We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen."
"The ability to send data flow from other places and have them all in one place is very valuable for us."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"It provides good visibility to the customers. People are still evaluating it, but it provides visibility and helps them to take action to remediate and mitigate the issues that are highlighted on the dashboard. It has good integration with the Cisco switching platform."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow. The beginning of any security investigation starts with NetFlow data."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"Technical support is great and we've never really had a problem."
"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."
"Qualys VM's best feature is vulnerability management."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to run different capabilities with the same agent. With only one agent, we can have EDR, vulnerability management, compliance and some basic SaaS security capabilities."
"The most recent is VMDR, which provides a comprehensive overview of how to detect, patch, and remediate specific vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is that this solution is very lightweight."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see better filters."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"Better integration between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Cisco Secure Workload would be beneficial."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"The customer support is very bad."
"Qualys currently does not have any features for scanning SCADA, IoT, and Industrial Control Systems."
"Qualys VM should improve its methodology."
"The reporting needs improvement. It should generate much more stuff like field reports."
"The only improvement I can think of is on the implementation side. At times it is a bit slow."
"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."
"The ability to manage user accounts and give rights to the operator to know about abnormalities of applications is something that needs improvement."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management.
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