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How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Mend'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	Mend
Focus	Native ASPM with In-house scanners	AI-Powered PTaaS on top of Native ASPM with In-house scanners	In-house scanners
Extras	None	None	None
Headcount	136	Same	290
Headcount distribution	Engineering 40%, TI 15%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%	Same	Engineering 25%, TI 9%, sales 13%, marketing 6%, operations 4% and others 43%
Headcount growth	+3%, -2%, -7%	Same	0%, -5%, -6%
Headquarters	86% CO	Same	50% IL
Countries	CO and US	Same	IL and US
Reputation	9.79 from 161 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	8.84 from 198 reviews over 10 years on G2, Gartner and PeerSpot
Followers	20K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	47K based on the following: Facebook, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research Firms	None	None	Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IDC and Omdia
Founded	2001	Same	2011
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	$121.2M USD in 5 rounds from 8 investors
Acquisitions	None	None	Acquired 0 times and made 3 acquisitions
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	1M to 100M
CVE	257 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide	Same	150 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	71K per month. Top 3: 15% US, 14% IN, 11% CN and others 60%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	41 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered	Same	None
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog, data sheets, documentation, reports, videos, webinars and white papers
Knowledge base	13 KB sections, 6 in common and 7 additional	Same	6 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 64 partners
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	AWS and Azure
Freemium	No	No	No
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	PoV
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	1 plan
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	Binary SAST, containers, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	1 developer
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	Developers
Minimum monthly payment	1.529 USD	1.529 + 429 USD	83.33 USD

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Mend
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 support
Min availability	>=99.95% per minute LTM	Same	>= 99.5% per year
After-sale guarantees	No	Yes	No
Accreditations	CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST	Same	DevOps ISV Competency, Security 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, 8 in common and 57 additional	All requirements from the same standards	8 standards, all in common
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Automated tools and AI
Remediation	5, 4 in common and 1 additional	Same, plus 1	4, all in common
Outputs	5, 4 in common and 1 additional	Same, plus 2	9, 4 in common and 5 additional

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Mend
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, 1 in common and 3 additional	Same	2 sources, 1 in common and 1 additional
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS v4.0 and EPSS
Custom prioritization	Priority score	Same	No
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	In-house
SCA	23 package managers, 14 in common and 9 additional	Same	15 package managers, 14 in common and 1 additional
AI security	No	Yes	Yes
Reachability	12 languages, 3 in common and 9 additional	Same	3 languages, all in common
Reachability type	Deterministic	Same	Deterministic
SBOM	22 package managers, 8 in common and 14 additional	Same	10 package managers, 8 in common and 2 additional
Malware detection	Yes	Yes	Yes
Autofix on components	No	No	Yes
Containers	4 distributions, all in common	Same	14 distributions, 4 in common and 10 additional
Source SAST (languages)	12, 11 in common and 1 additional	Same	26 languages, 11 in common and 15 additional
Source SAST (frameworks)	22, 1 in common and 21 additional	Same	2, 1 in common and 1 additional
Custom rules	No	No	Package managers
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, none in common	Same, plus 2 types of binaries	4 types of binaries, none in common
DAST	7 attack surface types	Same	No
API security testing	No	4 types of APIs	No
IAST	No	No	No
CSPM	Yes	Yes	No
ASM	No	No	No
Secrets	15 secrets types, 4 in common and 11 additional	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	21 secrets types, 4 in common and 17 additional
AI	4 functions, 1 in common and 3 additional	Same	1 function in common
MCP	Yes	Yes	Yes
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 and on-premises
Regions	US	Same	EU and IL
Status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incidents	6 per year	Same	1.2 per year

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Mend
SCM	6, 4 in common and 2 additional	Same	4, all in common
Binary repositories	None	None	5
Ticketing	3, 1 in common and 2 additional	Same	1 in common
ChatOps	None	None	1
IDE	2, all in common	Same	7, 2 in common and 5 additional
CI/CD	20, 9 in common and 11 additional	Same	9, all in common
SCA	Native	Same	Native and 1 integration
Container	Native	Same	Native
SAST	Native	Same	Native and 1 integration
DAST	Native	Same	2
IAST	None	None	None
Cloud	3	Same	None
CSPM	Native	Same	None
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 Sep 18, 2025.

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