Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management

Name: Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management
Brand: Qualys
Rating: 4.4 (34 reviews)

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Security and compliance for your global IT assets.

Est 1999|Valuation $5.5B|Raised $152.6M

LinkedIn 297K|Website|Web traffic 412K|FTEs 2,718|HQ Foster City, California, US

MarketsVulnerability Management Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)IT Asset Management (ITAM)Endpoint Management (UEM)

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01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

- Typical strengths - When organizations already operate Qualys VMDR or other Qualys modules, CSAM serves as an inventory and context layer integrated with the Qualys platform. - The product supports hybrid discovery through agents, scanners, passive sensors, and integration with external attack surface discovery. - Integration with ServiceNow and CMDB synchronization features is a documented focus. - Areas where competitors may have advantages - Axonius often provides broader connector coverage and normalization across many third-party systems. - Armis is often selected for environments where unmanaged or specialized device visibility (IoT/OT/medical devices) is a primary requirement. - Tenable and Rapid7 may be preferred where vulnerability management user experience and workflow are the primary selection criteria, and asset inventory is considered sufficient rather than a dedicated CSAM module. - Pricing and procurement - Public pricing information for Qualys is limited and typically quote-based. Competitor pricing is also frequently quote-based or provided via procurement channels. Marketplace listings and procurement documents may provide transactional price signals, but enterprise pricing often requires sales engagement.

	Qualys CSAM	Axonius	Armis
Starting price	Quote-based; depends on applications and asset/IP/user counts	Quote-based enterprise pricing; marketplace listings may provide indicative pricing	Quote-based enterprise pricing
Recommended for	Organizations standardizing on the Qualys platform (CSAM integrated with VMDR, Patch, connectors) needing continuous hybrid inventory and EASM correlation	Environments requiring broad connector coverage and asset normalization across many systems	Environments with substantial unmanaged/IoT/OT device populations requiring device visibility
Key strength	Integration with Qualys sensors and vulnerability/exposure workflows; CMDB synchronization options; integration with TruRisk scoring	Broad connector coverage and normalization across multiple business systems	Visibility for unmanaged devices and device profiling in specialized environments
Key weakness	Variable support experiences reported; identity/merge complexity; pricing may increase with module expansion	Requires connector hygiene and governance; pricing transparency varies	May overlap with existing VM tools; justification depends on device mix

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Typical strengths
- When organizations already operate Qualys VMDR or other Qualys modules, CSAM serves as an inventory and context layer integrated with the Qualys platform.
- The product supports hybrid discovery through agents, scanners, passive sensors, and integration with external attack surface discovery.
- Integration with ServiceNow and CMDB synchronization features is a documented focus.
Areas where competitors may have advantages
- Axonius often provides broader connector coverage and normalization across many third-party systems.
- Armis is often selected for environments where unmanaged or specialized device visibility (IoT/OT/medical devices) is a primary requirement.
- Tenable and Rapid7 may be preferred where vulnerability management user experience and workflow are the primary selection criteria, and asset inventory is considered sufficient rather than a dedicated CSAM module.
Pricing and procurement
- Public pricing information for Qualys is limited and typically quote-based. Competitor pricing is also frequently quote-based or provided via procurement channels. Marketplace listings and procurement documents may provide transactional price signals, but enterprise pricing often requires sales engagement.

	Qualys CSAM	Axonius	Armis
Starting price	Quote-based; depends on applications and asset/IP/user counts	Quote-based enterprise pricing; marketplace listings may provide indicative pricing	Quote-based enterprise pricing
Recommended for	Organizations standardizing on the Qualys platform (CSAM integrated with VMDR, Patch, connectors) needing continuous hybrid inventory and EASM correlation	Environments requiring broad connector coverage and asset normalization across many systems	Environments with substantial unmanaged/IoT/OT device populations requiring device visibility
Key strength	Integration with Qualys sensors and vulnerability/exposure workflows; CMDB synchronization options; integration with TruRisk scoring	Broad connector coverage and normalization across multiple business systems	Visibility for unmanaged devices and device profiling in specialized environments
Key weakness	Variable support experiences reported; identity/merge complexity; pricing may increase with module expansion	Requires connector hygiene and governance; pricing transparency varies	May overlap with existing VM tools; justification depends on device mix