Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)

Aqua Security vs Sysdig

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Aqua Security

by Aqua Security

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Pricing: Quote only. Dev Security is priced by the number of code repositories and Cloud Security by the number of workloads; trial on request. AWS Marketplace plans are quoted by private offer.

Aqua Security secures enterprise code, pipelines, containers, Kubernetes and serverless from one cloud native application protection platform, sold by quote.

11 /17 features Full profile

Sysdig

by Sysdig

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Pricing: Quote only. Sysdig Secure is licensed per host, as the full CNAPP or as Detection and response alone; cloud log detections are licensed by events processed.

Sysdig Secure is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for containers, Kubernetes and cloud accounts, built on runtime data and sold by quote.

13 /17 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) features side-by-side

Feature	Aqua Security 11/17 features	Sysdig 13/17 features
Posture, workload and entitlement modules in one platform CSPM, workload protection and CIEM ship as modules of one product under one console and one data model.	No	Yes
Agentless workload vulnerability scanning Scans VM disks, container images and serverless functions for known CVEs without installing an agent.	Yes	Yes
Runtime threat detection with a workload sensor An optional agent or eBPF sensor detects malicious behavior on hosts and containers as it happens.	Yes	Yes
Container and Kubernetes runtime protection Detects and can block suspicious processes, network activity and privilege changes inside running pods.	Yes	Yes
Container image scanning in CI pipelines and registries Scans images at build time and in registries, with policy gates that fail a build on critical findings.	Yes	Yes
Code-to-cloud tracing of findings Links a runtime or cloud finding back to the repository, file and commit that introduced it.	Yes	No
Secrets detection in code and workloads Finds hardcoded credentials and keys in repositories, container images and deployed cloud resources.	Yes	No
Unified security graph across cloud resources Models relationships between identities, network, data and workloads so findings can be queried across modules.	No	Yes
Toxic combination detection Correlates findings from several modules into one prioritized issue, such as an exposed host with a critical CVE and admin rights.	Yes	Yes
Cloud detection and response (CDR) Ingests cloud audit and network logs to detect and investigate active attacks against the cloud control plane.	No	Yes
Data security posture management (DSPM) module Discovers and classifies sensitive data across cloud data stores as part of the same platform.	No	Yes
Software composition analysis for open-source dependencies Identifies vulnerable third-party packages in application code and container images.	Yes	Yes
Serverless function protection Scans and monitors AWS Lambda, Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions for vulnerabilities and risky permissions.	Yes	No
API security discovery Inventories APIs exposed by cloud workloads and flags unauthenticated or sensitive endpoints.	No	No
AI workload and model posture checks Discovers AI services, models and pipelines in the cloud estate and checks their configuration for risk.	Yes	Yes
Developer-facing fixes in pull requests Surfaces findings and suggested fixes inside the developer's IDE or pull request rather than only in the console.	Yes	Yes
Modular licensing by capability Modules can be bought separately rather than only as a full-platform bundle.	No	Yes
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Aqua Security 11/17 features

Posture, workload and entitlement modules in one platform: No
Agentless workload vulnerability scanning: Yes
Runtime threat detection with a workload sensor: Yes
Container and Kubernetes runtime protection: Yes
Container image scanning in CI pipelines and registries: Yes
Code-to-cloud tracing of findings: Yes
Secrets detection in code and workloads: Yes
Unified security graph across cloud resources: No
Toxic combination detection: Yes
Cloud detection and response (CDR): No
Data security posture management (DSPM) module: No
Software composition analysis for open-source dependencies: Yes
Serverless function protection: Yes
API security discovery: No
AI workload and model posture checks: Yes
Developer-facing fixes in pull requests: Yes
Modular licensing by capability: No

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Sysdig 13/17 features

Posture, workload and entitlement modules in one platform: Yes
Agentless workload vulnerability scanning: Yes
Runtime threat detection with a workload sensor: Yes
Container and Kubernetes runtime protection: Yes
Container image scanning in CI pipelines and registries: Yes
Code-to-cloud tracing of findings: No
Secrets detection in code and workloads: No
Unified security graph across cloud resources: Yes
Toxic combination detection: Yes
Cloud detection and response (CDR): Yes
Data security posture management (DSPM) module: Yes
Software composition analysis for open-source dependencies: Yes
Serverless function protection: No
API security discovery: No
AI workload and model posture checks: Yes
Developer-facing fixes in pull requests: Yes
Modular licensing by capability: Yes

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Pricing

Aqua Security

Quote only. Dev Security is priced by the number of code repositories and Cloud Security by the number of workloads; trial on request. AWS Marketplace plans are quoted by private offer.

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Sysdig

Quote only. Sysdig Secure is licensed per host, as the full CNAPP or as Detection and response alone; cloud log detections are licensed by events processed.

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