Base4

How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Base4'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	Base4
Focus	Native ASPM with Built-In Scanners	AI-Powered PTaaS on top of Native ASPM with Built-In Scanners	SOC
Extras	None	None	Blue team, cloud security, GRC, MPT, PTaaS and red team
Headcount	130	Same	144
Headcount distribution	Engineering 42%, TI 13%, sales 12%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 27%	Same	Engineering 13%, TI 27%, sales 21%, marketing 2%, operations 2% and others 35%
Headcount growth	-2%, -15%, +1%	Same	-7%, -10%, +19%
Headquarters	87% CO	Same	54% AR
Countries	CO and US	Same	AR, BR, CL, CO, ES, MX, PE and US
Reputation	9.84 from 109 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	No reviews
Followers	18K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	25K based on the following: Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research Firms	None	None	Frost & Sullivan
Founded	2001	Same	2008
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	No information available
Acquisitions	None	None	None
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	10M to 50M
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 ISO/IEC 22301
Bug bounty	Yes	Yes	No
Visits	20K per month. Top 3: 21% CO, 16% US, 10% IN and others 53%	Same	14K per month. Top 3: 46% PE, 28% MX, 15% CO and others 11%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	25 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered	Same	None
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog
Knowledge base	13 KB sections	Same	No
Community	Forum	Same	No
Sync training	No	No	No
Async training	3 product use courses, all free	Same	18 security education courses
Distribution	Direct or with any of its 14 partners	Same	Direct
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	None
Freemium	No	No	No
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	No
Demo	Yes	Yes	No
Pricing	Contact sales, marketplace and public web	Contact sales and public web	Contact sales
Pricing tiers	1 plan	1 plan	No information available
Minimum commit	Monthly	Monthly	No information available
Minimum payment period	Monthly	Monthly	No information available
Minimum capabilities	API security testing, ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets	Same plus: PTaaS, RE and SCR	No information available
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	No information available
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	No information available
Minimum monthly payment	1.529 USD	1.529 + 429 USD	No information available

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Base4
PTaaS	No	Yes	MPT and PTaaS
Reverse engineering	No	Yes	Yes
Secure code review	No	Yes	Yes
Pivoting	No	Yes	Yes
Exploitation	No	Yes	Yes
Manual reattacks	Not applicable	Unlimited reattacks	No information available
Zero-day vulnerabilities	None	Continuous zero-day vulnerability research	None
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	Yes
Accreditations	CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST	Same	None
Hacker certifications	Not applicable	202 from 59 different types	28 from 13 different types
Type of contract	Employee	Same	Employee
Endpoint control	Not applicable	Total	No information available
Channel control	Not applicable	Total	No information available
Standards	Some requirements from 65 standards, 1 in common and 64 additional	All requirements from the same standards	7 standards, 1 in common and 6 additional
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Human intelligence
Remediation	5, none in common	Same, plus 1	1, none in common
Outputs	5, 4 in common and 1 additional	Same, plus 2	No information available

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Base4
ASPM	Yes	Yes	No
API	GraphQL with JSON	Same	No
IDE	5 functionalities	Same, plus 1 functionality	No
CLI	Yes	Yes	No
CI/CD	Break the build	Same	Does not break the build
Vulnerability sources	14 sources	Same	None
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS
Custom prioritization	Customizable priority score	Same	No
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	None
SCA	24 package managers	Same	No
SCA (AI models)	No	No	No
Reachability	12 languages	Same	No
Reachability type	Deterministic	Same	No
SBOM	22 package managers	Same	No
Malware detection	Yes	Yes	No
Autofix on components	No	No	No
Containers	4 distributions	Same	No
Source SAST (languages)	12	Same	No
Source SAST (frameworks)	22	Same	No
Custom rules	No	No	No
IaC	6	4	No
Binary SAST	1 type of binary	Same, plus 2 types of binaries	No
DAST	7 attack surfaces	Same	No
API security testing	No	4 types of APIs	Yes. No information available
IAST	No	No	No
CSPM	Yes	Yes	No
Environments	Left & Right (included)	Same	Left & Right (included)
ASM	No	No	No
Secrets	15 secrets types	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	No
AI	4 functions	Same	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	No information available
Status	Yes	Yes	No
Incidents	6 per year	Same	No information available

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Base4
SCM	4	Same	None
Binary repositories	None	None	None
Ticketing	3	Same	None
ChatOps	None	None	None
IDE	3	Same	None
CI/CD	20	Same	None
SCA	Native	Same	None
Container	Native	Same	None
SAST	Native	Same	None
DAST	Native	Same	None
IAST	None	None	None
Cloud	3	Same	None
CSPM	Native	Same	None
Secrets	Native	Same	None
Remediation	None	None	None
Bug bounty	None	None	None
Vulnerability management	None	None	None
Compliance	None	None	None

References were last checked on Jun 13, 2025.

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