Nucleus Security

How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Nucleus'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	Nucleus
Focus	Native ASPM with In-house scanners	AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with In-house scanners	Vulnerability management
Extras	None	None	None
Headcount	136	Same	97
Headcount distribution	Engineering 40%, IT 15%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26%	Same	Engineering 23%, IT 14%, sales 13%, marketing 4%, operations 3% and others 43%
Headcount growth	+3%, -2%, -7%	Same	+1%, +14%, +41%
Headquarters	86% CO	Same	81% US
Countries	CO and US	Same	US
Reputation	9.79 from 161 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch	Same	9.02 from 35 reviews over 4 years on G2 and Gartner
Followers	20K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube	Same	15K based on the following: Facebook, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
Research firms	None	None	Omdia
Founded	2001	Same	2018
Funding	Bootstrapped	Same	$36.4M USD in 4 rounds from 4 investors
Acquisitions	None	None	None
Revenue	5M to 10M	Same	1M to 10M
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	FedRAMP Authorized and SOC2 Type II
Bug bounty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Visits	19K per month. Top 3: 50% NL, 17% CO, 6% US and others 27%	Same	8K per month. Top 3: 72% US, 6% IE, 4% AU and others 18%
Authority	32 out of 100	Same	30 out of 100
Vulnerability database	Discovered and third-party	Same	Third-party
Content	Blog, documentation, e-books, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers	Same	Blog, customer stories, data sheets, documentation, e-books, guides, reports, videos, webinars and white papers
Knowledge base	13 KB sections, 3 in common and 10 additional	Same	5 KB sections, 3 in common and 2 additional
Community	Forum	Same	No
Sync training	1 workshop	Same	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 18 partners
Marketplaces	AWS	Same	AWS and GCP
Freemium	No	No	No
Free trial	21-day free trial	PoV	30-day free trial
Demo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Open Demo	No	No	No
Pricing	Contact sales, marketplace and public web	Contact sales and public web	Contact sales and marketplaces
Pricing tiers	1 plan	1 plan	No plans
Minimum term	Monthly	Monthly	Per purchase order
Minimum payment period	Monthly	Monthly	Per purchase order
Minimum capabilities	API security Testing, ASPM, Binary SAST, Containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets	Same plus: PTaaS, RE and SCR	Vulnerability management
Minimum scope	1 group	1 author	No information available
Pricing drivers	Groups	Authors	Assets
Minimum monthly payment	1,529 USD	1,529 + 429 USD	No information available

Service

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Nucleus
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	None
SLA	Availability	Accuracy, availability and response	Response
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	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, 4 in common and 63 additional	All requirements from the same standards	4 standards, all in common
Detection method	Automated tools	Automated tools, AI and human intelligence	Automated tools and AI
Remediation	5, 2 in common and 3 additional	Same, plus 1	2, all in common
Outputs	5, 2 in common and 3 additional	Same, plus 2	4, 2 in common and 2 additional

Product

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Nucleus
ASPM	Yes	Yes	No
API	GraphQL with JSON	Same	REST API with JSON
IDE	5 functionalities	Same, plus 1 functionality	No
CLI	Yes	Yes	No
CI/CD	Breaks the build	Same	Does not breaks the build
Vulnerability sources	4 sources	Same	None
Threat model alignment	Yes	Yes	No
Priority criteria	CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV	Same	CVSS 4.0
Custom prioritization	Priority score	Same	Risk score
Scanner origin	In-house	In-house	None
SCA	23 package managers	Same	No
AI security	No	Yes	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 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	Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability	No
AI	3 functions, 1 in common and 2 additional	Same	2 functions, 1 in common and 1 additional
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
Regions	US	Same	AU, EU, UK and US
Status	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incidents	4 per year	Same	5.7 per year

Integrations

Attribute	Essential	Advanced	Nucleus
SCM	6, 3 in common and 3 additional	Same	3, all in common
Binary repositories	None	None	None
Ticketing	3, all in common	Same	9, 3 in common and 6 additional
ChatOps	None	None	2
IDE	3	Same	None
CI/CD	21, 4 in common and 17 additional	Same	5, 4 in common and 1 additional
SCA	Native	Same	10
Container	Native	Same	9
SAST	Native	Same	11
DAST	Native	Same	10
IAST	None	None	None
Cloud	3	Same	None
CSPM	Native	Same	8
Secrets	Native	Same	6
Remediation	None	None	None
Bug bounty	None	None	3
Vulnerability management	None	None	None
Compliance	None	None	None

References were last checked on Oct 30, 2025.

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