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Different strengths.
Different operating models.

Large-scale asset visibility, extensive compliance content, mature enterprise workflows and a broad portfolio for complex global environments. RoboShadow takes a broader operational route: a deliberately approachable platform for SMBs, MSPs and lean teams, with native Dark Web monitoring, Microsoft 365 posture and remediation designed to be operated without a specialist programme.

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About Qualys

Qualys is an enterprise cloud security platform spanning vulnerability management, policy compliance, cloud, web applications, endpoint detection and patching.

Look beyond the tick boxes

Enterprise breadth meets a simpler all-in-one operating model.

Qualys is far more than a scanner and genuinely covers patching, compliance and broad exposure management. RoboShadow's case is a leaner experience that joins day-to-day security operations around one agent and one record.

Complete head-to-head

RoboShadow vs Qualys

36capabilities
compared
✓Included–Partial or edition-dependent×Not included
CapabilityRoboShadowQualys
Scan & discover
Internal Scanner✓Included✓Included
External Scanner✓Included✓Included
Web Application Scanning✓Included✓Included
Continuous Scanning✓Included✓Included
Shodan Integrated✓Included×Not included
Dark Web Scanning✓Included×Not included
AI Pentest Simulation✓Included×Not included
Software Inventory✓Included✓Included
Microsoft & estate visibility
Microsoft 365 assessment✓Included×Not included
Sync with Intune✓Included×Not included
Sync with 365✓Included×Not included
Sync with Defender✓Included×Not included
Sync with On Prem AD✓Included–Partial
Antivirus Integrations (25)✓Included×Not included
Bitlocker Encryption Reporting✓Included×Not included
Mac Support✓Included✓Included
Linux Support✓Included✓Included
Fix & harden
3rd Party Patching✓Included✓Included
Configuration Fixing✓Included✓Included
Security Benchmark Fixing✓Included✓Included
365 Benchmark Fixing✓Included×Not included
Intune Compliance✓Included×Not included
AI AppGet✓Included×Not included
Prioritise, report & comply
EPSS Scoring✓Included✓Included
Automated Assessment Reporting✓Included✓Included
ISO27001 Exports✓Included–Partial
Additional Compliance Frameworks Exports✓Included✓Included
Operate at scale
True MSP Multi Tenant Support✓Included✓Included
PSA System Integration✓Included×Not included
Complete White Label Branding✓Included×Not included
RBAC✓Included✓Included
API Integration✓Included✓Included
AI assistance
AI Virtual CSO✓Included×Not included
AI Communicate✓Included×Not included
AI Scheduled Prompts✓Included×Not included
AI Model Context Protocol (MCP)✓Included×Not included
This uses RoboShadow's 36-capability master comparison. Partial means limited, edition-dependent or supplied through an adjacent product. Product packaging changes, so validate buying-critical requirements before purchase.

Checked against current public Qualys product material, 19 August 2026. Product packaging changes; validate any buying-critical requirement directly with both vendors. 'No native equivalent found' means the capability was not presented as a native product in the material reviewed, not that no integration or adjacent service exists.

Where Qualys is strong

Large-scale asset visibility, extensive compliance content, mature enterprise workflows and a broad portfolio for complex global environments

Large-scale asset visibility, extensive compliance content, mature enterprise workflows and a broad portfolio for complex global environments.

Where RoboShadow is different

Built around practical security operations

A deliberately approachable platform for SMBs, MSPs and lean teams, with native Dark Web monitoring, Microsoft 365 posture and remediation designed to be operated without a specialist programme.

1 stackcompare the whole operating cost
Cost Model

Compare the whole operating cost.

Both platforms package multiple capabilities, but scope and editions differ substantially. Compare the complete operational stack, implementation effort and services—not a single scanner licence.

Product scope, asset volumes, services, discounts and contract terms vary. Validate the complete workflow and a current proposal from both vendors before making a buying decision.
Who should choose which?

Choose for the team you have.

Neither answer is universal. The better fit depends on the depth, workflow and operating model you need.

Qualys may fit you better if…
  • You need deep policy-compliance libraries across a global estate.
  • You have a specialist security team to configure a broad enterprise platform.
  • You need extensive cloud and container exposure coverage.
may fit you better if…
  • You need findings to become fixes quickly.
  • You are an SMB, MSP or lean enterprise security team.
  • You want broader security operations and evidence in one place.
Questions people ask

RoboShadow vs Qualys, answered.

How does RoboShadow differ from Qualys?
  • A deliberately approachable platform for SMBs, MSPs and lean teams, with native Dark Web monitoring, Microsoft 365 posture and remediation designed to be operated without a specialist programme.
Is RoboShadow a good alternative to Qualys?
  • It can be when RoboShadow's broader operational model matches the work your team needs to close. Qualys may be a better fit where its specialist strengths are the priority.
Does RoboShadow replace Qualys completely?
  • Not necessarily. The products can coexist where a specialist Qualys capability remains important and RoboShadow consolidates wider posture, remediation and evidence.
Where is Qualys stronger?
  • Large-scale asset visibility, extensive compliance content, mature enterprise workflows and a broad portfolio for complex global environments.
How should we compare cost?
  • Both platforms package multiple capabilities, but scope and editions differ substantially. Compare the complete operational stack, implementation effort and services—not a single scanner licence.
The RoboShadow difference

Find, fix, and prove compliance in one day

01 Find
Unified discovery and exposure

Vulnerabilities, missing patches, configuration drift and external threats, all surfaced in a single scan.

02 Fix
Automated and orchestrated remediation

Move from a finding to patching and hardening without sending the work through a separate console.

03 Prove
Clear compliance evidence

Audit trails and scope tracking give teams and auditors evidence without a separate reporting workflow.