Scanner Platform Matrix

The following matrix summarizes supported features for each platform for easy reference.

To view all feature columns, scroll the table to the right.

Scanner Type / Platform

Internal Scanning

External Scanning

VLAN Support

Offline / Air-Gapped

Cloud /
Virtual Deployment

Auto Updates

Proxy Support

IPv6 Support

WAS / VMDR / PC Support

Static- route  Support

Static VLAN  Support

Current Released Version 

Yearly  Releases

Physical Scanner Appliance

✅

❌

✅

❌

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

Virtual Scanner Appliance 

✅

✅

✅ (limited in some clouds)

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅ (limited in some clouds)

✅ (limited in some clouds)

4.1

1

├ AWS

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ Azure

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ GCP

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ Alibaba Cloud

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ IBM Cloud

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ Oracle Cloud (OCI)

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ OpenStack

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ Nutanix

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ KVM

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ Azure Stack

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

├ Proxmox

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ Citrix XenServer

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ VMware

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ Hyper-V

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

├ OpenShift

✅

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

Containerized Scanner Appliance (QCSA)

✅

✅ (depends on container network)

⚠️ Limited

❌

✅

✅

✅

⚠️ Limited

✅

❌

❌

1.3.28

2

Consultant Scanner Appliance

✅

✅

❌

✅

✅

(portable
setup)

⚠️ Manual updates

✅

⚠️ Limited

✅

✅

✅

4.1

1

Offline Scanner Appliance

✅

❌

❌

✅

❌

❌ (manual sync)

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

2.2.3

1

External Cloud Scanner (Qualys Cloud)

❌

✅

❌

❌

✅
(native Qualys Cloud)

✅

✅

✅

✅

❌

❌

4.1

1

For more details about released versions, see Supported Virtualization Platforms.

 

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