Axonius vs Qualys VMDR comparison

The compared Axonius and Qualys solutions aren't in the same category. Axonius is ranked #1 in CASM , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 28.5% mindshare in the category. Qualys is ranked #3 in VM , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 5.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Axonius users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Qualys users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Axonius

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Vendor Risk Management (5th), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) (1st)

Qualys VMDR

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Asset Management (3rd), Vulnerability Management (3rd), Configuration Management Databases (3rd), Container Security (9th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Axonius is designed for Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) and holds a mindshare of 28.5%, down 36.1% compared to last year.
Qualys VMDR, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 5.0% mindshare, down 9.2% since last year.

Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Axonius	28.5%
Armis	17.9%
Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management	10.9%
Other	42.7%

Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM)

Vulnerability Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Qualys VMDR	5.0%
Wiz	6.6%
Tenable Nessus	5.1%
Other	83.3%

Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

Sakkemgari Tamagari

Director of cloud security at Nuxeo

Centralized asset tracking has transformed governance and now speeds incident response

I would add that currently, the tool supports some integrations, but we would expect it to support broader integration with other security tools, observability, or any other cloud integrations. One area Axonius can be improved is its integration process, as it is not straightforward; there is a lot involved in cloning the instance and other hard changes that I expect to be fully automated, suggesting an agentless method instead of utilizing agents, which feels somewhat legacy but could be improved. The user interface needs improvement because it is a bit laggy sometimes, making it not straightforward when we want to identify things quickly, leading us to go in different directions which could be better tied together in one place.

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Vaibhav Ghule

Soc Lead & Edr Administration at Persistent Systems

Continuous risk-based monitoring has strengthened incident response and vulnerability prioritization

I haven't explored Qualys VMDR's vulnerability lifecycle automation yet. One of my analysts mentioned that queries lack grouping operators in Qualys VMDR. From my experience, I would appreciate improvements in the query options in Qualys VMDR, specifically in the query-building process where I would need more features and operators. Additionally, we have been facing issues with Qualys on the cloud level. We cannot download the configuration profile from the cloud agent, and it is showing a pending action for download. During 2025, we noticed outages of Qualys a couple of times. I want to mention that there is an issue with receiving timely RCA deliveries. While this is not necessarily about the tool, it relates to support. The support has not been very responsive, and we are receiving RCAs a little delayed whenever we raise support cases or communicate with the TAMs. Additionally, the UI has a slight latency, which I and my team have experienced. They have also reported this latency issue when navigating through different pages.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The automation capabilities in Axonius have streamlined our security operations."

"Overall, I would rate Axonius an eight out of ten."

"he best feature I found in Axonius is that it shows us the duration of eCheck, and it shows us what device is down and in which part of the system life cycle or the checking part the system is down in."

"The solution's technical support was good...The product's initial setup phase is pretty straightforward."

"I like that the tool has a user-friendly interface. It helps organizations and big companies improve business requirements and control processes."

"Axonius provides preconfigured dashboards that can be customized to your needs."

"With this solution in place, we are now 100% compliant along with security functions or operations area management."

"Qualys VM had a recent upgrade and the newer version is supporting the cloud."

"It's stable and quite reliable."

"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."

"The most valuable feature is the QID part, especially of CentralList, which makes it easy to assess new critical vulnerabilities."

"The initial setup and onboarding process of Qualys VMDR was quite smooth, as we were able to draft the SOPs from the documentation portal itself and everything was available in the documentation, so it was not a hassle for us to get the integrations done on time."

"The most valuable feature is that this solution is very lightweight."

"Qualys VMDR provides us with a quick response to threat findings through regular scheduled scanning, which improves our security operations."

"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."

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Cons

"Axonius could improve by increasing their integrations with more technology vendors."

"For us, the product's deployment phase was a little challenging because we had to deal with other departments and business units."

"One area Axonius can be improved is its integration process, as it is not straightforward; there is a lot involved in cloning the instance and other hard changes that I expect to be fully automated, suggesting an agentless method instead of utilizing agents, which feels somewhat legacy but could be improved."

"For Axonius, I would suggest supporting more ticketing platforms and enhancing API integration directly into the platform rather than just the connector. This would allow for better integration from different systems, possibly into workflows, which I think is currently lacking."

"We can have fetch cycle issues."

"Adding more detailed descriptions or YouTube videos about specific features would help improve the application."

"Regarding the improvement of Axonius, it goes halfway for both the tool and the user. If we set it up quickly from our end, and if the AD groups and all other groups assigned to tag the assets have been tagged correctly, Axonius could not show an error."

"Axonius can improve on delivering compliance-related features."

"It's too early for me to say if there is any room for improvement since we're in the first couple of months of using this solution."

"It's quite complex on the way it is set up, so it takes a fair bit of time in order to get your head around it in order to deploy it. Once you've deployed it, then you're never confident on the versions of the browsers and the SSL certificates, etc. You have to always go back into Qualys and check."

"It is more expensive vs. other products on the market."

"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."

"While Qualys VMDR is comprehensive, improvements in asset management functionality would be beneficial."

"Qualys VM could improve by having more skilled support personnel."

"The response time of technical support takes a while."

"This solution could be improved by extending the agent capabilities to different operating systems including Mac and Linux. We would also like the capability to easily check for vulnerability in assets in the IOTs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Axonius is quite a bit cheaper compared to other solutions."

"We are on a subscription model with them."

"In Nigerian Naira, we spend about roughly four to five million to use this solution and this is expensive compared to solutions like Nessus."

"There is a license for the use of this solution. We pay annually instead of monthly to receive a better discount on the price."

"We have an annual contract for Qualys VMDR. I believe it's for either two years or five years."

"We do see over $100,000 in terms of price, for mid-size programs. You likely will pay more than $100,000 without any discount. It is a bit pricey."

"They have recently changed the pricing model, which is now better than it was before."

"Qualys is cheaper and more affordable than other solutions."

"When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself."

"It is more expensive than other products on the market."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	70

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Axonius?

I think I am good so far with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing; I do not see any disturbances there, but it is working well.

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What needs improvement with Axonius?

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What is your primary use case for Axonius?

My main use case for Axonius is config management and asset inventory. I use Axonius to maintain the asset inventory up to date and also to identify the owners quickly; these are the primary requir...

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What do you like most about Qualys VMDR?

I like that we have many scanners and channels that don't overload. It helps us scan and track easily. Also, the tagging system is good for tagging. We can still use QualysAgent task ID tools even ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys VMDR?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that we can consider both time and money saved.

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What needs improvement with Qualys VMDR?

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Qualys VM, QualysGuard VM, Qualys Asset Inventory, Qualys Container Security

Overview

Axonius offers robust asset management, enhancing network visibility by consolidating data from various devices. It excels in automatic device categorization for up-to-date inventories, crucial for compliance and risk assessments. Key features include automated policy enforcement and comprehensive reporting tools, which streamline workflows and improve organizational productivity and security compliance. Integrations with other IT tools further enhance its efficiency.

Axonius

Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response (VMDR) is a cornerstone product of the Qualys TruRisk Platform and a global leader in the enterprise-grade vulnerability management (VM) vendor space. With VMDR, enterprises are empowered with visibility and insight into cyber risk exposure - 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 their actual risk exposure over time.

Qualys VMDR offers an all-inclusive risk-based vulnerability management solution to prioritize vulnerabilities and assets based on risk and business criticality. VMDR seamlessly integrates with configuration management databases (CMDB), Qualys Patch Management, Custom Assessment and Remediation (CAR), Qualys TotalCloud and other Qualys and non-Qualys solutions to facilitate vulnerability detection and remediation across the entire enterprise.

With VMDR, users are empowered with actionable risk insights that translate vulnerabilities and exploits into optimized remediation actions based on business impact. Qualys customers can now aggregate and orchestrate data from the Qualys Threat Library, 25+ threat intelligence feeds, and third-party security and IT solutions, empowering organizations to measure, communicate, and eliminate risk across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

Qualys

Sample Customers

Extreme Engineering Solutions, AppsFlyer, Landmark Health, Natera

Agrokor Group, American Specialty Health, American State Bank, Arval, Life:), Axway, Bank of the West, Blueport Commerce, BSkyB, Brinks, CaixaBank, Cartagena, Catholic Health System, CEC Bank, Cegedim, CIGNA, Clickability, Colby-Sawyer College, Commercial Bank of Dubai, University of Utah, eBay Inc., ING Singapore, National Theatre, OTP Bank, Sodexo, WebEx

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