ActiveState
Last updated: Oct 5, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to ActiveState'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 | ActiveState |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Software Supply Chain Security |
| Extras | None | None | None |
| Headcount | 186 | Same | 70 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42%, IT 12%, sales 16%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 24% | Same | Engineering 31%, IT 6%, sales 7%, marketing 10%, operations 3% and others 43% |
| Headcount growth | +3%, +21%, +29% | Same | +1%, +1%, -7% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | CA |
| Countries | AR, BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | CA and US |
| Reputation | 9.27 from 388 reviews over 7 years on Clutch, G2 and Gartner | Same | 8.1 from 39 reviews over 5 years on G2 and Gartner |
| Followers | 23K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 6K based on the following: LinkedIn and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | Gartner and IDC |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 1997 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | No information available |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 1 time and made 2 acquisitions |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 5M to 50M |
| Third-Party CVEs Discovered | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | None |
| Compliance | GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | GDPR and SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 64K per month. Top 3: 18% CO, 9% US, 5% BR. Others 68% | Same | 97K per month. Top 3: 7% GB, 6% IN and 10% US. Others 77% |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | 36 out of 100 |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | None |
| Content | Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers | Same | Blog, case studies, data sheets, documentation, press releases, reports, videos and white papers |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 4 in common and 9 additional | Same | 7 documentation sections, 4 in common and 3 additional |
| Community | Forum | Same | No |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses | Same | 3 product use courses and 6 security education courses (free) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 4 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | None |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | No |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales and Public web |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 4 plans (SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise and Enterprise+). First 3 transparent. |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Annually |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Annually |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, MAST, PTaaS, RE and SCR | Malware detection, SBOM and SCA |
| Minimum scope | 10 authors | Same | 1 language |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Employees and languages |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | ActiveState |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Scanner-based zero-day vulnerability detection | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | None |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | Response |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | No information available |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA, Penetration Testing by CREST and OpenSSF Gold Badge | Same | None |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | Not applicable |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | No |
| Channel control | No | Total | No |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 5 in common and 62 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 8 standards, 5 in common and 3 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | Automated tools |
| Remediation | 5, 2 in common and 3 additional | Same, plus 1 | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| Output | 5, 2 in common and 3 additional | Same, plus 2 | 5, 2 in common and 3 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | ActiveState |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | GraphQL with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities | Same, plus 1 functionality | No |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Does not break the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 18 sources, 2 in common and 16 additional | Same | 2 sources, all in common |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS, Fixing cost, KEV, Transitivity and Use | Same | CVSS |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 19 package managers, 8 in common and 11 additional | Same | 10 package managers, 8 in common and 2 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 14 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| 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 | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Source SAST (languages) | 14 | Same | No |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 23 | Same | No |
| Custom rules | No | No | No |
| IaC | 6 | 2 | 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 |
| MAST | No | Yes | No |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| Secrets | 228 secrets types | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | No |
| AI | 4 functions | Same | No |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | No | No | BSD 3-Clause license |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | CA and US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | 1.3 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | ActiveState |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 1 in common and 5 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 6 |
| Ticketing | 3 | Same | None |
| ChatOps | None | None | None |
| IDE | 3 | Same | None |
| CI/CD | 21, 6 in common and 15 additional | Same | 7, 6 in common and 1 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| Container | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | None |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| MAST | None | Native | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Cloud | 1 | 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 |
The latest update to this comparison was on 2026-09-29. The primary sources of information were activestate.com and docs.activestate.com, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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