps us scan and track easily. Also, the tagging system is good for tagging. We can still use QualysAgent task ID tools even if tags aren't made."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"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."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"Qualys VMDR is basically susceptible to false positives, and false negatives."
"It's not very user-friendly at times and requires in-depth understanding. So, a layman or someone new to Qualys won't be able to easily understand it. You need education to use the solution."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"I would like to have CSPM, a continuous scan-like cloud added to the solution."
"If anything, I would like to see the user interface modernized a bit more."
"We are moving away from Qualys to Defender ATP because I find that Defender ATP is much better at prioritizing the vulnerabilities that I should be looking at."
"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."
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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