Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Defender for Servers (with Defender Vulnerability Management)
The closest AWS equivalent of Defender for Servers (with Defender Vulnerability Management) is Amazon Inspector.
About Defender for Servers (with Defender Vulnerability Management)
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Server protection in Plan 1 and Plan 2, integrating Defender for Endpoint and Defender Vulnerability Management, with agentless vulnerability and secrets scanning in Plan 2. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability scanning for servers, containers, and functions | Amazon Inspector | Partial match |
Threat detection, posture & security operations(1)
Vulnerability scanning for servers, containers, and functions Partial match
Amazon Inspector maps to Defender for Servers (with Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management) for VMs, and Defender for Containers or Defender CSPM for container image scanning.
- Coverage. Inspector scans EC2, ECR images, and Lambda functions in one service. On Azure, coverage is split across Defender plans, and scanning of serverless functions is more limited.
- Agentless. Both offer agentless scanning (Inspector for EC2 and Defender for Servers Plan 2 or Defender CSPM).
- Inspector Classic, the first version, was shut down on May 20, 2026.