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Container and Kubernetes security · October 2026 Edition

Aqua Security vs Orca Security

Two of fourteen models named Aqua Security first on the direct prompt; two named Orca Security. Aqua Security was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Orca Security by ten and Aqua Security carries 59 labels and Orca Security 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Aqua Security

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Orca Security

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share8%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels5918A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Aqua Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sysdig Secure was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Trivy vs Aqua Security · Trivy vs Orca Security · Sysdig Secure vs Aqua Security

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the container and kubernetes security page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Aqua SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOrca Security
Direct221 against Orca Security
Paraphrase301 against Aqua Security
Comparative21
Budget-constrained007 against Aqua Security
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against Aqua Security
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Aqua Security and Orca Security were named in the same answer seventy-six times, of the 226 answers naming Aqua Security and the 427 naming Orca Security. In those answers Orca Security took the first choice eleven times and Aqua Security seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Aqua Security and Orca Security stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Aqua Security Orca Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Aqua Security on the left and Orca Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Aqua Security and Orca Security stood in it.

Aqua Security first, Orca Security an alternative

2 of 14 modelsOrca Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container
Muse Glimmer 30BAqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Aikido Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Wiz

Orca Security first, Aqua Security not the choice

2 of 14 modelsAqua Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Upwind
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Mistral SmallSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Uptycs
DeepSeek V4 FlashSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Trivy, Wiz
Llama 4 MaverickSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Uptycs
Qwen 3.7 FlashSnyk Container, Wiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
GLM 4.7 FlashXSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniSysdig Secure alternatives: Wiz
GPT-6 LunaSysdig Secure alternatives: Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Aqua Security1%#11 of 14
Orca Security1%#10 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Aqua Security leads by five points.
Aqua Security8%#5 of 11
Orca Security3%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Aqua Security leads by eighteen points.
Aqua Security22%#3 of 10
Orca Security4%#6 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Aqua Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.

“In March 2026 Aqua Security’s Trivy open source vulnerability scanner was compromised in a multi-stage supply chain attack.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Complex initial setup — deployment can be challenging... High pricing — can become expensive at scale” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Full lifecycle CNAPP for containers. "Aqua Security secures containerized applications across the full lifecycle, from CI/CD pipeline through production runtime."” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“I would recommend Sysdig or Aqua Security as your Kubernetes security tool” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Aqua Security as your primary Kubernetes security platform” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Orca Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“I'd recommend starting with Wiz or Orca for their agentless approach and strong risk prioritization” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.