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Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs JFrog Xray comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.0
Qualys TotalCloud boosts efficiency and reduces costs, with users experiencing time savings, improved risk management, and significant ROI benefits.
Sentiment score
5.7
Aqua Cloud Security Platform boosts efficiency, reduces costs, enhances security, and improves remediation and collaboration for organizations.
Sentiment score
3.5
JFrog Xray improved efficiency, security, and compliance, reduced downtime, and sped up release cycles with enhanced vulnerability detection and reporting.
It has saved about 90% of our time.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
TotalCloud has generated overall savings of 30 to 40 percent across various departments.
Security Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
CallStream helps us integrate and automate tasks.
Senior Security Consultant at CyberNxt Solutions LLP
The impact can reduce remediation effort by 40% to 60%, avoiding production-level fixes which are costlier.
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The value has come from reducing manual effort, improving our security response process, and helping us manage cloud security more proactively with the same team resources.
Cyber Security Trainee at DataSpace Academy
It is generally used for the DevSecOps pipeline to scan the entire SAST, DAST, or ISC, performing excellently in that area.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Qualys TotalCloud's customer support is noted for responsiveness but faces criticism for inconsistent response times and expertise.
Sentiment score
6.6
Aqua Cloud Security Platform's support is praised for expertise and availability, with room for improvement in complex issue resolution speed.
Sentiment score
4.0
JFrog Xray's customer service is generally well-received, with positive technical support, though not all users engage directly.
They are helpful, respond to my queries, and can answer any question.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Qualys's tech support is highly responsive, providing multiple ways to interact with them.
Service Manager, Security Operations at CDA IT SOLUTIONS
Qualys' customer service provides quality answers, but the response time is long, even though it is within the SLA.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the customer support for Aqua Cloud Security Platform a ten out of ten.
Cloud Security Support at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
The customer support for Aqua Cloud Security Platform is excellent, available 24/7, and provides better solutions for any issues raised through tickets.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The customer support has been responsive and knowledgeable.
Sr.Devops engineer at Scaler
When we need clarifications, we contact our account manager, and they arrange demos.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate the technical support of JFrog Xray an eight because they are very knowledgeable.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Qualys TotalCloud offers strong scalability and robust infrastructure, handling diverse deployments effortlessly, ideal for dynamic business environments.
Sentiment score
7.1
The Aqua Cloud Security Platform effectively scales workloads but may incur higher costs due to its licensing model.
Sentiment score
6.8
JFrog Xray is scalable and suitable for multiple applications, despite PostgreSQL limitations and some performance challenges.
We started our organization about nine months back. We started with about 30 users, and we now have more than 100 users.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Our organization currently uses it to manage over 1200 web applications.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It is absolutely scalable, and I would rate its scalability as nine out of ten.
retired at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Aqua Cloud Security Platform is feature-rich.
Cyber Security Trainee at DataSpace Academy
Aqua Cloud Security Platform has good scalability because it is a SaaS platform, so I do not need to think much about scalability.
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aqua Cloud Security Platform did not seem to have any issues with scaling.
Cloud Security Support at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
According to my use case, it is highly scalable.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Qualys TotalCloud is stable and reliable, with high uptime and quick support for minor bugs, ensuring positive user experiences.
Sentiment score
7.8
Aqua Cloud Security Platform is praised for stability and reliability, with minor issues noted by a few users.
Sentiment score
7.6
JFrog Xray is praised for stability and security, compared favorably to competitors, with minor concerns about PostgreSQL support.
Overall, the support provided has been excellent.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
It is a stable solution, which is why we chose it.
CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees
Continuous monitoring is crucial to ensure system stability and avoid vulnerabilities or threats.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Aqua Cloud Security Platform is quite stable.
Cyber Security Trainee at DataSpace Academy
I use JFrog Xray primarily for security purposes, and I find it reliable.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
We did experience crashes, downtimes, and performance issues with JFrog Xray.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Qualys TotalCloud needs better integration, UI simplification, and enhanced features, including compliance, pricing, and cross-platform support improvements.
Aqua Cloud Security Platform requires UI improvements, streamlined onboarding, integration with CICD, better documentation, and flexible licensing for user satisfaction.
Users demand better reporting, documentation, UI, site performance, API limits, custom reports, vulnerability management, and integration support.
Ideally, the scanner should automatically detect and scan all subdomains, even if not explicitly defined, ensuring comprehensive vulnerability assessment.
Analyst, Information Security at Infosys
Ideally, updates should be more immediate, enabling quicker implementation of solutions.
Project Lead at Persistent Systems
Our goal is to integrate all these functions into Qualys, creating a single dashboard for comprehensive security monitoring and management.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Risk prioritization in security graphs is a point where Aqua Cloud Security Platform is less mature than Wiz, which excels at identifying critical vulnerabilities as a single attack path.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
For the licensing part and AI-driven prioritization, this needs improvement. While Aqua Cloud Security Platform prioritizes findings using CVSS and policy context, if we compare it with Wiz and Prisma Cloud, they are increasingly using AI-driven risk scoring that incorporates exploitability, identity exposure, internet reachability, and business context.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aqua Cloud Security Platform already provides good documentation and support resources, but expanding real-world examples, best practice guides, and troubleshooting scenarios would make it even easier for teams to get maximum value from the platform.
Cyber Security Trainee at DataSpace Academy
When we have given a very long tag, it doesn't work as expected and requires excessive scrolling.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
somehow you need to adapt your GitLab pipeline and turn them into JFrog pipeline, and this is something they don't really advertise at first—you're obliged to use the JFrog CLI.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
X-ray needs improvement in supporting more than one database, as it currently only supports PostgreSQL.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Qualys TotalCloud is costly for small businesses but valued for features and flexibility by larger organizations.
Aqua's pricing is moderate, workload-based, seen as fair versus competitors, with flexible licensing and excellent customer support.
Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is currently acceptable, it is becoming increasingly expensive.
Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Pricing is managed by our finance team; however, Qualys TotalCloud offers cost-effective licensing flexibility.
IT Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Qualys TotalCloud is expensive, but it offers a premier solution with no headaches.
Vice President at Inspira Enterprise
Compared to other vendors, Aqua Cloud Security Platform's pricing is good or lesser.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The license and setup costs have been reasonable, though a challenge arises when deploying the entire application in our own cloud, as we must manage everything from scratch.
Sr.Devops engineer at Scaler
Overall, it is good. Not too high, not too low.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
JFrog Xray provides a free trial of 14 days.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
The basic scanning capabilities come with Artifactory, however, curation requires additional licenses.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Qualys TotalCloud excels in vulnerability management through automation, cloud integration, and a user-friendly interface for enhanced security.
Aqua Cloud Security Platform provides centralized management, vulnerability visibility, and multi-cloud support for comprehensive cloud security and DevOps integration.
JFrog Xray offers deep scanning, seamless integration with Artifactory, robust vulnerabilities management, flexible deployment, and attractive pricing.
This view of risk helps reduce the work we would have to do to combine multiple sources to prioritize risk.
Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It will help cybersecurity professionals monitor the cloud and find vulnerabilities.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
We are enjoying the new feature, FlexScan, which is valuable for Internet-facing VMs.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Aqua provides end-to-end security across containers, Kubernetes, serverless, and cloud workloads starting from build, deployment, runtime, and compliance in one platform.
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aqua Cloud Security Platform positively impacted my organization by allowing deployment from code to cloud in the entire CI/CD pipeline, with excellent capabilities and recent AI application security that is useful in the DevSecOps platform.
Lead Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The best feature of Aqua Cloud Security Platform is the Kubernetes security, which secures admission controllers, runtime policies, namespace protection, and RBAC and pod security.
Sr.Devops engineer at Scaler
The most valuable features of JFrog Xray are its curation capabilities, its native integration with Artifactory, scanning for vulnerabilities, and license compliance features.
Development Senior at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The policy-driven approach of JFrog Xray helped me maintain security standards by integrating it in the development pipeline.
DevSecOps Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
With other registries such as ECR, we can use the images only in the AWS cloud. With JFrog, we can use this registry from any cloud or work locally as well.
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
 

Categories and Ranking

Qualys TotalCloud
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Ranking in Container Security
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (11th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (7th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (8th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (1st), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (6th)
Aqua Cloud Security Platform
Ranking in Container Security
15th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Cloud and Data Center Security (11th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (15th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (13th), Software Supply Chain Security (6th), DevSecOps (9th)
JFrog Xray
Ranking in Container Security
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (43rd), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (7th), Software Supply Chain Security (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Qualys TotalCloud is 1.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Aqua Cloud Security Platform is 2.9%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JFrog Xray is 2.9%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qualys TotalCloud1.5%
Aqua Cloud Security Platform2.9%
JFrog Xray2.9%
Other92.7%
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

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IT Security Expert at Alior Bank S.A.
Unified risk scoring has improved our cloud visibility and simplifies remediation priorities
Qualys TotalCloud provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IAS and SaaS. This solution provides a single prioritized view of risk, which helps reduce the work I would have to do. We are no longer based on CVSS; we are based on Qualys risk scoring, which is based on CVSS plus internal findings made by Qualys, and then assigns its own score. The TruRisk insight feature has found a small number of assets with high vulnerability scores, though I am cautious since some information is classified. Qualys TotalCloud has positively impacted our bank's performance, and we have definitely seen benefits after implementing this solution.
Samir Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Secures cloud workloads from build to runtime and has needed simpler setup and alert tuning
Regarding how Aqua Cloud Security Platform can be improved, the first area is the complex initial setup. Deployment and configuration can be complex, especially in large environments that require skilled resources. For Kubernetes environments, initial onboarding and policy setup takes time. Compared to Wiz onboarding, it is not very straightforward, as I have also worked with Wiz. The UI is powerful but not very simple for new users, as navigation and dashboard can be overwhelming. Alert noise and tuning are required because Aqua generates a large number of initial alerts that need tuning to reduce false positives. Additionally, pricing can be high depending on workload scale, especially for large Kubernetes and multi-cloud environments. For improvements to Aqua Cloud Security Platform, I think better integration with SOAR and XDR platforms, more AI-driven prioritization, and providing simpler out-of-the-box policies would be beneficial.
Anand Nanwana - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Syvora
Offers flexibility across clouds and easy credential management while interface improvements are needed
For JFrog Xray, the Artifactory and package repositories are valuable features. There are many benefits from JFrog Xray. For example, with other registries such as ECR, we can use the images only in the AWS cloud. With JFrog, we can use this registry from any cloud or work locally as well. JFrog can support multiple packages, such as NuGet package, pip, and other technologies. It can be used for Terraform as well. The credential management is very easy in JFrog. For instance, when using GitHub action as a CI/CD tool, I just need to create a token and set up JFrog CLI there and give access to the repository. With multiple repositories, I can generate a token for a specific repository, add that token in the GitHub secret, fetch from the CI/CD, run the command JFrog CLI, and authenticate through the token. Then we can push the images into JFrog.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
University
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise30
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Qualys TotalCloud?
Areas that need improvement in every solution include the remediation part. The remediation steps should be simple en...
What is your primary use case for Qualys TotalCloud?
Our use case involves the assets that we have under cloud, the assets exposed to the internet, and the internal appli...
What do you think of Aqua Security vs Prisma Cloud?
Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valu...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aqua Security?
Compared to other vendors, Aqua Cloud Security Platform's pricing is good or lesser. The pricing part is acceptable, ...
What needs improvement with Aqua Security?
I think Aqua Cloud Security Platform has a good, strong platform, but there are still other areas. For example, if we...
What needs improvement with JFrog Xray?
I would assess the integration of JFrog Xray with CI/CD tools as the weak point. You have two means to do that: one i...
What is your primary use case for JFrog Xray?
For JFrog Xray product, you can use it for two main goals: compliance and security. You can use it to check if your l...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JFrog Xray?
It is affordable because JFrog Xray provides a free trial of 14 days. We can explore all the features of JFrog in the...
 

Also Known As

Qualys TotalCloud with FlexScan
Aqua Security Platform, CloudSploit, Argon
JFrog Security Essentials
 

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Sample Customers

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HPE Salesforce Telstra Ellie Mae Cathay Pacific HomeAway
google, amazon, cisco, netflix, oracle, vmware, facebook
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