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Qualys VMDR pricing
Qualys VMDR publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Qualys VMDR pricing is $3/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $3/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Qualys VMDR plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMDR | $3/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| VMDR+ | $5/month | 4 | +$2/month, 4 more features |
| VMDR Complete | $7/month | 4 | +$2/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
VMDR
$3/monthThe entry tier. It covers per asset, vulnerability scanning, detection, basic remediation.
VMDR+
$5/monthOver VMDR, this tier adds:
- All VMDR features
- Advanced analytics
- Cloud integration
- Reporting
VMDR Complete
$7/monthOver VMDR+, this tier adds:
- All VMDR+ features
- Threat intel
- Response automation
- 24/7 support
What the product covers
The full Qualys VMDR feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Cloud Agent
- Scanner appliances
- Authenticated scanning
- TruRisk scoring
- Asset inventory
- Patch Management
- Cloud connectors
- Container sensor
- Policy Compliance
- Regional platforms and API
People bring Qualys VMDR in for a hybrid workforce where scheduled network scans miss most laptops and continuous agent-based assessment is the only way to get real coverage, pci dss external scanning where an approved scanning vendor report is a contractual requirement, an estate spanning datacentre, multiple public clouds and endpoints that needs one vulnerability view rather than three tools, organisations replacing a manual patch-verification process with agent-reported evidence that a fix actually landed. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Qualys VMDR are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cybersecurity
Too few cybersecurity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualys VMDR (this page) | $3/month | subscription | - | |
| Hanwha Vision | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Qualys VMDR |
| BeyondTrust | On request | quote | - | vs Qualys VMDR |
| Feedzai | On request | quote | - | vs Qualys VMDR |
| IDnow | On request | quote | - | vs Qualys VMDR |
| Eagle Eye Networks | On request | Per camera per month | - | vs Qualys VMDR |
| iDenfy | On request | Per verification | - | vs Qualys VMDR |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Qualys VMDR badges page.
Before you pay for Qualys VMDR
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $3/month and $7/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Qualys VMDR against the tools that do have one before committing.
Qualys VMDR runs on web, cloud, api, and is published by Qualys, Inc. of Santa Clara, California, USA. The full record is on the Qualys VMDR review, and the rest of the category is under best cybersecurity tools.
Qualys VMDR pricing questions
- How much does Qualys VMDR cost?
- Qualys VMDR publishes 3 tiers, from $3/month for VMDR up to $7/month for VMDR Complete. The cheapest paid tier is $3/month.
- Does Qualys VMDR have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Qualys VMDR is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between VMDR and VMDR+ on Qualys VMDR?
- VMDR+ costs $5/month against $3/month, and adds all vmdr features, advanced analytics, cloud integration, reporting.
- Is the VMDR Complete plan on Qualys VMDR worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all vmdr+ features, threat intel, response automation, 24/7 support. It costs $7/month against $3/month for VMDR. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside Qualys VMDR have a free tier: Google Authenticator.
- What am I actually paying for with Qualys VMDR?
- The record lists 10 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a hybrid workforce where scheduled network scans miss most laptops and continuous agent-based assessment is the only way to get real coverage, pci dss external scanning where an approved scanning vendor report is a contractual requirement, an estate spanning datacentre, multiple public clouds and endpoints that needs one vulnerability view rather than three tools.
- Does Qualys VMDR charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Qualys VMDR prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Qualys VMDR against before paying?
- The closest cybersecurity tools in this directory are Hanwha Vision, BeyondTrust, Feedzai, IDnow. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Qualys VMDR covering price, platforms and features.