Amazon Inspector vs. Semgrep
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Amazon Inspector | Semgrep |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Review count | 27 | 56 |
| Ease of use | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| Ease of setup | 9.0 | 9.5 |
| Quality of support | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Meets requirements | 9.4 | 8.9 |
| NPS | 56 | 76.785714 |
| Small Business | 40.7% | 10.9% |
| Mid-Market | 33.3% | 43.6% |
| Enterprise | 25.9% | 45.5% |
| Total page views | 197 | 987 |
| Total LLM citations | 747 | 18,600 |
Amazon Inspector
Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service that continuously scans AWS workloads—including Amazon EC2 instances, container images in Amazon ECR, AWS Lambda functions, and code repositories—for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure. By integrating seamlessly with AWS environments, it provides real-time detection and prioritization of security issues, enabling organizations to enhance their security posture efficiently.
- Security Protection
- Customer Support
- Setup Ease
- Collaboration
- Vulnerability Identification
- Security
Semgrep
Semgrep is a modern static analysis (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and secrets detection platform designed for both developers and security teams. It combines fast, deterministic analysis with context-aware AI that triages findings like a senior security engineer. The AI Assistant helps reduce false positives, prioritize meaningful results, and offers clear remediation guidance. Its “Memories” feature learns from past decisions to further reduce triage noise over time.
- Ease of Use
- Features
- Vulnerability Detection
- Scanning Efficiency
- Security
- Speed