Armor vs Qualys TotalCloud

Armor is a cloud security and compliance service for organizations, with managed detection and response among its offerings. Armor Agent plans cover malware protection, file integrity monitoring, intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning, and patch monitoring. Its MDR service includes round-the-clock monitoring and triage, threat hunting, and response that can include containment and remediation guidance. The Nexus portal shows investigated threats and actions taken by Armor’s team. Platform capabilities include AI-assisted incident investigation, threat intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and response-time tracking. Armor describes integrations with Microsoft and Oracle cloud environments and use with customers’ existing Microsoft security tools. Armor Enterprise Cloud includes controls and audit support for regulated environments, with frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and ISO 27001. Armor Agent Premium costs $99 a month per endpoint, with no endpoint limit. The MDR plan starts at $4,380/month for 500 endpoints, with pricing dependent on coverage and scope.

Qualys TotalCloud is a cloud-native application protection platform for multi-cloud and container environments. It covers AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through a single license, control plane, and TruRisk score. Its security domains include CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, CDR, Kubernetes and container security, IaC, SSPM, DSPM, and AI-SPM. TruRisk prioritizes verified, attackable exposures using exploitability, threat intelligence, asset criticality, and runtime context. FlexScan offers agentless, agent-based, network, and pipeline scanning. QFlow provides more than 300 automated playbooks and integrates with ServiceNow, Jira, SIEM, and SOAR platforms. Qualys says TotalCloud can assess cloud resources, including transient and ephemeral resources, in under 10 minutes. It also manages SaaS security posture for Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Zoom, and Google Workspace. Pre-built policy frameworks include CIS, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and NIST. A free license with limited API calls for control evaluation is listed; subscription pricing is available on request.