Action1 vs. Qualys TruRisk Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Action1 is an autonomous endpoint management platform that is cloud-native, scalable, and configurable in 5 minutes. It is free for the first 200 endpoints, with no functional limits. By pioneering autonomous OS and third-party patching - AEM’s foundational use case - through peer-to-peer patch distribution and real-time vulnerability assessment without needing a VPN, it eliminates costly, time-consuming routine labor, preempts ransomware and security risks, and protects the digital…N/A
Qualys TruRisk Platform
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Qualys TruRisk Platform (formerly Qualys Cloud Platform, or Qualysguard), from San Francisco-based Qualys, is network security and vulnerability management software featuring app scanning and security, network device mapping and detection, vulnerability prioritization schedule and remediation, and other features to provide vulnerability management and network attack surface reduction.N/A
Pricing
Action1Qualys TruRisk Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Action1Qualys TruRisk Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Action1Qualys TruRisk Platform
Features
Action1Qualys TruRisk Platform
Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
Action1
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Ratings
Qualys TruRisk Platform
8.7
7 Ratings
8% above category average
Network Analytics00 Ratings8.96 Ratings
Threat Recognition00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Threat Analysis00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Vulnerability Management Tools
Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Product A and Product B
Action1
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Ratings
Qualys TruRisk Platform
8.5
9 Ratings
4% above category average
IT Asset Realization00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Authentication00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Web Scanning00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
User Ratings
Action1Qualys TruRisk Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(20 ratings)
8.6
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(13 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Action1Qualys TruRisk Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Action1
If your organization is like mine (nonprofit and tight budget) this product is for you. The first 200 endpoints are free and being we are a small organization, this product is perfect for us. I was able to use Action1 to upgrade all my endpoints from Windows 10 to 11 pretty much effortlessly. If you are not a nonprofit and have more endpoints over 200, this is still a great product to use as I don't find it very expensive to incorporate into your infrastructure.
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Qualys
Qualys Cloud Platform is well suited for organizations that need additional tools to secure and bolster their security from end to end. The automated, real-time threat protection is very quick to notify an admin of potential vulnerabilities and risks, as well as recommending quick fixes to resolve/close the gap before an incident occurs. QCP excels at portraying all of these in a single pane of glass, and find that the Qualys reports are more detailed than competitor product lines. One of our big issues with QCP is that you do have to pay for each scanner, which can quickly add up to large costs. For this reason, I would rate Qualys at a ~7 due to great features and functionality, but overall value could be better for a large organization. I would also say that QCP may make more sense for smaller organizations due to this pricing model.
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Pros
Action1
  • Easy remote access to devices. That simple. We have some very unskilled users in the field where asking them to access their PC via conventional remote tools like TeamViewer, Anydesk, etc. was always a pain. Now, all they have to do is ensure their PC is online, and we can connect to them.
  • Remote software deploy. Before Action1, we did have some GPOs and scripts, but again - being able to deploy to PCs outside of our office/LAN, is just beautiful. On top of the standard repository, being able to create new packages is very useful for our scenario.
  • Inventory Reporting. Recently we had to identify PCs running old versions of Windows. Can't highlight enough how easy it is.
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Qualys
  • It really does well at vulnerability scanning, which it is well known for. It's accuracy at finding vulnerabilities is top notch, more so than a lot of other vulnerability tools out there. In an organization/company you want this kind of accuracy at finding vulnerabilities in your network/endpoints
  • It is very good at managing endpoints on a consistent basis, meaning you can add endpoints to Qualys and have the platform scan/track/protect for vulnerabilities on an ongoing basis, without user intervention
  • It does really well at separating out and identifying what levels of criticality each vulnerability should fall into. This way, an organization/company can attack the more critical vulnerabilities first
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Cons
Action1
  • Remote Access could use added functionality
  • The deployment screens for update deferrals can be hard to understand at first and easy to skip since it carries some default info when you create a new automation rather than a more conspicuous prompt to update.
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Qualys
  • This program is really complicated, the multiple functions that are presented to us are not very clear and in some cases, it is a matter of intuition to execute a function, it is not very informative.
  • The interface of this program can be a real problem; for our taste, this program looks a bit messy, and the interface does not help or guide you to find the options you need.
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Likelihood to Renew
Action1
Price, functionality, and continuous improvement of the product.
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Qualys
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Usability
Action1
Action1 has taken many of the tasks that are time consuming and made them simple automated tasks that can be run on a schedule. I can schedule tasks to run off-hours and know that they will be done and I no longer have worry about it. As someone who does IT support for a living, it just makes my job so much simpler with less stress.
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Qualys
Again, the usability of Qualys has been a pinpoint for this entire review. It was easily the worst thing about the product and because of this, I would not recommend Qualys to anybody in my field. This should be something that Qualys strives to improve if they wish to stay in business.
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Support Rating
Action1
I never contacted support services
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Qualys
They had a support page within the WAS to report any concerns or seek help. But the UI of that is not smooth. Regardless support staff were pretty responsive and helpful. They scheduled calls to understand and address our problems. Email support is good as well.
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Implementation Rating
Action1
very easy to start using it.
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Qualys
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Alternatives Considered
Action1
After looking at different solutions, Action1 [Cloud Remote Monitoring and Management Solution] was the perfect fit for us that delivered all of the features we wanted without being as costly as some of the others alternatives we've looked at. There was no minimum endpoint count and they even offer up to 50 endpoints for free, which is really great for a small organization like us to help us lower our starting costs and still allows us to grow at our pace without having to commit to a defined amount of endpoints to start.
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Qualys
As described before Qualys is used to scan periodically the environment in order to check if there are some packages (Linux) or Applications (Windows) outdated, generating reports to the Service Owners, fulfilling what's is expected from us, attending all our expectations regarding the tool. That's why we'd choose Qualys to our organization.
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Return on Investment
Action1
  • Saved hours per week on patching and able to ensure a 100% patching success rate.
  • Able to create custom alerting on potential problems as well as able to create some automation to automatically address problems.
  • Improved support to our remote locations and users.
  • Custom deployments allow us to have a mechanism to deploy custom applications we build as well as other third party applications we need to distribute.
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Qualys
  • Big time-saving tool vs. having to comb through several system reports which ultimately can still have you missing unapproved software.
  • Quick snapshot via the dashboard provided a nice summary of where you're assets meet or do not meet your organization's policy requirements.
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ScreenShots

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