Small business=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 55 of 66, unchanged
8 categories · RankedQualys
72Judge labels
0First choices
23Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
8Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
0% in Container security for mid-market buyers
Rank 25 of 77 in the mid-market standing
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 0% of its 5 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business61 of 74
0%2 labels
under the label threshold
Mid-market25 of 77
0%5 labels
under the label threshold
Enterprise39 of 84
0%5 labels
under the label threshold
In container security · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Qualys for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container and Kubernetes security | Cloud and infrastructure | 0% | 25 of 77 | 0% | 5 | under 10 labels · led by Trivy at 22% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Penetration testing as a service | Security operations | 0% | 50 of 82 | 25% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Cobalt at 45% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Attack surface management | Security operations | 0% | 28 of 100 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Intruder at 49% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Cloud-native application protection | Cloud and infrastructure | 0% | 64 of 70 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Wiz at 37% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Patch management | IT operations and endpoint | 0% | 56 of 85 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus at 29% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Breach and attack simulation | Security operations | 0% | 31 of 74 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Cymulate at 24% | |
| Application security posture management | Developer platform | 0% | 53 of 70 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Aikido Security at 37% | |
| Cloud security posture management | Cloud and infrastructure | 0% | 71 of 80 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Wiz at 37% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Qualys held within the floor in all eight categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · Container security · by segment
Mid-market=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 62 → 24 of 68
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 22 → 52 of 71
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container security | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 62 → 25 of 77 |
| PTaaS | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 28 → 50 of 82 |
| ASM | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 25 → 28 of 100 |
| CNAPP | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 64 of 70, unchanged |
| Patching | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 34 → 56 of 85 |
| BAS | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 31 of 74, unchanged |
| ASPM | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 53 of 70, unchanged |
| CSPM | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 45 → 71 of 80 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Qualys across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Qualys across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct13 labelsNone
Paraphrase3 labelsNone
Comparative17 labelsNone
Budget-constrained8 labelsNone
Scale-constrained9 labelsNone
Negative22 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative72 labels in all, every segment counted; 0 of the 1 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Qualys - The Enterprise TruRisk Platform provides continuous, real-time security across the entire IT landscape.” Llama 4 Maverick · ASM · direct prompt · alternative
“Qualys - comprehensive vulnerability and compliance management” Claude Haiku 4.5 · BAS · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Qualys - Provides vulnerability assessment alongside testing” MiniMax M2.5 · PTaaS · budget prompt · alternative
“verify success via a dedicated scanner (like Tenable or Qualys)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Patching · negative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“⚠️ Tenable & Qualys: Avoid if you prioritize agility over compliance history.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · CNAPP · negative prompt · hard negative
“vendors like ManageEngine and Qualys publish their own security advisories, which is normal, but it also means the patching platform itself becomes part of your attack surface” GPT-5.4 mini · Patching · negative prompt · soft negative
“Traditional Vulnerability Scanners Masquerading as CSPM ... Why be cautious” Qwen 3.7 Flash · CSPM · negative prompt · soft negative
“more of a vulnerability-management platform than a pure pentest service” GPT-5.4 mini · PTaaS · direct prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Qualys, over the 72 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Qualys was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Qualys, over the 72 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Qualys was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Qualys. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 51 of the 72 answers that named Qualys and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
cyberpress.org15
paloaltonetworks.com13
esecurityplanet.com12
expertinsights.com12
gartner.com12
g2.com11
thectoclub.com11
gbhackers.com10
sentinelone.com9
synack.com9
114 of the 114 domain citations in answers naming Qualys came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
qualys.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Qualys takes 0% of first choices and Trivy takes 22%.ShowHide
Search and answers
qualys.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Qualys takes 0% of first choices and Trivy takes 22%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “container security platform”
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not in the top ten
Position for “container security platforms”
–
not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 9,900 a month (“qualys”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 15,172 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 26,929 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 5,871 · 526 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 15,233
- Paid Google search
- No ads found in the estimate; that does not mean it runs none
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
0%
rank 25 of 77 in container security
Segment leader
22%
Trivy
- First choices
- 0 across its categories
- Named in
- 72 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 51 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
ShowHide
What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on qualys.com
11,443
subdomains included
Content
1,744
counted in the table below
Documentation
8,191
Product · Integration
314 · 73
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,171 | 41 | 2026-09-28 | Patching, ASM | |
| Report or ebook | 403 | 0 | 2024-01-01 | CNAPP | |
| Glossary or explainer | 62 | 0 | 2025-12-30 | Patching, CNAPP | |
| Conference or event | 57 | 0 | 2023-11-01 | ||
| Template or tool | 16 | 0 | 2017-04-01 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 12 | 0 | 2023-07-01 | ||
| Case study | 11 | 0 | 2017-11-01 | ||
| Comparison | 8 | 1 | 2026-09-10 | PAM, IGA | |
| News or press | 4 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Developer new perimeter supply chain cloud breaches blog
- 2026-09-23Cisa bod 26 04 timelines for three linux kernel cves blog
- 2026-09-17End of point in time compliance continuous audit readiness blog
- 2026-09-17The autonomous engine behind remediation and what finally makes it safe blog
- 2026-09-16Oracle critical security patch update september 2026 review blog
- 2026-09-15Before you patch why patch reliability matters for confident deployment blog
Events in person
Last twelve months
- October 7, 2026Scotland Roadshow Event 2026DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Edinburgh City Centre, Edinburgh · hosted
- March 24, 2026 to March 26, 2026Qualys at KubeCon EMEA 2026RAI Amsterdam · exhibited
- December 4, 2025La Tribune 2025Fuga Space, Paris, France · took part
As the event pages on qualys.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page qualys.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.
Follow Qualys
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
The company
Qualys is its own company.ShowHide
The company
Qualys is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Enterprise Cyber Risk and Security Platform
- For
- business
- Free plan or trial
- Try the Enterprise TruRisk Platform for free. qualys.com
- Integrations claimed
- 100 qualys.com
- Certifications
- FedRAMP High AuthorizedFedRAMP High Certified
- Hosting
- USCAEUINAEUKAUKSA
- Customers named
- AflacCapital OneCintasFrontier AirlinesNew Orleans SaintsOlympusSaudi Telecom CompanySodexo
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price
What Qualys's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: qualys.com, qualys.com/solutions/compliance, qualys.com/platform-login-ui, qualys.com/customers, qualys.com/partners. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Is this your product?
Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Qualys's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Qualys, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Qualys by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Qualys is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Qualys, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.