Comparison between Fluid Attacks and DefectDojo | Fluid Attacks

DefectDojo

How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to DefectDojo'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
DefectDojo
Focus
AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners
Vulnerability management
Extras
None
None
None
Headcount
23
Headcount distribution
Engineering 42%, IT 13%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%
Engineering 26%, IT 13%, sales 17%, marketing 13%, operations 4% and others 27%
Headcount growth
+8%, +10%, -8%
-12%, -12%, +28%
Headquarters
CO and US
US
Countries
AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US
US
Reputation
9.77 from 209 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch
Same
8.48 from 15 reviews over 5 years on Capterra, G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius
Followers
20K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Same
3K based on the following: LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research firms
None
None
IDC
Founded
2001
2017
Funding
Bootstrapped
Same
$7M USD in 1 round from 2 investors
Acquisitions
None
None
None
Revenue
10M to 15M
1M to 5M
CVEs as CNA Researcher
276 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide
Not applicable, as it is not a CNA Researcher
Compliance
None
Bug bounty
No
Visits
21K per month. Top 3: 26% CO, 8% FR, 7% US. Others 59%
18K per month. Top 3: 17% CO, 14% PK, 11% IN. Others 58%
Authority
28 out of 100
Public vulnerability DB
Discovered and third-party
None
Content
Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers
Same
Blog, data sheets, documentation and events
Comprehensive documentation
13 documentation sections, 5 in common and 8 additional
8 documentation sections, 5 in common and 3 additional
Community
Chat (slack)
Sync training
No
Async training
No
Distribution
Direct or with any of its 14 partners
Same
Direct
Marketplaces AWS
Freemium
No
No
Yes
Free trial
14-day free trial
Demo
Yes
Open demo
No
No
Yes
Pricing
Contact sales and marketplace
Pricing tiers
2 plans (team, business). All transparent
Minimum term
Monthly
Minimum payment period
Monthly
Minimum capabilities
ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets
Same plus: API security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR
Vulnerability management
Minimum scope
20,000 finding
Pricing drivers
Findings
Free implementation
No information available
Free support
No

Service
Attribute
Essential
Advanced
DefectDojo
PTaaS
No
No
Reverse engineering
No
No
Secure code review
No
No
Pivoting
No
No
Exploitation
No
No
Manual reattacks
Not applicable
Not applicable
Zero-day vulnerabilities
None
Continuous zero-day vulnerability research
None
SLA
Support (only for Pro version)
Minimum availability
>=99.95% per minute LTM
None
After-sale guarantees
No
Yes
No
Accreditations
None
Hacker certifications
Not applicable
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 67 standards, 7 in common and 60 additional
All requirements from the same standards
9 standards, 7 in common and 2 additional
Detection method
Automated tools, AI and human intelligence
Automated tools
Remediation
5, 1 in common and 4 additional
Same, plus 1
1 in common
Outputs
5, 2 in common and 3 additional
Same, plus 2
5, 2 in common and 3 additional

Product
Attribute
Essential
Advanced
DefectDojo
ASPM
Yes
API
REST with JSON
IDE
Same, plus 1 functionality
No
CLI
Yes
CI/CD
Does not breaks the build
Vulnerability sources
None
Threat model alignment
No
Priority criteria
CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV
EPSS and KEV
Custom prioritization
No
Scanner origin
None
SCA
No
AI security
No
No
Reachability
No
Reachability type
Not applicable
SBOM
No
Malware detection
Yes
Yes
No
Autofix on components
No
No
No
Containers
No
Source SAST
(languages)
No
Source SAST
(frameworks)
No
Custom rules
No
No
Workflows
IaC
6
4
No
Binary SAST
1 type of binary
Same, plus 2 types of binaries
No
DAST
No
API security testing
No
No
IAST
No
No
No
CSPM
Yes
No
ASM
No
No
No
Secrets
Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability
No
AI
3 functions, 1 in common and 2 additional
5 functions, 1 in common and 4 additional
MCP
No
Open-source
Not applicable
BSD 3-Clause License
Provisioning as code
No
Deployment
SaaS and on-premises (no tenancy information)
Regions
No information available
Status
No
Incidents
No information available

Integrations
Attribute
Essential
Advanced
DefectDojo
SCM
6
None
Binary repositories
None
None
None
Ticketing
3, 1 in common and 2 additional
1 in common
ChatOps
None
None
2
IDE
3
None
CI/CD
None
SCA
6
Container
21
SAST
24
DAST
21
IAST
None
None
None
Cloud
3
None
CSPM
None
Secrets
2
Remediation
None
None
None
Bug bounty
None
None
None
Vulnerability management
None
None
None
Compliance
None
None
None

Notes
The latest update to this comparison was on Dec 15, 2025. The primary sources of information were defectdojo.com and docs.defectdojo.com, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.

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