Aqua
How does Fluid Attacks’ solution compare to Aqua’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 | Aqua |
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Cloud Native Application Product Platform (CNAPP) |
| Extras | None | None | CNDR, CSPM, CWP and SCA |
| Headcount | 143 | Same | 546 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42% , IT 13%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26% | Same | Engineering 30%, IT 9%, sales 14%, marketing 2%, operations 5% and others 40% |
| Headcount growth | +8% , +10%, -8% | Same | +1%, -12%, -10% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | IL, IN and US |
| Countries | AR , BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | IL, IN and US |
| Reputation | 9.77 from 209 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 7.93 from 117 reviews over 6 years on G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 20K based on the following: Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn , X and YouTube | Same | 75K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | 451 Research, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, Gartner and IDC |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2015 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $325M USD in 8 rounds from 12 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 3 acquisitions |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 1M to 750M |
| CVEs as CNA Researcher | 276 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 | CSA STAR Level 1, FedRAMP Authorized, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018 and SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visits | 21K per month. Top 3: 26% CO, 8% FR, 7% US. Others 59% | Same | 61K per month. Top 3: 22% US, 12% IN, 11% UK. Others 55% |
| Authority | 32 out of 100 | Same | 40 out of 100 |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | Third-party |
| Content | Blog , documentation , e-books , glossary , reports, success stories , videos , webinars and white papers | Same | Blog, documentation, e-books, product sheets, videos, webinars and white papers |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections | Same | No information available |
| Community | Forum | Same | Chat (slack) |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | 3 live security education courses (subscription-based) |
| Async training | 3 product use courses , all free | Same | 3 product use courses with certification (paid) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 4 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS, Azure and GCP |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | Free trial |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales and marketplaces |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 3 plans (standard, advanced, ultimate). All 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: API security testing , PTaaS, RE and SCR | CNAPP |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | No information available |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Repositories and workloads |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Aqua |
| 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 |
| Minimum availability | >=99.95% per minute LTM | Same | >=99.9% per month |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | Yes |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | Amazon EKS Ready Product, Amazon Linux Ready Product, AWS Containers ISV Competency, AWS Government ISV Competency, AWS Graviton Ready Product, AWS Lambda Ready Product and AWS Security ISV Competency |
| 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 , 5 in common and 62 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 8 standards, 5 in common and 3 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | Automated tools , AI and human intelligence | Automated tools |
| False positives | 7.47 times better | 11.75 times better | 8% F0.5 score per quantity |
| False negatives | 12.37 times better | 35.58 times better | 2% F2.0 score per severity |
| Remediation | 5Â , 4 in common and 1 additional | Same, plus 1Â | 4, all in common |
| Outputs | 5Â , 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 2Â | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Aqua |
| 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 | Same | 1 source |
| 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 | External (Trivy for SCA) |
| SCA | 23 package managers , 16 in common and 7 additional | Same | 22 package managers, 16 in common and 6 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 22 package managers , 14 in common and 8 additional | Same | 22 package managers, 14 in common and 8 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Containers | 4 distributions , all in common | Same | 13 distributions, 4 in common and 9 additional |
| **Source SAST ** (languages) | 12 | Same | No |
| **Source SAST ** **(frameworks) ** | 22 | Same | No |
| Custom rules | No | No | No |
| IaC | 6Â , 3 in common and 3 additional | 4Â , 1 in common and 3 additional | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary | Same , plus 2 types of binaries. None in common | 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 | Yes |
| ASM | No | No | No |
| Secrets | 15 secrets types , 2 in common and 13 additional | Same , plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | 8 secrets types, 2 in common and 6 additional |
| AI | 3 functions , 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 1 function |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | MPL-2.0 license . Totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | Apache license 2.0. Partially equivalent to the paid version |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) + on-premises (single-tenant) |
| Regions | US | Same | No information available |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 4 per year | Same | No incidents |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Aqua |
| SCM | 6 | Same | None |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 10 |
| Ticketing | 3 , 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| ChatOps | None | None | 1 |
| IDE | 3 , 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 14, 2 in common and 12 additional |
| CI/CD | 21 , 5 in common and 16 additional | Same | 5, all in common |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native powered by Trivy |
| Container | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | None |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Cloud | 3 , all in common | Same | 6, 3 in common and 3 additional |
| CSPM | Native | Same | Native and 2 integrations |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | None |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
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The latest update to this comparison was on Dec 15, 2025. The primary source of information was aquasec.com, which was supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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