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Palantir Foundry vs Qualys VMDR

Palantir Foundry logo

Palantir Foundry

Machine Learning

Operating system for modern enterprise

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Qualys VMDR logo

Qualys VMDR

Cybersecurity

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

From
$3/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Palantir Foundry custom pricing model with no public information makes budgeting difficult; 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.
  • They diverge on capability: Palantir Foundry covers Data integration, Qualys VMDR covers Cloud Agent.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Palantir Foundry and Qualys VMDR actually diverge.

Attributes where Palantir Foundry and Qualys VMDR differ
AttributePalantir FoundryQualys VMDR
Starting priceOn request$3/month
PlatformsWebWeb, Cloud, Api
CategoryMachine LearningCybersecurity
Founded20031999

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Palantir Foundry

  • Data integration
  • Ontology modeling
  • Pipeline builder
  • Operational analytics
  • Governance
  • Enterprise systems
  • Cloud platforms
  • IoT

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.

Palantir Foundry

  • Machine learningnot Qualys VMDR
  • Data analysisnot Qualys VMDR
  • Model trainingnot Qualys VMDR
  • Predictive analyticsnot 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 Palantir Foundry
  • PCI DSS external scanning where an approved scanning vendor report is a contractual requirementnot Palantir Foundry
  • An estate spanning datacentre, multiple public clouds and endpoints that needs one vulnerability view rather than three toolsnot Palantir Foundry
  • Organisations replacing a manual patch-verification process with agent-reported evidence that a fix actually landednot Palantir Foundry

Where each one falls short

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

Palantir Foundry

  • Custom pricing model with no public information makes budgeting difficult
  • Steep implementation and configuration requirements
  • Requires significant technical expertise to operate effectively
  • Long sales cycle typical for enterprise software

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

Palantir Foundry

On request
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Full platform
    • Custom deployment
    • Enterprise support

Qualys VMDR

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

Which should you pick?

Choose Palantir Foundry if

  • You need data integration.
  • You also want ontology modeling.
Palantir Foundry review

Choose Qualys VMDR if

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

Questions people ask

Is Palantir Foundry or Qualys VMDR better?
Neither clearly leads. Palantir Foundry starts at On request and Qualys VMDR at $3/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Palantir Foundry or Qualys VMDR?
Palantir Foundry starts at On request and Qualys VMDR at $3/month.
Does Palantir Foundry or Qualys VMDR run on more platforms?
Palantir Foundry runs on Web. Qualys VMDR runs on Web, Cloud, Api.
What is Palantir Foundry best used for?
Palantir Foundry is most often used for machine learning, data analysis, model training, predictive analytics. Of those, machine learning and data analysis are not what Qualys VMDR is typically brought in for.
What can Palantir Foundry do that Qualys VMDR cannot?
Palantir Foundry covers Data integration, Ontology modeling, Pipeline builder, Operational analytics. Qualys VMDR covers Cloud Agent, Scanner appliances, Authenticated scanning, TruRisk scoring.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Palantir Foundry: What is Palantir Foundry designed for?

Palantir Foundry is an enterprise data integration and analytics platform supporting end-to-end data pipelines, covering ingestion, processing, pipeline building, monitoring, and creating analytics dashboards with both code and no-code tools.

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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.

Palantir Foundry: How much does Palantir Foundry cost?

Palantir Foundry uses custom pricing. No public list pricing is available. Enterprise customers and government agencies must contact Palantir directly for formal quotes and licensing terms.

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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.

Palantir Foundry: Who uses Palantir Foundry?

Palantir Foundry serves enterprise and government organizations needing complex data integration, analytics, and operational intelligence across large-scale data environments.

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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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