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bearhug vs Intruder
Intruder is a strong choice for teams that want to find exploitable vulnerabilities in their external infrastructure, web apps and APIs. If you are a small team on AWS looking for dedicated cloud security posture management, bearhug may be a better fit, and for many teams the two work well together. This page compares them honestly, with sources for every price.
At a glance
| bearhug | Intruder | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Small teams on AWS without a security engineer | Teams focused on vulnerability scanning |
| Clouds | AWS | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare (Intruder pricing) |
| Scope | CSPM for AWS: configuration and threat findings | Exposure management: infrastructure, web app and API scanning, with cloud security checks |
| Pricing model | Flat price per AWS account | Plans plus per-target licences |
| Published starting price | $100 per AWS account per month (AWS Marketplace) | Free plan; paid from $2,870 per 12 months for 5 targets (Intruder on AWS Marketplace) |
| Deployment | Agentless; CloudFormation stack | External scanning plus cloud connectors |
| Buying route | AWS Marketplace | AWS Marketplace or direct |
Prices were checked on the vendor’s own pricing page or AWS Marketplace listing on 24 September 2026. List prices change, and your own quote may differ.
Where Intruder is stronger
- Vulnerability scanning. Intruder scans your internet-facing infrastructure, web apps and APIs for known vulnerabilities, which bearhug does not do.
- Attack surface monitoring. It watches for new exposed services and changes on the perimeter.
- A free plan. Intruder offers a free plan to get started.
Where bearhug is a better fit
- Dedicated AWS posture management. Every finding from Security Hub and GuardDuty, grouped, prioritised and explained, rather than cloud checks as one part of a scanner.
- Set-up in under five minutes. One CloudFormation stack per AWS account, and findings follow as Security Hub completes its first checks, usually within a couple of hours.
- Plain English by default. Every finding explains what is wrong, why it matters and how to fix it.
- One-click fixes. Public S3 buckets, open ports and missing CloudTrail logging can be fixed from the dashboard, with rollback.
- Compliance mapping. Findings are mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR and Cyber Essentials controls.
Better together
Intruder and bearhug answer different questions. Intruder asks what an attacker can see and exploit from the outside. bearhug asks whether your AWS account is configured safely on the inside: who has access, what is public, what is logged and what is encrypted.
Many teams benefit from both. If you only choose one and you run entirely on AWS, start with the one that covers the risk you are most worried about.
A useful rule of thumb: if your biggest worry is an unpatched server or a vulnerable web app on the internet, start with a vulnerability scanner. If it is a public bucket, an over-permissive IAM role or logging that is switched off, start with posture management.
What it costs for a small team
Take a start-up with three AWS accounts for production, staging and development. With bearhug, that costs $300 a month, or $3,600 a year, with every feature included and no long-term commitment.
Intruder has a free plan, and lists its Cloud plan with 5 infrastructure licences at $2,870 per 12 months on AWS Marketplace. Larger Cloud plans add more infrastructure and application licences, up to $15,723 per 12 months for 250 infrastructure licences and 10 web apps.
Because the two tools do different jobs, many teams budget for both: Intruder for external vulnerability scanning and bearhug for AWS posture management. Intruder licences are counted per scanned target, while bearhug counts AWS accounts. bearhug also enables Security Hub and GuardDuty, and AWS bills their usage separately, depending on how much you use them.
bearhug vs Intruder questions
No. bearhug does not scan application code, container images or operating system packages. It focuses on AWS configuration and threat findings.
For many teams, yes. Intruder covers external vulnerability scanning, and bearhug covers AWS posture management.
bearhug costs $100 per AWS account per month. Intruder has a free plan, and lists its Cloud plan with 5 infrastructure licences at $2,870 per 12 months on AWS Marketplace.
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