Amazon Inspector vs OpenVAS
| Amazon Inspector | OpenVAS | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | Yes |
| Paid from | — | €210.33/mo |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Web | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Deployment model | cloud | on_premises |
| Supported targets | Amazon EC2 instances; Amazon ECR container images; AWS Lambda functions; code repositories; CI/CD container images; Microsoft Azure VMs; Azure Function Apps; Azure Container Registry images | network services, servers, applications, endpoints, container images |
| Continuous scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance frameworks | CIS Benchmarks; NIST CSF; PCI DSS | CIS Benchmarks, IT-Grundschutz |
| Authenticated scanning | — | Yes |
| Asset limit | — | 150 assets |
Both are listed in Best Vulnerability Scanning Software. On Samsung Mobile US Press, OpenVAS scores higher on our published basis.