Contrast Security
Last updated: Nov 4, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Contrast Security's?
These tables compare the solutions of the two providers, attribute by attribute. Use them to compare the solutions for the cybersecurity requirements of your company. To learn what each attribute means, read the descriptions of the attributes.
Organization
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Contrast Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Runtime Application Security (AST) and Application Detection and Response (ADR) |
| Extras | None | None | SCA, IAST and SAST |
| Headcount | 186 | Same | 197 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42%, IT 12%, sales 16%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 24% | Same | Engineering 37%, IT 10%, sales 19%, marketing 7%, operations 3% and others 24% |
| Headcount growth | +3%, +21%, +29% | Same | -12%, -21%, -27% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | GB, JP and US |
| Countries | AR, BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | GB and US |
| Reputation | 9.27 from 388 reviews over 7 years on Clutch, G2 and Gartner | Same | 8.73 from 223 reviews over 10 years on G2, Gartner and PeerSpot |
| Followers | 23K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 24K based on the following: LinkedIn and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IDC and Omdia |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2014 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $269M USD in 5 rounds from 10 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 1 acquisition |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 25M 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 | EU-US DFP, GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 Type II and TX-RAMP |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 64K per month. Top 3: 18% CO, 9% US, 5% BR. Others 68% | Same | 58K per month. Top 3: 24% US, 20% IN, 4% GB. Others 52% |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | 41 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, contrast labs, datasheets, documentation, e-books, events, guides, infographics, one pagers, podcast, press releases, product tour, reports, solution briefs, videos, webinars 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, all free | Same | Security education platform (subscription based) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 12 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS, Azure and GitHub |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | No |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | Yes |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 3 plans (ADR, AST, contrast one). None transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | No information available |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | No information available |
| 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 | ADR or AST |
| Minimum scope | 10 authors | Same | No information available |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Hosts or GiB-hours |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No information available |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Contrast Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 99.8% per month |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | AWS DevOps 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, 9 in common and 58 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 11 standards, 9 in common and 2 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | AI, automated tools and human intelligence |
| Remediation | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 in common | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional |
| Output | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 2 | 6, 3 in common and 3 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Contrast Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 functionality | 4 functionalities, 3 in common and 1 additional |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 18 sources | Same | No information available |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS, Fixing cost, KEV, Reachability, Transitivity, Use and VLAI | Same | CVSS and EPSS |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | Risk score |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house and external (Semgrep for IaC and SAST) |
| SCA | 21 package managers, 7 in common and 14 additional | Same | 7 package managers, all in common |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 14 languages | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 24 package managers, 5 in common and 19 additional | Same | 6 package managers, 5 in common and 1 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | No |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Containers | 4 distributions | Same | No |
| Source SAST (languages) | 14, 12 in common and 2 additional | Same | 33, 12 in common and 21 additional |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 23, 4 in common and 19 additional | Same | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional |
| Custom rules | No | No | Policies |
| IaC | 6, 1 in common and 5 additional | 2 | 1 in common |
| 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 | 11 languages |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| Secrets | 313 secrets types | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | No |
| AI | 5 functions, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same | 3 functions, all in common |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open-source | No | No | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS + on-premise (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | EU, GB, JP and US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | 14 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Contrast Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 3 in common and 3 additional | Same | 3, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | None |
| Ticketing | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 6, 2 in common and 4 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 5, 2 in common and 3 additional |
| CI/CD | 23, 6 in common and 17 additional | Same | 8, 6 in common and 2 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| Container | Native | Same | None |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| MAST | None | Native | None |
| IAST | None | None | Native |
| Cloud | 1 in common | Same | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional |
| CSPM | Native | Same | None |
| Secrets | Native | Same | None |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | 2 |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
Fluid Attacks last updated these tables on 2026-10-13. The primary sources of information were contrastsecurity.com and docs.contrastsecurity.com. Fluid Attacks also used specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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