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Comparison

Aqua Security vs Sysdig Secure

No leader: the top candidate Aqua Security has only 0.25 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. 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 Secure43
Score
vioscaleAI score
Aqua Security48 / 100low · 25%
Sysdig Secure43 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
Aqua Security✗
Sysdig Secure–
Model
Aqua Securitycommercial
Sysdig Securecommercial
Price level
Aqua Securityunknown
Sysdig Secureunknown
Transparent
Aqua Security✗
Sysdig Secure✗
Integrations
Count
Aqua Security13
Sysdig Secure9
Security
Disclosure policy
Aqua Security✓
Sysdig Secure–
Gdpr
Aqua Security✓
Sysdig Secure–
Soc2
Aqua Security–
Sysdig Secure✓
Trust center
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

Aqua Security scans containers, Kubernetes clusters, application source code, and cloud platforms to identify vulnerabilities, configuration weaknesses, and embedded secrets. The product includes kernel-level runtime monitoring for container workloads and validation of Kubernetes deployments against security benchmarks.

Independently observed

Sysdig Secure

An AI-driven cloud security platform that automates threat investigation, prioritization, and remediation using specialized AI agents powered by detailed runtime visibility across cloud workloads and containers.

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

Hybrid

Hybrid pricing: usage-based (PAYG) or license-based (BYOL)

  • PAYGPay-as-you-go pricing per ECS task
  • BYOLContact sales
as of verify ↗

Sysdig Secure

Subscription
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Aqua Security✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Linux
Aqua Security✓
Sysdig Secure✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Aqua Security✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Self-hosted
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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