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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAustin-based SolarWinds offers Internet Protocal address management (IPAM) networking service.N/A
    Pricing
    Qualys TruRisk PlatformSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Qualys TruRisk PlatformSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—SolarWinds professional support is included to help customers on active maintenance 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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    Community Pulse
    Qualys TruRisk PlatformSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Considered Both Products
    Qualys
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    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    68 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    69 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    57 Answers
    Features
    Qualys TruRisk PlatformSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Qualys TruRisk Platform and SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Feature
    Qualys TruRisk Platform
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    -
    Ratings
    Network Analytics8.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Recognition8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification8.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Analysis8.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting8.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Qualys TruRisk Platform and SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Feature
    Qualys TruRisk Platform
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    -
    Ratings
    IT Asset Realization8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Authentication7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Scanning8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Qualys TruRisk PlatformSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (25 ratings)
    8.0
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Qualys TruRisk PlatformSolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager is very useful the bigger and more complex the environment. Smaller organizations will have to consider the cost as it provides little benefit over monitoring maybe 2-3 servers. But I have over 24 DHCP servers with on average 15 subnets each so tracking and monitoring all that was very time-consuming. As a result, it was generally ignored until there was an issue. With SolarWinds IP Address Manager, I was able to set alerts to monitor scope utilization and duplicate IP addresses.
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    Pros
    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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    SolarWinds
    • With IPAM automated address scanning, we can be confident that we are looking at an up-to-date, accurate snapshot of our network.
    • The built-in alerts are a great safety net. We know that even if we aren't paying close attention to our IP address space, IPAM is. If a range is nearly full, IPAM lets us know before it becomes a real problem.
    • IPAM's event logging gives us insight into any and all changes made by our network engineers.
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    Cons
    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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    SolarWinds
    • The user experience is not as intuitive as other products. We have to be more restrictive around level 1 help desk access compared to NCM or NPM in SolarWinds.
    • Making and enforcing changes, not just monitoring, has been hit or miss in some instances.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We are heavily invested in SolarWinds. We currently own Network Performance Monitor, Netflow Traffic Analyzer, User Device Tracker, Server Application Monitor and Network Configuration Manager. We have NOC mode setup for deskside support for monitoring any down devices that may effect our network across the globe. This application gives us the information we need when we need it.
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    Usability
    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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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds IPAM is like what SolarWinds itself says, i.e. easy to use and simple. SolarWinds has really made their orion and non-orion platform products so simple that any newbie can give a try and make the best use out of it. I learned SolarWinds IPAM by myself in a POC environment, and not just IPAM but other modules and now I own 6 certifications. You see how easy to use this product is.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We don't have any issues with availability. Our cluster setup provide us a 99,9% availability that is enough for us.
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    Performance
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We do not integrate IPAM into other systems other than the standard Orion integration. The performance is reasonable, however, we are running all the SolarWinds applications on a very large server.
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    Support Rating
    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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    SolarWinds
    I have not contacted customer support and therefore have no experience in this area. I know we have some issues with our VAR support at this time for Orion, but I don't know if the IPAM falls into the same support structure. Perhaps others in the organization may know more regarding the support area.
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    Implementation Rating
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Know the full scope of what you will be installing. Solarwinds can be a very complex installation. IPAM is just one fairly simplistic piece.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds IP Address Manager was cheaper than both alternatives and far easier to manage. Device42 interface is years behind what Solarwinds offers. It is very outdated; BT Diamond required remote management and we constantly had to message support, it reached a point where it was better not to have the product at all.
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    Scalability
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We have not experienced any scalability issues with this product. However, SolarWinds needs to allow users to scale horizontally without any license restrictions. For example, we would like to separate Netflow and Orion onto different platforms but are unable to due to license restrictions.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SolarWinds
    • IPAM has saved countless hours of running scripts and gathering data to compile reports to plan re-subnetting globally.
    • IPAM has reduced helpdesk incidents by immediately spotting bad DNSR and IP conflicts.
    • IPAM has helped eliminate blocks on projects whereas there is not currently enough address space requiring major changes to accommodate more IP'ed servers, gear, etc.
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    ScreenShots

    SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Customize your IP address management dashboard to quickly focus on your top priorities.Screenshot of Manage your DHCP and DNS services in one place.Screenshot of Streamline IP requests with a simple intake and approval wizard.Screenshot of Automatically scan for subnets or manually add.