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Aikido vs Echo

Only fix the images that are actually exploitable

Echo ships AI-built clean base images. Aikido secures your entire developer workflow, from code and dependencies to containers and cloud, and hardens the images you already run.

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Where Aikido goes further than Echo

THEIR BASE, THEIR RULES

Echo wants to own your base image.

Adopt Echo and your foundation becomes their lineage, on their cadence. Aikido leaves your base in place and hardens it there.

FIXES FROM FORUMS

Echo's patches start in a comment thread.

Echo's agents pull fixes from GitHub comments and blogs, then open a PR. Aikido's remediation is deterministic, so you know exactly what changed.

CLEAN SCAN ≠ SECURE APP

A clean scan is step one, not the finish.

A clean base image says nothing about the risk in your code, your config, or your cloud. Aikido shows you what's actually exploitable, then fixes it.

Aikido vs Echo

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Aikido
Echo
Hardened Images
  • Base image and distro
  • Re-platform required
  • Version handling
  • Upgrade cadence
  • Image variant coverage
  • Works with your existing base images,  
    no proprietary distro
  • No
  • Keep your pinned versions, fixes backported
  • On your schedule, no forced upgrades
  • The images you already run, plus a hardened catalog
  • Proprietary AI-rebuilt minimal images
  • Yes
  • Echo-maintained versions
  • 24h average remediation
  • ~600 images
Open source dependencies
  • Dependency language coverage
  • Dependency fix model
  • Broad: npm, PyPI, Maven, Gradle, Go, NuGet, RubyGems, ...
  • Fix the vulnerable dependency, with AI Autofix
  • Limited, via Echo libraries
  • Replace with an Echo library
Application and cloud security
No
  • Static Code Analysis (SAST)
  • SCA
  • DAST & AI Pentesting
  • Secrets scanning
  • IaC scanning
  • CSPM
  • Runtime protection
  • No
  • No
  • No
  • No
  • No
  • No
  • No
Detection and fix
No
  • Finds what is broken in your stack
  • AI Autofix
  • Yes, across code, dependencies, containers, and cloud
  • Yes, unlimited
  • No, provides clean images
  • No
Provenance and workflow
  • Provenance and compliance
  • Scanner and workflow fit
  • SBOM, SOC 2 and ISO tracking, FedRAMP in progress*
  • Connect repos, scan in 32s, no migration
  • SBOM, FIPS and STIG hardened
  • One-line Dockerfile swap
* Aikido is implementing FedRAMP. See the Aikido Trust Center for current status.
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"Aikido’s pentest delivered human level, comprehensive findings at lightning speed and passed a rigorous compliance review with no issues."

Dan SherwoodManaging Director at Khaos Control Solutions

GEA switched from Sonarqube to Aikido

“We no longer have to look at multiple cloud environments separately for security. It’s all in one place.”

Brooks LoweSr Product Security Engineer

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GEA switched from Sonarqube to Aikido

Where the cracks show if you only use Echo

To secure modern applications, teams still need tools for:
Static analysis (SAST)
Dependency scanning (SCA)
Secrets detection
IaC scanning
Dynamic testing (DAST)
Cloud misconfiguration (CSPM)
Runtime protection
So teams using Echo bolt on more tools, and get:
Fragmented dashboards
Duplicate alerts
Manual triage across tools
Coverage gaps for images Echo does not maintain
Higher cost from stack buildup

One platform, start for free

0 migrations required

Aikido hardens the images you already run. No base image swap or lineage lock-in.

32s to first scan results

Connect a repo and get prioritized findings.
Free to start.

12+ security engines in one platform

SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, DAST, AI Pentests, containers, cloud and runtime. Minimus only covers images.

See the difference in 5 min

Connect your repos, get prioritized findings, and see why 100k+ teams chose Aikido. No credit card required.

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FAQs about Aikido vs Echo

Does Aikido replace Chainguard, or run alongside it?

Both. Aikido ships its own near-zero-CVE hardened images, so most teams run Aikido alone for code-to-runtime plus images. Already invested in Chainguard? Keep it for artifacts and let Aikido cover the scanning, cloud, pentesting, and runtime it doesn't.

Does Chainguard scan my code?

No. Chainguard ships hardened images and libraries, then sends you to third-party scanners to actually find vulnerabilities. Aikido does the scanning itself: SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, container, and malware in one platform.

How does Aikido pricing compare to Chainguard?

Aikido is free to start. No credit card, self-serve, priced per contributing developer. Chainguard's free Catalog Starter is five images with no CVE SLA, and production is sales-gated and quote-only.

Can I get hardened, near-zero-CVE base images from Aikido?

Yes. Aikido Images are drop-in replacements with extended lifecycle support. Change one FROM line, get one-click AutoFix PRs with backported patches, no breaking OS upgrades.

Do I have to migrate off my current base images?

No. Chainguard hardens by replacing your base images with its own. Aikido hardens the Debian, Ubuntu, and Alpine images you already run. Change one FROM line, get AutoFix PRs with backported patches, no breaking OS upgrades.

Most of my CVEs are in app dependencies, not the base image. Does that matter?

Yes. Hardening the base image only touches the OS layer, and most of your CVE exposure lives above it in application dependencies. Aikido scans and fixes both, so you're not left securing the base while the risk sits elsewhere.