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Product	Greenbone OpenVAS by Greenbone View product	Qualys Vulnerability Management by Qualys View product
Overview
What it is	Greenbone OpenVAS from Greenbone focuses on Vulnerability Assessment. Key capabilities: 50,000+ NVTs. Compare it with the leading Vulnerability Scanning alternatives.	Evaluating Qualys Vulnerability Management? See how this Vulnerability Management tool handles reporting, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Open-Source Vulnerability Scanner & Assessment Engine	Vulnerability Management
Best for	Security Engineers, DevOps, System Administrators, Higher Education	Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Open-Source Software; Linux; Docker; Open-source software; Linux packages; Docker containers	Cloud; Qualys Cloud Platform SaaS; Virtual and physical appliances
Data residency	Customer Controlled / On-premises	Global; US; EU; APAC
Key features
What it offers	Open-source network vulnerability scanning 50,000+ NVTs Authenticated host scans CVSS v3.1 scoring NASL scripts Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Management Vulnerability Scanning	Continuous network vulnerability scanning Flaw identification Configuration auditing Reporting Network vulnerability scanning Flaw assessment Risk reporting
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali)DockerEnterprise Networks	CloudOn-premisesHybrid Networks
Compliance	Open Source (GPLv2)ISO 27001GDPR	PCI DSSHIPAAISO 27001NIST
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Greenbone Vulnerability ManagementSyslogLinuxDocker	Qualys Cloud PlatformServiceNowSplunkJira
Industries	Security EngineersDevOpsSystem AdministratorsHigher Education	Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBGovernment
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Greenbone	Qualys
Headquarters	Osnabrück, Germany	Foster City, California, USA
Company size	201-500	2,000+
Founded	2008	1999

Greenbone OpenVAS

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Qualys Vulnerability Management

by Qualys

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Overview

What it is

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone OpenVAS from Greenbone focuses on Vulnerability Assessment. Key capabilities: 50,000+ NVTs. Compare it with the leading Vulnerability Scanning alternatives.

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Evaluating Qualys Vulnerability Management? See how this Vulnerability Management tool handles reporting, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-Source Vulnerability Scanner & Assessment Engine

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management

Best for

Greenbone OpenVAS

Security Engineers, DevOps, System Administrators, Higher Education

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

Greenbone OpenVAS

Contact Vendor

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Greenbone OpenVAS

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Deployment

Deployment options

Greenbone OpenVAS

Cloud

Qualys Vulnerability Management

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-Source Software; Linux; Docker; Open-source software; Linux packages; Docker containers

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cloud; Qualys Cloud Platform SaaS; Virtual and physical appliances

Data residency

Greenbone OpenVAS

Customer Controlled / On-premises

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Global; US; EU; APAC

Key features

What it offers

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-source network vulnerability scanning
50,000+ NVTs
Authenticated host scans
CVSS v3.1 scoring
NASL scripts
Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Scanning

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Continuous network vulnerability scanning
Flaw identification
Configuration auditing
Reporting
Network vulnerability scanning
Flaw assessment
Risk reporting

Platform & access

API access

Greenbone OpenVAS

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Single sign-on (SSO)

Greenbone OpenVAS

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Role-based access (RBAC)

Greenbone OpenVAS

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Multi-tenant

Greenbone OpenVAS

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Mobile app

Greenbone OpenVAS

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Supported platforms

Greenbone OpenVAS

Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali)DockerEnterprise Networks

Qualys Vulnerability Management

CloudOn-premisesHybrid Networks

Compliance

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open Source (GPLv2)ISO 27001GDPR

Qualys Vulnerability Management

PCI DSSHIPAAISO 27001NIST

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone Vulnerability ManagementSyslogLinuxDocker

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud PlatformServiceNowSplunkJira

Industries

Greenbone OpenVAS

Security EngineersDevOpsSystem AdministratorsHigher Education

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBGovernment

Regions

Greenbone OpenVAS

Global

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Global

Vendor

Company

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Qualys

Headquarters

Greenbone OpenVAS

Osnabrück, Germany

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Foster City, California, USA

Company size

Greenbone OpenVAS

201-500

Qualys Vulnerability Management

2,000+

Founded

Greenbone OpenVAS

2008

Qualys Vulnerability Management

1999