We performed a comparison between Aqua Security Platform and Snyk based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Aqua Security Platform is highly appreciated for its ability to secure container images, identify vulnerabilities, and detect malware. Snyk is acclaimed for being developer-friendly, offering automatic pull request creation and software composition analysis. Aqua Security Platform could improve by automating reporting and log forwarding. Users also complain that it is too resource-heavy. Snyk could focus on improving compatibility and reporting capabilities. Reviewers said that Snyk could automate remediation and simplify functions.
Service and Support: Aqua Security Platform's customer service is generally considered prompt and supportive, but some users reported that they had to fix some issues themselves. Some users said Snyk's customer service should improve the way it organizes and prioritizes support tickets.
Ease of Deployment: Users reported varying levels of difficulty with Aqua's setup process, with some saying the solution required specialized knowledge. Snyk's setup was generally considered straightforward, with some variations depending on specific circumstances.
Pricing: Aqua Security Platform is moderately priced. Snyk is considered expensive, particularly for smaller companies. However, some users said the pricing was manageable for larger enterprises.
ROI: Snyk offers a budget-friendly solution that has the potential to offset annual subscription costs by addressing bugs faster. Users offered limited feedback on the ROI for Aqua Security Platform.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Snyk over Aqua Security Platform. Users appreciate Snyk's straightforward setup and developer-friendly approach. Snyk offers valuable features like scanning, automatic pull requests, and software composition analysis.
"Support is very helpful."
"The solution was very user-friendly."
"Valuable features include the ability to connect it to our Docker Hub where our images are stored, good integration with Slack, and the connection to the CV, to easily see which CVs are on each image."
"Aqua Security helps us to check the vulnerability of image assurance and check for malware."
"The most helpful feature of Aqua Security is Drift Prevention, which is a feature that allows images to be immutable. In addition, one of the main reasons we went with Aqua Security is because it provides strong protection when it comes to runtime security."
"We use Aqua Security for the container security features."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and manage."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"Its reports are nice and provide information about the issue as well as resolution. They also provide a proper fix. If there's an issue, they provide information in detail about how to remediate that issue."
"We have integrated it into our software development environment. We have it in a couple different spots. Developers can use it at the point when they are developing. They can test it on their local machine. If the setup that they have is producing alerts or if they need to upgrade or patch, then at the testing phase when a product is being built for automated testing integrates with Snyk at that point and also produces some checks."
"It's very easy for developers to use. Onboarding was an easy process for all of the developers within the company. After a quick, half-an-hour to an hour session, they were fully using it on their own. It's very straightforward. Usability is definitely a 10 out of 10."
"Static code analysis is one of the best features of the solution."
"The most valuable feature of Snyk is the SBOM."
"I am impressed with the product's security vulnerability detection. My peers in security are praising the tool for its accuracy to detect security vulnerabilities. The product is very easy to onboard. It doesn't require a lot of preparation or prerequisites. It's a bit of a plug-and-play as long as you're using a package manager or for example, you are using a GitHub repository. And that is an advantage for this tool because developers don't want to add more tools to what they're currently using."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Snyk is a good and scalable tool."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"I would like Aqua Security to look into is the development of a web security portal."
"The solution could improve user-friendliness."
"We would like to see an improvement in the overview visibility that this solution offers."
"Sometimes I got stressed with the UI."
"There's room for improvement, particularly in management capabilities as it may not be comprehensive enough for all customers, and it has been lacking in the realm of cloud security posture management."
"They want to release improvements to their product to work with other servers because now there are more focused on the Kubernetes environment. They need to improve the normal servers. I would like to have more options."
"Since we are working from home, we would like to have the proper training for Aqua."
"I think Snyk should add more of a vulnerability protection feature in the tool since it is an area where it lacks."
"We have to integrate with their database, which means we need to send our entire code to them to scan, and they send us the report. A company working in the financial domain usually won't like to share its code or any information outside its network with any third-party provider."
"We would like to have upfront knowledge on how easy it should be to just pull in an upgraded dependency, e.g., even introduce full automation for dependencies supposed to have no impact on the business side of things. Therefore, we would like some output when you get the report with the dependencies. We want to get additional information on the expected impact of the business code that is using the dependency with the newer version. This probably won't be easy to add, but it would be helpful."
"We tried to integrate it into our software development environment but it went really badly. It took a lot of time and prevented the developers from using the IDE. Eventually, we didn't use it in the development area... I would like to see better integrations to help the developers get along better with the tool. And the plugin for the IDE is not so good. This is something we would like to have..."
"The log export function could be easier when shipping logs to other platforms such as Splunk."
"The solution could improve the reports. They have been working on improving the reports but more work could be done."
"We've also had technical issues with blocking newly introduced vulnerabilities in PRs and that was creating a lot of extra work for developers in trying to close and reopen the PR to get rid of some areas. We ended up having to disable that feature altogether because it wasn't really working for us and it was actually slowing down developer velocity."
"Scalability has some issues because we have a lot of code and its use is mandatory. Therefore, it can be slow at times, especially because there are a lot of projects and reporting. Some UI improvements could help with this."
Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 7th in Container Security with 16 reviews while Snyk is ranked 5th in Container Security with 41 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Snyk is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Snyk writes "Performs software composition analysis (SCA) similar to other expensive tools". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SUSE NeuVector and Sysdig Secure, whereas Snyk is most compared with SonarQube, Black Duck, GitHub Advanced Security, Fortify Static Code Analyzer and GitLab. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Snyk report.
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