Is Qualys worth the price?
6/10
Qualys is enterprise-grade vulnerability management.
Expensive but comprehensive for security-focused orgs.
Pricing Plans
Free TrialMost Popular
VMDR
$199/year per asset
Starting price
- Vulnerability management
- Detection & response
- Asset inventory
- Patch management
Web App Scanning
$1,995/year for 25 apps
WAS module
- OWASP coverage
- API scanning
- Dynamic analysis
- Scheduled scans
Enterprise TruRisk
Custom
Full platform
- All modules
- Risk quantification
- Unified dashboard
- Priority support
Hidden Costs & Gotchas
Per-asset pricing scales quickly
Modules licensed separately
Premium support extra
Which Plan Do You Need?
Enterprises
Compliance requirements
Security teams
Multi-cloud environments
Our Recommendation
startup
Consider Nessus Essentials (free) or Tenable for smaller scale.
enterprise
Negotiate volume pricing. Bundle modules for discounts.
How Qualys Compares to Competitors
Tenable.io similar pricing (~$65/asset). Nessus Essentials free for 16 IPs. Rapid7 InsightVM comparable.
