Checkmarx

How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Checkmarx'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	Checkmarx
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	None
Headcount	136	Same	986
Headcount distribution	Engineering 40%, TI 15%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%	Same	Engineering 30%, TI 19%, sales 17%, marketing 3%, operations 2% and others 29%
Headcount growth	+3%, -2%, -7%	Same	+7%, +8%, +7%
Headquarters	86% CO	Same	29% IL
Countries	CO and US	Same	FR, IN, IL, PT, SG and US
Reputation	9.79 from 161 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	8.55 from 172 reviews over 10 years on G2, Gartner, PeerSpot, Software Advice and TrustRadius
Followers	20K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	143K based on the following: Facebook, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research firms	None	None	Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, GigaOM, IDC, Info-Tech Research Group and Nucleus Research
Founded	2001	Same	2006
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	$92M USD in 4 rounds from 6 investors
Acquisitions	None	None	Acquired 0 times and made 3 acquisitions
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	100M to 500M
CVE	257 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked among the top 10 CVE labs worldwide	Same	5 CVEs reported to MITRE
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3	Same	CSA STAR Level 1, FedRAMP Authorized, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II
Bug bounty	Yes	Yes	No
Visits	19K per month. Top 3: 50% NL, 17% CO, 6% US and others 27%	Same	82K per month. Top 3: 36% IN, 13% US, 7% IL and others 44%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	43 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered	Same	Discovered and third-party
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog, data sheets, documentation, e-books, infographics, videos, w ebinars and white papers
Knowledge base	13 KB sections, 7 in common and 6 additional	Same	8 KB sections, 7 in common and 1 additional
Community	Forum	Same	Private
Sync training	No	No	4 Live security education courses (subscription-based)
Async training	3 product use courses, all free	Same	Security education platform (subscription-based)
Distribution	Direct or with any of its 14 partners	Same	Direct or with any of its 60 partners
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	AWS
Freemium	No	No	No
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	PoC
Demo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pricing	Contact sales, marketplace and public web	Contact sales and public web	Contact sales and marketplace
Pricing tiers	1 plan	1 plan	4 plans (SAST, essentials, professional, enterprise). None 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	SAST
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	No information available
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	Developers
Minimum monthly payment	1.529 USD	1.529 + 429 USD	2.500 USD

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Checkmarx
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	Availability and response
Min availability	>=99.95% per minute LTM	Same	>=99.5% per period
After-sale guarantees	No	Yes	No
Accreditations	CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST	Same	Security ISV Competency, DevOps ISV Competency and CNA
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, 19 in common and 46 additional	All requirements from the same standards	20 standards, 19 in common and 1 additional
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Automated tools and AI
False positives	4.87 times better	7.66 times better	12% F0.5 score per quantity
False negatives	6.60 times better	18.98 times better	4% F2.0 score per severity
Remediation	5, 3 in common and 2 additional	Same, plus 1	4, 3 in common and 1 additional
Outputs	5, 4 in common and 1 additional	Same, plus 2	6, 4 in common and 2 additional

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Checkmarx
ASPM	Yes	Yes	Yes
API	GraphQL with JSON	Same	REST with JSON
IDE	5 functionalities, 4 in common and 1 additional	Same, plus 1 functionality	6 functionalities, 4 in common and 2 additional
CLI	Yes	Yes	Yes
CI/CD	Breaks the build	Same	Breaks the build
Vulnerability sources	4 sources, 1 in common and 3 additional	Same	8 sources, 1 in common and 7 additional
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS v4.0, EPSS and KEV
Custom prioritization	Priority score	Same	Project classification
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	In-house and External (ZAP for DAST and KICS for IaC )
SCA	24 package managers, 14 in common and 10 additional	Same	19 package managers, 14 in common and 5 additional
AI security	No	Yes	No
Reachability	12 languages	Same	Yes. No information available
Reachability type	Deterministic	Same	Deterministic
SBOM	22 package managers, 11 in common and 11 additional	Same	19 package managers, 11 in common and 8 additional
Malware detection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autofix on components	No	No	No
Containers	4 distributions, 3 in common and 1 additional	Same	3 distributions, all in common
Source SAST (languages)	12, 11 in common and 1 additional	Same	36, 11 in common and 25 additional
Source SAST (frameworks)	22, 10 in common and 12 additional	Same	52, 10 in common and 42 additional
Custom rules	No	No	SAST
IaC	6, 5 in common and 1 additional	4, all in common	12, 9 in common and 3 additional
Binary SAST	1 type of binary	Same	No
DAST	7 attack surface types, 2 in common and 5 additional	Same	3 attack surface types, 2 in common and 5 additional
API security testing	No	4 types of APIs, 3 in common and 1 additional	3 types of APIs, all in common
IAST	No	No	No
CSPM	Yes	Yes	No
Environments	Left & Right (included)	Same	Left & Right (at extra cost)
ASM	No	No	No
Secrets	15 secrets types, 5 in common and 10 additional	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	5 secrets types, all in common
AI	4 functions, 2 in common and 2 additional	Same	4 functions, 2 in common and 2 additional
Open-source	MPL-2.0 license, totally equivalent to the paid version	Not applicable	Apache License version 2.0, partially equivalent to the paid version
Provisioning as Code	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deployment	SaaS	Same	SaaS and on-premises
Regions	US	Same	ANZ, EU, IND, ISR, SNG, UAE and US
Status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incidents	6 per year	Same	7.1 per year

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Checkmarx
SCM	4, 3 in common and 1 additional	Same	4, 3 in common and 1 additional
Binary repositories	None	None	5
Ticketing	3, all in common	Same	5, 3 in common and 2 additional
ChatOps	None	None	2
IDE	3, 2 in common and 1 additional	Same	4, 2 in common and 2 additional
CI/CD	20, 10 in common and 10 additional	Same	17, 10 in common and 7 additional
SCA	Native	Same	Native
Container	Native	Same	Native
SAST	Native	Same	Native
DAST	Native	Same	Native powered by ZAP
IAST	None	None	None
Cloud	3, all in common	Same	3, all in common
CSPM	Native	Same	None
Secrets	Native	Same	Native
Remediation	None	None	3
Bug bounty	None	None	None
Vulnerability management	None	None	6
Compliance	None	None	None

References were last checked on Aug 28, 2025.

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