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Qualys Policy Compliance comparisons

Paid#3 of 27 in Security Configuration Management SoftwareDatabase Vulnerability Scanners

Qualys Policy Compliance is compared head-to-head with Puppet, Chef InSpec and HCL BigFix and more: 7 head-to-heads in Security Configuration Management Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Qualys Policy Compliance vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Deployment model	CIS benchmarks	Configuration drift	Automated remediation	Score
3	Qualys Policy Compliance	No		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.9
1	Puppet	Yes				Yes		9.4
2	Chef InSpec	Yes	$59/device/yr	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.1
4	HCL BigFix	No		Hybrid				8.7
5	Tripwire Enterprise	No		Hybrid		Yes	Yes	8.5
6	Tanium Comply			Hybrid				8.4
7	OpenSCAP	Yes	Free	Hybrid	Yes		Yes	8.2
8	Google Security Command Center	Yes		Agentless	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.1

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