$16,820 first year (includes 1U appliance), $9,020 second year
$17,495
$19,000 first year, $4,750 second year
$28,000 first year, $7,000
second year
$18,500 (first year, includes support, for 1,000 IP addresses).
$6,500
Pros
Solid, reliable,
feature-rich.
Excellent feature set, strong reporting.
Strong penetration testing.
Easy-to-define reports, third-party
ecosphere
SaaS offering, strong compliance feature set, built-in Web scanning.
Basic functionality and low cost.
Cons
Complicated workflow.
Difficult to run automated reports.
Weak management interface.
Relatively new product shows
rough edges
Web-based GUI needs updating.
Limited features.
Category
McAfee MVM
QualysGuard
SAINT-
manager
eEye
Retina CS
Critical Watch Fusion VM
Lumension Scan
Scanner (30%)
4.5
5
5
4
3.5
3
Reporting (25%)
4.5
4.5
4
4
3.5
3.5
Mgmt & workflow (20%)
4
4
3.5
3
3
3
Other enterprise
features (10%)
4.5
4
4
4
4
3.5
Usability and documentation (10%)
4
4
3.5
3.5
3
4
IPv6 (5%)
1
1
3
1
1
1
Total
4.2
4.2
4.1
3.6
3.2
3.1
* PERFORMANCE NOT TESTED. ** NEWLY ANNOUNCED SECURITY FEATURES WOLD RAISE THIS SCORE. Scoring key: 5: Exceptional; 4: Very good; 3: Average; 2: Below average; 1: Subpar or not available.
