Comparison

Cloud Custodian vs Sysdig Secure

On the evidence we track, Cloud Custodian leads this comparison with a composite score of 53/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Cloud Custodian53
Sysdig Secure43
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cloud Custodian53 / 100low · 41%
Sysdig Secure43 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure–
Model
Cloud Custodianopen_source
Sysdig Securecommercial
Price level
Cloud Custodianfree
Sysdig Secureunknown
Transparent
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✗
Integrations
Count
Cloud Custodian7
Sysdig Secure9
Security
Scorecard
Cloud Custodian8.7
Sysdig Secure–
Soc2
Cloud Custodian–
Sysdig Secure✓
Reliability
Status page
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cloud Custodian80
Sysdig Secure–
Github stars
Cloud Custodian6,085
Sysdig Secure–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cloud Custodian37
Sysdig Secure–
Release
Cadence days
Cloud Custodian54
Sysdig Secure–
History
Cloud Custodian20 items
Sysdig Secure–
License
Spdx
Cloud CustodianApache-2.0
Sysdig Secure–
Language
Primary
Cloud CustodianPython
Sysdig Secure–
Market
Availability
Cloud Custodian–
Content
Faq
Cloud Custodian5 items
Sysdig Secure6 items

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Cloud Custodian✗
Sysdig Secure✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Cloud Custodian✗
Sysdig Secure✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Cloud Custodian✗
Sysdig Secure✓
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Cloud Custodian✗
Sysdig Secure✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
Cloud CustodianAWS, Azure, GCP (primary); Kubernetes, Tencent Cloud, OpenStack (beta)
Sysdig SecureAWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Cloud CustodianEncryption, access controls, tag policies, cost management
Sysdig SecureNIST 800-53, NIS2, DORA
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓

What each one is

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

Cloud Custodian

Leader

Automates and enforces policies across cloud infrastructure defined as code

Independently observed

Sysdig Secure

An AI-driven cloud security platform that automates threat investigation, prioritization, and remediation using specialized AI agents powered by detailed runtime visibility across cloud workloads and containers.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cloud Custodian

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Sysdig Secure

Subscription
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cloud Custodian✗
Sysdig Secure✓
CLI
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✓
Self-hosted
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✗
On-premise
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✗
Hybrid
Cloud Custodian✓
Sysdig Secure✗

Integrations

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

Cloud Custodian

Leader
8 total
  • Terraform
  • Slack
  • AWS CloudWatch Events
  • AWS Config Rules
  • Azure EventGrid
  • GCP AuditLog
  • GCP Pub/Sub
  • EC2 Systems Manager Automation
Independently observed

Sysdig Secure

10 total
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • IBM Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Anthropic
  • Checkmarx
  • Semgrep
  • Snyk
  • Grafana
Independently observed
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