Forescout Platform vs. Qualys VMDR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Forescout Platform
Score 6.9 out of 10
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Forescout Technologies headquartered in San Jose actively defends the Enterprise of Things by identifying, segmenting and enforcing compliance of every connected thing. Forescout boasts a widely deployed, enterprise-class platform at scale across IT, IoT, and OT managed and unmanaged devices. Forescout arms customers with device intelligence, in order to allow organizations across every industry to classify risk, detect anomalies and quickly remediate cyberthreats without disruption of critical…N/A
Qualys VMDR
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Qualys 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
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Threat Intelligence
Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Product A and Product B
Forescout Platform
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Ratings
Qualys VMDR
8.4
7 Ratings
4% above category average
Network Analytics00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
Threat Recognition00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings9.57 Ratings
Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
Threat Analysis00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Vulnerability Management Tools
Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Product A and Product B
Forescout Platform
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Ratings
Qualys VMDR
8.8
7 Ratings
6% above category average
IT Asset Realization00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Authentication00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Web Scanning00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
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User Ratings
Forescout PlatformQualys VMDR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(10 ratings)
9.5
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Forescout PlatformQualys VMDR
Likelihood to Recommend
Forescout Technologies
I strongly recommend using it in networks where many machines enter, it is essential to have a capture of all ids, mac etc to prevent and detect unauthorized machines.We are in the technological era and there is a lot of technological robotization looking for weak systems to enter.Invest in greater security and that does not happen to you.
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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.
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Pros
Forescout Technologies
  • Network Access Control does a great job of identifying unmanaged devices on the network and "quarantining" them.
  • The inventory feature of CounterAct is a handy place to see what version of applications are running on which machines on our network.
  • Policies can be very intricate.
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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
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Cons
Forescout Technologies
  • They should have more training for the versions of applications they update.
  • It would be great if the GUI would be more aesthetic in appearance.
  • Nothing else as the application is amazing.
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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.
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Likelihood to Renew
Forescout Technologies
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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.
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Usability
Forescout Technologies
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Qualys
infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities
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Reliability and Availability
Forescout Technologies
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Qualys
Always available with the exception on maint windows
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Performance
Forescout Technologies
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Qualys
Once in a while it would be slow -
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Support Rating
Forescout Technologies
They are prompt in their response with a complete resolution once they have identified the problem. Other OEM's generally give stop-gap arrangements and then later come with new upgrade versions. This gives downtime tasks to customers often, which isn't appreciated. Given the criticality of this software, their support is prompt.
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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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Implementation Rating
Forescout Technologies
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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
Forescout Technologies
Better intergration with patch management tools. Forescount Platfform (CounterAct) is easily compatible with diverse network infrastructure to offer better service and efficiently ensure seamless operations. Its automation capabilities have also enabled us to depend less on the operations teams hence saving time as it's faster and also saving the operational cost of having people around in case of threats.
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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
Forescout Technologies
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Qualys
MOSTLY good - but as noted having all features purchased on portal only - nothing that is not purchased.
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Scalability
Forescout Technologies
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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
Forescout Technologies
  • We've managed to automate our cybersecurity to impressive extents, now the IT security team puts focus on more important things.
  • We've attained successful assets risk mitigation for our clients.
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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
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