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 most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is stable."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"There are many features. Its reliability, ease of installation, ease of use, and the richness of the information provided are the most valuable features."
"The reporting functionality is great."
"I find the most valuable features are the continuous monitoring. Even on premises, there is constant monitoring."
"Monitors workstations and servers for vulnerabilities and creates reports."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"Qualys VM had a recent upgrade and the newer version is supporting the cloud."
"It gives a very good overview of the inventory assessment process, and it can be accessed across our company because it's a global tool."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
"Qualys does have an on-prem solution, but it is very expensive."
"Qualys VMDR is basically susceptible to false positives, and false negatives."
"Finding things in management can be quite difficult."
"Qualys could improve the inbuilt dashboards."
"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."
"Sometimes the scanning can get overwhelmed and start to drag when a lot of users are trying to scan at once."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
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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