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    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

    Snow License Manager

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/ASnow License Manager enables organizations to gain an accurate view of software usage and entitlements. Organizations can then dynamically reconcile these findings against license entitlements to optimize their IT environments and be audit-ready. HOW IT WORKS Snow License Manager is the central hub for the Snow Software Asset Management platform, providing a unified view of installed software, SaaS, cloud resources and hardware. With Snow License Manager, usage data is…N/A
    Pricing
    Qualys VMDRSnow License Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Qualys VMDRSnow License Manager
    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
    Qualys VMDRSnow License Manager
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Qualys VMDRSnow License Manager
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Qualys VMDR and Snow License Manager
    Feature
    Qualys VMDR
    8.4
    7 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Snow License Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Network Analytics7.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Recognition8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification9.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Analysis8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of Qualys VMDR and Snow License Manager
    Feature
    Qualys VMDR
    8.8
    7 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Snow License Manager
    -
    Ratings
    IT Asset Realization9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Authentication8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Scanning8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Qualys VMDRSnow License Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Qualys VMDRSnow License Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Flexera
    I have said at a number of events that I have attended, where other suppliers have shown their latest and greatest new thing, it is the fundamentals that need to work, and need to work well, and this is what Snow License Manager does. It does not take a team of 100 staff to get the tool working or to keep the tool functioning, it works and is stable out of the box. We have learnt that putting the right processes in at the start means that Snow License Manager can do what it has been designed to do and what we have paid for it to do. Audits from vendors now days are relatively simple actions, with the Snow License Manager doing it's job we can quickly run a report and know exactly what our position is and then act accordingly, quick, simple and accurate data at your finger tips, as long as you put the work in to enter the license details etc. If Snow License Manager could invent a robot to go around the business and find all these bits of paper for us then that would be perfect.
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    Pros
    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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    Flexera
    • SLM finds installations of software reliably.
    • SLM determines the usage of applications, web apps, and the users who employ them.
    • SLM Reports help management determine current and future application usage.
    • SLM notifies when forbidden programs are installed.
    • SLM provides complete license management.
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    Cons
    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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    Flexera
    • Recognition of licensed plugins running in another application's executable is missing
    • There is inconsistent use of Wildcards like "%" across search fields in the SLM and SMACC
    • The search "filter" called "Also include not installed/used" is necessary to see not installed/used applications.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Flexera
    Snow License Manager is an integrated part of our Licensing Compliance software solution. It does help us manage current license needs and actual license usage, as well as inventory shadow IT usage. The nice side effect of being able to see hardware specifications and keeping track of hardware usage by users is a bonus!
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    Usability
    Qualys
    infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities
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    Flexera
    We currently have the on-premise solution, which is very good indeed. If we were starting working with Snow now, we'd probably select the Atlas (SaaS) managed platform. This would reduce/remove work required to keep the Snow servers up-to-date with Windows and software updates.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Qualys
    Always available with the exception on maint windows
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    Flexera
    Never had issues in this area. Always up and running
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    Performance
    Qualys
    Once in a while it would be slow -
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    Flexera
    It took some growing pains and SNOW fixed performance issues for their product, but never had any issue with it
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    Support Rating
    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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    Flexera
    Is is easy to find information on their support site or to enter a support ticket. The response times are usually under a day and they don't hesitate to get into direct contact with you to solve the current issue.
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    In-Person Training
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    Flexera
    Love it, and I got to go to Sweden
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Flexera
    It went well, we took out time and verified each step as we went
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Flexera
    The deciding factor for the decision makers was the combination of license management and utilization statistics. Our desktop people wanted the utilization and reporting to be very granular and close to real time. Snow was purchased because they promoted their real time utilization in addition to the license management, alerting and reporting. To my knowledge, only Snow was given a proof of concept before the decision was made.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Qualys
    MOSTLY good - but as noted having all features purchased on portal only - nothing that is not purchased.
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    Flexera
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    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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    Flexera
    Not quite sure I understand the deployment question. We deployed company wide
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    Professional Services
    Qualys
    No answers on this topic
    Flexera
    Worked great and accomplished the goals
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Flexera
    • Allowed for reducing licenses/cost at renewal or true-up time
    • Shows us new software in our environment so we can get it removed or purchase appropriate licensing to avoid compliance issues
    • Shows up blacklisted software when it appears in our environment allowing us to get it removed to avoid security issues
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