Qualys VMDR and Tenable Security Center compete in the vulnerability management category. Tenable Security Center is favored by users for its comprehensive features and better reviews in several aspects.
Features: In Qualys VMDR, users value its automated vulnerability detection, endpoint coverage, and integration capabilities. Tenable Security Center is preferred for its deep analytics, integration with various tools, and extensive reporting features.
Room for Improvement: Users suggest Qualys VMDR could enhance real-time data processing, reduce false positives, and simplify the initial setup. For Tenable Security Center, users recommend improving navigation, speeding up scanning, and making the interface more intuitive.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Qualys VMDR is praised for its cloud-based deployment, yet users find the initial configuration challenging. Customer service is responsive but can be improved in technical query resolution. Tenable Security Center offers flexible deployment and quicker setup times. Its customer service receives higher ratings, especially for technical support.
Pricing and ROI: Qualys VMDR has cost-effective pricing with good ROI, though additional modules can increase costs. Tenable Security Center has higher upfront costs but is justified by its extensive features and better integration capabilities, leading to a higher perceived ROI. Users feel that Tenable Security Center offers better long-term value despite the higher price.
The response time takes a while.
When reaching out via email, they reply quickly.
The technical support provided by Qualys is pretty good.
It does not automate patching unless the patch management module is purchased separately.
If AI features were integrated, it could enhance the capabilities significantly.
The response time of technical support takes a while.
It's important for Tenable to catch up on testing capabilities that are present in solutions like Qualys.
The reports and plugins for reports and scans could benefit from enhancements.
Scalability depends on the license and the number of assets being monitored.
Qualys VMDR can handle scalability, although increasing the inventory can raise the licensing costs.
Scalability is a bit limited with Tenable Security Center.
I would rate the pricing between seven to eight out of ten.
I have a notion that Qualys might be more expensive than Rapid7.
The product is somewhat pricey, reflecting its valuable features and status as a high-quality solution in the vulnerability management market.
The cost of Tenable Security Center is reasonable for our company.
We use it daily to fix vulnerabilities by connecting with infrastructure to remediate.
Qualys VMDR offers a one-stop solution for monitoring and reporting.
I like the automated report generation and vulnerability report generation.
The most effective feature of Tenable Security Center for detecting vulnerabilities is its capability for critical mapping.
Tenable Security Center provides an overall score of vulnerabilities, comparing an organization with others in the same industry.
Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response (VMDR) is a cornerstone product of the Qualys TruRisk Platform and a global leader in the enterprise-grade vulnerability management (VM) vendor space. With VMDR, enterprises are empowered with visibility and insight into cyber risk exposure - making it easy to prioritize vulnerabilities, assets, or groups of assets based on business risk. Security teams can take action to mitigate risk, helping the business measure their actual risk exposure over time.
Qualys VMDR offers an all-inclusive risk-based vulnerability management solution to prioritize vulnerabilities and assets based on risk and business criticality. VMDR seamlessly integrates with configuration management databases (CMDB), Qualys Patch Management, Custom Assessment and Remediation (CAR), Qualys TotalCloud and other Qualys and non-Qualys solutions to facilitate vulnerability detection and remediation across the entire enterprise.
With VMDR, users are empowered with actionable risk insights that translate vulnerabilities and exploits into optimized remediation actions based on business impact. Qualys customers can now aggregate and orchestrate data from the Qualys Threat Library, 25+ threat intelligence feeds, and third-party security and IT solutions, empowering organizations to measure, communicate, and eliminate risk across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.
Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.
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