Comparison

Why AuraWatch — and how it compares to HostedScan.

We get asked this a lot. Here’s an honest read on where each tool fits and how we think about the trade-offs.

What HostedScan does well

HostedScan has been around longer than AuraWatch and serves a wide range of customers, including large enterprise teams. They have a more established brand, a longer track record of running scans at scale, and depth on enterprise features like managing many separate customer accounts under one parent organisation. If you are a managed-security provider wrapping scanner services for downstream customers, HostedScan is a defensible pick.

Side-by-side

Pricing reflects publicly listed pricing at the time of publication. Both vendors revise pricing periodically; check each site for the current numbers.

Where AuraWatch fits better for small business

For small and mid-sized businesses without an in-house security team, AuraWatch tends to fit better on four points. There is a real free tier — not a 14-day trial — so you can try it on your own site before ever paying. The starting price is lower, at $29/mo for five targets. Every plan includes your whole team, which matters because security only works when the people who need to see it can. And if you want an engineer to actually fix what we find, our Elemental Concept consultancy team is one click away.

If your priorities are enterprise depth, managed-security resale, or operations-centre tooling, HostedScan is worth considering on its own merits. If you are a restaurant, a dental practice, an accountancy firm, or a law firm trying to keep one website healthy without hiring anyone, that is the gap AuraWatch was built for.