Black Duck wants your source code on their cloud. Snyk needs it online. AquilaX runs wherever you need it — multi-tenant SaaS, dedicated single-tenant, or fully on-premises behind your firewall. No GPU required.
For regulated industries, defense contractors, and data-sovereign organizations, uploading source code to a third-party cloud isn't a minor inconvenience — it's a compliance violation.
ITAR and EAR regulations prohibit sending controlled technical data — including source code — to unapproved third-party systems. Black Duck's cloud-only model is non-compliant by default.
ITAR / EARHIPAA and regional data residency requirements restrict where PHI-adjacent code and data can be processed. Cloud-only tools create unacceptable legal exposure.
HIPAA / GDPRData sovereignty laws and internal security policies in banking and fintech require code to stay within specific jurisdictions or entirely within internal networks.
SOX / PCI-DSSAir-gapped networks, classified environments, and FedRAMP requirements make cloud-only security tools impossible to deploy in many government settings.
FedRAMP / IL4+Same AI. Same 32 scanners. Same 60-second scans. Same auto-remediation. Every deployment option.
Fastest to start. Fully managed by AquilaX. Zero infrastructure to provision or maintain.
Your own isolated environment managed by AquilaX. Cloud convenience with data isolation.
Full Docker/Kubernetes deployment behind your firewall. Complete data sovereignty.
Many AI-powered security tools demand significant GPU infrastructure for self-hosted deployment — adding $50K–$200K in hardware costs and months of setup time. AquilaX's on-premises deployment runs on standard CPU infrastructure using Docker or Kubernetes. No specialized hardware. No GPU clusters. Same AI-powered scanning performance, dramatically lower infrastructure investment. This makes true on-premises deployment accessible to organizations that couldn't previously justify the infrastructure cost of self-hosted AI security tools.
AquilaX is the only platform offering three clean deployment models with full feature parity across all options.
| Vendor | Multi-Tenant Cloud | Dedicated / Single-Tenant | On-Premises | No GPU Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AquilaX | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes — Docker/K8s | ✓ Yes |
| Checkmarx | ✓ Yes | Partial | Yes — complex, expensive | Not specified |
| Black Duck | Cloud-only (source upload required) | ✗ No | ✗ No | N/A |
| Snyk | ✓ Yes | Limited | ✗ Primarily cloud | N/A |
| SonarQube | ✓ Yes (SonarCloud) | Partial | Yes — infrastructure-heavy | Not AI-powered |
| Semgrep | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | CLI only (limited) | CLI is lightweight |
| Aikido | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ Cloud-only | N/A |
Not the other way around. Deploy AquilaX in the cloud, dedicated, or fully behind your firewall — same AI, same power, your choice.
Disclaimer: The comparisons against third-party products on this page are made by the AquilaX engineering team and represent an independent view of AquilaX's capabilities based on publicly available information, product documentation, and industry benchmarks at the time of writing. Competitor products evolve over time and their capabilities may differ from what is described here. You should conduct your own research and evaluation before making any purchasing decision.