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Micro Focus Data Protector vs Qualys VMDR

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Micro Focus Data Protector

Backup

Enterprise backup for multi-platform environments

From
$75/month
Free plan
No
Visit Micro Focus Data ProtectorFull review
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Qualys VMDR

Cybersecurity

Cloud-delivered vulnerability management licensed per asset, using scanner appliances and a lightweight agent.

From
$3/month
Free plan
No
Visit Qualys VMDRFull review

The short version

  • Micro Focus Data Protector starts at $75/mo, Qualys VMDR at $3/mo.
  • Only Micro Focus Data Protector lists zero downtime backup; only Qualys VMDR lists cloud Agent.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Micro Focus Data Protector and Qualys VMDR actually diverge.

Attributes where Micro Focus Data Protector and Qualys VMDR differ
AttributeMicro Focus Data ProtectorQualys VMDR
Starting price$75/month$3/month
PlatformsWindows, Linux, WebWeb, API
CategoryBackupCybersecurity
Founded19761999

Identical on both: pricing model (Subscription), free tier (No).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Micro Focus Data Protector

  • Zero downtime backup
  • Instant recovery
  • Application integration
  • Synthetic full backup
  • Granular recovery
  • Centralized management
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V

Only in Qualys VMDR

  • Cloud Agent
  • Scanner appliances
  • Authenticated scanning
  • TruRisk scoring
  • Asset inventory
  • Patch Management
  • Cloud connectors
  • Container sensor

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Micro Focus Data Protector

  • Data protectionnot Qualys VMDR
  • Disaster recoverynot Qualys VMDR
  • Business continuitynot Qualys VMDR
  • Ransomware protectionnot Qualys VMDR
  • Compliancenot Qualys VMDR

Qualys VMDR

  • A hybrid workforce where scheduled network scans miss most laptops and continuous agent-based assessment is the only way to get real coveragenot Micro Focus Data Protector
  • PCI DSS external scanning where an approved scanning vendor report is a contractual requirementnot Micro Focus Data Protector
  • An estate spanning datacentre, multiple public clouds and endpoints that needs one vulnerability view rather than three toolsnot Micro Focus Data Protector
  • Organisations replacing a manual patch-verification process with agent-reported evidence that a fix actually landednot Micro Focus Data Protector

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Micro Focus Data Protector

  • Micro Focus Data Protector was rebranded to OpenText Data Protector following the OpenText acquisition of Micro Focus; the vendor's own product pages carry no published pricing at either name (Internet Archive capture, 10 January 2022, and live site check)

Qualys VMDR

  • Licensing is per asset and each capability is its own subscription, so patch management, endpoint detection, web application scanning, container security and policy compliance are separate line items, and the platform demonstrated in a proof of concept is rarely the platform in the quote
  • Ephemeral cloud instances consume asset entitlement until they age out of inventory, so an autoscaling group that creates and destroys hosts hourly can burn licence capacity on machines that existed for minutes, and controlling that means tuning purge policies rather than tuning the cloud
  • Authenticated scanning produces materially better results than unauthenticated, but it requires storing and rotating privileged credentials for every target platform, which is a security project in its own right, and teams that skip it receive reports full of unconfirmed potential findings that nobody trusts
  • The console is a set of modules with separate interfaces, search syntaxes and report engines, so an analyst moving between vulnerability management, policy compliance and web application scanning learns each one, and cross-module reporting usually ends in a spreadsheet or a script against the API
  • The tool surfaces findings far faster than any organisation can remediate them, and it does not solve the ownership problem: without an agreed prioritisation policy and a named owner in IT operations, a first scan producing tens of thousands of findings becomes a dashboard that everyone learns to ignore

Pricing, plan by plan

Micro Focus Data Protector

$75/month
  • Data Protector$75/mo
    • Zero downtime backup
    • Instant recovery
    • Multi-platform

Qualys VMDR

$3/month
  • VMDR$3/mo
    • Per asset
    • Vulnerability scanning
    • Detection
  • VMDR+$5/mo
    • All VMDR features
    • Advanced analytics
    • Cloud integration
  • VMDR Complete$7/mo
    • All VMDR+ features
    • Threat intel
    • Response automation

Which should you pick?

Choose Micro Focus Data Protector if

  • You need zero downtime backup.
  • You work on Windows, Linux, Web.
  • You also want instant recovery.
Micro Focus Data Protector review

Choose Qualys VMDR if

  • You need cloud agent.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want scanner appliances.
Qualys VMDR review

Questions people ask

Is Micro Focus Data Protector or Qualys VMDR better?
Neither clearly leads. Micro Focus Data Protector starts at $75/month and Qualys VMDR at $3/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Micro Focus Data Protector or Qualys VMDR?
Micro Focus Data Protector starts at $75/month and Qualys VMDR at $3/month.
Does Micro Focus Data Protector or Qualys VMDR run on more platforms?
Micro Focus Data Protector runs on Windows, Linux, Web. Qualys VMDR runs on Web, API.
What is Micro Focus Data Protector best used for?
Micro Focus Data Protector is most often used for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection. Of those, data protection and disaster recovery are not what Qualys VMDR is typically brought in for.
What can Micro Focus Data Protector do that Qualys VMDR cannot?
Micro Focus Data Protector covers Zero downtime backup, Instant recovery, Application integration, Synthetic full backup. Qualys VMDR covers Cloud Agent, Scanner appliances, Authenticated scanning, TruRisk scoring.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Qualys VMDR: Agent or scanner: which do I need?

Usually both. The agent covers endpoints and servers you control and gives continuous data; scanners cover devices you cannot install an agent on, such as network gear, printers and appliances, and provide the external perimeter view.

Qualys VMDR: Does it patch as well as detect?

Yes, through the Patch Management module, which is a separate subscription using the same agent. Core VMDR detects and prioritises but does not deploy fixes.

Qualys VMDR: How are assets counted for licensing?

By the number of assets in inventory, which includes cloud instances and containers depending on the modules in use. Short-lived cloud assets count until they are purged, so purge settings directly affect what you consume.

Qualys VMDR: Can I keep the data in a specific region?

Yes. Qualys operates several regional platform instances and you choose which one your subscription lives on. Moving between them later is not trivial, so decide before onboarding.

Qualys VMDR: Does it scan web applications?

Web Application Scanning is a separate module licensed per application, not part of core VMDR, and it is a dynamic scanner with the usual limits around authenticated flows in single-page applications.

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