Same-subcategory comparison

Qualys VMDRvsRapid7 InsightVM

Compare buyer fit, pricing, capability depth, and purchase constraints within one buying category. A higher score is not a universal winner.

Comparison summary

How to choose

These conclusions apply to this subcategory and the buyer conditions shown here. They do not make one product universally better.

Qualys VMDR

Consider when

Mid-market and enterprise teams managing large hybrid asset estates
Organizations that want continuous inventory and threat-informed TruRisk prioritization

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Very small teams seeking a simple scanner with transparent self-service pricing
Buyers requiring patch deployment without a separate Patch Management entitlement

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Rapid7 InsightVM

Consider when

Mid-market and enterprise vulnerability-management programs
Hybrid environments combining network scans and remote endpoint agents

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Buyers seeking patch management without a vulnerability-management program
Teams whose primary requirement is external ASM, AppSec, SIEM, or cloud posture management

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Dimension	Qualys VMDR	Rapid7 InsightVM
Pricing and trial	Qualys VMDR Amount unverified — check official pricing Qualys publishes the pricing factors and a 30-day VMDR trial but does not display a binding VMDR amount, payment timing, minimum purchase, contract duration, renewal price, or module total. No numeric Offer is generated. Full profile	InsightVM $1.62 USD · per asset · per month · InsightVM starting rate at 500 assets · starting at · minimum 500 asset · Published starting rate at 500 assets; final quote and all other commercial terms require confirmation The official pricing page binds USD 1.62 per asset per month to a 500-asset starting quantity. It does not state whether the rate is billed monthly or annually, establish a contract term, or publish rates for other quantities. Full profile
Best for	Mid-market and enterprise teams managing large hybrid asset estates Organizations that want continuous inventory and threat-informed TruRisk prioritization Security and IT teams coordinating remediation through reports, tickets, and ITSM	Mid-market and enterprise vulnerability-management programs Hybrid environments combining network scans and remote endpoint agents Teams needing threat-informed prioritization and tracked remediation
Not for	Very small teams seeking a simple scanner with transparent self-service pricing Buyers requiring patch deployment without a separate Patch Management entitlement Teams expecting WAS, TotalCloud, MDR, and every Qualys platform application inside VMDR	Buyers seeking patch management without a vulnerability-management program Teams whose primary requirement is external ASM, AppSec, SIEM, or cloud posture management Very small environments below the published 500-asset starting quantity
Source check	98/100	98/100
Key features	Continuous hybrid asset discovery and inventory Cloud Agents, virtual scanners, passive sensors, and supported inventory sensors Vulnerability and security-misconfiguration assessment Qualys Detection Score and TruRisk prioritization Real-time threat indicators, exploit, malware, and attack context	Distributed credentialed vulnerability scanning Insight Agent assessment for remote assets Active Risk scoring with threat and exploit context Asset grouping and business-context tagging Remediation projects, assignments, exceptions, and SLAs
Cons	No public numeric price, minimum purchase, payment timing, contract duration, or renewal term was verified Asset, endpoint, web-application, user, sensor, and module quantities can materially affect the quote Patch deployment and several adjacent exposure capabilities require separate applications	The public rate applies only to the 500-asset starting quantity Payment timing, contract duration, renewal terms, and rates at other quantities are not public Implementation, support, managed services, and adjacent modules can add cost
Category buying score	81Higher category-fit score	79
Rank	#4	#5
Context	Security & Privacy / Vulnerability Management Software	Security & Privacy / Vulnerability Management Software
Discovery and assessment coverage	88The platform continuously assesses both vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations across network addresses, endpoints, and containers.	86Credentialed network Scan Engines together with the Insight Agent establish discovery and assessment across on-network and remote assets for hybrid vulnerability-management programs.
Risk prioritization quality	87TruRisk and Qualys Detection Score combine vulnerability findings with real-time threat, exploit, malware, and attack context so teams can rank work by risk rather than by presence alone.	84Active Risk scoring with threat and exploit context supports risk-based queues so teams can focus limited remediation capacity on higher-likelihood issues.
Remediation operations	76Operational remediation is supported by ticket creation, owner routing, ServiceNow integration, and tracking, while closed-loop patch installation remains outside VMDR unless Patch Management is separately subscribed.	77Projects, assignments, exceptions, SLAs, ticketing, and validation enable operational tracking, but new customers lack legacy built-in automation workflows and still rely on external patch execution.
Vulnerability intelligence and accuracy	85Qualys VMDR includes real-time threat indicators plus exploit, malware, and attack context, which supports richer vulnerability intelligence, while the facts still require buyers to confirm exact order entitlements.	83Threat- and exploit-informed Active Risk scoring strengthens vulnerability intelligence for prioritization, with accuracy still dependent on scan credentials, agent coverage, and current threat inputs.
Scale and deployment	82The architecture scales across hybrid environments using virtual scanners and Cloud Agents, though deploying and tuning these sensors requires active IT administration.	76Supports hybrid architectures, but requires a minimum asset commitment of 500 devices for the published starting rate.
Reporting and integrations	81Reporting and integration paths include dashboards, scheduled reports, compliance evidence, exports, tickets, owner routing, and ServiceNow, supporting operational handoff and stakeholder visibility within those channels.	82Operational, executive, trend, and compliance reporting together with REST APIs and platform integrations support both reporting and downstream workflow connection, although the facts do not establish native connectors for every target system.
Support and total cost	59Qualys VMDR has quote-based pricing with multiple variables, no verified public numeric amount, and separate entitlements for patching and some adjacent capabilities, which makes total cost harder to estimate up front.	57USD 1.62 per asset per month is only a starting rate at 500 assets, with payment timing, commitment, other quantities, support tiers, implementation, and adjacent modules left to quote and able to raise total cost.
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Comparison summary

Most material score differences

These are the stored dimension rationales returned with each score. They explain the buyer conditions behind the gap without speculating about hidden model reasoning.

Scale and deployment

6 pts

Qualys VMDR · 82/100: The architecture scales across hybrid environments using virtual scanners and Cloud Agents, though deploying and tuning these sensors requires active IT administration.
Rapid7 InsightVM · 76/100: Supports hybrid architectures, but requires a minimum asset commitment of 500 devices for the published starting rate.

Risk prioritization quality

3 pts

Qualys VMDR · 87/100: TruRisk and Qualys Detection Score combine vulnerability findings with real-time threat, exploit, malware, and attack context so teams can rank work by risk rather than by presence alone.
Rapid7 InsightVM · 84/100: Active Risk scoring with threat and exploit context supports risk-based queues so teams can focus limited remediation capacity on higher-likelihood issues.

Discovery and assessment coverage

2 pts

Qualys VMDR · 88/100: The platform continuously assesses both vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations across network addresses, endpoints, and containers.
Rapid7 InsightVM · 86/100: Credentialed network Scan Engines together with the Insight Agent establish discovery and assessment across on-network and remote assets for hybrid vulnerability-management programs.

Research basis

This page uses stored product facts, official evidence, and category scoring rationales. It is not an account-based hands-on test, and third-party user ratings are not folded into the category buying score.

Qualys VMDR: Fact confidence: 98% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10
Rapid7 InsightVM: Fact confidence: 98% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10