What is Qualys VMDR?
Cyber risk is business risk - with risks growing faster than what traditional VM and SIEM tools can manage. Security and IT teams need a new approach to tackle cyber threats with a clear understanding of cybersecurity risk and automate workflows for rapid response.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+93 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Qualys VMDR?
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Fair
- Acts with Integrity
- Reliable
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Visibility
New Vulnerability Alerts
Vulnerability Definition Updates
Automated Patching
Automation and Orchestration
Live Vulnerability Assessment Dashboard Reporting
Integration With Other Security Tools
Risk Prioritization & Remediation Actions
Network Scanning
Web Scanning
Asset Discovery
Vendor Capability Ratings
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
Vendor Support
Ease of IT Administration
Business Value Created
Quality of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Breadth of Features
Ease of Customization
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Qualys VMDR Reviews
Nolan K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2024
More effective than others
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Qualys VMDR from other similar products?
It is easy to implement and does patch management on a single click.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Scan result is very good.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Performance should be a little bit fast.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It serves the purpose.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Sristi S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2024
functionality makes it easy to use and best
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Qualys VMDR from other similar products?
qualys is more focused on cloud security scanning
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
global visibility regarding the vulnerability towards the internet threat and tells about how to protect the assets from it
What do you dislike most about this product?
Acquiring independent modules can drive up licensing costs.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
it’s functionality, ease of use, reporting, services and support are best and as an end user experience it is best
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Christopher R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2025
One agent for all environments
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Qualys VMDR from other similar products?
It stands high with the ability to generate active asset groups according to the tags that help us focus on valuable assets, such as PII or public-facing systems, effectively. It also provides scanning options that let us locate mysterious assets on the network, so we can easily capture hidden devices.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Our IT team has been saved from doing extensive manual work by having the ability to automate workflows that efficiently link sensitive detection to patch application and ITSM ticketing. Along with this, I really like that this platform brings diversity by supporting IoT with on-premises and cloud IT environments.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I have experienced that the internal scanning paths are not streamlined to their fullest, which is why our remote offices report scan delays or network collapsing.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would deeply recommend that you make this platform a part of your continuous procedure to get regular operations as scanning, organizing, and repairing, on track, working effortlessly.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
