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Product	Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management by Microsoft View product	Qualys Cloud Platform by Qualys View product
Overview
What it is	Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: vulnerability discovery and risk prioritization. Built for software inventory. Compare Vulnerability Management alternatives.	Evaluating Qualys Cloud Platform? See how this Cloud Security tool handles asset inventory and policy compliance, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Vulnerability Management Platform	Vulnerability Management Platform
Best for	Cross-industry	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Government, Financial Services
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Endpoint; Cloud-managed endpoints	Cloud; Cloud-native multi-tenant platform; Private cloud options
Data residency	Tenant region dependent	Global; US; EU; UK; APAC; UAE
Key features
What it offers	Vulnerability discovery Risk prioritization Security recommendations Remediation tracking Software inventory Vulnerability management Exposure management Remediation prioritization	Vulnerability management Asset inventory Policy compliance Container security TruRisk analytics Unified vulnerability management Asset discovery Compliance auditing
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	WindowsmacOSLinuxsupported endpoints	CloudOn-premisesMulti-Cloud
Compliance	Microsoft security/compliance portfolio	FedRAMPSOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft IntuneMicrosoft Defender XDR	ServiceNowSplunkAWSAzureJiraMicrosoft Sentinel
Industries	Cross-industry	Cross-industryEnterpriseGovernmentFinancial Services
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Qualys
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Foster City, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	2,000+
Founded	1975	1999

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

by Microsoft

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Qualys Cloud Platform

by Qualys

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Overview

What it is

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: vulnerability discovery and risk prioritization. Built for software inventory. Compare Vulnerability Management alternatives.

Qualys Cloud Platform

Evaluating Qualys Cloud Platform? See how this Cloud Security tool handles asset inventory and policy compliance, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management Platform

Qualys Cloud Platform

Vulnerability Management Platform

Best for

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Government, Financial Services

Pricing

Pricing model

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Contact Vendor

Qualys Cloud Platform

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud Platform

Deployment

Deployment options

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

CloudOn-Premise

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cloud

Deployment details

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cloud; Endpoint; Cloud-managed endpoints

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cloud; Cloud-native multi-tenant platform; Private cloud options

Data residency

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Tenant region dependent

Qualys Cloud Platform

Global; US; EU; UK; APAC; UAE

Key features

What it offers

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability discovery
Risk prioritization
Security recommendations
Remediation tracking
Software inventory
Vulnerability management
Exposure management
Remediation prioritization

Qualys Cloud Platform

Vulnerability management
Asset inventory
Policy compliance
Container security
TruRisk analytics
Unified vulnerability management
Asset discovery
Compliance auditing

Platform & access

API access

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud Platform

Single sign-on (SSO)

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud Platform

Role-based access (RBAC)

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud Platform

Multi-tenant

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud Platform

Mobile app

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud Platform

Supported platforms

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

WindowsmacOSLinuxsupported endpoints

Qualys Cloud Platform

CloudOn-premisesMulti-Cloud

Compliance

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft security/compliance portfolio

Qualys Cloud Platform

FedRAMPSOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft IntuneMicrosoft Defender XDR

Qualys Cloud Platform

ServiceNowSplunkAWSAzureJiraMicrosoft Sentinel

Industries

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cross-industryEnterpriseGovernmentFinancial Services

Regions

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Global

Qualys Cloud Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft

Qualys Cloud Platform

Qualys

Headquarters

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

Qualys Cloud Platform

Foster City, California, USA

Company size

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

200,000+

Qualys Cloud Platform

2,000+

Founded

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

1975

Qualys Cloud Platform

1999