Qualys / qualys.com
AI-powered vulnerability management and security compliance platform providing asset inventory, AI-prioritised vulnerability remediation, patch management, and cloud security posture management.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
No
Category
Developer Tools
Platforms
3
Free plan
No
API access
Yes
Open source
No
Platforms
3
Qualys is a cloud-native vulnerability management and security compliance platform — providing continuous visibility into the security posture of IT assets including on-premise servers, cloud workloads, containers, and endpoints. TruRisk is Qualys's AI-powered vulnerability risk scoring system — combining CVSS severity, asset criticality, threat intelligence (active exploitation data), and business context to prioritise which vulnerabilities to fix first rather than overwhelming teams with thousands of raw CVE findings. AI Remediation provides contextual fix guidance — explaining each vulnerability, recommending specific patches or configuration changes, and linking to relevant advisories. VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response) is the unified vulnerability workflow — discovery, prioritisation, and remediation tracking in one workflow. Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) provides IT asset discovery — finding all assets across on-premise, cloud, and remote environments that may be unknown to the security team. Container Security extends vulnerability scanning to container images and registries — identifying vulnerabilities in the container layers before deployment. Web Application Scanning provides DAST scanning of web applications for vulnerabilities — complementing agent-based infrastructure scanning with web-facing attack surface coverage. With government, finance, and healthcare customers globally, Qualys validates for regulated industry vulnerability management.
Qualys AI runs as ml platform software built around data workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web, agent, and api, with API access for teams that want to embed it into their own products.
The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Qualys AI.
AI vulnerability risk prioritisation combining severity, asset criticality, and threat intelligence — reducing alert fatigue by focusing remediation on the highest-risk vulnerabilities first.
Unified vulnerability discovery, prioritisation, and remediation tracking — the end-to-end vulnerability management workflow from detection through validated fix.
IT asset discovery finding all assets across on-premise, cloud, and remote environments — essential foundation for vulnerability management before scanning unknown assets.
Enterprise licensing. No public pricing. Annual contracts. Publicly traded (QLYS). Demo available.
Model
Enterprise
Starting price
Free
Free trial
Yes
Tenable (covered) provides competing vulnerability management. Rapid7 (covered) provides vulnerability management and SIEM. Microsoft Defender provides vulnerability management within Microsoft. Wiz (covered) provides cloud security.
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Qualys
Platforms
Web, Agent, API
Deployment
SaaS
Integrations
AWS, Azure, GCP, ServiceNow, Splunk, API
Team Collaboration
No
Launch Year
2022
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. PCI DSS. Enterprise data handling agreements.
Asset vulnerability and scan data processed on Qualys cloud. Agent-based scanning transmits endpoint data to Qualys cloud for analysis.
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Editorial Verdict
Qualys is a strong AI vulnerability management platform for enterprises wanting AI-prioritised risk scoring, unified VMDR workflow, and compliance posture management with FedRAMP credentials.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
Enterprise licensing. No public pricing. Annual contracts. Publicly traded (QLYS). Demo available.
Annual subscription. Per-asset licensing. Publicly traded (TENB). Nessus Essentials free for 16 IPs.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. PCI DSS. Enterprise data handling agreements.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP authorised. Enterprise data handling agreements.
Asset vulnerability and scan data processed on Qualys cloud. Agent-based scanning transmits endpoint data to Qualys cloud for analysis.
Vulnerability scan and asset data on Tenable cloud or on-premise. FedRAMP authorisation for US government.
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