Amazon Inspector vs Arctic Wolf Managed Risk comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Arctic Wolf Networks are both solutions in the Vulnerability Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.6, while Arctic Wolf Networks is ranked #33 with an average rating of 8.8. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.6% mindshare in VM, compared to Arctic Wolf Networks’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Arctic Wolf Networks users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Amazon Inspector and Arctic Wolf Managed Risk are two prominent players in the cybersecurity solutions market. Arctic Wolf Managed Risk takes the lead by offering advanced features that provide significant insights into security threats.

Features: Amazon Inspector automates vulnerability assessments, seamlessly integrates with AWS services, and provides straightforward pricing. Arctic Wolf Managed Risk offers dynamic monitoring, a comprehensive dashboard for a holistic view of security risks, and advanced threat intelligence capabilities that deliver extensive insights.

Room for Improvement: Amazon Inspector could enhance its threat intelligence capabilities, broaden its dashboard analytics for greater insights, and improve its support for non-AWS environments. Arctic Wolf Managed Risk can work on simplifying its initial setup process, offering more competitive pricing to attract smaller enterprises, and enhancing integration with existing enterprise applications.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon Inspector benefits from the AWS ecosystem for a seamless deployment, particularly for AWS users. Arctic Wolf Managed Risk distinguishes itself with robust support through a white-glove onboarding process, emphasizing customer service and personalized assistance despite its initially complex setup.

Pricing and ROI: Amazon Inspector offers a low-cost entry with scalable pricing, appealing to small and medium enterprises. Arctic Wolf Managed Risk involves a higher initial investment but justifies the cost with an attractive ROI through comprehensive security features and proactive risk management, appealing to larger organizations seeking in-depth security measures.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Inspector

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

20th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Vendor Risk Management (6th)

Arctic Wolf Managed Risk

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

33rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Inspector is 1.6%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Arctic Wolf Managed Risk is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Amazon Inspector	1.6%
Arctic Wolf Managed Risk	1.1%
Other	97.3%

Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

Abdalla Kenawy

AWS DevOps SRE/Infrastructure Engineer at Capgemini

Automated insights streamline data security assessment

For Amazon Inspector, we have many EC2 or virtual machines deployed inside our AWS environment, and the problem is that the existing package deployed inside this EC2 instance has already outdated packages. As we progress with time, this package needs to be updated for security enhancement, which requires us to uninstall the package, install the new version, and then we should be fine. However, the challenge comes with how to scan all our EC2 instances for security vulnerabilities, which is currently managed by Amazon Inspector. Amazon Inspector can scan EC2 instances or ECR, which is the ECR registry where we can save artifacts Docker images. Amazon Inspector can also scan Docker images uploaded to ECR for Elastic Registry service, and it can scan databases and S3 based on the latest updates. I noticed this from a couple of months ago, and it provides huge benefits for security. Regarding the best features of Amazon Inspector, it gives us a list of all existing outdated packages as part of a deployed package on EC2 instances or specific Python packages that are part of the Docker file and the Docker image itself, which are causing security concerns. Amazon Inspector can list these security concerns and offer guidance on how we can remediate it by updating the package to a specific upper version or something similar.

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Chu Kong

Director, Information Technology at a performing arts with 201-500 employees

Proactive alert management enhances network security and provides peace of mind

The reporting is really good from what I've seen so far. They are on top of the alerts, especially the critical ones. This proactive approach to alert management ensures that if someone downloads something on a workstation that shouldn't be downloaded, they address it quickly. Their ability to identify and provide information on critical alerts is very valuable.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon Inspector is highly stable, rated ten out of ten, and this stability impacts business security and administration positively."

"I recommend Amazon Inspector because it allows the automation of processes and requires less manual monitoring."

"The automated vulnerability detection aspect is most valuable."

"It operates continuously, so as soon as resources are created, it scans them for vulnerabilities."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon Inspector is the categorization of findings, which filters vulnerabilities by instance, container image, container repository, and Lambda function."

"The assessment reports provided by Amazon Inspector have helped me in identifying security vulnerabilities in my cloud applications by giving us a nicely designed dashboard that provides all the security information we need to work on remediation."

"My experience with AWS technical support is very good, I didn't face any specific challenges, and even the documentation of AWS is good for both Microsoft, which is Azure, and AWS."

"The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integrate third-party tools as well. It is just a single-click option."

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"I appreciate the professionalism of the tool and have faith in the results it delivers."

"The user-friendly interface and customizable reporting have helped our IT team interpret and act on the platform's insights."

"We get access to quarterly reviews with their team."

"This solution has made huge strides in improving the awareness of our end users."

"The most valuable feature of Arctic Wolf Managed Risk is being informed about what vulnerabilities there are exposed currently."

"The reporting is really good from what I've seen so far."

"Arctic Wolf Managed Risk kind of fills in the gaps and makes us aware of vulnerabilities or misconfigurations that exist out there."

"There are companies that do vulnerability scans. However, what adds value is when two experts come and sit with you to scan and patch the vulnerabilities. Any 50-member or small company that has an IT footprint carries risk from a cybersecurity perspective. These companies use tools but don't have the talent to leverage them."

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Cons

"The false positive rate of Amazon Inspector is a little high, and it is not covering all different applications and scanning."

"It has a limited scope. So, AWS Inspector primarily focuses on the security of the EC2 instance. So, if your architecture includes other AWS services, then you may need to use additional tools for your comprehensive security assessment. So that is one con. Another is, like, we have a dependency on agents."

"There isn't too much to improve right now. Scanning on demand or as a part of the pipeline versus a post pipeline solution would be good, but it is not a deal breaker by any means."

"There are challenges associated with the interdependencies in AWS services, like requiring an Active Directory for other services, resulting in additional charges."

"One major area for improvement is remediation. My team works on remediating findings over time, likely using available patches. However, easier integration with Amazon's patching services would be very helpful."

"The other point is that the reporting features of Inspector need improvement. For example, I am in an organization with millions of CVEs, and getting an overview of all this is challenging."

"There is room for improvement in the scanning capabilities. I'd like to see broader coverage in terms of the vulnerabilities detected."

"The most challenging aspect I faced with Amazon Inspector during integration was automating the remediation process."

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"It could be easier to use. They could present things in a little bit more ranked order rather than kind of giving you everything out there. It should highlight the really important stuff and make it easier to get to good rather than perfect."

"The major area for improvement is the lack of a patch management feature to resolve some of the vulnerabilities detected."

"The presentation of the data could be improved. I believe they have significant room for improvement, particularly in making better analysis of the vulnerability data and presenting those data more effectively."

"Arctic Wolf Managed Risk needs to add more integrations."

"The scalability could improve."

"There are some challenges with integrations in Arctic Wolf Managed Risk. Some integrations could be improved to enhance functionality."

"The presentation of the data could be improved."

"It could be easier to use. They could present things in a little bit more ranked order rather than kind of giving you everything out there."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The lowest cost would be around $10 for a few small accounts, however, for thousands of accounts, it could be around $5000 to $6000 dollars per month."

"It's priced according to market standards for its services."

"The pricing is very transparent and clear."

"It is scaled as you go. There are probably a certain number of scans per month, and there are tiers. If you're under a certain tier, it is free. The second level is pennies, and then all the way up to like a million. So, it has a tiered pricing program. They're pretty good with your initial scanning, and there is room to scale based on being affordable, but it is fairly cheap. There are no additional costs. They pretty much think about it as a pay-per-scan type model."

"The price of Arctic Wolf Managed Risk is reasonable compared to the competition."

"Arctic Wolf Managed Risk is reasonably priced and I rate it a four out of ten."

"It depends on the company size quite a bit."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Inspector?

The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Inspector?

I am not honestly sure about the pricing side of Amazon Inspector, but that is taken care of by a separate team. I believe it's cheaper than the other third-party solutions.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Inspector?

They might launch support for third-party environments in the next version regarding the best features in Amazon Inspector from my perspective. The false positive rate of Amazon Inspector is a litt...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Arctic Wolf Managed Risk?

The pricing is fair, and I find it reasonable.

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What needs improvement with Arctic Wolf Managed Risk?

There are some challenges with integrations in Arctic Wolf Managed Risk. Some integrations could be improved to enhance functionality.

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What advice do you have for others considering Arctic Wolf Managed Risk?

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Overview

Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on AWS. Amazon Inspector automatically assesses applications for exposure, vulnerabilities, and deviations from best practices. After performing an assessment, Amazon Inspector produces a detailed list of security findings prioritized by level of severity. These findings can be reviewed directly or as part of detailed assessment reports which are available via the Amazon Inspector console or API.

Amazon Inspector security assessments help you check for unintended network accessibility of your Amazon EC2 instances and for vulnerabilities on those EC2 instances. Amazon Inspector assessments are offered to you as pre-defined rules packages mapped to common security best practices and vulnerability definitions. Examples of built-in rules include checking for access to your EC2 instances from the internet, remote root login being enabled, or vulnerable software versions installed. These rules are regularly updated by AWS security researchers.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Delivered by security experts - Concierge Security® Team; the Arctic Wolf® Managed Risk solution enables you to define and contextualize your attack surface coverage across your networks, endpoints, and cloud environments; provides you with the risk priorities in your environment; and advises you on your remediation actions to ensure that you are benchmarking against configuration best practices and continually hardening your security posture.

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Sample Customers

betterment, caplinked, flatiron, university of nutri dame

Zelle LLP, DNI Corp, Roper Pump, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice

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