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

Qualys Vulnerability Management

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Greenbone OpenVAS

by Greenbone

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Overview

What it is

Qualys Vulnerability Management

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

Greenbone OpenVAS

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

Product type

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open-Source Vulnerability Scanner & Assessment Engine

Best for

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry, Enterprise, SMB, Government

Greenbone OpenVAS

Security Engineers, DevOps, System Administrators, Higher Education

Pricing

Pricing model

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Contact Vendor

Greenbone OpenVAS

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Deployment

Deployment options

Qualys Vulnerability Management

SaaSCloud

Greenbone OpenVAS

Cloud

Deployment details

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cloud; Qualys Cloud Platform SaaS; Virtual and physical appliances

Greenbone OpenVAS

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

Data residency

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Global; US; EU; APAC

Greenbone OpenVAS

Customer Controlled / On-premises

Key features

What it offers

Qualys Vulnerability Management

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

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

Platform & access

API access

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Single sign-on (SSO)

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Role-based access (RBAC)

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Multi-tenant

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Mobile app

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Greenbone OpenVAS

Supported platforms

Qualys Vulnerability Management

CloudOn-premisesHybrid Networks

Greenbone OpenVAS

Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali)DockerEnterprise Networks

Compliance

Qualys Vulnerability Management

PCI DSSHIPAAISO 27001NIST

Greenbone OpenVAS

Open Source (GPLv2)ISO 27001GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Qualys Cloud PlatformServiceNowSplunkJira

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone Vulnerability ManagementSyslogLinuxDocker

Industries

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Cross-industryEnterpriseSMBGovernment

Greenbone OpenVAS

Security EngineersDevOpsSystem AdministratorsHigher Education

Regions

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Global

Greenbone OpenVAS

Global

Vendor

Company

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Qualys

Greenbone OpenVAS

Greenbone

Headquarters

Qualys Vulnerability Management

Foster City, California, USA

Greenbone OpenVAS

Osnabrück, Germany

Company size

Qualys Vulnerability Management

2,000+

Greenbone OpenVAS

201-500

Founded

Qualys Vulnerability Management

1999

Greenbone OpenVAS

2008