Vicarius

Automox

Beyond Patching, Complete Risk Remediation

Vicarius unifies vulnerability scanning, risk-based prioritization, and remediation into one platform. Unlike Automox, which relies on third parties and focuses mainly on patching, Vicarius delivers advanced protection, compliance readiness, and zero-day shielding, reducing tool sprawl, admin effort, and time to remediation across all applications and environments.

How Vicarius compares to Automox

Capabilities

Remediation built-in

Automated, in-platform remediation with scheduling, scripting, and guided patching

Relies mostly on patching; lacks advanced remediation workflows

Virtual patching

Enables virtual patching for zero-days and unsupported software

Not supported

Cross-platform support

Full patching for Windows, Linux, macOS, and over 10,000 third-party applications

Limited to ~580 third-party applications

Agent-based & agentless modes

Offers both agent-based and agentless scanning for flexible deployment across asset types

Primarily agent-based with cloud-native agent (no agentless mode)

Real-time risk validation

Validates exploitability in live environments using telemetry, not simulated exploits

Prioritization based solely on CVSS severity; no exploit-likelihood or contextual risk scoring

Multi-tenancy for MSSPs

MSSP-friendly architecture with tenant isolation, delegated roles, and centralized control

Supports multi-tenant administration, flexible billing, centralized control for MSPs

Workflow Automation

Unified platform for detection, prioritization, and remediation, minimizing tool sprawl

Supports vulnerability sync; integrates with scanners like Tenable, Rapid7 for coordinated remediation

Ease of deployment

Modern, cloud-native UI with fast onboarding and centralized console

Lightweight cloud-native agent; no VPN or infrastructure needed (fast deployment)

Coverage depth

Covers vulnerabilities across system, apps, network, and even patchless or legacy systems

Focuses on patchable assets with limited compliance audits; lacks patchless coverage

Customer Satisfaction

G2: 4.9 / Gartner: 4.8 praised for ease of use, performance, and support

G2: 4.5 / Gartner: 4.6 – feedback cites delays, limited app coverage, and reliance on scripting

See Vicarius in action

Watch how Vicarius identifies, prioritizes, and remediates vulnerabilities in real time, leveraging automation, scripts, and virtual patching. One platform to streamline remediation and take full control of your exposure.

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Vicarius key differentiators

Unified scanning and Remediation

Vicarius combines vulnerability scanning, contextual prioritization, and remediation in one platform, eliminating the need for separate tools and reducing operational complexity and cost.

Broad application coverage

Supports patching for both mainstream and over 10,000 applications, going beyond Automox’s 580 third-party limit, ensuring coverage across diverse IT environments.

Compliance and Reporting built-In

Delivers robust compliance audits and detailed reporting to meet regulatory requirements, no reliance on external compliance tools.

Advanced zero-day protection

Includes zero-day shielding and runtime protection,(patchless protection) safeguarding systems before vendor patches are released.

Risk-based Prioritization

Prioritizes vulnerabilities based on contextual risk, not just CVSS severity, enabling teams to focus on the threats most likely to be exploited.

Lower total cost of ownership

By consolidating scanning, patching, and compliance into one platform, Vicarius reduces tool sprawl, licensing fees, and the overhead of managing multiple vendors.

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The CIS Benchmarking Best Practices: Turning Security Guidelines into Operational Resilience

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From Vulnerability Management to Compliance Confidence: Operationalizing Frameworks with Vicarius vRx

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Elevating Cybersecurity: Rethinking the SANS Vulnerability Management Maturity Model Through the Lens of Vicarius vRx

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Hear from our customers

From urgency to strategy

“Vicarius allowed us to step away from reactive patching and finally manage vulnerabilities with strategy instead of urgency.”

Anonymous IT Division Manager

IT Division Manager

EL AL secures global Patch Compliance

“Within two weeks we decided on Vicarius. Patch scheduling is now a one-day task instead of a full-time job.”

Tal Shachar

Deputy Director, Infrastructure, EL AL Airlines

Complete Vulnerability Remediation Platform

"What stood out was that it wasn’t just a scanner or a patch manager. It was an entire remediation platform. You discover vulnerabilities, prioritize based on real risk, and remediate automatically."

Eric Dowsland

Chief Customer Officer

Third-party software patching is the most valuable feature.

"We have automated third-party patching on specific software, improving efficiency by 80%. vRx has reduced our patching time, which has improved our operations. It is more robust than other solutions because it offers better third-party remediation."

Billy Turner

VP, Managed Technology & Services

Single source of truth, capable of handling any application in our fleet

"vRx gives a single pane of glass to see what patches needed to go out and what sort of vulnerabilities we have on our Windows machines. Our meantime to remediate vulnerabilities has gone down by about 60% to 70%."

Peter Fallowfield

IT Manager

60% faster remediation, many hours saved

"Typically, with our previous solution of ManageEngine, it took about three hours to patch Windows Server, and now, that is less than an hour. It means less downtime for the business each month when we do patches."

Anonymous Security Analyst

Security Analyst

Great patching capabilities, helpful dashboard, and excellent support

"vRx has saved us an incredible amount of time. We can just rely on the automated system and the schedules we've set. It's a huge time saver. It's saved us hundreds of hours."

Michael Cortez

Sr. Director of IT

My favorite feature is Patchless Protection

"With Vicarius' vRx, I've never seen a patch that failed or had to be rolled back. We're saving quite a bit of time. Our clients using vRx haven't had any issues, and they've easily established patching for all their endpoints."

Jeremy Herman

Security Engineer

Unified vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and remediation

"Vicarius streamlines vulnerability management between IT & Security by directly linking identified vulnerabilities to required patches, enhancing efficiency. The automation process has saved at least 30 percent of our manual tasks."

Wayne Ajimine

Information Security Professional

Patchless Protection is an incredible technology!

"vRx reduces the time customers spend on patching by reducing the overhead on the administrators, allowing them to do additional work. It saves time they would spend addressing the patching process, follow-ups, etc."

Antwune Gray

VP IT Security and Services