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Qualys VM

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · qualys.com · scored 2026-05-06 · rubric v1.1
Score 15 / 100
Vulnerability Management
Public API

Qualys VM's pricing page did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date. No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. All advertised paths route to a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall.

See Qualys VM pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing snapshot
Pricing summary
As of 2026-05-06 · derived from www.qualys.com/apps/vulnerability-management/
Enterprise

Contact sales

Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. The full tier list lives on the live page — see source link above.
Score breakdown · rubric v1.1
How Qualys VM scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing

0 / 15

Usage-based / metered

0 / 25

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API

15 / 15

Low / no minimum

0 / 10

Unauth automated payment

0 / 10

Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base

0 / 5


Total
15 / 100
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Sales-gated
LLM score: 10/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

No

Can upgrade plan

No

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

No


Payment methods

Unknown

Human approval recommended

Yes

Pricing transparency

contact_only

Purchase motion

sales_led

Demo required

Unknown

Quote required

Unknown


Annual commit required

Unknown

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No


Invoice payment available

Unknown

Purchase orders supported

Unknown

MSA required

Unknown

DPA available

Unknown

Security review required

Unknown


Trial

30 days (no card)

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“The industry standard for risk-based vulnerability management.”

Buyer persona

enterprise
mid market

Integrations mentioned
ServiceNow
JIRA
Value claims
Reduce vulnerabilities by up to 85%
Eliminate risk 60% faster
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Qualys VM?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✗

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
  • The pricing URL did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date — possibly a router or sales-led landing page.
One-line fix
How Qualys VM could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

false

headline_phrasing

Vulnerability Management, Detection, & Response (VMDR) — De-risk your security posture with real-time threat intelligence, risk prioritization, and reduced MTTR.

tier_count

0

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

https://community.qualys.com/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Vulnerability Management, Detection, & Response (VMDR)
CTAs (12): Try Now · Speak to an Expert · Take Product Tour · Learn more · View Screenshots · Tour this use case · Explore TruRisk Tool · Read the Report · Read the Whitepaper · Learn More · privacy policy · Email
Manage Risk Factors with a Single PlatformVulnerability Management, Detection, & Response (VMDR)De-risk your security posture with real-time threat intelligence, risk prioritization, and reduced MTTR.Try NowSpeak to an ExpertThe industry standard for risk-based vulnerability management. Measure Risk with 25+ sources of Real-Time Threat Intelligence (RTI) using TruRisk™.Accurately measure, quantify, and track risk reduction over time, across vulnerabilities, assets, and business units. Communicate Risk By routing vulnerabilities to the right owners, driving focus on critical business risk.Communicate risk precisely across different teams, business units and geographic locations by leveraging dashboards, reports and ITSM tools. Eliminate Risk 60% faster with built-in patching and remediation workflows.Patch any device anywhere, leverage multiple avenues from remediation to mitigation and block attack paths to eliminate risk. Take Product TourQualys Enterprise TruRisk™ PlatformReduce Cybersecurity Risk EffectivelyCoverage for Entire Attack Surface Over 30% of your assets are unknown to your VM program. Find them before the attackers. Vulnerability & Configuration AssessmentAutomate vulnerability & compliance reporting. Reduce zero-day and critical vulnerability detection times by 24% over competing solutions. Risk-based Prioritization & ReportingPrioritize vulnerabilities exploited in the wild by ransomware using TruRisk™ and MITRE ATT&CK®. Reduce critical vulnerabilities by…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Qualys VM
Not Agent-Ready Yet

15

/ 100 (rubric v1.1)

Category

Vulnerability Management

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

0

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1


Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published


Last refreshed

2026-05-06

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from www.qualys.com/apps/vulnerability-management/
Pricing model

Sales-led pricing

Agent-purchase verdict
Sales-gated
10/100 · v2.1
Cheapest entry

Try VMDR at no cost for 30 days

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v1.1. Source observed at https://www.qualys.com/apps/vulnerability-management/.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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