Comparison

Cloud Custodian vs Uptycs

On the evidence we track, Uptycs leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. 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

★Uptycs65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Cloud Custodian	UptycsLeader
vioscaleAI score	53 / 100low · 41%	65 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$3
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	8
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.7	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.uptycs.com/about/security
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	6,085	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	37	-
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 · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Cloud Custodian53 / 100low · 41%

Uptycs65 / 100medium · 72%

Pricing

Free tier

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✗

Model

Cloud Custodianopen_source

Uptycscommercial

Price level

Cloud Custodianfree

Uptycslow

Starting price

Cloud Custodian–

Uptycs$3

Transparent

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

Integrations

Count

Cloud Custodian7

Uptycs8

Security

Certifications

Cloud Custodian–

UptycsSOC 2 Type II

Gdpr

Cloud Custodian–

Uptycs✓

Iso27001

Cloud Custodian–

Uptycs✓

Scorecard

Cloud Custodian8.7

Uptycs–

Soc2

Cloud Custodian–

Uptycs✓

Trust center

Cloud Custodian–

Uptycshttps://www.uptycs.com/about/security

Vulnerabilities

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

Uptycs–

Reliability

Status page

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Cloud Custodian80

Uptycs–

Github stars

Cloud Custodian6,085

Uptycs–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Cloud Custodian37

Uptycs–

Release

Cadence days

Cloud Custodian54

Uptycs–

History

Cloud Custodian20 items

Uptycs–

License

Spdx

Cloud CustodianApache-2.0

Uptycs–

Language

Primary

Cloud CustodianPython

Uptycs–

Market

Availability

Cloud Custodian–

UptycsAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Cloud Custodian5 items

Uptycs7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Cloud Security Software
Capability	Cloud Custodian	Uptycs
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	AWS, Azure, GCP (primary); Kubernetes, Tencent Cloud, OpenStack (beta)	AWS, IBM Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed	Encryption, access controls, tag policies, cost management	ISO 27001
Licensing
Open-core scanner available	✓	✗

Posture

CSPM (posture / misconfig)

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

KSPM (Kubernetes posture)

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

Workload

CWPP (workload protection)

Cloud Custodian✗

Uptycs✓

Entitlements

CIEM (entitlements)

Cloud Custodian✗

Uptycs✓

Data

DSPM (data posture)

Cloud Custodian✗

Uptycs✗

Pipeline

IaC / pipeline scanning

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

Architecture

Agentless scanning

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

Runtime

Runtime protection

Cloud Custodian✗

Uptycs✓

Coverage

Cloud coverage

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

UptycsAWS, IBM Cloud

Compliance

Compliance frameworks assessed

Cloud CustodianEncryption, access controls, tag policies, cost management

UptycsISO 27001

Licensing

Open-core scanner available

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✗

What each one is

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

Cloud Custodian

Automates and enforces policies across cloud infrastructure defined as code

Independently observed

Uptycs

Leader

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.

Cloud Custodian

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

Uptycs

Leader

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 2026-09-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Cloud Custodian	Uptycs
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Cloud Custodian✗

Uptycs✓

CLI

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✓

Self-hosted

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✗

On-premise

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✗

Hybrid

Cloud Custodian✓

Uptycs✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Slack

Cloud Custodian

8 total - 7 not shared

Terraform
AWS CloudWatch Events
AWS Config Rules
Azure EventGrid
GCP AuditLog
GCP Pub/Sub
EC2 Systems Manager Automation

Independently observed

Uptycs

Leader

11 total - 10 not shared

PagerDuty
Amazon Security Lake
Microsoft Security Copilot
AWS
AWS Security Lake
AWS Systems Manager
JIRA
Okta
GitHub
Azure AD

Independently observed

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