Aqua

How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Aqua'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	Aqua
Focus	Native ASPM with In-house scanners	AI-Powered PTaaS on top of Native ASPM with In-house scanners	CNAPP
Extras	None	None	CNDR, CSPM, CWP and SCA
Headcount	128	Same	569
Headcount distribution	Engineering 42%, TI 13%, sales 12%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 27%	Same	Engineering 30%, TI 10%, sales 14%, marketing 2%, operations 5% and others 39%
Headcount growth	-2%, -15%, +1%	Same	-10%, -14%, -3%
Headquarters	87% CO	Same	27% IL
Countries	CO and US	Same	IL, IN and US
Reputation	9.84 from 109 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	7.98 from 117 reviews over 6 years on: G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius
Followers	18K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	73K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research Firms	None	None	451 Research, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, Gartner and IDC
Founded	2001	Same	2015
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	$325M USD in 8 rounds from 12 investors
Acquisitions	None	None	Acquired 0 times and made 3 acquisitions
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	1M to 750M
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	CSA STAR Level 1, FedRAMP Authorized, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018 and SOC 2 Type II
Bug bounty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Visits	20K per month. Top 3: 21% CO, 16% US, 10% IN and others 53%	Same	69K per month. Top 3: 30% US, 16% IN, 10% AU and others 44%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	41 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered	Same	Third-party
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog, documentation, e-books, product sheets, videos, webinars and white papers
Knowledge base	13 KB sections	Same	No information available
Community	Forum	Same	Chat (slack)
Sync training	No	No	3 live security education courses (subscription-based)
Async training	3 product use courses	Same	3 product use courses with certification (paid)
Distribution	Direct or with any of its 14 partners	Same	Direct or with any of its 4 partners
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	AWS, Azure and GCP
Freemium	No	No	No
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	Free trial
Demo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pricing	Contact sales, marketplaces and public web	Contact sales and public web	Contact sales and marketplaces
Pricing tiers	1 plan	1 plan	3 plans (standard, advanced, ultimate). All transparent
Minimum commit	Monthly	Monthly	Annually
Minimum payment period	Monthly	Monthly	Annually
Minimum capabilities	API security Testing, ASPM, Binary SAST, Containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets	Same plus: PTaaS, RE and SCR	CNAPP
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	No information available
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	Repositories and workloads
Minimum monthly payment	1.529 USD	1.529 + 429 USD	4.167 USD

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aqua
PTaaS	No	Yes	No
Reverse engineering	No	Yes	No
Secure code review	No	Yes	No
Pivoting	No	Yes	No
Exploitation	No	Yes	No
Manual reattacks	Not applicable	Unlimited reattacks	Not applicable
Zero-day vulnerabilities	None	Continuous zero-day vulnerability research	Continuous zero-day vulnerability research
SLA	Availability	Accuracy, availability and response	Support
Min availability	>=99.95% per minute LTM	Same	>=99.9% per month
After-sale guarantees	No	Yes	Yes
Accreditations	CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST	Same	AWS Amazon Linux Ready Product, AWS Amazon EKS Ready Product, AWS Containers ISV Competency, AWS Government ISV Competency, AWS Graviton Ready Product, AWS Lambda Ready Product and AWS Security ISV Competency
Hacker certifications	Not applicable	202 from 59 different types	Not applicable
Type of contract	Employee	Same	Employee
Endpoint control	Not applicable	Total	Not applicable
Channel control	Not applicable	Total	Not applicable
Standards	Some requirements from 65 standards, 5 in common and 60 additional	All requirements from the same standards	8 standards, 5 in common and 3 additional
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Automated tools
Remediation	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 1	4, all in common
Outputs	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 2	5, 3 in common and 2 additional

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aqua
ASPM	Yes	Yes	No
API	GraphQL with JSON	Same	REST with JSON
IDE	5 functionalities, 2 in common and 3 additional	Same, plus 1 functionality	3 functionalities, 2 in common and 1 additional
CLI	Yes	Yes	Yes
CI/CD	Breaks the build	Same	Breaks the build
Vulnerability sources	4 sources	Same	3 sources, none in common
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS and EPSS
Custom prioritization	Customizable priority score	Same	No
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	In-house
SCA	24 package managers, 18 in common and 5 additional	Same	22 package managers, 18 in common and 4 additional
AI security	No	Yes	No
Reachability	12 languages	Same	Yes. No information available
Reachability type	Deterministic	Same	Deterministic
SBOM	22 package managers, 14 in common and 8 additional	Same	22 package managers, 14 in common and 8 additional
Malware detection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autofix on components	No	No	No
Containers	4 distributions, all in common	Same	13 distributions, 4 in common and 9 additional
Source SAST (languages)	12	Same	No
Source SAST (frameworks)	22	Same	No
Custom rules	No	No	No
IaC	6, 3 in common and 3 additional	4, 1 in common and 3 additional	5, 4 in common and 1 additional
Binary SAST	1 type of binary	Same, plus 2 types of binaries	4 types of binaries, none in common
DAST	7 attack surface types	Same	No
API security Testing	No	3 types of APIs	No
IAST	No	No	No
CSPM	Yes	Yes	Yes
Environments	Left & Right (included)	Same	Left & Right (included)
ASM	No	No	No
Secrets	15 secrets types, 2 in common and 13 additional	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	8 secrets types, 2 in common and 6 additional
AI	4 functions, 1 in common and 2 additional	Same	1 function in common
Open-source	MPL-2.0 license. Totally equivalent to the paid version	Not applicable	Apache license 2.0. Partially equivalent to the paid version
Provisioning as Code	Yes	Yes	No
Deployment	SaaS	Same	SaaS and on-premises
Regions	US	Same	No information available
Status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incidents	6 per year	Same	No incidents

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Aqua
SCM	4	Same	None
Binary repositories	None	None	10
Ticketing	3, 1 in common and 2 additional	Same	1 in common
ChatOps	None	None	1
IDE	3, 2 in common and 1 additional	Same	14, 2 in common and 12 additional
CI/CD	20, 5 in common and 15 additional	Same	5, all in common
SCA	Native	Same	Native
Container	Native	Same	Native
SAST	Native	Same	None
DAST	Native	Same	None
IAST	None	None	None
Cloud	3, all in common	Same	6, 3 in common and 3 additional
CSPM	Native	Same	Native and 2 integrations
Secrets	Native	Same	Native
Remediation	None	None	None
Bug bounty	None	None	None
Vulnerability management	None	None	None
Compliance	None	None	None

References were last checked on Jul 01, 2025.

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