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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco TrustSec

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A

    CrowdStrike Falcon

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACrowdStrike offers the Falcon Endpoint Protection suite, an antivirus and endpoint protection system emphasizing threat detection, machine learning malware detection, and signature free updating. Additionally the available Falcon Spotlight module delivers vulnerability assessment with no performance impact, no additional agents, hardware, scheduled scans, firewall exceptions or admin credentials.

    $59.99

    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)

    Qualys VMDR

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AQualys VMDR 2.0 with TruRisk gives enterprises visibility and insight into cyber risk exposure with the goal of 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 its true risk, and track risk reduction over time.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco TrustSecCrowdStrike FalconQualys VMDR
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Falcon Go (Small Business)
    $59.99
    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
    Falcon Go (Small Business)
    $59.99
    Falcon Pro
    $99.99
    per endpoint/month (for 5-250 endpoints, billed annually)
    Falcon Enterprise
    $184.99
    per endpoint/month (minimum number of endpoints applies)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco TrustSecCrowdStrike FalconQualys VMDR
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco TrustSecCrowdStrike FalconQualys VMDR
    Considered Multiple Products
    Cisco
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    Qualys
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    82 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    84 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    75 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Cisco TrustSecCrowdStrike FalconQualys VMDR
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Cisco TrustSec and CrowdStrike Falcon and Qualys VMDR
    Feature
    Cisco TrustSec
    -
    Ratings
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    8.7
    98 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Qualys VMDR
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-Exploit Technology00 Ratings8.989 Ratings00 Ratings
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings9.296 Ratings00 Ratings
    Centralized Management00 Ratings8.997 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hybrid Deployment Support00 Ratings8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings8.993 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management00 Ratings7.772 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware Detection00 Ratings9.396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Cisco TrustSec and CrowdStrike Falcon and Qualys VMDR
    Feature
    Cisco TrustSec
    -
    Ratings
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Qualys VMDR
    8.4
    7 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings7.47 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings00 Ratings9.67 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Cisco TrustSec and CrowdStrike Falcon and Qualys VMDR
    Feature
    Cisco TrustSec
    -
    Ratings
    CrowdStrike Falcon
    -
    Ratings
    Qualys VMDR
    8.8
    7 Ratings
    6% above category average
    IT Asset Realization00 Ratings00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Authentication00 Ratings00 Ratings8.47 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Web Scanning00 Ratings00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco TrustSecCrowdStrike FalconQualys VMDR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (101 ratings)
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco TrustSecCrowdStrike FalconQualys VMDR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    • Control access to critical enterprise resources by business role, device type, and location, so policy changes can be made without redesigning the network.
    • Easily manage access control and segmentation while maintaining compliance.
    • Create and manage policies in an easy-to-use matrix.
    • Reduce the need for costly network re-architecture by automating firewall rules and access control list (ACL) administration.
    Incentivized
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    CrowdStrike
    Crowdstrike is a unified platform for monitoring endpoint devices, whether they're workstations, servers, cloud-native machines, or even mobile devices. It uses AI/ML to monitor anomalies and suspicious behavior, including zero-day attacks. It is suitable for large organizations but may be costlier or less appropriate for smaller organizations, those who want an on-prem EDR setup, and those who need custom scanning based on compliance requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    Qualys VMDR is best suited for larger companies with a very large IT asset footprint. Qualys VMDR is not suited for businesses that are small and upcoming as the price for the tool is very expensive and could be a budget sink if not used properly. In our organization we use the Qualys VMDR dashboard and reporting in order to collect any vulnerabilities we miss during our routine audits to ensure that our environment is stable and protected for attacks.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Reduce operational expenses by simplifying network segmentation and defining security groups based on business roles, not IP addresses.
    • Limit the impact of a data breach by quickly isolating and containing threats using technology already in your network.
    Incentivized
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    CrowdStrike
    • The Log analysis is very detailed and easy to use.
    • Prevent and block all type of malwares.
    • Great threat intelligence which is very up-to-date with the recent cyber attacks
    • very user friendly in access and management
    • Automated feature of detecting, taking action and closing incidents using fusion workflow.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    • Seamless reporting across the different widgets (i.e. TruRisk)
    • DEEP-DIVE into an asset's info/vulns
    • Baked-in PCI ASV scans that a Qualys QSA can approve
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Help and solutions if needed, support
    Incentivized
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    CrowdStrike
    • Support - we are often tasked with running down problems rather than being directed by support.
    • The sales staff we have dealt with are not very responsive or timely.
    • I believe this is a product built for installations of 300 users or more.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    • Qualys VMDR can definitely improve on its reporting of assets as we have caught devices not captured in the Qualys VMDR scans.
    • We would like to see an improvement on the dashboard interface as it is faulty sometimes.
    • Qualys VMDR should focus on more competitive pricing as it is very expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    Crowdstrike has a large suite of tools built for helping the engineers triage and respond to security event whenever identified. The ability to customize the security policies and implement more granular policies to different devices based on the functionality is unmatched. Crowdstrike provides so much of ability in a decent budget which ascertains the value for money or ROI.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    Next to Veeam (which is a tremendous product for backup/DR) this is the best service/software I have used in the past three decades. Should be called the Swiss Army Knife of security.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    I think it is a complete and very trustful XDR platform, with very few False Positives. It is very well supported by highly skilled professionals on all levels: from pre-sales engineers, Customer Account Managers and support engineers.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    Qualys
    Always available with the exception on maint windows
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
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    Qualys
    Once in a while it would be slow -
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    Any time we need to engage the Crowdstrike Falcon Complete Team, their response is switch, thorough, and they are sure to not close out any request until the customer confirms that they have provided an acceptable resolution. If I ever need anything from the account team related to the product, I also get a response from them within minutes typically to address my question. Top notch customer service!
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    This is iron but I am giving it 5 star and I can give more If I can do because they are best in support. So once you own this product they will assign a dedicated support for you and when you are under the weather with anything just connect them with anything call, ping or ticket they will come like Genie.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    There is limited amount of learning that can be completed in an in-person training available. In my opinion, the self-paced learning provided by Falcon portal is more useful over in-person training. The support from Falcon is great and useful to overcome difficulties, if any.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    The training provided by Crowdstrike Falcon is complete in terms of the depth of technical knowledge and teaches the users about going through with the platform. There are lots of jargons for different tools that Crowdstrike Falcon has and this training teaches them all which helps in managing the platform better. Plus, the regular knowledge checks are also very helpful for the end user.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    Read the documentation
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    Not really - the integrations via connectors is not heavy lifting. Any complexity has to do with a service that requires more steps (i.e. AWS/GCP)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    It was just a legacy AV program onboarded during initial setup days. As the org. As it expanded, its threat landscape also grew, and we needed a next-gen solution to protect against evolving threat vectors. Falcon EDR was the one that solved all these in a single place.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    It is a very similar tool but Qualys VMDR is much better when it comes to reporting and solutions provided. Asset management is really good in Qualys VMDR. Qualys VMDR support is really quick , you can get a TPM if you run into any issues. Qualys VMDR has wide variety of scanning options which lacks in tenable.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    Qualys
    MOSTLY good - but as noted having all features purchased on portal only - nothing that is not purchased.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    CrowdStrike
    No answers on this topic
    Qualys
    Outside some pretty arcane apps or OS this is painless. The problem - and self-inflicted - is that older stuff is not supported.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Reduction in IT operational costs
    Incentivized
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    CrowdStrike
    • CrowdStrike Falcon's proactive threat mitigation has significantly reduced the risk of successful cyber attacks, resulting in tangible savings related to potential data breaches or system compromises.
    • The cloud-native architecture and automated features have improved operational efficiency.
    • The platform's real-time visibility and threat hunting capabilities have drastically improved incident response times.
    Incentivized
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    Qualys
    • Cut down on manual efforts to investigate or remediate vulnerabilities, which can be a big driver of ROI
    • Avoidance of potential incidents with upfront risk mitigation
    • Patching efficiency gains
    Incentivized
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