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."Its stability is the most valuable."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"The security is very good."
"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."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"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 stability of this solution is excellent."
"Tech support is helpful."
"The reporting functionality is great."
"Technical support is fantastic."
"Vulnerability management is the most valuable one and it’s a must in every organization."
"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 like Qualys because it is a very complete product, more so than Tenable."
"Qualys VM's best features are vulnerability management and customizable scoring."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"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."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"Qualys VM's scanner doesn't pick up every vulnerability, so we have to use multiple scanners to cover that gap."
"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."
"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."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"The ability to manage user accounts and give rights to the operator to know about abnormalities of applications is something that needs improvement."
"There needs to be better documentation."
"I would like to see more accuracy in detections, better reporting capabilities, and better dashboard download capabilities."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
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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