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Head-to-head · AI Code Security Scanners

Amazon Inspector vs Aikido Security

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 1 check side by side
Higher score Amazon Inspector #5 in AI Code Security Scanners 9.0/10 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Try Amazon Inspector
Aikido Security #7 in AI Code Security Scanners 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Aikido

Amazon Inspector leads on 0 checks, Aikido Security on 1, and 0 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 1 yes/no, price and count check where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAmazon Inspector · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly Aikido Security
  • Free trialonly Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector scores higher on our rubric for ai code security scanners: 9.0 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #7.

Aikido Security offers free plan; Amazon Inspector doesn't. On deployment model, Aikido Security gives you Hybrid where Amazon Inspector offers Cloud.

Amazon Inspector is the better fit for AWS-centric security teams. Aikido Security is the better fit for SMB-to-enterprise all-in-one AppSec.

  • Amazon Inspector fits best

    AWS-centric security teams

  • Aikido Security fits best

    SMB-to-enterprise all-in-one AppSec

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Side by side

Feature Amazon Inspector 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Aikido Security 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.8
Ranking #5 in AI Code Security Scanners #7 in AI Code Security Scanners
Best for AWS-centric security teams SMB-to-enterprise all-in-one AppSec
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price 15-day trial —
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial 15 days —
Deployment Cloud Cloud, Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support Docs Email, Live chat, Docs
Compliance PCI DSS SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
Integrations 4 integrations 18 integrations
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Inspector 0/3 · Aikido Security 0/3
Secrets detection Not checked yet Not checked yet
Dependency scanning Not checked yet Not checked yet
AI fix suggestions Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
IDE integrations Not checked yet Not checked yet
CI integrations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Deployment model Cloud Hybrid
Supported languages Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Continuously scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD images
  • Combines SAST, SCA, IaC, network exposure, and CIS assessments
  • Exports SBOMs and integrates with Security Hub and EventBridge
  • Covers SCA, SAST, secrets, IaC, containers, SBOM and cloud posture
  • AI-assisted autofix and pull-request remediation support developer workflows
  • Cloud, self-hosted and desktop deployment with broad SCM and CI/CD integrations
Cons
  • Paid service with no free plan
  • Usage-based costs vary by workload and AWS Region
  • Coverage is primarily cloud-focused; support is documentation-based
  • Developer plan is limited to two users
  • On-prem scanning and attack-surface monitoring start at the Pro tier
  • Enterprise capabilities use tailored pricing
Our verdict

Amazon Inspector is a cloud vulnerability management service for AWS and selected Azure workloads. It automatically discovers and scans Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon ECR container images, AWS Lambda functions, code repositories, CI/CD…

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Aikido Security brings software composition analysis, SAST, secrets detection, infrastructure-as-code scanning, container image scanning, cloud posture management, SBOM generation and open-source license scanning into one platform. It is…

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  1. Amazon InspectorAI Code Security Scanners 9.015-day trial
  2. Aikido SecurityAI Code Security Scanners 8.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Amazon Inspector — where it wins

    • Continuously scans EC2, ECR, Lambda, repositories, and CI/CD images
    • Combines SAST, SCA, IaC, network exposure, and CIS assessments
    • Exports SBOMs and integrates with Security Hub and EventBridge

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid service with no free plan
    • Usage-based costs vary by workload and AWS Region
    • Coverage is primarily cloud-focused; support is documentation-based

  • Aikido Security — where it wins

    • Covers SCA, SAST, secrets, IaC, containers, SBOM and cloud posture
    • AI-assisted autofix and pull-request remediation support developer workflows
    • Cloud, self-hosted and desktop deployment with broad SCM and CI/CD integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Developer plan is limited to two users
    • On-prem scanning and attack-surface monitoring start at the Pro tier
    • Enterprise capabilities use tailored pricing

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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