Checkmarx
Last updated: Oct 15, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Checkmarx'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 | Checkmarx |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Security training |
| Headcount | 186 | Same | 999 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42%, IT 12%, sales 16%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 24% | Same | Engineering 30%, IT 19%, sales 14%, marketing 4%, operations 3% and others 30% |
| Headcount growth | +3%, +21%, +29% | Same | -1%, 0%, +9% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | FR, GB, IL, IN, PT, SG and US |
| Countries | AR, BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | IL, IN, PT and US |
| Reputation | 9.27 from 388 reviews over 7 years on Clutch, G2 and Gartner | Same | 8.01 from 710 reviews over 11 years on Capterra, G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 23K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 150K based on the following: Facebook, LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IDC and Nucleus Research |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2006 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | 92M USD in 4 rounds from 6 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 1 time and made 4 acquisitions |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 100M to 500M |
| Third-Party CVEs Discovered | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | 58 CVEs reported to MITRE |
| 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 | FedRAMP Authorized, GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 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 | 140K per month. Top 3: 15% US, 14% IN, 5% IL. Others 68% |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | 44 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 | Analyst reports, blog, customer stories, documentation, infographics, knowledge hub, press releases, product demos, reports, research, solution briefs, videos, webinars and white papers |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 7 in common and 6 additional | Same | 8 documentation sections, 7 in common and 1 additional |
| Community | Forum | Same | Forum |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses, all free | Same | Security education platform (subscription-based) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 104 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS |
| 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 marketplace |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 5 plans (Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Start with SAST and Start with Supply Chain). 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 | SAST |
| Minimum scope | 10 authors | Same | 1 license |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Licenses |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Checkmarx |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | Availability and response |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | 99.5% per year |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | CNA, DevOps ISV Competency and Security ISV Competency |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | Not applicable |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | No information available |
| Channel control | No | Total | No information available |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 12 in common and 55 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 12 standards, all in common |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | AI and automated tools |
| False positives | 3.87 times better | 6.66 times better | 12% F0.5 score per quantity |
| False negatives | 5.6 times better | 17.98 times better | 4% F2.0 score per severity |
| Remediation | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional | Same, plus 1 | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional |
| Output | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional | Same, plus 2 | 9, 4 in common and 5 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Checkmarx |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | GraphQL with JSON and REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities, all in common | Same, plus 1 functionality | 10 functionalities, 5 in common and 5 additional |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 18 sources, 3 in common and 15 additional | Same | 8 sources, 3 in common and 5 additional |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS, Fixing cost, KEV, Transitivity and Use | Same | CVSS v4.0, EPSS and KEV |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | Risk score |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house and external (ZAP for DAST) |
| SCA | 19 package managers, 16 in common and 3 additional | Same | 21 package managers, 16 in common and 5 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 14 languages, 4 in common and 10 additional | Same | 4 languages, all in common |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 22 package managers, 16 in common and 6 additional | Same | 21 package managers, 16 in common and 5 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | Yes |
| Containers | 4 distributions | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Source SAST (languages) | 14, 13 in common and 1 additional | Same | 29, 13 in common and 16 additional |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 23, 17 in common and 6 additional | Same | 75, 17 in common and 58 additional |
| Custom rules | No | No | Custom queries and policies |
| IaC | 6, 5 in common and 1 additional | 2, all in common | 16, 7 in common and 9 additional |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary | Same, plus 2 types of binaries | No |
| DAST | 7 attack surface types, 2 in common and 5 additional | Same | 3 attack surface types, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs, 3 in common and 1 additional | 3 types of APIs, all in common |
| MAST | No | Yes | No |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| Secrets | 228 secrets types, 101 in common and 127 additional | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | 212 secrets types, 101 in common and 111 additional |
| AI | 4 functions, 3 in common and 1 additional | Same, plus 1 function | 6 functions, 3 in common and 3 additional |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | Yes |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open-source | No | No | Apache License 2.0 |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) + SaaS (single-tenant) + on-premises (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | AE, ANZ, EU, IL, IN, SG and US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | No information available |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Checkmarx |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 6 |
| Ticketing | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3, all in common | Same | 7, 3 in common and 4 additional |
| CI/CD | 21, 9 in common and 12 additional | Same | 9, all in common |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| Container | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | Native powered by ZAP |
| MAST | None | Native | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Cloud | 1 in common | Same | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional |
| CSPM | Native | Same | None |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | 1 |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | 22 |
| Compliance | None | None | 1 |
The latest update to this comparison was on 2026-10-05. The primary sources of information were checkmarx.com and docs.checkmarx.com, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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