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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Office 2016 is the familiar suite of Office products including applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for use on a single PC or Mac. The 2016 is no longer available for sale from Microsoft, and support is at an end since 2020.N/A

    Qualys TruRisk Platform

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AQualys 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
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Qualys
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    47 Answers
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) and Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Qualys TruRisk Platform
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    7% 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 Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued) and Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Qualys TruRisk Platform
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    2% 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
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (64 ratings)
    8.6
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (45 ratings)
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)Qualys TruRisk Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    I'd recommend [Microsoft] Office2016 for any business that has more than a couple of users, as the software is very scalable from just a small business to a large enterprise corporation. I don't know of any case where it might not be appropriate, as even home users and students use the software suite as well.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    • Data manipulation. Excel takes the raw data we receive and allows us to digest it in ways that are useful to our business processes.
    • Communication. Outlook serves as our primary means of communication and setting up appointments.
    • Documentation. Word is the default standard when it comes to using a word processor and we are no different in this regard. Nearly every user has to use the application on a regular basis in order to accomplish their work.
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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
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    • Office 2016 professional edition can be priced for a single user license, it would be nice to see a drop in the pricing.
    • Office 2016 home edition is a better price but does not include outlook 2016, so it is not a good fit for the workplace environments.
    • Office 2016 can run slowly on older systems, so you need to make sure you have a machine that is 4 years old or less for it to run smoothly.
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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
    Discontinued Products
    We believe that office 2016 offers the best value when it comes to features included out of the box. The software is used in its entirety by our organization and is easily supported by our staff of IT technicians. Users find this software to be easy to learn and easy to use with minimal learning curve.
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    Qualys
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    Usability
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    It's fairly easy to use, but the automatic formatting or capturing of formatting when pasting is wonky - especially when there are outlines or other bullets/numbered lists. Fixing and sizing up tables can be annoying, and there are sometimes formatting issues that we just absolutely cannot fix for some reason
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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
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    I am an MS feedback hub participant and they certainly don't pay enough attention to several bugs several people raise it in the portal. For the enterprise, it seems to me based on my prior experience that yes, they have a dedicated team to support operations. For mid to small companies or single users, it has been a struggle. So, you are pretty much with MS Blogs and others.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    We use Microsoft Office 2016 because at the time it was the best tool for us, but now with full attention to cloud products, we may be thinking of migrating our solution to a cloud service.
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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
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    • Microsoft Office 2016 saves me a lot of time daily. I have functions and macros set up that calculate and show me a lot of things just from a couple of my inputs. This would take full days sometimes if not for that.
    • Apart from time, it saves me money, I manage data in Excel, I don't have to buy software specifically for that.
    • Sooner or later my company will have to switch to new edition, which will hurt revenues because of a subscription model.
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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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