Aikido Security vs Chainguard vs Endor Labs vs Socket
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Aikido Security
All-in-one AppSec platform: SAST, SCA, IaC, secrets, DAST, and runtime...
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Chainguard
Secure-by-default container images and AI supply chain
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Endor Labs
Application security with reachability analysis
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Socket
Blocks malicious npm/PyPI packages at PR time.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.4 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Enterprise | Enterprise | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free forever: 10 repos, 2 containers, 1 cloud account, 250K runtime requests/month, no credit card | — | — | — |
| Paid from | Free tier (Developer); paid Basic/Pro/Advanced flat fees from ~$300/mo; Enterprise custom | — | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 100,000+ teams globally (as of early 2026) | — | — | — |
| Founded | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| Maker | Aikido Security NV | — | — | — |
| Verdict | Aikido remains one of the strongest all-in-one AppSec plays for startups and mid-market teams. The January 2026 Series B -- $60M led by DST Global at a $1B valuation, the fastest unicorn run of any European cybersecurity... |
Chainguard provides hardened, minimal container images (Chainguard Images) and supply-chain tooling designed to dramatically cut CVE exposure, with signed provenance and continuous rebuilds. For platform and security tea... |
Endor Labs is a strong software-supply-chain security platform whose core differentiator is reachability analysis — instead of flooding teams with every CVE in every dependency, it determines whether vulnerable code is a... |
Socket does the thing CVE scanners can't: it reads what a package actually does, spotting install-script shenanigans, obfuscation, and network calls that signal a supply-chain attack, then flags it in your pull request b... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.