Container and Kubernetes security · October 2026 Edition
Sysdig Secure vs Aqua Security
Eight of fourteen models named Sysdig Secure first on the direct prompt; two named Aqua Security. Both were named by all fourteen models and Sysdig Secure carries 60 labels and Aqua Security 59, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share20%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6059A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sysdig Secure reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Snyk Container was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Trivy vs Sysdig Secure · Trivy vs Aqua Security · Sysdig Secure vs Falco
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.
Sysdig SecureFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAqua Security
Direct82
Paraphrase431 against Sysdig Secure · 1 against Aqua Security
Comparative22
Budget-constrained004 against Sysdig Secure · 7 against Aqua Security
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Sysdig Secure · 4 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, Sysdig Secure and Aqua Security were named in the same answer 174 times, of the 281 answers naming Sysdig Secure and the 226 naming Aqua Security. In those answers Aqua Security took the first choice ten times and Sysdig Secure thirteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Sysdig Secure and Aqua Security stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | | | |
Sysdig Secure Aqua Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sysdig Secure on the left and Aqua Security on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Sysdig Secure and Aqua Security stood in it.
Both were the first choice
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.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
Sysdig Secure first, Aqua Security an alternative
6 of 14 modelsAqua Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniSysdig Secure alternatives: Wiz
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
GLM 4.7 FlashXSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
GPT-6 LunaSysdig Secure alternatives: Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Upwind
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Qwen 3.7 FlashSnyk Container, Wiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
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
Sysdig Secure leads by four points.
Sysdig Secure6%#5 of 14Aqua Security1%#11 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Sysdig Secure leads by twelve points.
Sysdig Secure20%#2 of 11Aqua Security8%#5 of 11Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Sysdig Secure22%#2 of 10Aqua Security22%#3 of 10What the models said about Sysdig Secure
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“start at higher costs (~$10k+/year for small clusters) with sales cycles... overkill if budget-conscious” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Caution level: Moderate (but conditional) ... it's not a "set and forget" tool.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I would recommend Sysdig if you want the best balance of runtime protection, Kubernetes-native visibility, and scalability” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Sysdig or Upwind if you run complex Kubernetes environments and are deeply concerned with active runtime threats” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Sysdig is repeatedly called out as best for container-first mid-market and enterprise and for K8s runtime.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
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
Also compared
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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.