Qualys Multi-Vector EDR vs Trellix Endpoint Security Platform comparison

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Qualys and Trellix are both solutions in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category. Qualys is ranked #77, while Trellix is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.9. Qualys holds a 0.4% mindshare in EDR, compared to Trellix’s 2.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Qualys users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform and Qualys Multi-Vector EDR compete in the endpoint security market. Trellix leads in pricing and support, while Qualys is noted for its features and value despite higher costs.

Features: Trellix Endpoint Security Platform provides comprehensive threat detection, automated workflows, and integrated management capabilities, making it effective for centralized security operations. Qualys Multi-Vector EDR delivers extensive threat intelligence, real-time detection, and automated compliance reporting.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix offers straightforward deployment with ample support channels, enhancing client interaction. In contrast, Qualys, though presenting complexities during initial cloud-based deployment, compensates with comprehensive support services.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is cost-effective upfront, balancing its features with competitive pricing, resulting in strong ROI. Qualys, though higher in initial costs, provides superior long-term value through its sophisticated features.

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Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 3.6%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualys Multi-Vector EDR is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is 2.9%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks	3.6%
Trellix Endpoint Security Platform	2.9%
Qualys Multi-Vector EDR	0.4%
Other	93.1%

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Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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reviewer1668453

Director, Security Innovation at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Provides contextual alerts and risk ratings on findings

It's kind of difficult to quantify areas for improvement. In the larger picture, one challenge is that the NDR space is very crowded today. I can mention half a dozen names just off the top of my head. There are at least 12 to 20 different players. All of them are well-known brand names, and it's difficult to compare them. They all claim to be giving you the same network difference capability: catching malware, dealing with all the minor taxonomy of attack, all that. Still, it's very difficult to compare them side by side because they all do things a little differently, and they all have different presentations and output. We haven't deployed it, so I can't give you what we felt about it exactly. But in the larger perspective, the critical feature is really giving a clear separation between a low, high, and medium criticality. You need a rating that is really true to the actual attack. There's one other capability we are evaluating them for, and it's for custom alerts detection. A lot of these products are trying to profile the threats that are already out there in the industry. They're very well known and published. Today, there are targeted acts being played against organizations, so you have to be sensitive to how your firewalls, protocols, and your HTTP are all operating. You might have some fine-tuned threats that are targeting you, and you should be able to build custom defenses. They should have some openness in terms of how you specify your threats. You get a standard library of threats. On top of it, every organization builds its own.

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AmitKumar22

Product Manager at Frontier Business systems

Strong endpoint protection has simplified compliance and reduced effort for large user environments

One of the best features of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is its endpoint security, and I have been using it for the last four and a half to five years, so I can say this is one of the best EDR endpoint security solutions I have ever seen. The features that make Trellix Endpoint Security Platform stand out for me are ease of use and analytics, which I really appreciate the most. Trellix Endpoint Security Platform positively impacts my organization, ensuring we are compliant with SOC 2, HIPAA, and all other compliance requirements, so there are no issues with that.

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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

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks's ability to block sophisticated threats in real time is quite good and is on par with SentinelOne's."

"But overall, when we speak about security and protection, they are one of the top providers."

"Stability is one of the features we like the most."

"My advice for anybody who is considering Cortex XDR is that it is a complete solution, and has very good features."

"One of the things that I enjoy the most is using policy extensions. It's like having host firewalls to control USB connections. I think it's a wonderful tool to restrict use when connecting to our computers. Another important tool is Home Insights. That is an add-on to the Cortex solution. I like that because we can see all the vulnerabilities in the environment and control what assets are connected to our network."

"The most valuable feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is its machine-learning capabilities. Additionally, there is full integration with other solutions."

"After deploying Traps, we saw the performance of the network improve by 65 to 70 percent."

"WildFire AI is the best option for this product."

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"They can provide you very contextual alerts on if something bad is happening—coming into your network or going out of your network. As part of that, they gather a lot of threat intelligence and map your connections against that. The larger benefit is that they give you a risk rating on their findings."

"The investigation and forensic analysis have been most helpful."

"The endpoint protection and disk encryption features are the most valuable."

"We have confidence in the product to keep our business users secure."

"The most valuable feature is user-based policy provision."

"I have not faced any problems with scalability so far, but we are starting an upgrade or overhaul."

"The central management console is powerful. You can manage endpoints, DLP, encryption, and all the other features from a single console."

"McAfee MVISION Endpoint is used for endpoint protection and protects the files and network against viruses and malware."

"This solution has helped to protect our organization against security threats."

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Cons

"If they had pulse rate detection, it would be better."

"It is a complex solution to implement."

"It would be good to have a better way to search for a file within the UI."

"The product's pricing needs improvement. They could provide more discounts. Additionally, the dashboard and control panel could be enhanced."

"The solution should enhance the ADR and reporting."

"When it comes to malware files, it should be a little quick because, at times, it would give a wrong result in the sense of what it might be on malware, even if it still might be a normal one."

"The technical support is not very good. I find the process difficult."

"It automatically detects security issues. It should be able to protect our network devices while operating autonomously."

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"My challenge is actually comparing offerings from different vendors across a threat spectrum that is very large."

"My challenge is actually comparing offerings from different vendors across a threat spectrum that is very large. We are talking about millions of threats. How are you confident that Blue Hexagon is catching all one million of them and Palo Alto is doing the same thing? They all have their strengths. Within that, Blue Hexagon might cover 990,000 of them. Palo Alto might cover another 990,000. It's a bit difficult to compare them and say, "Oh, are they catching the same 990,000?" I don't know."

"We experienced a situation where Outlook was updated to the latest version, and we could not see some documents passing through this application because we had to wait a long time for an update from Trellix."

"In my personal and professional view, I think the reports need more development."

"The products are getting obsolete too early; they're coming up with new products too fast, and because we have a subscription, we have to upgrade to the next level, which creates some maintenance issues for us."

"If there's a possibility for remote assistance or investigation support in the future, it would be beneficial. Currently, we use another remote software for such purposes. If this feature could be included in the next version, that would be an improvement. The feature is called Remote Administration. I'm somewhat satisfied, but there's an issue I recently encountered. When attempting to scan a suspected host machine, Symantec Endpoint Security did not provide any alerts. However, when we installed Malwarebytes and ran a scan, it detected a threat that wasn't identified by Symantec. We raised this concern with the team for resolution, and the investigation is still ongoing."

"I give it a seven because in today's scenario, the portal is complicated to handle."

"The resolution time should be faster."

"It has very good integrations. However, its integration with Palo Alto was not good, and they seem to be working on it at the backend. It is not very resource-hungry, but it can be even better in terms of resource utilization. It could be improved in terms of efficiency, memory sizing, and disk consumption by agents."

"We don't have very good local technical support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its pricing is kind of in line with its competitors and everybody else out there."

"It is cost-effective compared to similar solutions. It fits for the small businesses through to the big businesses."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

"The price was fine."

"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."

"The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side."

"This is an expensive solution."

"It has a higher cost than other solutions, like CrowdStrike or Microsoft’s EDR tools, but it reduces the cost of our operations because it’s a new generation antivirus tool."

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"It's difficult to state the setup cost. All the NDRs range anywhere between $500,000, plus or minus, to $2 million. There's a spread of pricing here, depending on who you are talking to. Obviously the major brand names want more money. They typically bundle it with their other offerings. With Cisco, for example, you don't just buy an NDR. So, typically it gets rolled into the cost."

"Pricing is fair."

"The tool is affordable"

"The pricing is mid-ranged and quite reasonable compared to other similar products."

"It's fairly priced compared to other products on the market."

"When comparing the solution to others it is a bit expensive. We are on a monthly license."

"McAfee's prices are flexible and can be quite competitive, although there are other solutions that are even more so."

"Its price is reasonable, but it could be made free."

"The price of McAfee is pretty similar to Symantec, and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Outsourcing Company

11%

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Outsourcing Company

14%

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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	47
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	55

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Small Business	68
Midsize Enterprise	39
Large Enterprise	67

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Blue Hexagon

McAfee Endpoint Security, McAfee Endpoint Protection, Intel Security Total Protection for Endpoint, McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Qualys Multi-Vector EDR is designed for real-time threat detection and response, offering comprehensive visibility into potential security breaches across endpoints.

This solution integrates seamlessly with other Qualys modules, facilitating automated workflows that streamline incident management and enhance efficiency in monitoring and mitigating cyber threats. With features like real-time monitoring, detailed reporting, and proactive alerting, security teams can quickly identify and address vulnerabilities. While appreciated for its scalability and ease of deployment, users suggest improvements in integration, reporting, and configuration to further enhance its capabilities.

What are the key features of Qualys Multi-Vector EDR?

Real-time Threat Detection: Continuously monitors endpoints to detect potential threats immediately.
Seamless Integration: Integrates with other Qualys modules and existing systems for streamlined operations.
Automated Response: Automates incident response workflows to enhance efficiency and reduce manual tasks.
Detailed Reporting: Provides in-depth reports to support proactive security measures and quick remediation.
Scalability: Suitable for businesses of varying sizes due to its scalable architecture.

What are the benefits and ROI to look for when evaluating Qualys Multi-Vector EDR?

Enhanced Security: Comprehensive threat detection ensures robust security measures.
Improved Efficiency: Automated workflows save time and reduce manual intervention.
Quick Remediation: Real-time alerts and detailed reports facilitate swift vulnerability mitigation.
Cost-effective Deployment: Scalable and resource-efficient architecture suitable for businesses large and small.

Qualys Multi-Vector EDR is implemented across industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail, where real-time threat detection and automated response are critical. Its ability to integrate with existing systems and provide detailed reporting makes it a valuable asset for enhancing cybersecurity measures in diverse environments.

Qualys

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform offers essential features like centralized management, threat prevention, and encryption, facilitating seamless scaling and integration with other systems while prioritizing user security.

This comprehensive platform focuses on endpoint protection, antivirus capabilities, and malware defense. It enhances cybersecurity with data loss prevention, advanced threat detection, and AI-driven features for reliable protection without impacting performance. Central management and advanced reporting streamline integration and ease of use. Flexible policy deployment through the management console and its robust security measures, such as DLP and device control, further increase protection. Challenges include high CPU and memory usage affecting performance, a complex interface, and lengthy deployment. Third-party integration and Windows Hello support need improvement. Additional concerns involve improved threat detection and faster technical support responses.

What are the key features of Trellix Endpoint Security Platform?

Centralized Management: Allows seamless integration and scaling with consistent control across environments.
Threat Prevention: Provides comprehensive antivirus and malware protection to secure systems.
Encryption: Ensures data security with robust encryption techniques.
Advanced Reporting: Facilitates detailed insights and analysis for better decision-making.
AI-Driven Detection: Offers reliable threat detection without impacting system performance.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Comprehensive Protection: Offers extensive security measures for protecting digital environments.
Ease of Integration: Simplifies the process of incorporating into current systems and processes.
Flexible Policy Deployment: Supports adaptable policy management to meet diverse requirements.
Scalability: Enables growth while maintaining efficiency and security.
Robust Security Features: Provides advanced security measures like DLP and device control.

Trellix Endpoint Security Platform is widely implemented in industries such as banking and government for securing mobile and desktop devices. Its capabilities cover network security, device control, and remote access protection, catering to diverse environments by offering robust cybersecurity management against advanced threats.

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