We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and Aqua Security Platform based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Qualys VMDR receives compliments for its user-friendly interface, effective prioritization system, and extensive vulnerability management. Aqua Security Platform is highly appreciated for its container scanning features and ability to patch on-demand. Reviewers would like Qualys VMDR to be more customizable and improve its integration. Aqua Security Platform requires improvements in report automation, log forwarding, and resource consumption.
Service and Support: Qualys VMDR offers convenient global support in multiple languages. Nevertheless, a few users were dissatisfied with delayed responses and requested more knowledgeable support staff. Aqua Security Platform's customer service is generally prompt and supportive, but a few individuals had to resolve their problems themselves.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Qualys VMDR was described as uncomplicated. Agents can be deployed and configured in around 10 minutes. Some users found the initial setup for Aqua Security Platform to be straightforward while others encountered difficulties, particularly related to Microsoft and AI. The setup process could be more challenging in complex environments.
Pricing: Some users say Qualys VMDR is reasonably priced, while others consider it costly. Aqua Security Platform users say the solution is competitively priced compared to other solutions and sits within the middle range.
ROI: Qualys VMDR effectively identifies vulnerabilities and mitigates risks, leading to a favorable return on investment. Our users have provided no feedback on Aqua Security Platform's ROI so far.
Comparison Results: Qualys VMDR is preferred by our users over Aqua Security Platform. Users liked the straightforward setup, intuitive interface, and comprehensive vulnerability overview Qualys VMDR provides. They also found its continuous monitoring and asset tagging features valuable. Aqua Security Platform reviewers reported mixed experiences with the initial setup and said the solution lacked essential features.
"The solution's most valuable features are its ability to detect vulnerabilities inside AWS resources and its ability to rescan after a specific duration set by the administrator."
"The mean time to detect has been reduced."
"The management console is highly intuitive to comprehend and operate."
"It is very straightforward. It is not complicated. For the information that it provides, it does a pretty good job."
"PingSafe's most valuable feature is its unified console."
"The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software."
"PingSafe offers an intuitive user interface that lets us navigate quickly and easily."
"The solution helped free other staff to work on other projects or other tasks. We basically just had to do a bunch of upfront configuring. With it, we do not have to spend as much time in the console."
"The container security element of this product has been very valuable to our organization."
"Their sandboxing service is also really good."
"Valuable features include the ability to connect it to our Docker Hub where our images are stored, good integration with Slack, and the connection to the CV, to easily see which CVs are on each image."
"From what I understand, the initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"The solution was very user-friendly."
"Support is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature of Aqua Security is the scanner."
"Intuitive and easy to use."
"I find Qualys VM very robust, and it's very useful for vulnerability management and patch management. The value that it brings to my environment is economies of scale. There is no limitation on adding any endpoints. You go by the rule, and it's added once another endpoint is added to our environment. It's automatically installed, and it's less work from our end. It frees up my license automatically if I don't need an endpoint or if my machine is decommissioned. I like the dashboard displays because I don't see any duplication. The most important part is vulnerability management and prioritization. Unlike Symantec, it shows the kind of vulnerability I would want to patch first. It provides a holistic view of the kind of vulnerabilities and the ones I should remediate first. I don't have to do a scan; it just brings up those critical kinds of vulnerabilities like zero-day vulnerabilities and tells me to prioritize them. You have to prioritize these vulnerabilities first and go on with the rest. The dashboard shows me the ones that have been fixed, so I don't have to complete an aging report. The user experience and the graphical interface are good. As it's user-friendly and understandable on an executive level, it brings real value. We also use this solution because it's robust and flexibile."
"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"
"Qualys VM had a recent upgrade and the newer version is supporting the cloud."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability detection and the scanning capability to enable identification of vulnerabilities across our network."
"The vulnerability management feature is what I used the most. It is a good SaaS product. It is easy to use. It has a nice UI where you can see all the assets and vulnerabilities."
"The most recent is VMDR, which provides a comprehensive overview of how to detect, patch, and remediate specific vulnerabilities."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"In terms of ease of use, initially, it is a bit confusing to navigate around, but once you get used to it, it becomes easier."
"I'd like to see better onboarding documentation."
"I would like PingSafe's detections to be openly available online instead of only accessible through their portal. Other tools have detections that are openly available without going through the tool."
"Their search feature could be better."
"We are experiencing problems with Cloud Native Security reporting."
"With Cloud Native Security, we can't selectively enable or disable alerts based on our specific use case."
"here is a bit of a learning curve. However, you only need two to three days to identify options and get accustomed."
"It would be really helpful if the solution improves its agent deployment process."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"The user interface could be improved, especially in terms of organization and clarity."
"The integrations on CICD could be improved. If Aqua had more plugins or container images to integrate and automate more easily on CICD, it would be better."
"There's room for improvement, particularly in management capabilities as it may not be comprehensive enough for all customers, and it has been lacking in the realm of cloud security posture management."
"Aqua Security could improve the forwarding of logging into Splunk and into other tools, it should be easier."
"I would like Aqua Security to look into is the development of a web security portal."
"They want to release improvements to their product to work with other servers because now there are more focused on the Kubernetes environment. They need to improve the normal servers. I would like to have more options."
"Since we are working from home, we would like to have the proper training for Aqua."
"Its integration with ServiceNow and other similar products is complicated and can be improved. It should also have virtual batching. They should support more standards and compliance requirements and more customizations. For policy compliance, they can add the standards required by the countries in the Middle East. Each country generates its own standards and frameworks, and those frameworks should be there in all products, not only in Qualys. The market here is huge, especially in the cybersecurity field. Qatar has a framework for Qatar 2022, and each and every company in the public or private sector has to follow the Qatar 2022 framework."
"The IoT scan is not great."
"They have integrated with other third parties, but it is still not viable."
"I would like to see this solution more developed and competitive in the Cloud space."
"There's a need to upgrade or fix the potential vulnerability rate. Around 20,000 potential vulnerabilities were showing in Qualys VMDR, but none of the other tools showed them. When we checked, it wasn't the case. Support explained that even small issues were being counted as vulnerabilities, causing issues in our audit. So, the security features could be improved to identify vulnerabilities accurately."
"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."
"Qualys could improve the inbuilt dashboards."
"What we have found is that the solution is not closely tied with the patch management. It is okay with newer ones, like Windows 10 machines; it gives the correct patch. But for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, it does not give us the correct patch so we have to manually identify the patches. This is a major problem."
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Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 7th in Container Security with 16 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 11th in Container Security with 77 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Snyk, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and Lacework, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Qualys VMDR report.
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