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Aikido Security vs Orca Security comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Aikido Security
Ranking in Container Security
30th
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
22nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (20th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (16th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (28th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (12th), Static Code Analysis (9th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (8th), DevSecOps (10th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (10th)
Orca Security
Ranking in Container Security
10th
Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (10th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (5th), API Security (3rd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (5th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (8th), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (2nd), AI Security (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Aikido Security is 0.9%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Orca Security is 3.8%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Orca Security3.8%
Aikido Security0.9%
Other95.3%
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

MS
Senior Software developer at CloudNova Labs
Integrated security checks have streamlined our pipelines and have reduced manual review effort
The best feature in my opinion is its low false-positive rate compared to other tools we have used. Aikido Security gives actionable insights rather than flooding us with alerts. The unified dashboard is another highlight. It consolidates code, dependency, and container vulnerability in one place. That saves a lot of context-switching time. The dashboard in Aikido Security is something our team interacts with pretty much every day. It gives us a single view of vulnerabilities across code dependencies, containers, and even infrastructure as code, so we are not jumping between multiple tools anymore. For example, during our daily stand-ups, we quickly review any new high-severity issues and assign them right away, which keeps things moving. It also helps that the issues are prioritized well, so we are not wasting time chasing low-impact alerts. What I appreciate is the automatic fix suggestion. It does not just point out an issue; it often suggests exact version upgrades or patches. The GitHub integration is also very smooth, making it easy to track and resolve issues within PRs. That level of automation really boosts productivity.
reviewer2799597 - PeerSpot reviewer
Soc Analyst at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
Agentless cloud security has improved attack path visibility but still needs stronger real-time blocking
Yes, as per my experience, it has been very helpful. In our organization, we did not find any major or priority one kind of alerts or risks because we had a very good infrastructure structure and cybersecurity architecture built in our organization. Orca Security helped us find what vulnerabilities or gaps existed which we could improve within our architecture. It helped us in such a way that we used to close the open ports and only allowed internal IPs for necessity. For staging environments and for prod we had DOS protection. If network traffic showed that anybody was trying to flood our systems, we would only accept all and our client-related IPs or an approved list of vendor lists we would have. We would get to know where the gaps are and where the improvements we could make. Being an analyst class engineer, I could use my brain in those areas and it was very helpful to have Orca Security in my arsenal.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Overall, I think Aikido Security is a solid choice for teams looking to improve their security posture without adding complexity."
"Since switching to Aikido Security, I have noticed a positive impact on my team's productivity with measurable results, as we now have measurements."
"Overall, I think Orca Security is the leader because of the strategic features I mentioned."
"One of the valuable features of Orca Security is its design and options that allow flexible filtering and user-friendly visualization."
"It's for protection. It's an agentless tool. We don't need to install anything at a customer's premises. We can just scan the entire assets in the cloud."
"Orca Security has helped reduce the time it takes to address cloud security alerts."
"Orca's platform provides an agentless data collection facility that collects information directly from the cloud using APIs, with zero impact on performance."
"I find Orca Security's CIEM feature invaluable, as it focuses on entitlement and posture management, identifying assets with older OS versions, and asset misconfiguration."
"The visibility Orca provides into my environment is at the highest level... When I dropped them into the environment, from the very get-go I had more insight into the risks in my environment than I had had during the entire two and a half years I had been here."
"The reporting and automated remediation capabilities are valuable to me. They're real game-changers."
 

Cons

"Deeper customization in reporting would improve it a little bit."
"I think Aikido Security could be improved by addressing its Jira integration, which I feel needs a bit of work."
"Orca Security can be improved as there should be some kind of central pane of glass. Similar to how cloud management works, Orca Security should have something comparable."
"We are PCI DSS compliant, so we need to scan our environment externally with tools vetted by the PCI DSS organization; Orca doesn't scan the environment externally and only scans what's currently in the cloud."
"I would like to see better customization options for security frameworks and better integration with reporting tools like Power BI or Grafana dashboards."
"I believe they need more time developing this solution, which means they need to be more comprehensive and extended in their approach."
"The difference between agentless and agent solutions is that while agentless provides great visibility, it does not offer real-time blocking."
"There were a couple of times when Orca was down when I was trying to access it. I work strange hours because all of my team is in the UK right now. It was 2 a.m. on a Saturday and I was trying to log in but it wasn't working. But relative to my other security tools, Orca is definitely the most stable that I've seen."
"It's not all clouds that they are currently onboarded with. For instance, they are not yet with public cloud and many other private clouds."
"I would like to see an option to do security checks on a code level."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Orca is very competitive when compared to the alternatives and is not the most expensive in the market, that's for sure."
"We have a total of 25 licenses for this solution. The solution is on a pay-and-you-use model."
"It is the cost of the visibility that you get. When you really sit down and think about what do you need to do to secure an environment with a low impact on the business, and you take a look out into the world, I think this tool is well justified around cost."
"Overall, the pricing is reasonable and the discounts have been acceptable."
"I think their pricing model is aligned with market demand. Of course, Orca could probably better align their pricing model with the needs of smaller businesses as well as some larger-scale enterprises with millions of assets. But in all fairness, I think the Orca sales team has been accommodating and ensured that we're happy with the pricing."
"Its license is a bit expensive."
"Orca Security charges are based on cloud workloads. So, it's based on workloads. If we look at one feature, it might be expensive."
"The pricing depends on how many assets you have running in your cloud and how many environments you have. If you have a dev environment, test environment, and a production environment then it's really important that you have coverage for all of them."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Aikido Security?
I think Aikido Security could be improved by addressing its Jira integration, which I feel needs a bit of work. For my preferences, it is a bit too rigid. They recently added the capability of havi...
What is your primary use case for Aikido Security?
My main use case for Aikido Security is to utilize it as part of our vulnerability management program, where we also scan our images, codes, and manage our SBOM. A specific example of how I use Aik...
What advice do you have for others considering Aikido Security?
Since switching to Aikido Security, I have noticed a positive impact on my team's productivity with measurable results, as we now have measurements. Before, we did not even know how many vulnerabil...
What do you like most about Orca Security?
It's for protection. It's an agentless tool. We don't need to install anything at a customer's premises. We can just scan the entire assets in the cloud.
What needs improvement with Orca Security?
The price is one thing I would like to see improved because the pricing is a little elevated, as the pricing is based on the quantity of workloads. However, I think that since Orca Security is a me...
What is your primary use case for Orca Security?
My use cases for Orca Security include working with the sales team and the pre-sales team to offer Orca Security in the Chilean market with an integrator or a partner of Orca Security. The real imp...
 

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