Vicarius vs CVD Portal
Vulnerability remediation platform focused on patch deployment. How does Vicarius compare to CVD Portal for an EU manufacturer subject to the Cyber Resilience Act?
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Category
- Vulnerability remediation and patch management
- Pricing model
- Subscription pricing on request, with a free tier (TOPIA / vRx) for limited endpoints.
How they compare on CRA-critical features
Five capabilities that matter most for EU manufacturers under Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2847.
Where Vicarius is strong
- +Strong on the operations side: vulnerability discovery on endpoints, patch deployment, and remediation orchestration.
- +Integrates with common asset inventory and ticketing tools.
- +Useful for IT operations teams running endpoint estates.
Where it is not a CRA fit
- !Vicarius is in a different category from a CVD portal. It addresses vulnerability remediation on the manufacturer's own systems, not the intake of external vulnerability reports about the manufacturer's products.
- !No CVD policy publication, no whitelabel intake portal, no Article 13 single point of contact tooling.
- !No Article 14 reporting workflow.
- !No CSAF 2.0 advisory generation as part of the publicly listed feature set.
The CRA gap
Vicarius is genuinely valuable for the manufacturer's internal vulnerability management programme, but it does not address the CRA disclosure obligations. Article 13 (publish a CVD policy and operate a single point of contact for external reports) and Article 14 (report exploited vulnerabilities and significant incidents to ENISA and the relevant national CSIRT) are out of scope for a remediation and patching platform.
Why teams pick CVD Portal for CRA
Five reasons EU manufacturers choose CVD Portal over Vicarius.
- 1
Purpose-built for the external disclosure side: intake, policy publication, single point of contact.
- 2
Article 14 reporting cascade with 24h, 72h, and final-report timers.
- 3
CSAF 2.0 advisory generation aligned with the CRA's advisory expectations.
- 4
EU data residency by default.
- 5
Designed to complement, not replace, a vulnerability management platform like Vicarius.
Frequently asked
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What does CVD Portal cost for an SME?
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Article 13 baseline at €0/month. Article 14 reporting workflow included. EU data residency by default. No card required to start.