LaceworkvsAqua Security
- ✦ Behavioral Analytics (Polygraph)
- ✦ Anomaly Detection
- ✦ Container Security
- ✦ Container Image Scanning
- ✦ Runtime Protection
- ✦ Serverless Security
Real-World Scenarios: When to Choose Which
The question that matters: “In what situation will I regret choosing A over B after 3 months?”
Lacework's Polygraph technology builds a normal behavior baseline for every cloud account and workload, alerting on deviations without requiring any manual rule configuration.
Aqua DTA sandboxes container images and executes them in an isolated environment, detecting malicious behaviors like data exfiltration or persistence mechanisms not visible in static scans.
Lacework correlates user API calls, network connections, and process events into a single composite alert, reducing hundreds of low-confidence signals to a handful of high-confidence incidents per day.
Aqua's secrets detection scans source code, config files, and env variables in CI pipelines, catching hardcoded API keys before they reach a container registry.
Lacework's compliance monitoring detects configuration drift from SOC 2 and CIS benchmarks within minutes of a change, flagging issues before the next scheduled audit scan.
Aqua's Image Assurance policy gates Kubernetes deployments via admission controller, blocking any image with critical CVEs or detected secrets before the pod starts.
Pricing Intelligence
Lacework Plans
Paid plans only
- • CNAPP
- • Behavioral analytics
- • Custom pricing
Aqua Security Plans
Paid plans only
- • Container security
- • CNAPP
- • Supply chain security
Feature Matrix
7 differences found across 20 standardized features
Pros & Cons Face-Off
Evaluative strengths and weaknesses — not feature lists
- +Polygraph behavioral analytics reduces false positive fatigue
- +Strong anomaly detection for dynamic cloud environments
- +Now backed by Fortinet's enterprise distribution
- +Good compliance framework automation
- −Acquired by Fortinet — product roadmap uncertainty
- −Less brand recognition than Wiz/CrowdStrike
- +Open source Trivy widely adopted in CI/CD pipelines
- +Best software supply chain security in cloud-native space
- +Comprehensive serverless and VM coverage
- +Strong developer integration and shift-left approach
- −CSPM posture management less comprehensive than Wiz/Orca
- −Smaller sales force than larger CNAPP vendors