GuardRails
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks’ solution compare to GuardRails’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 .
| Criteria | Fluid Attacks Essential | Fluid Attacks Advanced | GuardRails |
| Accuracy | Our SAST tool achieved the best possible result against the OWASP Benchmark: a TPR (True Positive Rate) of 100% and an FPR (False Positive Rate) of 0% . | We identify 90% of the evaluated systems’ risk exposure. (Accuracy is calculated with the F1 score. Risk exposure is calculated with the formula CVSSF=4^(CVSS-4) ). | They do not show information regarding false positive or false negative rates. |
| Binary SAST | Yes. We support APK files. | Yes. Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | No |
| Languages (Source SAST) | Yes . We support the following languages and technologies : Android, C#, CloudFormation, Configuration files, Dart, Docker, Docker Compose, Go, HTML, HTML5, jBASE, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Kubernetes, PHP, Python, Razor, Shell Scripting, Storybook, Swift, Terraform, TypeScript and YAML. | Yes . We support all languages and technologies supported in the Essential plan, as well as the following: ABAP, ActionScript, Apex, Assembler, ATS, Awk, C, C++, Clean, ClojureScript, Colm, cScript, Dale, Elvish, F#, Falcon, Fish, Fortran, Guile, Hana SQL Script, Haskell, Haxe, Idris, Ion, Janet, JCL, Joker, JScript, JSP, Lisp, Lobster, Natural, Nim, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, PL-SQL, PL1, PL/SQL, PowerScript, PowerShell, Prolog, R, RC, RPG4, Rust, Scala, SQL, SQR, Standard ML, T24, TAL, tcsh, Transact-SQL, VB.NET, VBA, VisualBasic 6, XML, among others. | Yes . They support the following languages and technologies : .Net, Ansible, Apex, Android, ARM , C, C++, CloudFormation , Go, Google Deployment Manager , iOS, Java, Javascript, Kubernetes, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Solidity, Terraform and Typescript. |
| Frameworks (Source SAST) | Yes . We support the following frameworks : .NET, .NET Core, Angular, ASP.NET, Bootstrap, Django, Express, FastAPI, Flask, Flutter, Ktor, Laravel, Nest, Next.js, Node.js, React Native, React.js, Spring, Spring Boot and Vue.js. | Yes . We support all frameworks supported in the Essential plan, as well as the following: Apache Struts, Ember.js, Gatsby, Meteor, Phoenix, Ruby Sinatra, Ruby on Rails, Svelte, Symfony, Tornado, among others. | Yes . They support the following frameworks : .NET, Ruby on Rails , among others. |
| DAST | Yes . We scan unauthenticated HTTP endpoints, including headers, DNS records, HTML content, and SSL connections for encryption suites, protocols, and X509 certificates. | Yes . Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | Yes . Their solution is in beta version and scans authenticated and unauthenticated HTTP endpoints, including headers and HTML content. They also cover REST API , SOAP API and GraphQL API . |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| SCA | Yes . We support the following package managers : Cargo, Composer, Conan, Docker Images, GitHub Actions, Go, Gradle, Hex, Maven, NPM, NuGet, pNPM, pip, Poetry, Pub, RubyGems, SBT, SwiftPM and Yarn. | Yes . Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | Yes . They support the following package managers : Cargo, CocoaPods, Conan, Composer, dpkg, Go, Gradle, Maven, NuGet, npm, pip, Pub, RedHat RPM, RubyGems, SwiftPM and Yarn. |
| PTaaS | No | Yes | No |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | No |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| SCM integrations | Azure DevOps , Bitbucket , GitHub and GitLab | It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan. | Azure DevOps , GitHub , GitLab and Bitbucket |
| Ticketing integrations | Azure DevOps work items , GitLab issues and Jira | It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan. | Jira |
| ChatOps integrations | No | No | Slack |
| IDE integrations | VS Code | It offers the same integration as the Essential plan. | No |
| CI/CD integrations | AWS CodePipeline, Bamboo, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, TeamCity, Travis CI, and any other CI/CD system that supports Docker | It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan. | AzureDevOps pipelines , Bitbucket pipelines , GitHub Actions and GitLab CI |
| Cloud Integrations | AWS, Azure and GCP | It offers the same integrations as the Essential plan. | No |
| Compliance integrations | No | No | No |
| SCA integrations | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) |
| SAST integrations | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) |
| DAST integrations | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) |
| IAST integrations | No | No | No |
| Secrets integrations | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) |
| Container integrations | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | No |
| CSPM integrations | Native scanner (included, no integration needed) | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | No |
| Compliance | We validate some requirements based on these standards and guidelines : Agile Alliance, BSIMM, BIZEC-APP, BSAFSS, CAPEC™, CASA, C2M2, CCPA, CERT-C, CERT-J, CIS, CMMC, CPRA, CWE™, CWE TOP 25, ePrivacy Directive, FACTA, FCRA, FedRAMP, FERPA, FISMA, GDPR, GLBA, HIPAA, HITRUST CSF, ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27002, ISSAF, LGPD, MITRE ATT&CK®, MISRA-C, MVSP, NERC CIP, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-63B, NIST 800-115, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF, NIST SSDF, NYDFS, NY SHIELD Act, OSSTMM3, OWASP API Security Top 10, OWASP ASVS, OWASP MASVS, OWASP-M TOP 10, OWASP SAMM, OWASP SCP, OWASP Top 10 Privacy Risks, OWASP TOP 10, PA-DSS, PCI DSS, PDPA, PDPO, POPIA, PTES, Resolution SB 2021 2126, SANS 25, SIG Core, SIG Lite, SOC2®, SWIFT CSCF, WASC and WASSEC. | We validate all the requirements according to the same standards and guidelines as the Essential plan. | They validate requirements based on these standards and guidelines : CWE , CWE TOP 25 , GDPR , HIPAA , ISO/IEC 27001 , ISO/IEC 27002 , NIST 800-53 , OWASP ASVS , OWASP TOP 10 , PCI DSS , SOC2 ® , among others. |
| Certifications or attestations | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | It is covered by the same certifications and attestations as the Essential plan. | No |
| Marketplaces | AWS | It is available in the same marketplace as the Essential plan. | AWS , Azure and GitHub |
| Fast and automatic | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remediation | We provide detailed documentation on fixes and features both on our platform and in our IDE extension , which uses generative AI to offer custom step-by-step correction guidance . Additionally, our IDE extension leverages gen AI to offer automated fixes capabilities. | In addition to the Essential plan features, we offer the option of “Talk to a hacker ” in which our experts help clients understand how to remediate the most challenging vulnerabilities. | They provide detailed documentation on fixes and features within their platform. |
| CI/CD security | We can integrate with CI/CD systems and trigger a build pipeline failure to prevent from deploying a noncompliant software version into production (break the build ). | Its capability is equal to that of the Essential plan. | They can integrate with CI/CD systems and trigger a build pipeline failure to prevent from deploying a noncompliant software version into production (break the build ). |
| Vulnerability detection method | Automated tools | Hybrid (automated tools + AI + human intelligence) | Automated tools |
| Vulnerability chaining | No | By combining vulnerabilities A and B , we discover a new, higher impact vulnerability C. | No |
| Delivery of evidence | Our evidence is delivered in (a) PDF executive reports , (b) XLSX technical reports , (c) code pieces and (d) graphs and metrics of the system’s security status . | We deliver all the types of evidence mentioned in the Essential plan, and additionally, (a) video recordings of the attack and (b) screenshots with explanatory annotations . | Their evidence is presented through graphs and metrics , and there is no information available on the formats for exporting this evidence. |
| Exploitation | No | We can do exploitation as long as the client provides an available environment. | No |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | No | Our security researchers search for zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software. | No |
| AI/ML triage | No | Using artificial intelligence (AI), we prioritize potentially vulnerable files for assessment. Our AI is specially trained by machine learning (ML) with thousands of snippets of vulnerable code. | No |
| Deployment | SaaS | Same as the Essential plan . | SaaS and on-premises |
| Open source | Yes . MPL-2.0 license . Totally equivalent to the paid version . | Yes . MPL-2.0 license . Partially equivalent to the paid version . | No |
| Year founded | 2001 | Same founding year as the Essential plan . | 2017 |
| Number of employees | 139 | Same number of employees as the Essential plan . | 16 |
| Other services | Focus on automated offensive testing for applications in development. | Focus on both automated and manual offensive testing for applications in development. | Focus on automated offensive testing for applications in development. |
| Reputation sites (On a scale of 1 to 10) | Between 9.16 and 10.00 based on 31 reviews over 6.3 years from the following 3 sources: Clutch , Gartner Peer Insights and PeerSpot . | Same reviews and ratings as the Essential plan. | Between 8.88 and 9.72 based on 34 reviews over 3.9 years from the following 4 sources: G2 , PeerSpot , Software Advice and TrustRadius . |
| Status page | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | PoV | Yes |
References were last checked on Sep 18, 2024.
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