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Product	Amazon Inspector by AWS View product	Aqua Trivy by Aqua Security View product
Overview
What it is	Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service for continuous vulnerability management. See features and Vulnerability Management alternatives.	Aqua Trivy: OS & language package CVE scanning and IaC misconfiguration checks. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare Container Security alternatives.
Product type	Automated Vulnerability Management Service	Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology, Retail	Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed service	CLI; Containerized; CI/CD Native; Self-Hosted; CLI Binary; Docker Container; CI/CD Step
Data residency	Regional data processing and storage within selected AWS Region	Local / Open-Source / Offline
Key features
What it offers	Automated EC2 vulnerability scanning Container image scanning in ECR AWS Lambda code and dependency scanning Continuous CVSS risk scoring Exploit reachability analysis Centralized multi-account management Continuous vulnerability management Container image security	OS & language package CVE scanning IaC misconfiguration checks Hardcoded secret detection SBOM generation CI/CD quality gates Container vulnerability scanning IaC misconfiguration audits Open-source supply chain security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Amazon EC2Amazon ECRAWS Lambda	LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High	Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWS Security HubAmazon EventBridgeAWS OrganizationsAWS Systems ManagerAmazon ECRJira	GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnologyRetail	Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering
Regions	Global (supported AWS Regions)	Global
Vendor
Company	AWS	Aqua Security
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	100,000+	501-1,000
Founded	2006	2015

Amazon Inspector

by AWS

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Aqua Trivy

by Aqua Security

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Overview

What it is

Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service for continuous vulnerability management. See features and Vulnerability Management alternatives.

Aqua Trivy

Aqua Trivy: OS & language package CVE scanning and IaC misconfiguration checks. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare Container Security alternatives.

Product type

Amazon Inspector

Automated Vulnerability Management Service

Aqua Trivy

Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner

Best for

Amazon Inspector

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology, Retail

Aqua Trivy

Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering

Pricing

Pricing model

Amazon Inspector

Contact Vendor

Aqua Trivy

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Amazon Inspector

Aqua Trivy

Deployment

Deployment options

Amazon Inspector

Cloud

Aqua Trivy

On-Premise

Deployment details

Amazon Inspector

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed service

Aqua Trivy

CLI; Containerized; CI/CD Native; Self-Hosted; CLI Binary; Docker Container; CI/CD Step

Data residency

Amazon Inspector

Regional data processing and storage within selected AWS Region

Aqua Trivy

Local / Open-Source / Offline

Key features

What it offers

Amazon Inspector

Automated EC2 vulnerability scanning
Container image scanning in ECR
AWS Lambda code and dependency scanning
Continuous CVSS risk scoring
Exploit reachability analysis
Centralized multi-account management
Continuous vulnerability management
Container image security

Aqua Trivy

OS & language package CVE scanning
IaC misconfiguration checks
Hardcoded secret detection
SBOM generation
CI/CD quality gates
Container vulnerability scanning
IaC misconfiguration audits
Open-source supply chain security

Platform & access

API access

Amazon Inspector

Aqua Trivy

Single sign-on (SSO)

Amazon Inspector

Aqua Trivy

Role-based access (RBAC)

Amazon Inspector

Aqua Trivy

Multi-tenant

Amazon Inspector

Aqua Trivy

Mobile app

Amazon Inspector

Aqua Trivy

Supported platforms

Amazon Inspector

Amazon EC2Amazon ECRAWS Lambda

Aqua Trivy

LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters

Compliance

Amazon Inspector

SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High

Aqua Trivy

Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Amazon Inspector

AWS Security HubAmazon EventBridgeAWS OrganizationsAWS Systems ManagerAmazon ECRJira

Aqua Trivy

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code

Industries

Amazon Inspector

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnologyRetail

Aqua Trivy

Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering

Regions

Amazon Inspector

Global (supported AWS Regions)

Aqua Trivy

Global

Vendor

Company

Amazon Inspector

AWS

Aqua Trivy

Aqua Security

Headquarters

Amazon Inspector

Seattle, Washington, USA

Aqua Trivy

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Amazon Inspector

100,000+

Aqua Trivy

501-1,000

Founded

Amazon Inspector

2006

Aqua Trivy

2015