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Product	Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management by Microsoft View product	Aqua Trivy by Aqua Security View product
Overview
What it is	Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: vulnerability discovery and risk prioritization. Built for software inventory. Compare 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	Vulnerability Management Platform	Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner
Best for	Cross-industry	Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Endpoint; Cloud-managed endpoints	CLI; Containerized; CI/CD Native; Self-Hosted; CLI Binary; Docker Container; CI/CD Step
Data residency	Tenant region dependent	Local / Open-Source / Offline
Key features
What it offers	Vulnerability discovery Risk prioritization Security recommendations Remediation tracking Software inventory Vulnerability management Exposure management Remediation prioritization	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: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	WindowsmacOSLinuxsupported endpoints	LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters
Compliance	Microsoft security/compliance portfolio	Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft IntuneMicrosoft Defender XDR	GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code
Industries	Cross-industry	Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Aqua Security
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	200,000+	501-1,000
Founded	1975	2015

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

by Microsoft

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Aqua Trivy

by Aqua Security

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Overview

What it is

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: vulnerability discovery and risk prioritization. Built for software inventory. Compare 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

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management Platform

Aqua Trivy

Open-Source Container & Cloud Security Scanner

Best for

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry

Aqua Trivy

Software Developers, DevOps, Enterprise Engineering

Pricing

Pricing model

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Contact Vendor

Aqua Trivy

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Aqua Trivy

Deployment

Deployment options

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

CloudOn-Premise

Aqua Trivy

On-Premise

Deployment details

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cloud; Endpoint; Cloud-managed endpoints

Aqua Trivy

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

Data residency

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Tenant region dependent

Aqua Trivy

Local / Open-Source / Offline

Key features

What it offers

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability discovery
Risk prioritization
Security recommendations
Remediation tracking
Software inventory
Vulnerability management
Exposure management
Remediation prioritization

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

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Aqua Trivy

Single sign-on (SSO)

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Aqua Trivy

Role-based access (RBAC)

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Aqua Trivy

Multi-tenant

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Aqua Trivy

Mobile app

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Aqua Trivy

Supported platforms

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

WindowsmacOSLinuxsupported endpoints

Aqua Trivy

LinuxmacOSWindowsDockerKubernetes Clusters

Compliance

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft security/compliance portfolio

Aqua Trivy

Open Source (Apache 2.0)CIS Benchmarks

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Defender for EndpointMicrosoft IntuneMicrosoft Defender XDR

Aqua Trivy

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetesVS Code

Industries

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Cross-industry

Aqua Trivy

Software DevelopersDevOpsEnterprise Engineering

Regions

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Global

Aqua Trivy

Global

Vendor

Company

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft

Aqua Trivy

Aqua Security

Headquarters

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

Aqua Trivy

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

200,000+

Aqua Trivy

501-1,000

Founded

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

1975

Aqua Trivy

2015