We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and Wiz based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Qualys VMDR is praised for its user-friendly interface, prioritization system, and customizable dashboard. It effectively addresses vulnerabilities and offers valuable scanning capabilities. Wiz stands out for its risk prioritization and Security Graph features. The solution boasts user-friendly dashboards and agentless scanning of cloud environments. Reviewers said Qualys VMDR could improve by offering more customization options and integrating more seamlessly with other systems. The interface could be clearer, and Qualys could enhance scanning capabilities for IoT and industrial control systems. Wiz could benefit from better logging support, better EKS and Kubernetes compatibility, and an improved remediation workflow.
Service and Support: Qualys VMDR's customer service is mostly considered accessible and responsive. However, some reviewers reported slow response times and expressed a desire for more skilled support personnel. Wiz has been largely praised for their exceptional customer service and support.
Ease of Deployment: Qualys VMDR is considered uncomplicated and efficient, requiring only a short amount of time. A few users encountered challenges with integration and ensuring data privacy. Wiz's setup was described as straightforward, requiring only a short amount of time.
Pricing: The cost of Qualys VMDR varies depending on the organization's business requirements. Some find it affordable, but others consider it costly compared to alternatives. Some users find Wiz expensive, while others think the price is reasonable given its capabilities.
ROI: Qualys VMDR is highly efficient in identifying vulnerabilities and reducing risks. Wiz delivers instant advantages, enhanced productivity, and a considerable return on investment for companies.
Comparison Results: Users say Qualys VMDR outperforms Wiz in several aspects. Users appreciate Qualys VMDR's intuitive and user-friendly interface, as well as its effective prioritization mechanism. They also value the technical support provided by Qualys VMDR, and consider it stable and reliable. Qualys VMDR is quick and simple to set up, requiring only 5 to 10 minutes to deploy a new asset. In contrast, Wiz's setup process is lengthier, taking up to two hours and potentially needing assistance from the Wiz team.
"It's stable and quite reliable."
"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's best feature is vulnerability management."
"It is a stable solution."
"There are fewer false positives when using this solution."
"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."
"Monitors workstations and servers for vulnerabilities and creates reports."
"It is a simple solution that makes scanning easy. You just give it a scheduled task, and it will do everything for you."
"Our most important features are those around entitlement, external exposure, vulnerabilities, and container security."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"Out of all the features, the one item that has been most valuable is the fact that Wiz puts into context all the pieces that create an issue, and applies a particular risk evaluation that helps us prioritize when we need to address a misconfiguration, vulnerability, or any issue that would put our environment into risk."
"I like Wiz's reporting, and it's easy to do queries. For example, it's pretty simple to find out how many servers we have and the applications installed on each. I like Wiz's security graph because you can use it to see the whole organization even if you have multiple accounts."
"The CSPM module has been the most effective. It was easy to deploy and covered all our accounts through APIs, requiring no agents. Wiz provides instant visibility into high-level risks that we need to address."
"The first thing that stood out was the ease of installation and the quick value we got out of the solution."
"With Wiz, we get timely alerts for leaked data or any vulnerabilities already existing in our environment."
"The automation roles are essential because we ultimately want to do less work and automate more. The dashboards are easy to read and visually pleasing. You can understand things quickly, which makes it easy for our other teams. The network and infrastructure teams don't know as much about security as we do, so it helps to have a tool that's accessible and nice to look at."
"Improve the API speed."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"Certain integration factors between different options could be improved."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
"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."
"The reporting and the GUI need improvements."
"It's too early for me to say if there is any room for improvement since we're in the first couple of months of using this solution."
"The only thing that needs to be improved is the number of scans per day."
"Given the level of visibility into all the cloud environments Wiz provides, it would be nice if they could integrate some kind of mechanism to better manage tenants on multiple platforms. For example, let's say that some servers don't have an application they need, such as an antivirus. Wiz could include an API or something to push those applications out to the servers. It would be great if you could remedy these issues directly from the Wiz platform."
"We wish there were a way, beyond providing visibility and automated remediation, to wait on a given remediation, due to a critical aspect, such as the cost associated with a particular upgrade... We would like to see preventive controls that can be applied through Wiz to protect against vulnerabilities that we're not going to be able to remediate immediately."
"The solution's container security could be improved."
"The remediation workflow within the Wiz could be improved."
"One significant issue is that the searches are case-sensitive, so finding a misconfigured resource can become very challenging."
"We're looking at some of the data compliance stuff that they've got Jon offer. I know they're looking at container security, which we gonna be looking at next."
"We would like to see improvements to executive-level reporting and data reporting in general, which we understand is being rolled out to the platform."
Qualys VMDR is ranked 11th in Container Security with 77 reviews while Wiz is ranked 2nd in Container Security with 11 reviews. Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2, while Wiz is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wiz writes "Multiple features help us prioritize remediation, and agentless implementation reduces overhead". Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Wiz is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Orca Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, AWS Security Hub and Tenable Cloud Security. See our Qualys VMDR vs. Wiz report.
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