While automatic inventory detection upon connection is a helpful feature, a truly valuable capability would be assessing an environment's security posture against Azure and CIS best practices.
Qualys TotalCloud offers extensive vulnerability management and real-time protection with automated remedies for vulnerabilities. It features valuable cloud security posture and container security management, along with the critical FlexScan for VMs. However, the patch management struggles with prerequisites, and support responses are delayed. Complexity arises with multiple deployments, worsened by the unclear cloud licensing units. Governance-grade controls are a highlight, though policy compliance demands significant manual work requiring refinement.
