We performed a comparison between Qualys VMDR and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security based on 38 of our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Qualys VMDR rates 4/5 stars with 34 reviews, while CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security rates 4.3/5 stars with 4 reviews.
Features: Qualys VMDR is praised for its user-friendly interface, prioritization system, and customizable dashboard. It effectively addresses vulnerabilities and offers valuable scanning capabilities. rowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security was lauded for its strong adherence to security best practices. It particularly excels in endpoint protection and its ability to leverage machine learning and AI. 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. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security could improve its Kubernetes and GCP support.
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. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security users are generally content with the support team's assistance and promptness.
Ease of Deployment: The Qualys VMDR setup is considered uncomplicated and efficient, requiring only a short amount of time. A few users encountered challenges with integration and ensuring data privacy. The setup for CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security was deemed easy, but some users struggled with the Kubernetes implementation.
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. Users consider the pricing of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security to be fair, but it may be pricier than on-premises alternatives.
ROI: Qualys VMDR offers users a solid ROI by efficiently identifying vulnerabilities and effectively reducing risks. Users have provided limited feedback about the return on investment for CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security.
Comparison Results: Qualys VMDR is favored over CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security for its comprehensive vulnerability management features and adaptability. Users also liked its simple setup process and user-friendly interface. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security users suggest improvements for its user interface and pricing.
"It is advantageous in terms of time-saving and cost reduction."
"There's real-time threat detection. It can show threats and find issues based on their severity and helps us with real-time monitoring."
"We like the platform and its response time. We also like that its console is user-friendly as well as modern and sleek."
"It is very straightforward. It is not complicated. For the information that it provides, it does a pretty good job."
"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 solution is a good alerting tool."
"It saves time, makes your environment more secure, and improves compliance. PingSafe helps with audits, ensuring that you are following best practices for cloud security. You don't need to be an expert to use it and improve your security."
"It's positively affected the communication between cloud security, application developers, and AppSec teams."
"The most significant benefit is how quickly malware and other malicious attacks are detected."
"The RTR feature stands out as particularly valuable to me due to its capability to log into machines."
"Technical support is helpful."
"It is fully cloud-based, so we don't need to invest in third-party agents repeatedly."
"The immediate mitigation of potential threats and instant alerts are valuable."
"There is a lot that it can do, but endpoint protection is the main thing about it. The fact that it uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to monitor and remediate the issues in real-time is probably the bread and butter of the product."
"The most valuable feature of Falcon Cloud Security is its comprehensive threat-hunting ability."
"Cloud security posture management (CSPM) is most valuable."
"Technical support is great and we've never really had a problem."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability scanning, policy compliance scanning, and tablet for web application scanning."
"What I like about Qualys VM is the dashboard presentation. It's very good."
"The solution shows us classic categories, including high, medium, and low risks. It also shows critical items, and that gives us the advantage of prioritizing things."
"The initial setup was good. We didn't have any problems with it."
"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."
"Whenever I view the processes and the process aspect, it takes a long time to load."
"Scanning capabilities should be added for the dark web."
"PingSafe can be improved by developing a comprehensive set of features that allow for automated workflows."
"I used to work on AWS. At times, I would generate a normal bug in my system, and then I would check PingSafe. The alert used to come after about three and a half hours. It used to take that long to generate the alert about the vulnerability in my system. If a hacker attacks a system and PingSafe takes three to four hours to generate an alert, it will not be beneficial for the company. It would be helpful if we get the alert in five to ten minutes."
"The cost has the potential for improvement."
"There is no break-glass account feature. They should implement this as soon as possible because we can't implement SSO without a break-glass feature."
"For vulnerabilities, they are showing CVE ID. The naming convention should be better so that it indicates the container where a vulnerability is present. Currently, they are only showing CVE ID, but the same CVE ID might be present in multiple containers. We would like to have the container name so that we can easily fix the issue."
"We are experiencing problems with Cloud Native Security reporting."
"The UI part needs to be improved."
"The only challenge lies in token verification."
"The threat intelligence and user behavioral analysis could be more comprehensive."
"The only suggestion for improvement would be the pricing."
"The log scale or Humio side of it where it collects the data and expands into the XDR world still needs time to develop in terms of the way it combines the data and metadata that flows into the platform. I know they're working on it."
"Different file options should be available, and clients should be able to select from the options."
"It would be more convenient if there was an easier way to install CrowdStrike, perhaps through better integration with Active Directory."
"CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is expensive."
"Make some minimal dashboard improvements."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"Qualys VM's scanner doesn't pick up every vulnerability, so we have to use multiple scanners to cover that gap."
"Improve the user interface."
"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."
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CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is ranked 9th in Container Security with 13 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 11th in Container Security with 77 reviews. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is rated 8.8, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security writes "Enhances the overall safety of our company's environment from cyber threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, AWS GuardDuty, Wiz, Sysdig Falco and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Microsoft Intune. See our CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security vs. Qualys VMDR report.
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