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Product	GitLab Container Scanning by GitLab View product	Kubescape by ARMO View product
Overview
What it is	GitLab Container Scanning is a CI/CD container image vulnerability scanner for Vulnerability Management. See features and Container Security alternatives.	Kubescape by ARMO: GitOps integration. Ideal for Kubernetes compliance validation. Deployment: self-hosted. See how it compares with top Kubernetes Security alternatives.
Product type	CI/CD Container Image Vulnerability Scanner	Open-Source Kubernetes Security & Hardening Tool
Best for	Cloud-Native DevOps, Kubernetes Teams, Tech, FinTech, Enterprise	DevOps, Site Reliability Engineers, Security Teams
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	CI/CD Pipeline Feature; Container Runner; Native CI/CD pipeline job; Container runner	CLI; Kubernetes Operator; Self-Hosted; CLI Utility; Helm Chart Operator; VS Code Plugin
Data residency	GitLab SaaS (US, EU) / Customer Self-Hosted	Local / Open Source
Key features
What it offers	Automated container image scanning Trivy & Grype engines Merge request vulnerability widgets Policy-based build gating Container SBOM Container Security Vulnerability Management CI/CD Security	Kubernetes security posture scanning NSA-CISA compliance audits RBAC risk evaluation Image vulnerability checks GitOps integration Kubernetes compliance validation RBAC risk discovery CI/CD container configuration scanning
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: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Docker ImagesOCI ContainersKubernetesGitLab CI/CD	KubernetesHelmKustomizeDockerMicroservices
Compliance	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR	Open Source (Apache 2.0)MITRE ATT&CK Containers
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	GitLab CI/CDGitLab Container RegistryDockerKubernetesTrivy	KubernetesArgoCDFluxGitLabGitHub Actions
Industries	Cloud-Native DevOpsKubernetes TeamsTechFinTechEnterprise	DevOpsSite Reliability EngineersSecurity Teams
Regions	GlobalUSEU	Global
Vendor
Company	GitLab	ARMO
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Tel Aviv, Israel
Company size	2,000+	51-200
Founded	2011	2019

GitLab Container Scanning

by GitLab

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Kubescape

by ARMO

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Overview

What it is

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab Container Scanning is a CI/CD container image vulnerability scanner for Vulnerability Management. See features and Container Security alternatives.

Kubescape

Kubescape by ARMO: GitOps integration. Ideal for Kubernetes compliance validation. Deployment: self-hosted. See how it compares with top Kubernetes Security alternatives.

Product type

GitLab Container Scanning

CI/CD Container Image Vulnerability Scanner

Kubescape

Open-Source Kubernetes Security & Hardening Tool

Best for

GitLab Container Scanning

Cloud-Native DevOps, Kubernetes Teams, Tech, FinTech, Enterprise

Kubescape

DevOps, Site Reliability Engineers, Security Teams

Pricing

Pricing model

GitLab Container Scanning

Contact Vendor

Kubescape

Contact Vendor

Free trial

GitLab Container Scanning

Kubescape

Deployment

Deployment options

GitLab Container Scanning

Cloud

Kubescape

On-Premise

Deployment details

GitLab Container Scanning

CI/CD Pipeline Feature; Container Runner; Native CI/CD pipeline job; Container runner

Kubescape

CLI; Kubernetes Operator; Self-Hosted; CLI Utility; Helm Chart Operator; VS Code Plugin

Data residency

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab SaaS (US, EU) / Customer Self-Hosted

Kubescape

Local / Open Source

Key features

What it offers

GitLab Container Scanning

Automated container image scanning
Trivy & Grype engines
Merge request vulnerability widgets
Policy-based build gating
Container SBOM
Container Security
Vulnerability Management
CI/CD Security

Kubescape

Kubernetes security posture scanning
NSA-CISA compliance audits
RBAC risk evaluation
Image vulnerability checks
GitOps integration
Kubernetes compliance validation
RBAC risk discovery
CI/CD container configuration scanning

Platform & access

API access

GitLab Container Scanning

Kubescape

Single sign-on (SSO)

GitLab Container Scanning

Kubescape

Role-based access (RBAC)

GitLab Container Scanning

Kubescape

Multi-tenant

GitLab Container Scanning

Kubescape

Mobile app

GitLab Container Scanning

Kubescape

Supported platforms

GitLab Container Scanning

Docker ImagesOCI ContainersKubernetesGitLab CI/CD

Kubescape

KubernetesHelmKustomizeDockerMicroservices

Compliance

GitLab Container Scanning

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001FedRAMPHIPAAGDPR

Kubescape

Open Source (Apache 2.0)MITRE ATT&CK Containers

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab CI/CDGitLab Container RegistryDockerKubernetesTrivy

Kubescape

KubernetesArgoCDFluxGitLabGitHub Actions

Industries

GitLab Container Scanning

Cloud-Native DevOpsKubernetes TeamsTechFinTechEnterprise

Kubescape

DevOpsSite Reliability EngineersSecurity Teams

Regions

GitLab Container Scanning

GlobalUSEU

Kubescape

Global

Vendor

Company

GitLab Container Scanning

GitLab

Kubescape

ARMO

Headquarters

GitLab Container Scanning

San Francisco, California, USA

Kubescape

Tel Aviv, Israel

Company size

GitLab Container Scanning

2,000+

Kubescape

51-200

Founded

GitLab Container Scanning

2011

Kubescape

2019