Comparison

Checkov vs Uptycs

No clear leader: Uptycs (65.0) and Checkov (61.4) 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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Checkov61
Uptycs65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Checkov61 / 100low · 45%
Uptycs65 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Checkov✓
Uptycs✗
Model
Price level
Checkovfree
Uptycslow
Starting price
Checkov–
Uptycs$3
Transparent
Checkov–
Uptycs✓
Integrations
Count
Checkov13
Uptycs8
Security
Certifications
Checkov–
Gdpr
Checkov–
Uptycs✓
Iso27001
Checkov–
Uptycs✓
Scorecard
Checkov7
Uptycs–
Soc2
Checkov–
Uptycs✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Checkov–
Uptycs✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Checkov138
Uptycs–
Github stars
Checkov9,068
Uptycs–
Package downloads weekly
Checkov4,830,339
Uptycs–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Checkov36
Uptycs–
Release
Cadence days
Checkov4
Uptycs–
History
Checkov20 items
Uptycs–
License
Spdx
CheckovApache-2.0
Uptycs–
Language
Primary
CheckovPython
Uptycs–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Checkov6 items
Uptycs7 items

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Checkov✓
Uptycs✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Checkov✓
Uptycs✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Checkov-
Uptycs✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Checkov-
Uptycs✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Checkov-
Uptycs✗
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Checkov✓
Uptycs✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Checkov✓
Uptycs✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Checkov-
Uptycs✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
CheckovAWS, Google Cloud, Azure
UptycsAWS, IBM Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Checkov-
UptycsISO 27001
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Checkov✓
Uptycs✗

What each one is

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

Checkov

Checkov scans infrastructure-as-code configurations across Terraform, Kubernetes, CloudFormation, Dockerfile, and other IaC formats to detect security vulnerabilities and compliance violations before deployment.

Independently observed

Uptycs

Cloud security platform providing threat detection, workload protection, compliance management, and infrastructure scanning across cloud environments with AWS integration.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Checkov

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Uptycs

from $3/workload/moSubscription

From $3/workload/month, billed annually. Minimum annual commitment of $12,000.

  • Discover$3/workload/month billed annually
    • Full asset inventory across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and endpoints
    • Unified management of users, policies, and roles
    • Tool integrations (SOAR, SIEM, Slack, JIRA)
  • Audit$6/workload/month billed annually
    • Everything from Discover plus deep security posture evaluation
    • Compliance and vulnerability scanning with continuous monitoring
    • Attack path analysis and exposure management
    • Cloud identity entitlements for cloud and Kubernetes
    • Vulnerability management across hosts, VMs, containers, and serverless
    • +2 more
  • SecureContact sales
    • Everything from Audit plus runtime protection
    • Real-time threat detection and forensics
    • Cloud detection and response
    • File monitoring and unauthorized change alerts
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Checkov✗
Uptycs✓
CLI
Checkov✓
Uptycs✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Checkov✓
Uptycs✓
Self-hosted
Checkov✓
Uptycs✗

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • AWS
  • GitHub

Checkov

13 total - 11 not shared
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • CloudFormation
  • Dockerfile
  • Git
  • Helm
  • Kustomize
  • Serverless
Independently observed

Uptycs

11 total - 9 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
  • AWS Security Lake
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • Slack
  • JIRA
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
Independently observed
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Checkov or Uptycs: which one depends on you

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