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Aqua

Control what runs in the cloud

RANKED #6 · OPEN-SOURCE APPLICATION SECURITY TESTING TOOLSLISTERSCORE 84.0

Aqua is a cloud native application protection platform that monitors workload behaviour to identify real risks. It evaluates images before deployment and enforces policies at runtime to stop unsafe actions.

Best for	DevSecOps teams
Website	aquasec.com

Company facts

Social profiles

LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, GitHub

Facilities and features

Integrations

What stands out

Aqua turns runtime insight into inline enforcement to deny unauthorised actions.

“Aqua turns runtime insight into inline enforcement, denying unauthorized actions at the point of execution.”Aqua, own website

The product uses an agent-based architecture to enforce protection locally even when disconnected.

“Aqua s agent-based architecture enforces protection locally, even when environments are disconnected or air gapped”Aqua, own website

Strengths and trade-offs

Aqua turns runtime insight into inline enforcement to deny unauthorised actions.
The product uses an agent-based architecture to enforce protection locally even when disconnected.

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How Aqua ranks

#6 in Best vulnerability management software

How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 16; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 8.

“Vulnerability Management Advanced Code-to-Cloud vulnerability management to reduce noise and fix fast”Aqua, own website

#7 in Enterprise vulnerability management software

How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 16; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 8.

“Vulnerability Management Advanced Code-to-Cloud vulnerability management to reduce noise and fix fast”Aqua, own website

“Founded in 2015, Aqua is headquartered in Boston and Ramat Gan, Israel, and protects more than 500 of the world's largest enterprises.”Aqua, own website

#6 in Open-source access control software

How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 16; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 8.

“Aqua Security controls what runs in the cloud. The Aqua Platform monitors the real behavior of running workloads to determine which vulnerabilities and actions actually impact live applications.”Aqua, own website

“VM Security Dynamic Threat Analysis (DTA) Container Vulnerability Scanning Open Source Container Security Platform Integrations”Aqua, own website

#6 in Open-source application security testing tools

How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 16; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 8.

“The Aqua Platform monitors the real behavior of running workloads to determine which vulnerabilities and actions actually impact live applications. It evaluates images before deployment, observes workloads in production and enforces policy at runtime to stop unsafe actions.”Aqua, own website

“VM Security Dynamic Threat Analysis (DTA) Container Vulnerability Scanning Open Source Container Security Platform Integrations”Aqua, own website

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Questions about Aqua

Who is Aqua best for?

Aqua is best for devSecOps teams.

Where does Aqua rank?

Aqua is ranked #6 in Open-source application security testing tools (Lister Score 84.0), #6 in Open-source access control software (Lister Score 84.0), #6 in Best vulnerability management software (Lister Score 84.0) and #7 in Enterprise vulnerability management software (Lister Score 84.0).

What are the best alternatives to Aqua?

The closest alternatives on Lister are Mend.io (#1 in Open-source application security testing tools), ReversingLabs (#2 in Open-source application security testing tools) and Snyk (#3 in Open-source application security testing tools).

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