FOSSA
Last updated: May 29, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to FOSSA'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 | FOSSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Software Supply Chain Security |
| Extras | None | None | None |
| Headcount | 157 | Same | 60 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 40%, IT 14%, sales 15%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 25% | Same | Engineering 35%, IT 2%, sales 8%, marketing 2%, operations 13% and others 40% |
| Headcount growth | +14%, +15%, -1% | Same | +7%, -3%, -18% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | US |
| Countries | AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | CA and US |
| Reputation | 9.44 from 228 reviews over 8 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 8 from 38 reviews over 3 years on G2, Gartner and PeerSpot |
| Followers | 22K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 8K based on the following: LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | Forrester and Frost & Sullivan |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2015 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $43.5M USD in 6 rounds from 13 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 1 acquisition |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 1M to 13M |
| 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 | 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 | SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 64K per month. Top 3: 18% CO, 9% US, 5% BR. Others 68% | Same | 106K per month. Top 3: 9% VN, 7% IN, 7% US. Others 77% |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | 39 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, checklists, documentation, guides, infographics, news, podcasts, reports, support, webinars and whitepapers |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 3 in common and 10 additional | Same | 5 documentation sections, 3 in common and 2 additional |
| 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 | None |
| Freemium | No | No | Yes |
| 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 public web |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 2 plans (Business and Enterprise). First transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| 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 | Software Supply Chain Security |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | 10 developers |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Developers |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | FOSSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | None |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | Availability |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | 99.9% per month |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA, Penetration Testing by CREST and OpenSSF Gold Badge | 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, 3 in common and 64 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 8 standards, 3 in common and 5 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | AI and automated tools |
| Remediation | 5, 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 1 | 1 in common |
| Output | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 2 | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | FOSSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities | Same, plus 1 functionality | No |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 4 sources, 2 in common and 2 additional | Same | 3 sources, 2 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 | Risk score |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 19 package managers, 16 in common and 3 additional | Same | 29 package managers, 16 in common and 13 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | Yes. No information available |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 22 package managers, 13 in common and 9 additional | Same | 29 package managers, 13 in common and 16 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Containers | 4 distributions, 2 in common and 2 additional | Same | 7 distributions, 2 in common and 5 additional |
| Source SAST (languages) | 12 | Same | No |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 22 | Same | No |
| Custom rules | No | No | Licenses |
| IaC | 6 | Same | No |
| 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 | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| Secrets | 15 secrets types | Same | No |
| AI | 4 functions, none in common | Same, plus 1 function | 1 function |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | No | No | Apache-2.0 and MPL-2.0 licenses |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) + on-premises (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | No information available |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | 0.8 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | FOSSA |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 2 |
| Ticketing | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| ChatOps | None | None | 1 |
| IDE | 3 | Same | None |
| CI/CD | 21, 5 in common and 16 additional | Same | 6, 5 in common and 1 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| Container | Native | Same | Native |
| 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 | None |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
The latest update to this comparison was on 2026-05-29. The primary sources of information were fossa.com and docs.fossa.com, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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