Qualys TotalCloud vs ZeusCloud

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.

ZeusCloud is a free, open-source, self-hosted platform for discovering, prioritizing, and remediating cloud security risks. It builds inventories of AWS account assets and monitors environments for attack paths and misconfigurations. The platform identifies combinations of risks that could let an attacker penetrate an environment. Access Explorer visualizes who can access what through an IAM visualization engine. Findings can be filtered, sorted, searched, and viewed with graphical context. Users can configure active rules, mute alerts, and modify or write rules as security as code. Step-by-step remediation guidance accompanies findings. The project describes support for PCI DSS and CIS benchmarks and uses Cartography for asset inventory; integrations with vulnerability and secret scanners are listed as roadmap items. The quick start clones the repository, runs make quick-deploy, and opens the interface at localhost:80. An enterprise cloud-hosted offering is available by contacting the maker. The project advises against public exposure and recommends current versions for security patches.