Minutes to configure, with no infrastructure to build

Tedious, and large-scale rollouts commonly run for months

Scan and patch over the same agentless channel, with nothing installed on the endpoint

Agentless scanning only. Patching reaches only assets running their Cloud Agent.

SaaS and on-premises, with fully air-gapped support

SaaS only. Scanner appliances run locally, but all data is processed in their cloud.

Servers, desktops, virtual machines, network devices and cloud workloads, on-premises and in the cloud

Comparable scanning coverage

Full enterprise platform with software inventory plus kernel and package scanning

Broad vulnerability coverage

Parallel scanning finishes a full sweep in hours, with an exceptionally low false positive rate

Scans queue rather than run in parallel, with false positives among the most cited complaints

Contextual scoring with EPSS, CISA KEV and Metasploit references embedded

TruRisk scoring

Supported

Supported

Fully in-built. Patch straight from the vulnerability finding.

Patch module on the same platform, but it only reaches agent-managed assets

1300+ applications, pre-validated before deployment

Broad catalog, but only on agent-managed assets

Both fully supported, including disconnected and air-gapped sites

No driver patching, and no offline patching for disconnected sites

Stage, test then deploy, with rollback on any patch

Scheduled patch jobs, with rollback on Windows and Linux

Real-time status for every patch, plus post-patch health checks that flag unresponsive hosts

Job-level status only, with no post-patch health check

Custom and predefined policies, software deployment and custom scripts

Custom policies and scripts through the agent, with fewer predefined templates

Agentless access across Windows, Linux and macOS, with file transfer and session recording

Not offered

Syncs users, groups and devices from AD, and every device it finds is ready to scan and patch with nothing to install

Syncs from AD, but a device it finds cannot be patched until the Cloud Agent is installed on it

Summary and in-depth reports in PDF, JSON and CSV, with mitigation and patch mapping

Reporting is split per module, with no single view tying a finding to its fix

Intuitive interface with a low learning curve

Dense, module-heavy interface with a high learning curve

24x7 support with fully remote onboarding and training

Tiered support

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Subscription or perpetual

Subscription only

SecOps Solution delivers the best overall performance: fast scanning, exceptionally low false positives, and patching, configuration audit and remote access in one console. Everything works agentlessly, and the platform runs as SaaS, on-premises or fully air-gapped with all data staying inside your own infrastructure, on subscription or perpetual licensing.

Qualys is a broad platform, but it is cloud-only and its reach stops at the agent. Assessment data always leaves your network, patching touches only machines running the Cloud Agent, disconnected sites are left out, and there is no remote access at all, on top of the slow scans and false positives customers consistently report.