JFrog Xray and Amazon Inspector compete in the security and compliance solutions category. JFrog Xray often has an advantage in pricing and customer support, whereas Amazon Inspector is preferred for its more advanced features despite a higher cost.
Features: JFrog Xray provides in-depth security scanning for dependencies, visibility into open-source vulnerabilities, and license compliance management. It is well-suited for identifying vulnerabilities in software components. Amazon Inspector focuses on automated security assessments, excels at identifying vulnerabilities and deviations from best practices, and integrates seamlessly with AWS infrastructure.
Room for Improvement: JFrog Xray could benefit from enhanced user interface improvements, expanded documentation, and increased automation capabilities. Amazon Inspector could improve by offering better multi-cloud environment support, more extensive integration options outside AWS, and providing more detailed reporting and analytics tools.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: JFrog Xray offers flexible deployment options, being available both on-premises and in the cloud, and is known for its responsive customer service. Amazon Inspector, integrated within AWS, simplifies deployment for applications already running on AWS, although its customer service responsiveness could be improved for users requiring more personalized support.
Pricing and ROI: JFrog Xray generally provides competitive pricing with commendable ROI considering its comprehensive vulnerability management capabilities. Amazon Inspector is priced higher, delivering substantial ROI by enhancing AWS security posture, which is valuable for enterprises deeply invested in AWS environments.
I have not needed to use AWS support for Inspector, which indicates that the service is almost perfect.
When we need clarifications, we contact our account manager, and they arrange demos.
Automation for scheduling 'turn on' and 'turn off' operations and better integration with CloudWatch for alarms could enhance the service's functionality.
X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL.
Scalability is not an issue with Amazon Inspector as it is scalable to the maximum, covering any business scale effectively.
The pricing for Amazon Inspector is very fair, and I would rate it as two out of ten, with ten being the most expensive.
The basic scanning capabilities come with Artifactory, however, curation requires additional licenses.
Amazon Inspector is highly stable, rated ten out of ten, and this stability impacts business security and administration positively.
The most valuable feature of Amazon Inspector is the categorization of findings, which filters vulnerabilities by instance, container image, container repository, and Lambda function.
The most valuable features of JFrog Xray are its curation capabilities, its native integration with Artifactory, scanning for vulnerabilities, and license compliance features.
Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on AWS. Amazon Inspector automatically assesses applications for exposure, vulnerabilities, and deviations from best practices. After performing an assessment, Amazon Inspector produces a detailed list of security findings prioritized by level of severity. These findings can be reviewed directly or as part of detailed assessment reports which are available via the Amazon Inspector console or API.
Amazon Inspector security assessments help you check for unintended network accessibility of your Amazon EC2 instances and for vulnerabilities on those EC2 instances. Amazon Inspector assessments are offered to you as pre-defined rules packages mapped to common security best practices and vulnerability definitions. Examples of built-in rules include checking for access to your EC2 instances from the internet, remote root login being enabled, or vulnerable software versions installed. These rules are regularly updated by AWS security researchers.
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