Aikido CSPM vs KICS

Aikido CSPM gives teams a unified view of cloud misconfigurations, exposures, identity risks, and compliance gaps across cloud environments. It connects to accounts through read-only APIs, with no agents required, and lists AWS, Azure, GCP, and selected other providers such as DigitalOcean. Checks include public storage buckets, unencrypted databases, open SSH ports, and overly permissive IAM policies. Context-aware scoring prioritizes higher-impact production issues over lower-impact staging findings. Cloud Search accepts plain-language queries and can turn searches into real-time alerts. For some issues, Aikido offers guided fixes and auto-generated pull requests, but does not automatically change infrastructure. Other listed capabilities include container image and EC2 vulnerability scanning, IaC checks, runtime detection, asset inventory, attack path analysis, and SBOM management. Compliance checks map to SOC 2 and ISO 27001, with reporting that can sync to Vanta and Drata. The free Developer plan includes one cloud account; Basic is $300 a month, while Pro and Advanced are each $600 a month.

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