Checkmarx One vs Trivy

Checkmarx One is a paid web application-security platform focused on source-code analysis. It integrates with CI/CD workflows, scans pull requests, and supports IDE use so security checks can occur during development. Teams can define custom security rules and custom rules for their requirements, while automated fixes assist with remediation. The listed analysis target is source code. Pull-request scanning provides a way to examine proposed changes, and CI/CD integration connects checks with delivery processes. IDE support places analysis in developer tooling. Checkmarx One has no free plan, and pricing is available on request. The company was founded in 2006. Its web delivery model combines configurable security policies with automated assistance for addressing findings, without listing additional analysis targets or a free tier.

Trivy is a free, Apache-2.0-licensed scanner for code repositories, binary artifacts, container images, and Kubernetes clusters. Its scanners cover vulnerabilities, infrastructure-as-code misconfigurations, secrets, and licenses, and it can generate software bills of materials. Vulnerability checks include operating-system and language-specific packages, some non-packaged software, and Kubernetes components. Configuration checks cover Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CloudFormation files, and users can write custom checks. Trivy supports ecosystems including Ruby, Python, PHP, Node.js, .NET, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, Elixir, Dart, Swift, Julia, and operating-system packages. It can run as a CI/CD binary without middleware or database dependencies and can be used in air-gapped environments. Installation options include container images, release binaries, package repositories, Homebrew, and Windows downloads; official integrations include Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. Results can be exported as JUnit XML, SARIF, and ASFF. The vulnerability scanner documentation says third-party or self-compiled packages and binaries are unsupported, and the scanner may skip third-party packages. Trivy automatically fetches and maintains the security databases it needs for scans. The project is identified as Go software under the Apache-2.0 License; Aqua Security is listed as founded in 2015 with headquarters in Boston and Ramat Gan.