Comparison

Check Point CloudGuard vs Cloud Custodian

No clear leader: Cloud Custodian (52.9) and Check Point CloudGuard (48.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Check Point CloudGuard49

Cloud Custodian53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Check Point CloudGuard	Cloud Custodian
Vioscale score	49 / 100low · 11%	53 / 100low · 41%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	1
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8.7
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=c7n&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	80
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	6,053
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	45
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	54
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ IL	-

Score

Vioscale score

Check Point CloudGuard49 / 100low · 11%

Cloud Custodian53 / 100low · 41%

Pricing

Free tier

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian✓

Model

Check Point CloudGuardcommercial

Cloud Custodianopen_source

Price level

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodianfree

Transparent

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian✓

Integrations

Count

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian1

Security

Scorecard

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian8.7

Vulnerabilities

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud CustodianCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=c7n&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Cloud Custodian✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian80

Github stars

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian6,053

Activity

Commits last 30d

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian45

Release

Cadence days

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian54

History

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian20 items

License

Spdx

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud CustodianApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud CustodianPython

Market

Availability

Check Point CloudGuardAvailable worldwide · HQ IL

Cloud Custodian–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud security software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Cloud Security Software
Capability	Check Point CloudGuard	Cloud Custodian
Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)	-	✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)	-	✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)	✓	✗
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)	-	✗
Data
DSPM (data posture)	-	✗
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning	-	✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning	-	✓
Runtime
Runtime protection	✓	✗
Coverage
Cloud coverage	Multi-cloud	AWS, Azure, GCP (primary); Kubernetes, Tencent Cloud, OpenStack (beta)
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed	-	-
Licensing
Open-core scanner available	-	✓

Posture

CSPM (posture / misconfig)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✓

KSPM (Kubernetes posture)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✓

Workload

CWPP (workload protection)

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Cloud Custodian✗

Entitlements

CIEM (entitlements)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✗

Data

DSPM (data posture)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✗

Pipeline

IaC / pipeline scanning

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✓

Architecture

Agentless scanning

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✓

Runtime

Runtime protection

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Cloud Custodian✗

Coverage

Cloud coverage

Check Point CloudGuardMulti-cloud

Cloud CustodianAWS, Azure, GCP (primary); Kubernetes, Tencent Cloud, OpenStack (beta)

Compliance

Compliance frameworks assessed

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian-

Licensing

Open-core scanner available

Check Point CloudGuard-

Cloud Custodian✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Check Point CloudGuard

Not documented yet.

Cloud Custodian

Cloud Custodian enables management of cloud resources through filtering, tagging, and policy-driven actions using a YAML DSL. It supports real-time compliance enforcement and cost optimization across AWS, Azure, GCP, and other cloud platforms.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Check Point CloudGuard

Pricing not documented yet.

Cloud Custodian

Open source

Open source and free under Apache 2.0 license

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Check Point CloudGuard	Cloud Custodian
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

CLI

Check Point CloudGuard–

Cloud Custodian✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Cloud Custodian✓

Self-hosted

Check Point CloudGuard✗

Cloud Custodian✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Check Point CloudGuard

Not documented yet.

Cloud Custodian

1 total

Terraform

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.