Container and Kubernetes security · November 2026 Edition
Trivy vs Aqua Security
One of fourteen models named Trivy first on the direct prompt; one named Aqua Security. Both were named by all fourteen models and Trivy carries 51 labels and Aqua Security 49, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in six categories this edition.
First-choice share24%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5149A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Trivy reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sysdig Secure was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Trivy vs Falco · Trivy vs Kubescape · Trivy vs Sysdig Secure
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the container and kubernetes security page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TrivyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAqua Security
Direct112 against Trivy · 1 against Aqua Security
Paraphrase501 against Aqua Security
Comparative02
Budget-constrained1104 against Aqua Security
Scale-constrained011 against Trivy
Negative007 against Trivy · 4 against Aqua Security
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Trivy and Aqua Security were named in the same answer 100 times, of the 284 answers naming Trivy and the 244 naming Aqua Security. In those answers Aqua Security took the first choice six times and Trivy thirty-two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Trivy and Aqua Security stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Trivy Aqua Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Trivy on the left and Aqua Security on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Trivy and Aqua Security stood in it.
Trivy first, Aqua Security not the choice
1 of 14 modelsAqua Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Llama 4 MaverickTrivy alternatives: Falco, Mend.io, Sysdig Secure
Aqua Security first, Trivy not the choice
1 of 14 modelsTrivy was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Muse Glimmer 30BAqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Containers
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Aikido Security alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
GPT-5.4 miniSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Wiz
Gemini 3.5 FlashWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Datadog Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
DeepSeek V4 FlashSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security
Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security, Snyk Container alternatives: Aqua Security, Mend.io, Sysdig Secure
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarAikido Security alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure
Mistral SmallUpwind alternatives: Datadog Cloud Security Management, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
Kimi K2Aikido Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Containers, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXMend.io alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
MiniMax M2.5Mend.io alternatives: Aikido Security, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaSysdig Secure alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Containers, Wiz
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Trivy leads by thirty-eight points.
Trivy38%#1 of 14Aqua Security0%#13 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Trivy leads by twenty-one points.
Trivy24%#1 of 14Aqua Security3%#8 of 14Enterprise
The order flips: Aqua Security leads at enterprise.
Aqua Security14%#4 of 12Trivy0%#12 of 12What the models said about Trivy
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Avoid for most mid-market cases: Pure open-source like Trivy alone (great scanner but lacks platform features)” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Tools such as Trivy, Grype, and Snyk Container are useful for image and dependency findings, but they do not by themselves detect runtime attacks” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Snyk or Trivy (with add-ons): Developer-friendly for scanning/shift-left, but may need pairing with a runtime tool like Falco for full coverage.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · soft negative
“Choose Open Source (Trivy/Falco) if you have DevOps engineers who enjoy building internal tooling and want zero vendor lock-in.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Trivy plus Falco covers scanning and runtime at zero licence cost... best for cost-conscious teams that own their pipelines” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Aqua Security
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Avoid starting with Prisma Cloud, Aqua, or Sysdig” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Aqua is a pioneer in container security, covering every layer from developer CI/CD scanning ... to real-time runtime prevention using eBPF sensors.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“two container-first platforms that are repeatedly called out as the best-fit size for mid-market: Aqua Security” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd short-list Sysdig and Aqua if you run significant K8s and need runtime protection” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Trivy vs FalcoTrivy vs KubescapeTrivy vs Sysdig SecureTrivy vs WizTrivy vs Aikido SecurityTrivy vs Snyk ContainerFalco vs Aqua SecurityKubescape vs Aqua SecuritySysdig Secure vs Aqua SecurityWiz vs Aqua SecurityAikido Security vs Aqua SecuritySnyk Container vs Aqua SecurityAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full container security standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.