An honest comparison. The named platforms do real work. So does the spreadsheet, for now.
The honest answer to "what does CybrIQ do that X doesn't" depends on what X is. The three categories you might be comparing against are network access control, healthcare-IoT visibility suites, and your existing inventory spreadsheet. Each is treated below.
vs NAC (Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, Forescout).
What NAC does well. Network admission policy enforcement at the port. Device classification for posture decisions. Integration with your identity and authentication stack.
Where CybrIQ adds. Identity fidelity for unmanaged and biomedical devices, where NAC classification is typically weak because those devices do not authenticate against your identity provider. Our identity feed can sharpen NAC posture decisions rather than replace them.
Recommendation. Run both. CybrIQ as identity input. NAC as enforcement.
vs healthcare-IoT visibility suites (Claroty Medigate, Armis, Asimily, Cylera).
What those platforms do well. Integrated healthcare-IoT visibility, risk scoring, vulnerability correlation, vendor-specific behavioral analytics. Mature in healthcare; the right answer for many programs.
Where CybrIQ differs. Our discipline is narrower: device identity from the switch side, no integrated risk-scoring or threat-intelligence overlay. If your program already runs one of the suites and the inventory is still inaccurate, we can be the identity feed underneath. If you are evaluating fresh, the choice is between a narrow feed that fits inside your existing controls and a broader suite that brings its own controls.
Recommendation. Depends on whether your program wants narrow inputs or broad platform suites. The two are not strictly substitutes.
vs the inventory spreadsheet.
What the spreadsheet does well. It is portable. It survived the last assessment. It carries institutional context.
Where it stops working. The OCR Risk Analysis Initiative resolution agreements typically center on a spreadsheet whose accuracy could not be defended in interview. A continuous feed answers the "how do you know it is accurate" question directly.
Recommendation. Keep the spreadsheet for institutional context. Replace its role as the §164.308 inventory source with a continuous feed.