Cy5 Cloud-Native Vulnerability Management vs Intruder

Cy5 Cloud-Native Vulnerability Management scans containers, serverless workloads, and cloud infrastructure for vulnerabilities through the ion platform. It provides visibility across AWS, Azure, and GCP and connects through read-only cloud roles or service accounts without agents or code changes. The service monitors AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs, and GCP Audit Logs in real time, and describes continuous asset discovery and behavior-based scanning. It automatically generates software bills of materials and tracks dependencies. Vulnerabilities are scored using CVSS and environmental factors; Cy5 says ion narrows 8,000 CVEs to the 5% it identifies as exploitable in the environment. It can scan publicly hosted container images from Docker Hub and Amazon ECR, and supports GitHub Actions integration with policy-as-code validation before deployment. Reporting covers ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, with proactive support for remediation guidance and compliance reporting. Cy5 describes ion as built for Indian fintechs and telecoms. A free plan and free trial are listed, while pricing is on request. AI-powered remediation is described as coming soon.

Intruder provides continuous vulnerability scanning for infrastructure, web applications, APIs, and cloud environments, with issue prioritization and remediation guidance. It ranks issues using exploit likelihood and real-world threat intelligence, while emerging-threat scans check systems within hours of new risks appearing. Cloud scans assess AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud environments for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures. Authenticated dynamic application testing covers customer-controlled web apps and APIs, including OWASP Top 10 checks. Supported targets also include external IP addresses, domains, subdomains, internal Windows, macOS, and Linux devices, and container images. Integrations include cloud platforms, code hosts, issue trackers, chat services, Vanta, and Drata. Its API can manage targets, view issues, start scans, and retrieve results. A free plan and 14-day trial are listed. The free plan covers five infrastructure targets and weekly external scans, but does not include web apps. Internal target scanning is available only on Pro and Enterprise plans. All customers receive live chat support.