Aikido

How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Aikido's? The following comparison table enables you to discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting your company’s cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the dedicated page.

Organization

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aikido
Focus	Native ASPM with In-house scanners	AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with In-house scanners	Native ASPM with In-house scanners
Extras	None	None	WAF and MPT
Headcount	136	Same	110
Headcount distribution	Engineering 40%, TI 15%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%	Same	Engineering 27%, TI 7%, sales 23%, marketing 7%, operations 2% and others 34%
Headcount growth	+3%, -2%, -7%	Same	+57%, +150%, +511%
Headquarters	86% CO	Same	48% BE
Countries	CO and US	Same	BE
Reputation	9.79 from 161 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	9.4 from 101 reviews over 2 years on Capterra, G2, Gartner and TrustRadius
Followers	20K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	41K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research Firms	None	None	Frost & Sullivan
Founded	2001	Same	2022
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	$24.6M USD in 3 rounds from 12 investors
Acquisitions	None	None	None
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	0.1M to 10M
CVE	257 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide	Same	0 CVEs reported to MITRE
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3	Same	ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II
Bug bounty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Visits	19K per month. Top 3: 50% NL, 17% CO, 6% US and others 27%	Same	95K per month. Top 3: 11% IN, 9% BE, 9% US and others 62%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	35 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered	Same	Discovered and third-party
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog, comparison, customer stories, documentation and glossary
Knowledge base	13 KB sections, 3 in common and 10 additional	Same	3 KB sections, all in common
Community	Forum	Same	No
Sync training	No	No	No
Async training	3 product use courses, all free	Same	No
Distribution	Direct or with any of its 14 partners	Same	Direct or with any of its partners
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	AWS, Azure and Github
Freemium	No	No	Yes
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	PoC
Demo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Open Demo	No	No	No
Pricing	Contact sales, marketplace and public web	Contact sales and public web	Contact sales, marketplaces and public web
Pricing tiers	1 plan	1 plan	3 plans (basic, pro, scale). First 2 transparent
Minimum commit	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly
Minimum payment period	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly
Minimum capabilities	API security testing, ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets	Same plus: PTaaS, RE and SCR	Containers, CSPM, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	10 users
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	Users
Minimum monthly payment	1.529 USD	1.529 + 429 USD	350 USD

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aikido
PTaaS	No	Yes	No. MPT
Reverse engineering	No	Yes	No information available
Secure code review	No	Yes	No information available
Pivoting	No	Yes	No information available
Exploitation	No	Yes	No
Manual reattacks	Not applicable	Unlimited reattacks	No information available
Zero-day vulnerabilities	None	Continuous zero-day vulnerability research	Continuous zero-day vulnerability research
SLA	Availability	Accuracy, availability and response	No information available
Min availability	>=99.95% per minute LTM	Same	No information available
After-sale guarantees	No	Yes	No
Accreditations	CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST	Same	None
Hacker certifications	Not applicable	202 from 59 different types	None
Type of contract	Employee	Same	Employee or Freelance
Endpoint control	Not applicable	Total	No information available
Channel control	Not applicable	Total	No information available
Standards	Some requirements from 65 standards, 6 in common and 59 additional	All requirements from the same standards	8 standards, 6 in common and 2 additional
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence
False positives	4.24 times better	6.67 times better	14% F0.5 score per quantity
False negatives	6.24 times better	17.95 times better	4% F2.0 score per severity
Remediation	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 1	3, all in common
Outputs	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 2	4, 3 in common and 1 additional

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aikido
ASPM	Yes	Yes	Yes
API	GraphQL with JSON	Same	REST with JSON
IDE	5 functionalities, 2 in common and 3 additional	Same, plus 1 functionality	2 functionalities in common
CLI	Yes	Yes	Yes
CI/CD	Breaks the build	Same	Breaks the build
Vulnerability sources	4 sources, 1 in common and 3 additional	Same	2, 1 in common and 1 additional
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS and EPSS
Custom prioritization	Priority score	Same	No
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	In-house
SCA	23 package managers, 11 in common and 12 additional	Same	14 package managers, 11 in common and 3 additional
AI security	No	Yes	No
Reachability	12 languages	Same	Yes. No information available
Reachability type	Deterministic	Same	Deterministic
SBOM	22 package managers, 7 in common and 15 additional	Same	14 package managers, 7 in common and 7 additional
Malware detection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autofix on components	No	No	No
Containers	4 distributions	Same	Yes. No information available
Source SAST (languages)	12, all in common	Same	16, 12 in common and 4 additional
Source SAST (frameworks)	22	Same	No information available
Custom rules	No	No	SAST
IaC	6, 2 in common and 4 additional	4, 1 in common and 3 additional	3, all in common
Binary SAST	1 type of binary	Same, plus 2 types of binaries	No
DAST	7 attack surface types, 1 in common and 6 additional	Same	4 attack surface types, 1 in common and 3 additional
API security testing	No	4 types of APIs, 2 in common and 2 additional	2 types of APIs, all in common
IAST	No	No	No
CSPM	Yes	Yes	Yes
ASM	No	No	No
Secrets	15 secrets types, 1 in common and 14 additional	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	1 secret type in common
AI	3 functions, 2 in common and 1 additional	Same	2 functions, all in common
MCP	Yes	Yes	No
Open-source	MPL-2.0 license, totally equivalent to the paid version	Not applicable	No
Provisioning as Code	Yes	Yes	No
Deployment	SaaS	Same	SaaS
Regions	US	Same	EU
Status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incidents	6 per year	Same	0.1 per year

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aikido
SCM	6, 4 in common and 2 additional	Same	4, all in common
Binary repositories	None	None	12
Ticketing	3, all in common	Same	10, 3 in common and 7 additional
ChatOps	None	None	2
IDE	3, all in common	Same	9, 3 in common and 6 additional
CI/CD	20, 7 in common and 13 additional	Same	7, all in common
SCA	Native	Same	Native and 1 integration
Container	Native	Same	Native and 4 integrations
SAST	Native	Same	Native and 1 integration
DAST	Native	Same	Native
IAST	None	None	None
Cloud	3, all in common	Same	4, 3 in common and 1 additional
CSPM	Native	Same	Native
Secrets	Native	Same	Native
Remediation	None	None	None
Bug bounty	None	None	None
Vulnerability management	None	None	1
Compliance	None	None	4

References were last checked on Sep 04, 2025.

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