6 categories · RankedAqua Security
Aqua Security is a cloud native security product from Aqua covering container security, serverless security and cloud security posture management · aquasec.com ↗
Strongest at enterprise. Ranked 100 of 101 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Trivy is first at 38%.
Trivy is first at 24%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Prisma Cloud is first at 31%.
Why models recommend it
“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 question · 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 question · first choice
“I'd short-list Sysdig and Aqua if you run significant K8s and need runtime protection”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“making it a top choice for enterprises with complex environments”Mistral Small · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Who should avoid: Organizations with heterogeneous cloud workloads beyond containers”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Avoid starting with Prisma Cloud, Aqua, or Sysdig”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Aqua Security (high complexity)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Aqua sometimes takes a while to explain or resolve issues, setup and integration can take a while... initial setup and policy configuration can be complex and time-consuming”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Aqua Security, over the 244 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 177 | 57 | Compare → | |
| 167 | 25 | View → | |
| 103 | 12 | View → | |
| 100 | 32 | Compare → | |
| 99 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 82 | 22 | Compare → | |
| 78 | 10 | View → | |
| 68 | 0 | View → | |
| 38 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Aqua Security →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Aqua Security's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- security professionals
- Price stated
- The Aqua integration with the AWS Security Hub is free to use and does not require any changes to an existing Aqua license.
- Free plan or trial
- The Aqua integration with the AWS Security Hub is free to use.
- Also from Aqua
- Aqua Security Trivy
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 214 of the 244 answers that named Aqua Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
549 of the 549 domain citations in answers naming Aqua Security came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |