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JFrog Xray vs Nucleus Security comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 23, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.3
Qualys TotalCloud enhances efficiency, reduces costs by 30-40%, and increases ROI by 10-20%, significantly saving time and resources.
Sentiment score
3.5
JFrog Xray improved efficiency, security, and compliance, reduced downtime, and sped up release cycles with enhanced vulnerability detection and reporting.
Sentiment score
7.3
Nucleus Security enhances time savings and workflow efficiency through task automation, improving resource allocation and engineering productivity.
It has saved about 90% of our time.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
TotalCloud has generated overall savings of 30 to 40 percent across various departments.
Security Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
CallStream helps us integrate and automate tasks.
Senior Security Consultant at CyberNxt Solutions LLP
With security, it is always hard to quantify, and we did not really save money, but we used time more effectively and changed our way of working.
Cyber Security Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
We have seen an absolutely clear return on investment in Nucleus Security, and it primarily shows up in massive time savings and vastly improved resource utilization.
Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Automation handles reporting on a scheduled basis and alerts system owners about their posture each week.
Vulnerability And Compliance Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Qualys TotalCloud's customer support is praised for expertise and responsiveness but occasionally faces response delays and inefficiencies.
Sentiment score
4.0
JFrog Xray's customer service is generally well-received, with positive technical support, though not all users engage directly.
Sentiment score
8.2
Nucleus Security's customer service is highly praised for being reliable, effective, and offering helpful, timely responses, ensuring strong satisfaction.
They are helpful, respond to my queries, and can answer any question.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Qualys's tech support is highly responsive, providing multiple ways to interact with them.
Service Manager, Security Operations at CDA IT SOLUTIONS
Qualys' customer service provides quality answers, but the response time is long, even though it is within the SLA.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
When we need clarifications, we contact our account manager, and they arrange demos.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate the technical support of JFrog Xray an eight because they are very knowledgeable.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
I would describe Nucleus Security's customer support as absolutely fantastic.
Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Customer support is great; I have always had communication with executive leaders, been able to have roadmap calls, and talk with support.
Vulnerability And Compliance Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Qualys TotalCloud excels in scalability but may need skilled management, adaptable for varying environments and large-scale deployments.
Sentiment score
6.8
JFrog Xray is scalable and suitable for multiple applications, despite PostgreSQL limitations and some performance challenges.
Sentiment score
8.5
Nucleus Security offers seamless scalability, enhancing performance, supporting growth, and managing extensive assets with an efficient centralized interface.
We started our organization about nine months back. We started with about 30 users, and we now have more than 100 users.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Our organization currently uses it to manage over 1200 web applications.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It is absolutely scalable, and I would rate its scalability as nine out of ten.
retired at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
According to my use case, it is highly scalable.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
The platform has done a great job of handling both stability and scalability excellently.
Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The scalability of Nucleus Security is fairly impressive; even when ingesting multiple assets, there is no noticeable impact.
Vulnerability And Compliance Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Qualys TotalCloud is praised for stability, boasting 99.9% uptime with minimal downtime and quickly resolved minor bugs.
Sentiment score
7.6
JFrog Xray is praised for stability and security, compared favorably to competitors, with minor concerns about PostgreSQL support.
Sentiment score
8.4
Nucleus Security is praised for stability and reliability, performing well under heavy loads and large automation tasks.
Overall, the support provided has been excellent.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It is a stable solution, which is why we chose it.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Continuous monitoring is crucial to ensure system stability and avoid vulnerabilities or threats.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I use JFrog Xray primarily for security purposes, and I find it reliable.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
We did experience crashes, downtimes, and performance issues with JFrog Xray.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
We rarely, if ever, encounter downtime or performance degradation, even when the platform is running massive automation rules and background synchronization tasks during peak operational hours.
Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users recommend enhancing compliance, UI, integration, and reporting, improving security features, and optimizing pricing and navigation for Qualys TotalCloud.
Users demand better reporting, documentation, UI, site performance, API limits, custom reports, vulnerability management, and integration support.
Nucleus Security requires intuitive UI, enhanced reporting, streamlined integration, and better onboarding with customizable dashboards and exposure management.
Ideally, the scanner should automatically detect and scan all subdomains, even if not explicitly defined, ensuring comprehensive vulnerability assessment.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
Ideally, updates should be more immediate, enabling quicker implementation of solutions.
Project Lead at Persistent Systems
Our goal is to integrate all these functions into Qualys, creating a single dashboard for comprehensive security monitoring and management.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
When we have given a very long tag, it doesn't work as expected and requires excessive scrolling.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
somehow you need to adapt your GitLab pipeline and turn them into JFrog pipeline, and this is something they don't really advertise at first—you're obliged to use the JFrog CLI.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nucleus Security needs a better view into exposure management, as exposure management and attack path management are missing.
Cyber Security Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Having more intuitive step-by-step visualized wizards or guided templates for building complex triage workflows would make the onboarding process much smoother for new team members.
Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
It could be integrated with SentinelOne, but it was not showing any SentinelOne alerts.
Head of Security at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Qualys TotalCloud is costly but offers value and integration, ideal for enterprises despite higher pricing.
Enterprise users appreciate Nucleus Security's competitive pricing, straightforward licensing, and value-driven features despite initial costs.
Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is currently acceptable, it is becoming increasingly expensive.
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Pricing is managed by our finance team; however, Qualys TotalCloud offers cost-effective licensing flexibility.
IT Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Qualys TotalCloud is expensive, but it offers a premier solution with no headaches.
Vice President at Inspira Enterprise
JFrog Xray provides a free trial of 14 days.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
The basic scanning capabilities come with Artifactory, however, curation requires additional licenses.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The licensing model is straightforward, with one license across multiple assets for multiple connectors.
Vulnerability And Compliance Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Qualys TotalCloud enhances risk management with misconfiguration detection, TruRisk integration, continuous monitoring, automation, and seamless integration for IaaS and SaaS.
JFrog Xray offers deep scanning, seamless integration with Artifactory, robust vulnerabilities management, flexible deployment, and attractive pricing.
Nucleus Security enhances safety and efficiency by streamlining risk management, integrating tools, and prioritizing risks for faster remediation.
This view of risk helps reduce the work we would have to do to combine multiple sources to prioritize risk.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It will help cybersecurity professionals monitor the cloud and find vulnerabilities.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
We are enjoying the new feature, FlexScan, which is valuable for Internet-facing VMs.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable features of JFrog Xray are its curation capabilities, its native integration with Artifactory, scanning for vulnerabilities, and license compliance features.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The policy-driven approach of JFrog Xray helped me maintain security standards by integrating it in the development pipeline.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
With other registries such as ECR, we can use the images only in the AWS cloud. With JFrog, we can use this registry from any cloud or work locally as well.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
By centralizing everything, Nucleus Security has completely eliminated that friction and dramatically cut down on alert fatigue across our infrastructure and support teams because the platform prioritizes risk based on real-world threat intelligence.
Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The risk-based prioritization has helped my team focus on the most critical vulnerabilities by considering severity, asset context, and the remediation priorities.
Head of Security at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
The best features that Nucleus Security offers in my experience are the unified integrations with all of the different vulnerability management platforms.
Cyber Security Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Qualys TotalCloud
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Ranking in Vulnerability Management
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (11th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (7th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (7th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (2nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (6th)
JFrog Xray
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
47th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (16th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (7th), Software Supply Chain Security (3rd)
Nucleus Security
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
43rd
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (29th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (14th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Qualys TotalCloud is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JFrog Xray is 1.2%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nucleus Security is 1.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys TotalCloud1.2%
Nucleus Security1.0%
JFrog Xray1.2%
Other96.6%
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

RO
IT Security Expert at Alior Bank S.A.
Unified risk scoring has improved our cloud visibility and simplifies remediation priorities
Qualys TotalCloud provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IAS and SaaS. This solution provides a single prioritized view of risk, which helps reduce the work I would have to do. We are no longer based on CVSS; we are based on Qualys risk scoring, which is based on CVSS plus internal findings made by Qualys, and then assigns its own score. The TruRisk insight feature has found a small number of assets with high vulnerability scores, though I am cautious since some information is classified. Qualys TotalCloud has positively impacted our bank's performance, and we have definitely seen benefits after implementing this solution.
Anand Nanwana - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
Offers flexibility across clouds and easy credential management while interface improvements are needed
For JFrog Xray, the Artifactory and package repositories are valuable features. There are many benefits from JFrog Xray. For example, with other registries such as ECR, we can use the images only in the AWS cloud. With JFrog, we can use this registry from any cloud or work locally as well. JFrog can support multiple packages, such as NuGet package, pip, and other technologies. It can be used for Terraform as well. The credential management is very easy in JFrog. For instance, when using GitHub action as a CI/CD tool, I just need to create a token and set up JFrog CLI there and give access to the repository. With multiple repositories, I can generate a token for a specific repository, add that token in the GitHub secret, fetch from the CI/CD, run the command JFrog CLI, and authenticate through the token. Then we can push the images into JFrog.
reviewer2872923 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vulnerability And Compliance Manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Unified vulnerability view has improved risk-based decisions but reporting still needs work
One of the main issues with Nucleus Security is its lack of reporting capability. The user interface resembles an early 2000s application style, and although its speed is decent, it could be improved as more data is ingested. The overall appearance and feel need work, especially compared to modern applications from Rapid7, Qualys, and Tenable, which have more engaging user interfaces. The reporting capability is severely lacking; not being able to filter to granularity or have custom built queries is an annoyance that needs an overhaul. Additionally, there are bugs that have not been resolved, such as when you create a report and remove an asset, the asset still appears in the report despite not being present in the system anymore, leading to issues that need to be addressed quickly. Nucleus Security can become a difficult investment because I already have a vulnerability management solution, and I question where Nucleus Security fits with its licensing model. While I acknowledge automation has been described, it would be amazing to control the entire vulnerability management workflow from Nucleus Security without needing to log onto other systems. Having controls or actions that can be sent from the console down to the scanner for rescans would be beneficial. If Nucleus Security is going down this path, it should ensure that it becomes a one-stop shop for vulnerability management across multiple applications.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
University
5%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise30
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Qualys TotalCloud?
To be totally honest, I do not have any best features because I have had a bad experience using this tool, especially...
What is your primary use case for Qualys TotalCloud?
My main use case for Qualys TotalCloud is vulnerability management and exposure management. I use this tool to evalua...
What needs improvement with JFrog Xray?
I would assess the integration of JFrog Xray with CI/CD tools as the weak point. You have two means to do that: one i...
What is your primary use case for JFrog Xray?
For JFrog Xray product, you can use it for two main goals: compliance and security. You can use it to check if your l...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JFrog Xray?
It is affordable because JFrog Xray provides a free trial of 14 days. We can explore all the features of JFrog in the...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nucleus Security?
The licensing model is straightforward, with one license across multiple assets for multiple connectors. It is always...
What needs improvement with Nucleus Security?
While the platform is incredibly powerful, the initial configuration curve of Nucleus Security can be a bit steep. Wh...
What is your primary use case for Nucleus Security?
In the initial phase when we first brought Nucleus Security into our environment, instead of immediately pushing it i...
 

Also Known As

Qualys TotalCloud with FlexScan
JFrog Security Essentials
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Sample Customers

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google, amazon, cisco, netflix, oracle, vmware, facebook
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