Qualys TotalCloud vs Amazon Inspector

Qualys TotalCloud9.4Visit Amazon Inspector8.2Visit

Higher score Qualys TotalCloud #1 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners 9.4/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Qualys

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Amazon Inspector #8 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners 8.2/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Try Amazon Inspector

• Qualys TotalCloud fits best

  Large enterprises needing broad multi-cloud coverage

• Amazon Inspector fits best

  AWS-centric teams scanning cloud workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Qualys TotalCloud 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Inspector 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.2
Ranking	#1 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners	#8 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners
Best for	Large enterprises needing broad multi-cloud coverage	AWS-centric teams scanning cloud workloads
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request · 30-day trial	15-day trial
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	30 days	15 days
Free trial length	30 days	15 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Phone, Docs · 24/7	Docs
Integrations	100+ integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Qualys TotalCloud 0/4 · Amazon Inspector 0/4
Workload scanning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
IaC scanning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Identity analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Attack path analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Cloud platforms	AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Covers AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI in one inventory Scans workloads, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless functions Connects remediation workflows to Jira, Slack, Teams, and PagerDuty	Scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD container images Provides risk scoring, remediation guidance, and SBOM exports Integrates with AWS Organizations, Security Hub, and EventBridge
Cons	Quote-based pricing requires a sales conversation No perpetual free plan is offered Its broad scope may exceed narrow single-cloud scanning needs	No free plan is available Pricing varies by workload and AWS Region CIS Benchmark assessments are excluded from the AWS trial
Our verdict	Qualys TotalCloud is a cloud-native application protection platform for security teams managing multi-cloud infrastructure, workloads, containers, Kubernetes environments, and applications. It combines asset inventory, cloud security… Read the review →	Amazon Inspector is a cloud vulnerability management service for AWS and selected Azure workloads. It automatically discovers eligible targets and scans Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon ECR container images, AWS Lambda functions, code… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Qualys TotalCloud — where it wins

  • Covers AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI in one inventory
  • Scans workloads, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless functions
  • Connects remediation workflows to Jira, Slack, Teams, and PagerDuty

  Where it doesn't

  • Quote-based pricing requires a sales conversation
  • No perpetual free plan is offered
  • Its broad scope may exceed narrow single-cloud scanning needs

• Amazon Inspector — where it wins

  • Scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD container images
  • Provides risk scoring, remediation guidance, and SBOM exports
  • Integrates with AWS Organizations, Security Hub, and EventBridge

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Pricing varies by workload and AWS Region
  • CIS Benchmark assessments are excluded from the AWS trial

• Qualys TotalCloud9.4/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

  Broad multi-cloud vulnerability and workload protection for large enterprise security teams.

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• Amazon Inspector8.2/10 · 15-day trial

  A strong AWS-focused scanner with broad workload coverage and usage-based pricing.

  Try Amazon InspectorFull verdict →