Comparison

Aqua Security vs Sysdig Secure

No clear leader: Sysdig Secure (48.5) and Aqua Security (48.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Aqua Security48
Sysdig Secure49
Score
vioscaleAI score
Aqua Security48 / 100low · 26%
Sysdig Secure49 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tier
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Model
Aqua Securityquote
Sysdig Securecommercial
Price level
Aqua Securityunknown
Sysdig Secure
Transparent
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Integrations
Count
Aqua Security13
Sysdig Secure10
Security
Disclosure policy
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Gdpr
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Soc2
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Reliability
Status page
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Aqua Security6 items
Sysdig Secure6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud security software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Runtime
Runtime protection
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Coverage
Cloud coverage
Aqua SecurityAWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Alibaba Cloud
Sysdig SecureAWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Aqua SecurityCIS Kubernetes Benchmark, industry configuration benchmarks
Sysdig SecureNIST 800-53, NIS2, DORA
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Aqua Security

A comprehensive security platform that provides agentless and agent-based protection for applications from code development through runtime production across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, combining vulnerability scanning, configuration management, and runtime threat detection.

Independently observed

Sysdig Secure

Sysdig protects cloud environments by combining automated security scanning, real-time threat detection, and machine learning. The platform visualizes potential attack paths and correlates misconfigurations with active threats to focus teams on the most critical issues.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Aqua Security

Quote-based

Usage-based pricing for code repositories and workloads. Contact sales for pricing details.

  • Dev SecurityContact sales
    • Code repo discovery and code scanning
    • Vulnerability and risk scanning of container images
    • Dynamic Threat Analysis (DTA)
    • Open source health scoring
    • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) scanning
    • +5 more
  • Cloud SecurityContact sales
    • Auto-discovery, inventory and risk assessment across cloud accounts
    • Agentless cloud workload scanning
    • Support of AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle and Alibaba Cloud
    • Configuration checks across compute, database, storage and identity
    • Out-of-the-box compliance reporting
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Sysdig Secure

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
CLI
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Self-hosted
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
On-premise
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Hybrid
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure
Air-gapped
Aqua Security
Sysdig Secure

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Oracle Cloud

Aqua Security

23 total - 22 not shared
  • Orca
  • AWS
  • EC2
  • ECS
  • EKS
  • Fargate
  • Lambda
  • ECR
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • IBM Z
  • LinuxONE
  • GitHub
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS Fargate
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon ECR
  • Amazon ECS
  • Google Cloud Platform
Independently observed

Sysdig Secure

10 total - 9 not shared
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • IBM Cloud
  • Anthropic
  • Checkmarx
  • Semgrep
  • Snyk
  • Grafana
Independently observed
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