Container and Kubernetes security · October 2026 Edition
Trivy vs Aqua Security
Zero of fourteen models named Trivy first on the direct prompt; two named Aqua Security. Trivy was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Aqua Security by fourteen and Trivy carries 44 labels and Aqua Security 59, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share22%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4459A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Trivy 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 Sysdig Secure · Trivy vs Falco · Trivy vs Kubescape
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.
TrivyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAqua Security
Direct02
Paraphrase231 against Aqua Security
Comparative02
Budget-constrained1001 against Trivy · 7 against Aqua Security
Scale-constrained101 against Trivy
Negative103 against Trivy · 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, Trivy and Aqua Security were named in the same answer eighty-five times, of the 224 answers naming Trivy and the 226 naming Aqua Security. In those answers Aqua Security took the first choice nine times and Trivy twenty-five.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Trivy 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 | | | | | | |
Trivy Aqua Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Trivy on the left and Aqua Security on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Trivy and Aqua Security stood in it.
Aqua Security first, Trivy not the choice
2 of 14 modelsTrivy 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
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
5 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Upwind
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure
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
Trivy leads by twenty-one points.
Trivy22%#1 of 14Aqua Security1%#11 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Trivy leads by fourteen points.
Trivy22%#1 of 11Aqua Security8%#5 of 11Enterprise
The order flips: Aqua Security leads at enterprise.
Aqua Security22%#3 of 10Trivy0%#10 of 10What the models said about Trivy
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
“One caution: Trivy remains a capable scanner, but its project disclosed supply-chain compromises” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“Start with the open-source stack: Trivy for image scanning, Harbor for the registry, Kubescape for posture, Falco for runtime, and Cosign for signing.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“If you have no budget for software licenses but have engineering time, this is the gold standard... best open-source scanner available right now.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Highly recommended for its open-source, free-to-use vulnerability scanner... making it a strong choice for budget-conscious teams.” Mistral Small · budget 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.