Aikido
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Aikido'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 | Aikido |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | WAF and MPT |
| Headcount | 157 | Same | 143 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 40%, IT 14%, sales 15%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 25% | Same | Engineering 24%, IT 8%, sales 26%, marketing 5%, operations 2% and others 35% |
| Headcount growth | +14%, +15%, -1% | Same | +47%, +135%, +529% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | BE and US |
| Countries | AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | BE and US |
| Reputation | 9.76 from 228 reviews over 8 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 9.29 from 221 reviews over 3 years on Capterra, G2, Gartner and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 22K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 106K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | Frost & Sullivan and GigaOM |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2022 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $84.6M USD in 4 rounds from 27 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 3 acquisitions |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 1M to 10M |
| CVEs as CNA Researcher | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | Not applicable, as it is not a CNA Researcher |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visits | 27K per month. Top 3: 34% PE, 33% CO, 6% CL. Others 27% | Same | 176K per month. Top 3: 16% US, 8% DE, 8% UK. Others 68% |
| Authority | 31 out of 100 | Same | 38 out of 100 |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | Discovered and third-party |
| Content | Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers | Same | Blog, comparison, customer stories, documentation and glossary |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 3 in common and 10 additional | Same | 3 documentation sections, all in common |
| 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 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS, Azure and GitHub |
| Freemium | No | No | Yes |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | PoC |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales, marketplaces and public web |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 3 plans (basic, pro, scale). First 2 transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR | Containers, CSPM, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | 10 users |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Users |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Aikido |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTaaS | No | Yes | No, MPT |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | No information available |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No information available |
| Pivoting | No | Yes | No information available |
| Exploitation | No | Yes | No |
| Manual reattacks | Not applicable | Unlimited reattacks | No information available |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | None | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | No information available |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | No information available |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | None |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | Not applicable |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee or Freelance |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | No information available |
| Channel control | No | Total | No information available |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 6 in common and 61 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 8 standards, 6 in common and 2 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | Automated tools, AI and human intelligence | Automated tools, AI and human intelligence |
| False positives | 4.24 times better | 6.67 times better | 14% F0.5 score per quantity |
| False negatives | 6.24 times better | 17.95 times better | 4% F2.0 score per severity |
| Remediation | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 | 3, all in common |
| Output | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 2 | 4, 3 in common and 1 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Aikido |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities, 2 in common and 3 additional | Same, plus 1 functionality | 2 functionalities, all in common |
| 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 |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV | Same | CVSS and EPSS |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house and External (Trivy and Syft for SCA) |
| SCA | 19 package managers, 18 in common and 1 additional | Same | 30 package managers, 18 in common and 12 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 22 package managers, 16 in common and 6 additional | Same | 30 package managers, 16 in common and 14 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Source SAST (languages) | 12, all in common | Same | 16, 12 in common and 4 additional |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 22 | Same | No information available |
| Custom rules | No | No | SAST |
| IaC | 6, 2 in common and 4 additional | 4, 1 in common and 3 additional | 3, all in common |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary | Same, plus 2 types of binaries | No |
| DAST | 7 attack surface types, 1 in common and 6 additional | Same | 4 attack surface types, 1 in common and 3 additional |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs, 2 in common and 2 additional | 2 types of APIs, all in common |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| ASM | No | No | No |
| Secrets | 15 secrets types, 1 in common and 14 additional | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | 1 secret type in common |
| AI | 4 functions, 2 in common and 2 additional | Same | 2 functions, all in common |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | MPL-2 license, totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | No |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) |
| Regions | US | Same | EU |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 4 per year | Same | 0.2 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Aikido |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 12 |
| Ticketing | 3, all in common | Same | 10, 3 in common and 7 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3, all in common | Same | 9, 3 in common and 6 additional |
| CI/CD | 21, 7 in common and 14 additional | Same | 7, all in common |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native and 1 integration |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native and 1 integration |
| DAST | Native | Same | Native |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | None |
| Compliance | None | None | 4 |
The latest update to this comparison was on Mar 17, 2026. The primary sources of information were aikido.dev and docs.aikido.dev, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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