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Product	Qualys Cloud Platform by Qualys View product	Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management by Microsoft View product
Overview
What it is	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.	Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: vulnerability discovery and risk prioritization. Built for software inventory. Compare Vulnerability Management alternatives.
Product type	Vulnerability Management Platform	Vulnerability Management Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Government, Financial Services	Cross-industry
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud-native multi-tenant platform; Private cloud options	Cloud; Endpoint; Cloud-managed endpoints
Data residency	Global; US; EU; UK; APAC; UAE	Tenant region dependent
Key features
What it offers	Vulnerability management Asset inventory Policy compliance Container security TruRisk analytics Unified vulnerability management Asset discovery Compliance auditing	Vulnerability discovery Risk prioritization Security recommendations Remediation tracking Software inventory Vulnerability management Exposure management Remediation prioritization
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	CloudOn-premisesMulti-Cloud	WindowsmacOSLinuxsupported endpoints
Compliance	FedRAMPSOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA	Microsoft security/compliance portfolio
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ServiceNowSplunkAWSAzureJiraMicrosoft Sentinel	Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft IntuneMicrosoft Defender XDR
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseGovernmentFinancial Services	Cross-industry
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Qualys	Microsoft
Headquarters	Foster City, California, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA
Company size	2,000+	200,000+
Founded	1999	1975

Qualys Cloud Platform

by Qualys

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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

by Microsoft

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Overview

What it is

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.

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

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

Product type

Qualys Cloud Platform

Vulnerability Management Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management Platform

Best for

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Government, Financial Services

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry

Pricing

Pricing model

Qualys Cloud Platform

Contact Vendor

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Qualys Cloud Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Deployment

Deployment options

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cloud

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Qualys Cloud Platform

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

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cloud; Endpoint; Cloud-managed endpoints

Data residency

Qualys Cloud Platform

Global; US; EU; UK; APAC; UAE

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Tenant region dependent

Key features

What it offers

Qualys Cloud Platform

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

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

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

Platform & access

API access

Qualys Cloud Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Single sign-on (SSO)

Qualys Cloud Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Role-based access (RBAC)

Qualys Cloud Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Multi-tenant

Qualys Cloud Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Mobile app

Qualys Cloud Platform

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Supported platforms

Qualys Cloud Platform

CloudOn-premisesMulti-Cloud

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

WindowsmacOSLinuxsupported endpoints

Compliance

Qualys Cloud Platform

FedRAMPSOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft security/compliance portfolio

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Qualys Cloud Platform

ServiceNowSplunkAWSAzureJiraMicrosoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft IntuneMicrosoft Defender XDR

Industries

Qualys Cloud Platform

Cross-industryEnterpriseGovernmentFinancial Services

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry

Regions

Qualys Cloud Platform

Global

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Global

Vendor

Company

Qualys Cloud Platform

Qualys

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft

Headquarters

Qualys Cloud Platform

Foster City, California, USA

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

Company size

Qualys Cloud Platform

2,000+

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

200,000+

Founded

Qualys Cloud Platform

1999

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

1975