Aqua Security
Multi-layered security scanning for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure
- Vendor
- Aqua Security
- Also known as
- aqua-security
Available worldwide
What is 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.
Aqua Security pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Hybrid pricing: usage-based (PAYG) or license-based (BYOL)
PAYG
Usage-based pricing model billed per ECS task for Amazon ECS deployments
BYOL
Contact salesTraditional license-based model for customers with existing Aqua engagements or channel purchases
What Aqua Security does
The capabilities that matter for cloud security software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- CSPM (posture / misconfig)
- ✓
- KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
- ✓
- CWPP (workload protection)
- ✓
- CIEM (entitlements)
- ✗
- DSPM (data posture)
- ✗
- IaC / pipeline scanning
- ✓
- Agentless scanning
- ✓
- Runtime protection
- ✓
- Cloud coverage
- AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Alibaba Cloud
- Compliance frameworks assessed
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark, industry configuration benchmarks
- Open-core scanner available
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (23)
Independently observed- Orca
- AWS
- EC2
- ECS
- EKS
- Fargate
- Lambda
- ECR
- Azure
- GCP
- Oracle Cloud
- Alibaba Cloud
- Kubernetes
- Red Hat OpenShift
- IBM Z
- LinuxONE
- GitHub
- AWS EC2
- AWS Fargate
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon ECR
- Amazon ECS
- Google Cloud Platform
Aqua Security FAQ
Common questions about Aqua Security, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Cloud Security Software.
Source: https://www.aquasec.com/pricing/
How much does Aqua Security cost?
Aqua Security does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Dev Security and Cloud Security), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.aquasec.com/pricing/
What platforms does Aqua Security support?
Aqua Security supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.aquasec.com/pricing/
Can Aqua Security be self-hosted?
Yes. Aqua Security can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.aquasec.com/pricing/
What does Aqua Security integrate with?
We have confirmed 18 integrations for Aqua Security, including Orca, AWS, EC2, ECS, EKS, Fargate, Lambda and ECR, plus 10 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.aquasec.com/pricing/
What security certifications does Aqua Security have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Aqua Security. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Aqua Security not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.aquasec.com/blog/aws-kubernetes-security-and-compliance/
Aqua Security alternatives
Other cloud security software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- WizUnified cloud security platform connecting code, cloud infrastructure, and runtime to automatically detect and remediate exploitable security risks using AIlow · 49%
- ProwlerCloud infrastructure security scanner and compliance automation platformmedium · 71%
- UptycsCloud security and threat detection platformmedium · 72%
- Checkovlow · 47%
- Laceworklow · 27%
- CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud SecurityUnified cloud and endpoint security combining real-time threat detection with agentless posture scanninglow · 33%
Compare Aqua Security
Side by side against other cloud security software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Aqua Security, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.05 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.09 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 33 | 0.05 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.21 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Ciem: No · Cspm: Yes · Cwpp: Yes · Dspm: No · Kspm: Yes · Iac scanning: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-06 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 13 | mediumsource · 2026-09-08 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
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