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Product	Aqua Trivy by Aqua Security View product	Grype by Anchore View product
Overview
What it is	Aqua Trivy: OS & language package CVE scanning and IaC misconfiguration checks. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare Container Security alternatives.	Grype offers container image scanning, file system and archive scanning and SBOM input from Syft. Use it for CI/CD security gates. See Container Security alternatives.
Product type	Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner	Open Source Vulnerability Scanner
Best for	Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering	Technology, Cross-industry, Open Source Community
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	CLI; Containerized; CI/CD Native; Self-Hosted; CLI Binary; Docker Container; CI/CD Step	Command-line tool (local); CI/CD; Command-line tool
Data residency	Local / Open-Source / Offline	Local (runs on user machine)
Key features
What it offers	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	Container image scanning File system and archive scanning SBOM input from Syft OS and language package support Auto-updating vulnerability database SARIF, JSON and CycloneDX output Severity-based build gates Container vulnerability scanning
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: no	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters	LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker
Compliance	Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code	SyftDockerPodmanGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsAnchore Enterprise
Industries	Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering	TechnologyCross-industryOpen Source Community
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Aqua Security	Anchore
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Santa Barbara, California, USA
Company size	501-1,000	51-200
Founded	2015	2016

Aqua Trivy

by Aqua Security

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Grype

by Anchore

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Overview

What it is

Aqua Trivy

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

Grype

Grype offers container image scanning, file system and archive scanning and SBOM input from Syft. Use it for CI/CD security gates. See Container Security alternatives.

Product type

Aqua Trivy

Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner

Grype

Open Source Vulnerability Scanner

Best for

Aqua Trivy

Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering

Grype

Technology, Cross-industry, Open Source Community

Pricing

Pricing model

Aqua Trivy

Contact Vendor

Grype

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Aqua Trivy

Grype

Deployment

Deployment options

Aqua Trivy

On-Premise

Grype

Cloud

Deployment details

Aqua Trivy

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

Grype

Command-line tool (local); CI/CD; Command-line tool

Data residency

Aqua Trivy

Local / Open-Source / Offline

Grype

Local (runs on user machine)

Key features

What it offers

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

Grype

Container image scanning
File system and archive scanning
SBOM input from Syft
OS and language package support
Auto-updating vulnerability database
SARIF, JSON and CycloneDX output
Severity-based build gates
Container vulnerability scanning

Platform & access

API access

Aqua Trivy

Grype

Single sign-on (SSO)

Aqua Trivy

Grype

Role-based access (RBAC)

Aqua Trivy

Grype

Multi-tenant

Aqua Trivy

Grype

Mobile app

Aqua Trivy

Grype

Supported platforms

Aqua Trivy

LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters

Grype

LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker

Compliance

Aqua Trivy

Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks

Grype

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Aqua Trivy

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code

Grype

SyftDockerPodmanGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsAnchore Enterprise

Industries

Aqua Trivy

Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering

Grype

TechnologyCross-industryOpen Source Community

Regions

Aqua Trivy

Global

Grype

Global

Vendor

Company

Aqua Trivy

Aqua Security

Grype

Anchore

Headquarters

Aqua Trivy

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Grype

Santa Barbara, California, USA

Company size

Aqua Trivy

501-1,000

Grype

51-200

Founded

Aqua Trivy

2015

Grype

2016