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 pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Technical support for this solution is very good."
"The product's stability is good."
"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."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"The Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Qualys VM's best feature is vulnerability management."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"There are many features. Its reliability, ease of installation, ease of use, and the richness of the information provided are the most valuable features."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"Vulnerability management is the most valuable one and it’s a must in every organization."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"The reporting is fine."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"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."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"Qualys could improve the inbuilt dashboards."
"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."
"The customer support is very bad."
"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."
"Make some minimal dashboard improvements."
"Qualys VM's machine learning and artificial intelligence features could be improved."
"If anything, I would like to see the user interface modernized a bit more."
"Reports were lacking somewhat on the customization side."
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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