Acunetix vs. Qualys
Acunetix is a dedicated application scanner and Qualys is a multi-purpose vulnerability management tool and cloud platform. They have some similar use cases as well as some stark dissimilarities. Here's a detailed comparison to help you understand the tools better.
Acunetix is a fast vulnerability scanner specifically designed for efficiency. They promise you 90% of the scan results by the time the scan is halfway done. It helps you scan multiple environments simultaneously and prioritize vulnerabilities.
Qualys provides its customers with continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, compliance solutions, and web application firewalls.
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Acunetix vs. Qualys
Qualys
Pricing not mentioned
Qualys offers a free trial version but does not mention its pricing and packages on the website.
It provides a cloud-based continuous scanning solution and detection of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Acunetix
Pricing not mentioned
Acunetix does not mention its pricing but provides a demo and quote on request.
This solution is mostly preferred by smaller organizations since it isn’t very scalable.
No vetted scans
It provides a deep scan of the internal and external environment and even the APIs for web apps and mobile apps.
But doesn't offer vetted scans to remove false positives.
No vetted scans
Acunetix does not provide vetting of vulnerability scan results by experts to ensure zero false positives.
However it does offer proof of exploit based technology that reduces the number of zero false positives within a report significantly.
No pentest
Qualys does not provide penetration testing. Rather it focuses on the exhaustive scanning of assets to find any unsafe exposed areas within web security.
No manual pentesting
Acunetix provides automated penetration testing services but not manual pentesting by experts. It is applicable for web applications, services and other APIs.
Insufficient remediation support
Qualys doesn’t offer a lot in terms of remediation support.
Hence, it essentially dumps the workload back onto the customers once the vulnerabilities are discovered.
Limited remediation support
Acunetix remediation support is mainly limited to detailed reports with detailed steps for remediation that can be taken up by developers for patching.
Integration
Qualys has integrations with Splunk, Cisco, IBM, and more.
However, its lack of well-developed remediation measures acts as a hindrance to seamless CI/CD integrations.
Integrations
Acunetix web application vulnerability scanning can be integrated within the CI/CD pipeline with GitHub, GitLab, JIRA and Azure.
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