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Kaseya VSA vs Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 16, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Kaseya VSA is efficient and cost-saving for many, but some users cite inefficiencies and lack expected financial returns.
Sentiment score
8.2
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management enhances efficiency, cuts costs, reduces incidents, boosts growth, and saves labor costs through automation.
Improvements to our security infrastructure contributed to overall business growth of approximately 150 percent over the past year.
By automating tasks, it significantly reduces the human resources required, leading to increased efficiency and productivity.
It has reduced the number of development and scripting hours along with maintenance hours.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Kaseya VSA customer service is responsive for high-priority tickets but experiences delays and inefficiencies with lower-priority issues.
Sentiment score
7.9
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management support is highly rated for its expertise, promptness, and effective issue resolution, enhancing user satisfaction.
The customer service provides a fast response.
The support team was knowledgeable and offered a variety of quick resolution options.
Their SMEs have sufficient knowledge, and if they are not the right contact, they quickly redirect us to someone who can help resolve issues.
I would rate their customer support a ten out of ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Kaseya VSA is scalable with fast onboarding but struggles with enterprise demands and on-premises hardware limitations.
Sentiment score
8.7
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management is praised for seamless scalability, efficiently managing global environments and integrating new features effortlessly.
We have about 300,000 assets installed with agents worldwide.
Qualys Cybersecurity Asset Management has proven to be a highly scalable solution for us over the past couple of years.
Qualys CSAM is highly scalable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
Kaseya VSA's stability varies; some face downtimes, connectivity issues, and unresolved support challenges, with performance affected by infrastructure.
Sentiment score
8.2
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management offers reliable performance, minor syncing delays post-updates, and consistently seamless reports and scans.
I would rate the stability of Qualys CSAM a ten out of ten.
They are constantly adding capabilities.
This platform demonstrates excellent stability with consistent 100 percent uptime and no glitches observed.
 

Room For Improvement

Kaseya VSA needs a more user-friendly interface, better security, improved support, and enhanced integration with systems and applications.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management should enhance integrations, reduce costs, and improve customization, UI, asset tagging, and learning resources.
Qualys is currently not able to identify assets lacking DNS information.
Features enhancing the interaction with IT or security teams should be added, such as a ticketing feature that, if an issue arises in the CSAM module, enables direct ticket creation in systems like ServiceNow.
We would prefer more options, such as 'approved only for pilot' or 'approved for this line of business,' allowing for better granularity in categorizing software.
 

Setup Cost

Kaseya VSA offers competitive pricing with discounts, flexible agreements, and regional disparities, but contracts are sometimes considered costly.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management offers excellent value for large enterprises with transparent, flexible pricing despite some cost concerns.
It's always expensive for the customer.
A cost-effective solution.
A monthly subscription starting at approximately $72 per month, depending on the specific package and features included.
Though the solution is considered expensive, if bundled with other services such as VMDR or cloud agents, its value would significantly increase.
 

Valuable Features

Kaseya VSA offers valuable remote management, automation, security features, and ease of use, enhancing efficiency and reducing complexity.
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management excels in real-time visibility, asset discovery, third-party integration, and efficient cybersecurity operations with dynamic tools.
Regarding the patching and software management, for me, it's the best path.
By correlating this with QDS scores, we can accurately assess the risk level of high or low QDS scores associated with each asset and monitor them accordingly.
The most valuable feature is the real-time visibility Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management provides into all assets across our development and operational environments.
It also performs scans to identify any vulnerabilities, which helps to take proactive measures before those vulnerabilities are identified by any attacker.
 

Categories and Ranking

Kaseya VSA
Ranking in Patch Management
8th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (2nd)
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset ...
Ranking in Patch Management
7th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (10th), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) (2nd), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (4th), Software Supply Chain Security (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Patch Management category, the mindshare of Kaseya VSA is 3.5%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management is 0.8%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Patch Management
 

Featured Reviews

Ben Blissett - PeerSpot reviewer
Broken from the beginning and never functioned as anticipated
They had a major issue that resulted at one point (the straw that broke the camel's back for us, although we'd been fighting with support for months by that point in time) in which every Kaseya VSA customer was offline for two weeks. This vulnerability pushed us over the edge. It never functioned as intended. If it functioned as it was supposed to, it would've been fantastic. However, the previous solution we used just performed reliably and so much better. I can't say that there was anything positive about my experience. The intent of the software, other than integrations, is to be able to just make an anytime secure direct connection to an endpoint. However, whenever we would connect, at least half the time, it would not record keystrokes properly, no matter what system we connected from. So if you're trying to enter a password, there'd be 2-3 seconds' latency in the response and then it would just spew out a bunch of letters and numbers you didn't type in. You would just try, try, try again to type in something, and just half the time it worked, half the time it didn't. If you brought up more than three or four endpoints simultaneously, it never worked. It was a major point of contention for us. For us, at least, it just didn't work. It just was broken. Scripting didn't fire, reports didn't come back, and monitoring wasn't there. A server goes down or a router goes offline, no notification. Stuff like that. Bush league.
Revathi VeeraRaghavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides comprehensive visibility and covers the complete attack surface
For some of the software, there was no life cycle or general information. We wanted them to give details in the database as and when the software comes. I raised a ticket for that, and after that, they updated the details for more than one million software. They should address the false positives generated in EASM. It is fetching assets that have Infosys as the keyword. They should fix that. When we click on the web application, it only shows potential web assets. The application details are not there. Overall, CSAM has matured a lot. These are the few enhancements that need to be done.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Educational Organization
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
9%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Kaseya VSA?
The most valuable feature of Kaseya VSA is the ability to control laptops remotely.
What needs improvement with Kaseya VSA?
The network monitoring module today is not the best one. If it can improve, it would be better.
What is your primary use case for Kaseya VSA?
We are a reseller. I am conducting some research since we are a vendor for the Kaseya solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
The pricing is reasonable relative to the features provided, as it collects all module data and operates as a main, centralized inventory, making it a cost-effective solution.
What needs improvement with Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
The deployment is somewhat complicated and could be made more user-friendly for most users. It is currently not user-friendly for all users. It is good but can be improved. It is a new product, and...
What is your primary use case for Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management?
We use it to identify all our assets, including those on our premises, cloud, and remote environments. It continuously monitors our assets, collects details like installed software, configurations,...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Sage UK, MSP, CodeBlue Ltd, Connect Work Place Solutions, All Covered, 501cTech, Chairo Christian School, Green Duck
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