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."Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"The solution is easy to use."
"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."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"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 initial setup is straightforward."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"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"
"I am impressed with the VMDR feature."
"Detects new hosts along with vulnerabilities."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"Qualys VM has allowed us to know the vulnerabilities we need to prioritize based on the threat levels and the possible impact if there's an intrusion."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"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."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"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."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see this solution simplified to work more easily in a multi-cloud environment."
"Improve the user interface."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
"Certain integration factors between different options could be improved."
"There seems to be a lack of easy onboarding into Qualys."
"When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself."
"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."
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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