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Alternatives to Qualys VMDR, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 144 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Qualys VMDR holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Intruder30
Tenable Vulnerability Management10
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management9
Action16
OpenVAS6
Defendify5
First choices in the 144 answers that did not name Qualys VMDR, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Vulnerability management platforms

Security operations. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Qualys VMDR is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessQualys VMDR is #12 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 43 labels.

Seventy-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Qualys VMDR; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-one answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Intruder28 of 71Head to head →
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management7 of 71Head to head →
Tenable Vulnerability Management6 of 71Head to head →
Defendify5 of 71
Action14 of 71
OpenVAS3 of 71Head to head →
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus2 of 71Head to head →
Tenable Nessus2 of 71
8 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketQualys VMDR is #3 of 10 here at 9% of first choices, 60 labels.

Forty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Qualys VMDR; it was the first choice in eight. The first choices in those forty-six answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Rapid7 InsightVM4 of 46Head to head →
ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus3 of 46Head to head →
OpenVAS3 of 46Head to head →
Tenable Vulnerability Management3 of 46Head to head →
Action12 of 46
Intruder2 of 46Head to head →
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management2 of 46Head to head →
Tenable Nessus2 of 46
4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseQualys VMDR is #3 of 9 here at 11% of first choices, 79 labels.

Twenty-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Qualys VMDR; it was the first choice in nine. The first choices in those twenty-seven answers, three products in all:

BitSentry1 of 27
Tenable One1 of 27
Tenable Vulnerability Management1 of 27Head to head →
The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Qualys VMDR neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Qualys VMDR only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Qualys VMDR's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Qualys VMDR was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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