Amazon Inspector vs Bitsight comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and BitSight are both solutions in the IT Vendor Risk Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.3, while BitSight is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 0.9% mindshare in IVRM, compared to BitSight’s 10.9% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of BitSight users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Bitsight and Amazon Inspector are competing products in the cybersecurity space, offering unique advantages. Amazon Inspector may offer a better overall value due to its superior features.

Features: Bitsight provides performance in continuous monitoring of third-party risks, a comprehensive security rating, and enhances vendor risk management. Amazon Inspector features automated assessment capabilities for quick vulnerability identification, seamless AWS integration, and vulnerability categorization including container repositories.

Room for Improvement: Bitsight could enhance integration capabilities, broaden support for non-vendor-related risk scores, and lower setup complexity. Amazon Inspector could offer custom compliance rules, improve usability for non-AWS users, and expand on third-party software integrations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Bitsight offers straightforward deployment with robust customer support for diverse environments. Amazon Inspector ensures fast cloud-based deployment as part of AWS, though challenging for non-AWS users, and provides comprehensive customer service for those familiar with AWS.

Pricing and ROI: Bitsight's substantial setup cost is balanced by ROI tied to organization size and priorities. Amazon Inspector presents cost-effective, scalable pricing for AWS customers, promising ROI for organizations invested in AWS.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Inspector

Ranking in IT Vendor Risk Management

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (16th)

Bitsight

Ranking in IT Vendor Risk Management

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Attack Surface Management (ASM) (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the IT Vendor Risk Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Inspector is 0.9%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bitsight is 10.9%, down from 14.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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John D'Arcy

Co-Founder, Professional AWS Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Automated vulnerability assessments continuously enhance security

The most valuable features probably are the ability to do automated vulnerability assessments, which it does with Amazon Inspector version two. It operates continuously, so as soon as resources are created, it scans them for vulnerabilities. This allows me to pinpoint potential security vulnerabilities and provide actionable recommendations relatively quickly. Larger enterprises usually use Inspector to gather all the vulnerabilities, the CVEs, across all accounts in an AWS organization. The enterprises I work for typically have many accounts in their organization, such as thousands of accounts where I am at the moment. It is a way to gather the vulnerabilities that are present on EC2 instances, container images, and Lambda functions.

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Marc Chapel

Chief Security Officer at Cetelem

Stable product with efficient features for listing vulnerabilities

I recommend BitSight because it is very convenient to use. It has become a standard tool used in many companies. It is easy to share a few components of an algorithm for users. It is not ideal as it only reflects some of the reality of Internet-facing applications. However, it is the best solution at the moment. I rate it an eight out of ten.

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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

"The vulnerability discovery is valuable, and they also rank those vulnerabilities for you. So, you could rapidly attack some of the higher, severe vulnerabilities as they pop up, if they do pop up."

"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 findings dashboards are neat and easy to understand, offering clear demarcations for different types of findings and detailed insights into specific vulnerabilities and their associated instances. It is not a place where everything is dumped together. It offers an easy-to-understand layout."

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

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

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

"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."

"The automated vulnerability detection aspect is most valuable."

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"Its customer service team responds quickly."

"The solution is user-friendly."

"I prefer BitSight due to its patch management capabilities. The score is a valuable feature. I have contacted the customer support through e-mail and their response rate is fast. I rate the solution a nine out of ten."

"Offers open ports from an external point of view."

"The product helps us identify the vulnerabilities of internet-facing applications."

"The best thing about BitSight is the comprehensive list of risk vectors, covering compromised systems, diligence failures, and behavioral anomalies."

Cons

"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."

"It has automated vulnerability assessment, yet I seek more flexibility in defining custom vulnerability checks tailored to my needs, which is more difficult."

"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."

"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 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."

"One area for improvement in Amazon Inspector is the automation aspect."

"BitSight could improve the classes and lower-level detections of anomalies that compound the information used to compute the rating."

"Data enrichment is the major issue."

"Its factor analysis feature could be better."

"The solution’s benchmarking should be improved."

"There may be room for improvement in the methodology for identifying findings, as occasional errors occur on the technical side."

"At the moment, when the vulnerability score decreases, it remains the same for quite a while, even though issues are resolved in 24 hours."

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."

"The pricing is very transparent and clear."

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

"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 solution's price is average."

"The product has a reasonable price."

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Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

14%

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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 manage pricing and purchase reserved instances, yet face challenges due to dependencies and lack of options for reserved capacity for EBS volumes. Some services create extensive costs upon launch.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Inspector?

There are challenges associated with the interdependencies in AWS services, like requiring an Active Directory for other services, resulting in additional charges. Also, there is no option to buy r...

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What do you like most about BitSight?

The solution is user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BitSight?

The product is a little expensive and very oriented to large companies.

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What needs improvement with BitSight?

BitSight could improve the classes and lower-level detections of anomalies that compound the information used to compute the rating. They could evolve to be a more powerful scanner of cyber hygiene...

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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.

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BitSight transforms how organizations manage cyber risk. The BitSight Security Ratings Platform applies sophisticated algorithms, producing daily security ratings that range from 250 to 900, to help organizations manage their own security performance; mitigate third party risk; underwrite cyber insurance policies; conduct financial diligence; and assess aggregate risk. With over 2,100 global customers and the largest ecosystem of users and information, BitSight is the Standard in Security Ratings. For more information, please visit www.bitsight.com, read our blog or follow @BitSight on Twitter.

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