Socket
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Socket'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 | Socket |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Container scanning, SAST and secret scanning powered by OSS tools |
| Headcount | 157 | Same | 91 |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 40%, IT 14%, sales 15%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 25% | Same | Engineering 27%, IT 5%, sales 24% and others 44% |
| Headcount growth | +14%, +15%, -1% | Same | +30%, +93%, +259% |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | US |
| Countries | AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | US |
| Reputation | 9.76 from 228 reviews over 8 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 10 from 9 reviews over 2 years on G2 |
| Followers | 22K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | 15K based on the following: LinkedIn, X and YouTube |
| Research firms | None | None | None |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2020 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | $64.1M USD in 4 rounds from 38 investors |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 1 acquisition |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | 1M to 18M |
| 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 | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | SOC 2 Type I and SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visits | 27K per month. Top 3: 34% PE, 33% CO, 6% CL. Others 27% | Same | 132K per month. Top 3: 16% JP, 12% US, 9% TR. Others 63% |
| Authority | 31 out of 100 | Same | 40 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, documentation, glossary and news |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 6 in common and 7 additional | Same | 6 documentation sections, all in common |
| Community | Forum | Same | Chat (discord) |
| 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 |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | GCP and GitHub |
| Freemium | No | No | Yes |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | PoV |
| 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 (team, enterprise + Business). First transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR | SCA |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | 1 developer |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Developers |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Socket |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | None | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | None |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | Support |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | No information available |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | No |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | None |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | Not applicable |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | Not applicable |
| Channel control | No | Total | Not applicable |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards | All requirements from the same standards | No information available |
| Detection method | Automated tools | Automated tools, AI and human intelligence | Automated tools and AI |
| Remediation | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional | Same, plus 1 | 4, all in common |
| Output | 5, 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 2 | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Socket |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities, 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 1 functionality | 2 functionalities, 1 in common and 1 additional |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 4 sources, 1 in common and 3 additional | Same | 2 sources, 1 in common and 1 additional |
| 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 and external (Opengrep/Semgrep for SAST, TruffleHog for secrets and Trivy for containers) |
| SCA | 19 package managers, 13 in common and 6 additional | Same | 16 package managers, 13 in common and 3 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 12 languages, 9 in common and 3 additional | Same | 12 languages, 9 in common and 3 additional |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Deterministic |
| SBOM | 22 package managers, 7 in common and 15 additional | Same | 7 package managers, all in common |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | Yes |
| Source SAST (languages) | 12, 11 in common and 1 additional | Same | 15, 11 in common and 4 additional |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 22, 6 in common and 16 additional | Same | 7, 6 in common and 1 additional |
| Custom rules | No | No | No |
| IaC | 6 | 4 | 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 |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| ASM | No | No | No |
| Secrets | 15 secrets types | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | Yes. No information available |
| AI | 4 functions, none in common | Same | 2 functions, none in common |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open-source | MPL-2 license, totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | No |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS + on-premises (no tenancy information) |
| Regions | US | Same | No information available |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 4 per year | Same | 2.3 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Socket |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | None |
| Ticketing | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 4, 2 in common and 2 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3, all in common | Same | 7, 3 in common and 4 additional |
| CI/CD | 21, 4 in common and 17 additional | Same | 5, 4 in common and 1 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native powered by Semgrep/Opengrep |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native powered by TruffleHog |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | None |
| Compliance | None | None | 2 |
The latest update to this comparison was on Mar 18, 2026. The primary sources of information were socket.dev and docs.socket.dev, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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