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TotalCloud
Secure the front door. Email is where most attacks arrive — Qualys TotalCloud is an AI-powered CNAPP — CSPM + CWPP + CDR + CIEM + DSPM + SSPM — unifying cloud & SaaS risk on the same TruRisk score as your whole estate. Honest: Wiz & Prisma lead cloud-native depth; Qualys’s edge is platform unification.
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This page covers Qualys TotalCloud — the CNAPP. The rest of the Qualys platform:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Qualys TotalCloud — AI-powered CNAPP
- Vendor
- Qualys (founded 1999 · NASDAQ: QLYS)
- The category
- Cloud & SaaS security (CNAPP)
- What it unifies
- CSPM + CWPP + CDR + CIEM + DSPM + SSPM
- The edge
- Platform unification — one TruRisk score, cloud + on-prem
- Architecture
- Agentless-first + one Cloud Agent option
- The 2.0 view
- TruRisk Insights — one prioritised cloud-risk view, incl. SaaS
- Honest scope
- Wiz & Prisma LEAD cloud-native depth; Qualys is a follower
- Vs
- Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Defender for Cloud, CrowdStrike, Orca
- In India via
- TechBag — scoping, licensing, GST, compliance angle
Understand CNAPP (cloud security) before you buy it
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is Qualys TotalCloud?
Qualys’s AI-powered CNAPP — CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, DSPM & SSPM in one — unifying cloud & SaaS risk on the same TruRisk score as the rest of your estate. Agentless-first, with the same Cloud Agent for depth.
Siloed cloud-tool sprawl vs unified TotalCloud — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Unprotected / signature email | TotalCloud (Postman) |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud risk view | Its own silo (separate score) | Same TruRisk score as on-prem |
| CNAPP pillars | Six point tools stitched | One CNAPP (CSPM–SSPM) |
| Prioritisation | Flat lists of findings | TruRisk Insights — toxic combos |
| Agents | A cloud-specific agent | Same Cloud Agent as everywhere |
| Deployment | Agent-only or agentless-only | Agentless-first + agent for depth |
| SaaS risk | Unseen / separate SSPM tool | In the same cloud-risk view |
| Data | Cloud data siloed | One platform, one data model |
| Best fit | (varies) | Unify cloud + on-prem risk on one platform |
Qualys TotalCloud is an AI-powered CNAPP — CSPM + CWPP + CDR + CIEM + DSPM + SSPM — unifying cloud & SaaS risk on the same TruRisk score as your whole estate (TruRisk Insights, one prioritised view). Honest: Wiz & Prisma LEAD cloud-native depth, graph context and UX — Qualys is a credible follower whose edge is platform unification. TechBag sells Wiz too, so we compare honestly, scope the pillars/assets, and add GST & the India compliance framing.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Agentless-First Connectors
Connect AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle Cloud agentlessly (plus SaaS apps) and inventory every cloud resource, container, identity and data store — in minutes, no agents to deploy — so you get broad cloud visibility fast. Agentless breadth. See it all quickly.
One Cloud Agent (Optional)
Where you want deeper runtime protection (workload vulns, in-guest detection, drift), layer on the SAME lightweight Qualys Cloud Agent used across the platform — agentless for breadth, agent for depth, one data model. Both models, one agent family. Depth where it counts.
Six Pillars, One CNAPP
Posture (CSPM), workloads (CWPP), detection & response (CDR), identities (CIEM), data (DSPM) and SaaS posture (SSPM) — unified into one CNAPP so you assess misconfigs, vulns, over-permissioned identities and exposed data together, not in six tools. One CNAPP, six pillars. Whole cloud picture.
TruRisk Insights
TotalCloud 2.0 correlates posture, vulnerabilities, identities and data exposure into ONE prioritised cloud-risk view — now extended to SaaS apps — so you focus on the toxic combinations that actually matter, not a flat list of findings. Prioritised, not flat. Fix the real risk.
One Platform, One Score
TotalCloud is one app on the Enterprise TruRisk Platform — cloud risk uses the SAME TruRisk score as VMDR's on-prem vuln data, so your cloud posture and your data-centre risk speak one language, one console family. One platform, one risk score. Cloud unified with everything.
One agent on every machine, one console over all of them — modules attach without a second operational world.
Twelve capabilities. Posture, protect, detect.
Qualys TotalCloud unifies CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, DSPM & SSPM — one prioritised cloud-risk view (TruRisk Insights) — the CNAPP of portfolio, and paired with the human firewall.
Cloud Security Posture Management
Continuously assess AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle for misconfigurations and policy drift against CIS, PCI, HIPAA and custom benchmarks — agentlessly — so posture problems surface as they appear. Continuous posture. Catch drift as it happens.
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Mgmt
Map cloud identities and permissions, surface over-privileged roles, unused access and toxic entitlement paths — so you enforce least-privilege across AWS/Azure/GCP IAM. Rein in identity risk. Least-privilege, visible.
Data Security Posture Management
Discover and classify sensitive data across cloud stores, flag exposed or over-shared data, and map who can reach it — so you know where your crown-jewel data lives and how it's exposed. Find the data risk. Protect what matters.
SaaS Security Posture Management
Extend posture to SaaS apps (M365, Google Workspace, Salesforce and more) — misconfigured settings, risky OAuth grants, exposed sharing — so TruRisk Insights now covers SaaS risk too. Cloud AND SaaS posture. One risk view.
Cloud Workload Protection
Assess VMs, containers and serverless for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations — agentlessly for breadth or with the Cloud Agent for deeper runtime coverage — so workloads are protected across their lifecycle. Workload protection. Breadth or depth, your call.
Container & Kubernetes Security
Scan container images in registries and CI/CD, assess running containers and Kubernetes clusters for vulns and misconfigs — shift-left plus runtime — so container risk is caught before and after deploy. Registry to runtime. Secure the pipeline.
Infrastructure-as-Code Security
Scan Terraform, CloudFormation and Kubernetes manifests in the pipeline for misconfigurations before they ship — so posture problems are fixed at the source, not in production. Shift left. Fix it before it deploys.
Cloud Vulnerability Assessment
Assess cloud workloads with the SAME deep, accurate Qualys detection library used by VMDR — so cloud vulnerabilities are found with the same rigour and roll into the same TruRisk score as on-prem. Same engine, cloud-wide. One vuln standard.
Cloud Detection & Response (CDR)
Monitor cloud activity and threat signals to detect suspicious behaviour, misconfiguration exploitation and attacker movement across your cloud — so you don't just see posture, you catch active threats. Detection, not just posture. Catch the attack.
Real-Time Threat Correlation
Enrich cloud findings with live threat intelligence — active exploitation, malware, EPSS — so cloud prioritisation reflects real-world danger, matching the threat context used platform-wide. Real danger, in the cloud too. Prioritise by what's exploited.
TruRisk Insights — One Cloud-Risk View
Correlate posture, vulns, identities and data exposure into ONE prioritised cloud-risk view (now incl. SaaS) using the SAME TruRisk score as the rest of Qualys — so you fix the toxic combinations that truly matter. One prioritised view. The real risk, first.
One TruRisk Platform, One Score
TotalCloud shares the same agent, engine and TruRisk score with VMDR and the rest of the platform — so cloud risk isn't a silo; it rolls into one estate-wide risk language. One platform, one risk score. Cloud unified with your whole estate.
Watch Qualys TotalCloud in action
The overview, getting started, and protecting M365 email.
Introducing TotalCloud 2.0 with TruRisk Insights
One prioritised cloud-risk view, incl. SaaS.
Qualys VMDR with TruRisk — Re-Invented
The same TruRisk that cloud risk rolls into.
Qualys VMDR Deep-Dive Demo
The engine and platform behind TotalCloud.
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Here’s what genuinely sets Qualys TotalCloud apart (and where Wiz/Prisma lead).
Platform unification — one TruRisk score across cloud AND on-prem
The single biggest reason to choose Qualys TotalCloud is what the cloud-native pure-plays cannot easily match: it unifies cloud risk with the REST of your estate on one platform, one agent and one TruRisk score — so cloud posture speaks the same risk language as your data-centre vulnerability data. The problem it solves: most organisations run cloud security as its OWN silo — a separate CNAPP tool with its own console, its own scoring and its own view — disconnected from the on-prem vulnerability management (VMDR/Tenable/Rapid7) that covers the rest of the estate. So leadership gets two risk pictures that don't reconcile, and you can't answer 'what's our TOTAL risk?' in one number. What TotalCloud provides: it's one app on the Enterprise TruRisk Platform, so cloud misconfigurations, cloud vulnerabilities, over-permissioned identities and exposed data are scored with the SAME TruRisk score as your on-prem VMDR findings — rolling into one estate-wide risk view. The same Qualys Cloud Agent and detection engine work in the cloud and on-prem. Why it matters: one risk language across cloud and data-centre means real prioritisation across your WHOLE attack surface (not just within the cloud silo), one console family to learn, and a single trendable risk number for the board. Honest framing: this is Qualys's genuine edge — NOT best-in-class cloud-native depth (Wiz and Prisma lead there). The value: TotalCloud unifies cloud risk with your whole estate — one platform, one agent, one TruRisk score — so you see and prioritise total risk, not a cloud silo. For unified risk, this matters. TechBag helps organisations unify cloud and on-prem risk. TechBag helps you see one risk picture.
A complete CNAPP — six pillars, one product (CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM)
A core strength of TotalCloud is breadth of scope in ONE product: it's a genuine CNAPP unifying posture, workloads, detection, identity, data and SaaS — so you don't stitch six point tools together. The problem it solves: cloud security fragments fast — one tool for posture (CSPM), another for workloads (CWPP), another for identity (CIEM), another for data (DSPM), another for SaaS (SSPM), another for detection (CDR) — each a silo, each a cost, each a console. Findings don't correlate, so you can't see the TOXIC COMBINATIONS (a public workload + a critical vuln + an over-permissioned role + access to sensitive data) that are the real risk. What TotalCloud provides: all six pillars in one CNAPP — CSPM (misconfigs across AWS/Azure/GCP/Oracle), CWPP (workloads, containers, serverless), CDR (cloud detection & response), CIEM (identity/entitlements), DSPM (sensitive-data exposure) and SSPM (SaaS posture) — correlated into TruRisk Insights so the combinations surface, not just isolated findings. Why it matters: one CNAPP means fewer tools, one data model, and — critically — correlation across pillars so you fix the toxic combos attackers actually chain, not a flat list from six disconnected scanners. Honest note: Wiz and Prisma cover these pillars with more graph-based depth and polish; TotalCloud's coverage is credible and broad, and its differentiator is doing it on the unified Qualys platform. The value: TotalCloud is a complete six-pillar CNAPP in one product, correlated into one prioritised view — fewer tools, real cross-pillar context. For consolidated cloud security, this matters. TechBag helps organisations consolidate onto one CNAPP. TechBag helps you unify cloud security.
Agentless-first for breadth, one Cloud Agent for depth — the same agent as everywhere
A practical strength of TotalCloud is dual deployment: agentless connectors for fast, broad cloud visibility, PLUS the option of the same lightweight Qualys Cloud Agent for deeper runtime protection — breadth and depth, one data model. The problem it solves: pure-agentless CNAPP gives you fast, broad visibility but shallow runtime insight (it's snapshot-based); pure-agent gives depth but is slow to deploy at cloud scale and adds another agent. Teams are forced to choose, or to run yet another agent just for cloud. What TotalCloud provides: connect AWS/Azure/GCP/Oracle agentlessly in minutes for full inventory and posture across the estate; then, where you want deeper runtime coverage (in-guest vulnerabilities, drift, deeper workload detection), layer on the SAME Qualys Cloud Agent that already runs across your on-prem and endpoint estate — no new agent, one data model. Why it matters: you get agentless breadth where you need speed and coverage, and agent depth where the workload matters — without deploying a cloud-specific agent, and with everything feeding one TruRisk view. The same agent across cloud, on-prem and endpoint is a real operational simplification. Honest note: Wiz's agentless graph is the market benchmark for breadth-and-context; Qualys's angle is the shared-agent, shared-platform consistency. The value: TotalCloud is agentless-first for breadth and offers the same Cloud Agent for depth — one agent family, one data model, cloud to on-prem. For flexible, consolidated deployment, this matters. TechBag helps organisations deploy the right mix. TechBag helps you balance breadth and depth.
TruRisk Insights — one prioritised cloud-risk view, now extended to SaaS
A defining feature of TotalCloud 2.0 is TruRisk Insights: it correlates everything cloud (and now SaaS) into ONE prioritised risk view — so you fix the toxic combinations that truly matter, not a flat wall of thousands of findings. The problem it solves: a CNAPP that just lists misconfigs, vulns, identity issues and data exposures separately produces overwhelming noise — tens of thousands of findings with no sense of which combination is actually dangerous. The real risk is a CHAIN (public exposure + exploitable vuln + excessive permission + reachable sensitive data), and flat lists hide it. What TotalCloud provides: TruRisk Insights correlates posture, vulnerabilities, identities and data exposure — across cloud AND SaaS apps — into one prioritised cloud-risk view, using the SAME business-aligned TruRisk score as the rest of Qualys. So the toxic combinations rise to the top, scored the same way your on-prem risk is scored. Why it matters: your limited cloud-security capacity goes to the combinations that are genuinely exploitable and reachable — faster risk reduction, less noise, and (because it's the same TruRisk score) cloud risk you can report alongside on-prem risk in one number. Extending to SaaS means shadow-SaaS and misconfigured SaaS risk finally enter the same view. Honest note: attack-path and graph context is where Wiz/Prisma set the bar; TruRisk Insights is credible and improving, and its edge is the shared TruRisk scoring. The value: TruRisk Insights gives one prioritised cloud+SaaS risk view on the same TruRisk score — fix the toxic combinations, report cloud risk with everything else. For focused cloud remediation, this matters. TechBag helps organisations operationalise TruRisk Insights. TechBag helps you fix the real cloud risk.
Built for compliance — and TechBag adds the India layer (RBI, CERT-In, PCI)
Qualys TotalCloud (and the broader Qualys platform) is deeply aligned with compliance — which for Indian enterprises, especially BFSI and government, is a major driver — and TechBag adds the local scoping, licensing and INR/GST support, plus the India compliance framing. The compliance fit: Qualys grew up serving compliance-heavy industries — TotalCloud maps cloud posture directly to PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, CIS benchmarks, HIPAA and hundreds of regulatory mandates, with continuous cloud misconfiguration detection and audit-ready reporting exactly as auditors and regulators want. Why this matters in India: Indian regulators are raising the bar — RBI cyber-resilience and data-localisation norms, CERT-In directives (incident reporting, log retention), SEBI, PCI-DSS for payments, ISO 27001 — and as workloads move to AWS/Azure/GCP, continuous cloud posture and data-residency awareness become critical. TotalCloud's continuous cloud assessment and DSPM (knowing where sensitive data lives) map well to these mandates — a strong fit for Indian BFSI, government/PSU and IT/ITES. (Qualys also has major R&D in Pune — India is central to the company.) Where TechBag adds value: Qualys sells largely through channel partners and prices per-asset/per-workload by quote, in USD — so TechBag adds the local layer: scoping which CNAPP pillars you need (CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM, CDR), sizing the cloud asset count, INR/GST invoicing, and — importantly — framing the deployment against India's compliance requirements (and helping verify cloud/SaaS data-residency where RBI needs it). The value: Qualys TotalCloud is built for compliance — PCI, ISO, CIS — and TechBag adds the India layer: pillar scoping, INR/GST, and the RBI/CERT-In/PCI compliance framing. TechBag supplies it with local, compliance-aware support. TechBag provides Qualys, made local for India.
The honest scope
Qualys TotalCloud is Qualys's AI-powered CNAPP on the Enterprise TruRisk Platform — unifying CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, DSPM and SSPM, with TotalCloud 2.0 / TruRisk Insights giving one prioritised cloud-risk view (now extended to SaaS), agentless-first with the same Cloud Agent option, from a proven cloud-scanning pioneer (founded 1999; NASDAQ: QLYS; >10,000 customers). The honest framing — where rivals LEAD, and where Qualys's edge is: be clear — the cloud-native CNAPP market is LED by Wiz and Palo Alto Prisma Cloud. Wiz set the benchmark for the agentless security graph, attack-path/toxic-combination context, breadth of coverage and UX; Prisma Cloud is deep and broad across the CNAPP pillars with strong shift-left. On pure cloud-native DEPTH, graph-based context and UX, Wiz and Prisma lead — Qualys TotalCloud is a credible FOLLOWER, not the leader, and we won't pretend otherwise (TechBag also sells Wiz, so this is genuinely balanced). Qualys TotalCloud's REAL strength is platform unification: it puts cloud (and SaaS) risk on the SAME platform, SAME agent and SAME TruRisk score as your on-prem vulnerability management — so you get one risk language and one prioritised view across your WHOLE estate, not a best-in-class-but-siloed cloud tool. Other honest points: Microsoft Defender for Cloud is compelling if you're Azure/Microsoft-centric (and TechBag has a Microsoft hub); CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security ties cloud to its EDR; Orca is a strong agentless-CNAPP contender. Caveats: Qualys's cloud-native depth and graph context trail the leaders; pricing is per-asset/workload, quote-only (USD). So the honest positioning: if you want the DEEPEST cloud-native CNAPP with the best graph context and UX, look at Wiz or Prisma Cloud (we'll sell you Wiz and say so). If your priority is UNIFYING cloud risk with the rest of your Qualys estate — one platform, one agent, one TruRisk score across cloud + on-prem — TotalCloud is a genuinely strong, low-friction choice. TechBag scopes it honestly — the right pillars and asset sizing, an even-handed Wiz/Prisma comparison, with the India compliance framing (RBI/CERT-In/PCI) and GST invoicing.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Qualys TotalCloud journey looks like
Scoping (& pillars)
Which CNAPP pillars — CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM, CDR — and how many cloud assets/workloads (Qualys prices per asset)? TechBag scopes it, sizes it, gives you the honest Wiz/Prisma comparison, and frames it against your compliance mandates (PCI/RBI/CERT-In).
Connect & discover
Connect AWS/Azure/GCP/Oracle (and SaaS apps) agentlessly, inventory every cloud resource, identity and data store, and start continuous posture assessment. Broad multi-cloud visibility in days, no agents required.
Prioritise & protect
Turn on TruRisk Insights for one prioritised cloud+SaaS risk view (toxic combinations first), add the Cloud Agent for deeper runtime on critical workloads, and remediate — all on the same TruRisk score as your on-prem estate.
Unify & report
Report cloud risk alongside on-prem as one TruRisk trend, prove cloud compliance with audit-ready reports, and expand pillars/coverage on the same platform. TechBag supports you locally (GST).
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The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“The reason we picked TotalCloud over a pure-play was unification — cloud risk now uses the same TruRisk score as our VMDR on-prem data. Leadership finally sees ONE risk number across the whole estate, not two that don't reconcile.”
“Agentless connectors gave us full multi-cloud posture in days, and we added the same Qualys agent for our critical workloads — no new cloud-specific agent to run. That shared-agent, shared-platform story is what won us.”
“Honest: we evaluated Wiz too, and its graph and UX are ahead — TechBag told us that plainly (they sell Wiz). We chose TotalCloud because we're already all-in on Qualys and wanted one platform, one score. For depth-first teams, Wiz would win.”
“Six pillars in one CNAPP — CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM and CDR — replaced a couple of point tools. TruRisk Insights correlating them into one prioritised view cut the noise a lot.”
“SSPM extending posture to our M365 and Salesforce was a nice add — shadow-SaaS risk finally entered the same view as our cloud and on-prem risk. TechBag scoped which pillars we actually needed.”
“For our RBI and PCI compliance, continuous cloud posture plus DSPM (knowing where sensitive data lives in cloud) were exactly right. TechBag framed it around our mandates and handled GST and the data-residency questions.”
“We weighed Wiz, Prisma and Orca head-to-head. The pure-plays are deeper on cloud-native context; Qualys won for us on platform consolidation and one risk score. TechBag laid out the trade-off honestly rather than pushing one.”
“Qualys prices per asset/workload by quote, in USD — TechBag scoped the pillars and cloud asset count, added INR/GST invoicing and local support, and gave us the compliance framing. Unified platform, made local.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the Cloud-native CNAPP market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Email-Security Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
CNAPP unified with the TruRisk platform. This page.
Detection × Portfolio Integration
The grid nobody publishes — how strong the email detection is vs how integrated with the wider security portfolio.
Follower on depth; leader on platform unification.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Qualys TotalCloud vs the CNAPP field — honestly
Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, CrowdStrike and Orca — honest lanes. Wiz & Prisma LEAD cloud-native depth, graph context and UX; Qualys is a credible follower whose edge is platform unification (one TruRisk score, cloud + on-prem). Deepest cloud-native? Wiz (we sell it). We say so.
| Dimension | Qualys TotalCloud | Wiz | Prisma Cloud | MS Defender for Cloud | CrowdStrike | Orca |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | CNAPP unified with the TruRisk platform | Cloud-native CNAPP leader (graph, UX) | Broad, deep CNAPP (Palo Alto) | CNAPP for Azure/MS-centric shops | Cloud tied to Falcon EDR | Agentless-CNAPP contender |
| Cloud-native depth & graph context | Credible follower (improving) | Security graph — the benchmark | Deep, broad graph context | Good in Azure | Cloud graph via Falcon | SideScanning agentless graph |
| Platform unification (cloud + on-prem, one score) | Same TruRisk score, cloud + on-prem | Cloud-focused (own model) | Cortex/Palo platform (cloud-led) | Within the MS stack | Falcon platform (EDR-led) | Cloud-focused |
| CNAPP pillar breadth (CSPM–SSPM) | Six pillars incl. SSPM + CDR | Broad + deep | Very broad | Solid (Azure-first) | Growing | Broad agentless |
| Agentless + agent options | Agentless + same Cloud Agent | Agentless-first + optional sensor | Agent + agentless | Agent + agentless (Azure) | Falcon agent + agentless | Agentless (SideScanning) |
| Same vuln engine as your VM (VMDR) | Yes — same Qualys detection library | Own cloud vuln | Prisma vuln (own) | MS vuln (if MS-VM) | Falcon Spotlight | Own cloud vuln |
| Compliance heritage (PCI/ISO/CIS) | Deep (PC, PCI, CIS) | Cloud compliance | Strong cloud compliance | Via MS compliance | Some | Cloud compliance |
| Best fit | Unify cloud + on-prem risk on one platform | Deepest cloud-native depth + graph/UX | Broad deep CNAPP in the Palo Alto stack | Azure / Microsoft-centric estates | Cloud tied to EDR (Falcon) | Agentless-first CNAPP |
Which email-security approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose Qualys TotalCloud if…
- ✓You want to UNIFY cloud risk with your whole estate — same platform, same agent, same TruRisk score across cloud + on-prem
- ✓You want a complete six-pillar CNAPP (CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM) in one product, correlated by TruRisk Insights
- ✓You're already on Qualys (VMDR) and want cloud risk in the same risk language — not a separate silo
- ✓You're compliance-driven (PCI/ISO/RBI/CERT-In) — with TechBag adding pillar scoping, GST & the India framing
Wiz if…
- ✓You want the DEEPEST cloud-native CNAPP — the leading agentless security graph, attack-path context and UX (TechBag sells Wiz and will say so)
Prisma Cloud if…
- ✓You want a very broad, deep CNAPP in the Palo Alto Networks stack, with strong shift-left and cloud-native depth
MS Defender for Cloud if…
- ✓You're Azure / Microsoft-centric and want CNAPP native to the MS stack — TechBag has a Microsoft hub
CrowdStrike / Orca if…
- ✓You want cloud tied to Falcon EDR (CrowdStrike), or a strong agentless-first CNAPP (Orca) — TechBag compares honestly
What do email threats cost you?
Drag the sliders (cloud assets/workloads; open cloud findings; hour cost as loaded rate). Estimates contrast siloed cloud-tool sprawl (separate CNAPP score, flat finding lists, a cloud-specific agent, disconnected from on-prem) vs Qualys TotalCloud (one TruRisk score across cloud + on-prem, TruRisk Insights prioritising toxic combinations, the same agent) — the wins are one risk view, less noise, and fewer tools/agents. Illustrative — TechBag scopes your estate (and will compare Wiz honestly).
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models actual device counts and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Qualys prices PER ASSET / workload (a pool of license units, ~1 cloud resource/instance each), annual subscription, modular by CNAPP pillar — quote-only (no public list; sold via channel, in USD). Rates compress sharply with volume and 2–3-year commitments, and depend on which pillars (CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM, CDR) you light up. TechBag scopes the pillars and asset count, adds INR/GST, gives an honest Wiz/Prisma comparison, and frames it against your compliance mandates — quote current figures for your estate.
Qualys TotalCloud (per asset)
Best for unifying cloud + on-prem risk
- Per-asset/workload annual subscription — CNAPP, modular by pillar
- Agentless-first + the same Cloud Agent for depth; TruRisk Insights
- One app on the Enterprise TruRisk Platform — same TruRisk score as VMDR
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
+ scoping & honest comparison
Best value with TechBag
- Pillar scoping + asset sizing + honest Wiz/Prisma comparison (we sell Wiz)
- Qualys sells via channel, quote-only, USD; verify India data-residency (RBI)
- TechBag adds INR/GST, local support & the RBI/CERT-In/PCI framing
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Want cloud risk in the SAME view as on-prem? TotalCloud uses the same TruRisk score across cloud + data-centre — one risk language.
Need posture, workloads, identity, data, SaaS and detection in one? TotalCloud unifies CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, DSPM, SSPM and CDR.
Want fast breadth AND deep runtime? Agentless connectors for coverage, the same Cloud Agent for depth — no cloud-specific agent.
Drowning in flat findings? TruRisk Insights correlates them into one prioritised view — fix the dangerous combinations first.
Worried about SaaS risk (M365, Salesforce)? SSPM extends posture to SaaS, in the same cloud-risk view.
PCI/ISO/RBI/CERT-In driven? Continuous cloud posture, DSPM and audit-ready reporting map to these mandates.
Weighing Wiz or Prisma? They LEAD cloud-native depth — TechBag says so honestly (we sell Wiz too) and helps you choose.
Qualys prices per-asset by quote in USD — TechBag scopes pillars/assets, adds INR/GST and the India compliance framing.
Questions buyers ask
Ready to unify cloud risk with your whole estate?
Scope Qualys TotalCloud (an AI-powered CNAPP unifying CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, DSPM and SSPM, with cloud risk on the same TruRisk score as your on-prem estate) — and let a TechBag advisor scope the pillars and asset count, compare vs Wiz and Prisma honestly (we sell Wiz), frame it against your compliance mandates (RBI/CERT-In/PCI), and add INR/GST invoicing and local support.
Stats, ratings, review counts and pricing are illustrative and sourced from public materials; verify before purchase.