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IronNet Collective Defense Platform vs Qualys VMDR comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IronNet Collective Defense ...
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (19th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (24th)
Qualys VMDR
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
96
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (3rd), Vulnerability Management (3rd), Configuration Management Databases (3rd), Container Security (10th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

IronNet Collective Defense Platform and Qualys VMDR aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. IronNet Collective Defense Platform is designed for Network Detection and Response (NDR) and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
Qualys VMDR, on the other hand, focuses on Vulnerability Management, holds 3.8% mindshare, down 7.0% since last year.
Network Detection and Response (NDR) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IronNet Collective Defense Platform1.4%
Darktrace13.9%
Vectra AI9.8%
Other74.9%
Network Detection and Response (NDR)
Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys VMDR3.8%
Wiz4.2%
Tenable Nessus3.7%
Other88.3%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1468230 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Easy to use, stable, and easy to install
We use this solution for the Ministry of Defense and the special agencies It adds value to our existing platform, and therefore our system becomes more important for the customer. The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services. It's pretty decent, and I don't see…
Vaibhav Ghule - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services."
"It adds value to our existing platform, and therefore our system becomes more important for the customer."
"The vulnerability management feature is what I used the most. It is a good SaaS product. It is easy to use. It has a nice UI where you can see all the assets and vulnerabilities."
"Detects new hosts along with vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the certificate management."
"Monitors workstations and servers for vulnerabilities and creates reports."
"This is one of the best products I have worked with so far. I like the power of Qualys, and it's a better solution because you can scan a compact file, a BIT file, or batch files. The product already knows what's happening inside, and you don't need to expand the package. Tenable will do the same thing, but you need to have a package issuance claim. With Qualys, we can immediately understand the file, even a compact file. If there's some kind of discovery or incident, you will know what happened in the environment."
"The prioritization of vulnerabilities has improved our remediation efforts by around thirty to thirty-five percent."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"This solution gives us insight into our environment and improves our security. It helps us to maintain a good patching system whereby we know that XYZ is vulnerable within the system."
 

Cons

"I would like to see it integrate with third-party systems."
"For a company with over 100,000 assets, there are challenges with scalability."
"When tested on Zero day, there were errors."
"I felt hindered sometimes within reports in that they were lacking somewhat on the customization side in terms of making use of the data."
"As users of Qualys for the last three years, we have identified and shared many areas where Qualys needed to have improvements, including vulnerability database having some false positives, web scan module requiring authentication to access basic web forms, asset tagging being a complex technique, and for policy compliance they need to add more leading IT standards for leading IT service providers like Juniper, Cisco, and Microsoft."
"The IoT scan is not great."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
"I’m convinced it could be possible to do a simpler interface."
"The reporting is lacking a little, and it would be nice to have reports sent via email."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing costs are yearly."
"The solution is reasonably priced for the value it provides."
"It is more expensive than other products on the market."
"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."
"In Nigerian Naira, we spend about roughly four to five million to use this solution and this is expensive compared to solutions like Nessus."
"The product is more expensive than that of any other vendor."
"Qualys VM is quite expensive. It's a subscription-based license, and it's yearly. Right now, it's open for me, and I don't have any limitations or caps on the licenses. They are seeing if the product is viable for 4500 users. I can add as much as I want, and at the end of the subscription, they'll let me know how many licenses were actually used and bill me accordingly. On a scale from one to five, I would give their pricing a three. It's still expensive."
"They have recently changed the pricing model, which is now better than it was before."
"Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance isn't expensive right now. But the price for their product bundles could be better."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise70
 

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Also Known As

IronDefense, Iron Dome, Cyber Operations Center
Qualys VM, QualysGuard VM, Qualys Asset Inventory, Qualys Container Security
 

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Sample Customers

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