CrowdStrike vs Aqua Security Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
| CrowdStrike | Aqua Security | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | $59/mo | Custom |
| Number of plans | 5 | 3 |
| Free plan | — | |
| Free trial | ||
| Pricing model | per-seat | custom |
Falcon Free Trial
Popular- Next-Gen Antivirus
- Device Control
- Mobile Device Protection
- Express Support
Falcon Go
- Next-Gen Antivirus
- Device Control
- Mobile Device Protection
- Express Support
Falcon Pro
- Next-Gen Antivirus
- Device Control
- Mobile Device Protection
- Firewall Management
- Express Support
Falcon Enterprise
- Next-Gen Antivirus
- Device Control
- Mobile Device Protection
- Firewall Management
- Endpoint Detection and Response
- Threat Intelligence & Hunting
- Express Support
Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR
- 24/7 expert-led, AI-accelerated managed detection and response (MDR)
- Even more add-on modules available, such as Next-Gen Identity Security and Next-Gen SIEM
- CrowdStrike Breach Prevention Warranty
Dev Security
- Code repo discovery and code scanning
- Vulnerability and risk scanning of container images
- Dynamic Threat Analysis (DTA) in a secure sandbox to detect sophisticated malware
- Open source health scoring
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) scanning
- Pipeline security with static pipeline analysis
- CI/CD posture management
- Integrity checks of code throughout the lifecycle
- Automated next-gen SBOM generation and analysis
- CI/CD, registry and SCM toolchain integrity and governance
Cloud Security
- Auto-discovery, inventory and risk assessment across cloud accounts
- Agentless cloud workload scanning
- Support of AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle and Alibaba Cloud environments
- Hundreds of configuration checks across compute, database, storage and identity resources
- Out-of-the-box compliance reporting
- eBPF-based real-time detection of malicious behavior
- Drift prevention to ensure immutability of workloads at runtime
- Advanced malware protection with malware blocking and deletion
- Service identity-based segmentation (firewall)
- Event audit trails, incidents view, and response policies
Platform
- End-to-end visibility across the entire SDLC
- Risk-based prioritization and insights
- Contextualized risk scoring
- Built-in compliance and custom reporting
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Broad integrations with third-party tools
CrowdStrike vs Aqua Security FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- One or both use custom pricing, so it depends on your specific needs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- CrowdStrike has a free plan. Aqua Security doesn't — though they do offer a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. CrowdStrike uses per-seat pricing, while Aqua Security goes with custom. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike doesn't compete on price — it's positioned as the premium enterprise-grade option in a category full of cheaper legacy AV vendors, banking on brand trust from being the name breach response teams call. They're chasing mid-market up through Fortune 500, not price-sensitive SMBs, even though Go's entry price looks approachable on paper. Aqua Security: Full-stack cloud-native security with no self-serve entry point screams enterprise-only — they're not competing with Snyk on developer tooling price points or Wiz on PLG motion. Aqua is going after security-mature orgs with real budgets, likely landing in the same deals as Palo Alto Prisma and Wiz at the high end.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for CrowdStrike and Aqua Security and let you know when something moves.