Attack surface management · RankedQualys External Attack Surface Management
Qualys External Attack Surface Management is an external attack surface management product from Qualys · qualys.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Mature, enterprise-proven platform with broad integration and a comprehensive suite”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Integrates ASM with their VM/VMDR platform. Solid for vulnerability-focused teams”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“Best For: Large enterprises managing complex org structures”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · alternative
“Known for vulnerability management, now expanded into ASM.”Mistral Small · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“economically attractive when you already use the corresponding ecosystem, but avoid assuming that an existing EDR or vulnerability-management deployment automatically provides complete external discovery”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“they can feel complex and expensive for mid-sized teams (better suited to enterprises with dedicated resources)”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
“Large orgs capable of complex configuration | Strong compliance and integration”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Qualys External Attack Surface Management, over the 33 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | View → | |
| 28 | 2 | View → | |
| 25 | 2 | View → | |
| 23 | 12 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 13 | 2 | View → | |
| 9 | 2 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Qualys External Attack Surface Management →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Qualys External Attack Surface Management's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Enterprise Customer
- Price stated
- free
- Free plan or trial
- free report
- Customers named
- Brown & Brown Insurance, IDB Bank
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 31 of the 33 answers that named Qualys External Attack Surface Management and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
113 of the 113 domain citations in answers naming Qualys External Attack Surface Management came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,171 | 41 | 2026-09-28 | Patching, ASM | |
| Report or ebook | 403 | 0 | 2024-01-01 | CNAPP | |
| Glossary or explainer | 62 | 0 | 2025-12-30 | Patching, CNAPP | |
| Conference or event | 57 | 0 | 2023-11-01 | ||
| Template or tool | 16 | 0 | 2017-04-01 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 12 | 0 | 2023-07-01 | ||
| Case study | 11 | 0 | 2017-11-01 | ||
| Comparison | 8 | 1 | 2026-09-10 | PAM, IGA | |
| News or press | 4 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Developer new perimeter supply chain cloud breaches blog
- 2026-09-23Cisa bod 26 04 timelines for three linux kernel cves blog
- 2026-09-17End of point in time compliance continuous audit readiness blog
- 2026-09-17The autonomous engine behind remediation and what finally makes it safe blog
- 2026-09-16Oracle critical security patch update september 2026 review blog
- 2026-09-15Before you patch why patch reliability matters for confident deployment blog
Events in person
- October 7, 2026Scotland Roadshow Event 2026DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Edinburgh City Centre, Edinburgh · hosts
- March 24, 2026 to March 26, 2026Qualys at KubeCon EMEA 2026RAI Amsterdam · exhibited
- December 4, 2025La Tribune 2025Fuga Space, Paris, France · took part
As the event pages on qualys.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page qualys.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name patching (12); 8 name the category the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.