AccuKnox vs Amazon Inspector

AccuKnox8.5Visit Amazon Inspector8.2Visit

Higher score AccuKnox #6 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners 8.5/10 Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit AccuKnox

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Amazon Inspector #8 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners 8.2/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Try Amazon Inspector

• AccuKnox fits best

  Teams focused on runtime and Kubernetes protection

• Amazon Inspector fits best

  AWS-centric teams scanning cloud workloads

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Side by side

Feature	AccuKnox 8.5/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Inspector 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.5	8.2
Ranking	#6 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners	#8 in Cloud Vulnerability Scanners
Best for	Teams focused on runtime and Kubernetes protection	AWS-centric teams scanning cloud workloads
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial	15-day trial
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	30 days	15 days
Free trial length	30 days	15 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7	Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS	PCI DSS
Integrations	50+ integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AccuKnox 0/4 · Amazon Inspector 0/4
Workload scanning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
IaC scanning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Identity analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Attack path analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Cloud platforms	AWS; Azure; GCP; Oracle; OpenStack; OpenShift; Nutanix; VMware; IBM Cloud; DigitalOcean; Alibaba Cloud	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Runtime anomaly detection with automated threat response and remediation Container, Kubernetes, serverless, VM, and bare-metal workload coverage Integrations span AWS, Azure, GCP, SIEM, DevOps, and ticketing tools	Scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD container images Provides risk scoring, remediation guidance, and SBOM exports Integrates with AWS Organizations, Security Hub, and EventBridge
Cons	Paid offerings use contact-sales pricing and custom quotes Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrow scanning teams The free plan covers the basic platform up to 10 worker nodes	No free plan is available Pricing varies by workload and AWS Region CIS Benchmark assessments are excluded from the AWS trial
Our verdict	AccuKnox is a cloud-native application protection platform for security, DevOps, and platform teams managing public, private, hybrid, or air-gapped infrastructure. It protects Kubernetes clusters, containers, virtual machines, bare-metal… Read the review →	Amazon Inspector is a cloud vulnerability management service for AWS and selected Azure workloads. It automatically discovers eligible targets and scans Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon ECR container images, AWS Lambda functions, code… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AccuKnox — where it wins

  • Runtime anomaly detection with automated threat response and remediation
  • Container, Kubernetes, serverless, VM, and bare-metal workload coverage
  • Integrations span AWS, Azure, GCP, SIEM, DevOps, and ticketing tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid offerings use contact-sales pricing and custom quotes
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrow scanning teams
  • The free plan covers the basic platform up to 10 worker nodes

• Amazon Inspector — where it wins

  • Scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD container images
  • Provides risk scoring, remediation guidance, and SBOM exports
  • Integrates with AWS Organizations, Security Hub, and EventBridge

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Pricing varies by workload and AWS Region
  • CIS Benchmark assessments are excluded from the AWS trial

• AccuKnox8.5/10 · Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad runtime security platform for teams protecting Kubernetes and cloud-native workloads.

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• Amazon Inspector8.2/10 · 15-day trial

  A strong AWS-focused scanner with broad workload coverage and usage-based pricing.

  Try Amazon InspectorFull verdict →