Bugcrowd
Last updated: Jul 24, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Bugcrowd'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 | Bugcrowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Bug bounty and PTaaS |
| Extras | None | None | AI security, ASM, red team and vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) |
| Headcount | 157 | Same | 3,805 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 40%, IT 14%, sales 15%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 25% | Same | Engineering 6%, IT 48%, sales 2% and others 44% |
| Headcount growth | +14%, +15%, -1% | Same | +3%, +7%, +28% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | US |
| Countries | AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | EG, IN, PK and US |
| Reputation | 9.44 from 228 reviews over 8 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 9.01 from 99 reviews over 9 years on Capterra, G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 22K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 456K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | GigaOm |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2012 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $230.7M USD in 8 rounds from 18 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 2 acquisitions |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 10M to 100M |
| 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 | CSA STAR Level 1, Cyber Essentials, EU-US DFP, FedRAMP Authorized, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visits | 64K per month. Top 3: 18% CO, 9% US, 5% BR. Others 68% | Same | 854K per month. Top 3: 13% IN, 14% NP and 14% US. Others 59% |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | 48 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, datasheets, e-books, glossary, reports, videos and webinars |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 6 in common and 7 additional | Same | 6 documentation sections, all in common |
| Community | Forum | Same | Chat(Discord) and Forum |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses, all free | Same | Security education platform (free) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS |
| 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 marketplace |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 3 plans (Standard, Plus, Max). None 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 | Pentesting |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | 1 asset (web app, network, API, mobile or cloud) |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Assets tested, program type, researcher rewards and scope complexity |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No information available |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Bugcrowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTaaS | No | Yes | MPT and PTaaS |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | Yes |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No information available |
| Pivoting | No | Yes | Yes |
| Exploitation | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manual reattacks | Not applicable | Unlimited reattacks | Unlimited reattacks |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | Scanner-based zero-day vulnerability detection | 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, Penetration Testing by CREST and OpenSSF Gold Badge | Same | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | 29 from 19 different types |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee or freelancer |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | No |
| Channel control | No | Total | No |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 6 in common and 61 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 6 standards, all in common |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | AI, automated tools and human intelligence |
| Remediation | 5, 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 1 | 1 in common |
| Output | 5, 2 in common and 3 additional | Same, plus 2 | 2, all in common |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Bugcrowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities | Same, plus 1 functionality | No |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | No |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | No |
| Vulnerability sources | 18 sources | Same | No information available |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV | Same | CVSS |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 19 package managers | Same | No |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| 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) | 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 | Yes. No information available |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs | Yes. No information available |
| MAST | No | Yes | Yes |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| Secrets | 171 secrets types | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | No |
| AI | 4 functions, none in common | Same, plus 1 function | 3 functions, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open-source | No | No | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) |
| Regions | US | Same | EU and US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | 0.2 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Bugcrowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6 | Same | None |
| Binary repositories | None | None | None |
| Ticketing | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 4, 1 in common and 3 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3 | Same | None |
| CI/CD | 21 | Same | None |
| SCA | Native | Same | None |
| Container | Native | Same | None |
| 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 | 3 |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
The latest update to this comparison was on 2026-07-23. The primary sources of information were bugcrowd.com and docs.bugcrowd.com, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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