Comparison

Checkov vs Uptycs

No clear leader: Uptycs (60.6) and Checkov (60.1) 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Checkov60
Uptycs61
Score
Vioscale score
Checkov60 / 100low · 47%
Uptycs61 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Checkov
Uptycs
Model
Price level
Checkovfree
Uptycslow
Transparent
Checkov
Uptycs
Integrations
Count
Checkov13
Uptycs3
Security
Iso27001
Checkov
Uptycs
Scorecard
Checkov7
Uptycs
Soc2
Checkov
Uptycs
Reliability
Status page
Checkov
Uptycs
Adoption
Dependent repos
Checkov138
Uptycs
Github stars
Checkov8,973
Uptycs
Package downloads weekly
Checkov4,830,339
Uptycs
Activity
Commits last 30d
Checkov17
Uptycs
Release
Cadence days
Checkov4
Uptycs
History
Checkov20 items
Uptycs
License
Spdx
CheckovApache-2.0
Uptycs
Language
Primary
CheckovPython
Uptycs
Market
Availability

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 unified workload protection, threat detection, and compliance management across cloud, container, and Kubernetes environments.

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/moSubscription

From $3/month (billed annually). Minimum $12K/year. Multi-year and volume discounts available.

  • Discover$3/month billed annually
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.

Checkov

13 total
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • CloudFormation
  • Dockerfile
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Helm
  • Kustomize
  • Serverless
Independently observed

Uptycs

3 total
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
Independently observed

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