# Cloud Custodian vs Uptycs

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Uptycs

| Attribute | Cloud Custodian | Uptycs |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.3 (41% (low)) | 65 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 37 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 80 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 6,085 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Cloud Security Software.","source":"https://cloudcustodian.io/","question":"What is Cloud Custodian?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloud Custodian is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cloudcustodian.io/","question":"Is Cloud Custodian free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloud Custodian supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://cloudcustodian.io/","question":"What platforms does Cloud Custodian support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cloud Custodian can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://cloudcustodian.io/","question":"Can Cloud Custodian be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cloud Custodian is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian","question":"Is Cloud Custodian open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud security analytics platform that detects and protects against misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and threats in real-time across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, with comprehensive compliance tracking and incident response capabilities. It is indexed under Cloud Security Software.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","question":"What is Uptycs?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Uptycs is a paid product; published pricing starts at $3 per workload per month. It is sold across 3 plans (Discover, Audit and Secure). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","question":"How much does Uptycs cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Uptycs. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Uptycs support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Uptycs, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","question":"Can Uptycs be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Uptycs, including PagerDuty, Amazon Security Lake, Microsoft Security Copilot, AWS, Slack, JIRA, Okta and GitHub, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","question":"What does Uptycs integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Uptycs. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Uptycs not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Uptycs have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Uptycs is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","question":"Where is Uptycs available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Automates and enforces policies across cloud infrastructure defined as code | Cloud security platform providing threat detection, workload protection, compliance management, and infrastructure scanning across cloud environments with AWS integration. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ciem":false,"cspm":true,"cwpp":false,"dspm":false,"kspm":true,"iac_scanning":true,"cloud_coverage":"AWS, Azure, GCP (primary); Kubernetes, Tencent Cloud, OpenStack (beta)","open_core_scanner":true,"agentless_scanning":true,"runtime_protection":false,"compliance_frameworks":"Encryption, access controls, tag policies, cost management"}` | `{"ciem":true,"cspm":true,"cwpp":true,"dspm":false,"kspm":true,"iac_scanning":true,"cloud_coverage":"AWS, IBM Cloud","open_core_scanner":false,"agentless_scanning":true,"runtime_protection":true,"compliance_frameworks":"ISO 27001"}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"Slack","native":true},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch Events","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS Config Rules","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure EventGrid","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GCP AuditLog","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GCP Pub/Sub","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"EC2 Systems Manager Automation","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Amazon Security Lake"},{"name":"Microsoft Security Copilot"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Security Lake","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Systems Manager","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"JIRA","native":true,"category":"ticketing","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Okta","native":false,"category":"identity"},{"name":"GitHub","native":false,"category":"source_control"},{"name":"Azure AD","native":false,"category":"identity"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cloudcustodian.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-10T21:03:55.807Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Discover","summary":"$3/workload/month billed annually","features":["Full asset inventory across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and endpoints","Unified management of users, policies, and roles","Tool integrations (SOAR, SIEM, Slack, JIRA)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"workload","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Asset inventory and management across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and endpoints","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Audit","summary":"$6/workload/month billed annually","features":["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","IaC and secrets scanning","Posture management for identity providers"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"workload","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Security posture evaluation with compliance and vulnerability scanning","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Secure","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","features":["Everything from Audit plus runtime protection","Real-time threat detection and forensics","Cloud detection and response","File monitoring and unauthorized change alerts"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Advanced threat detection and incident response with runtime protection","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $3/workload/month, billed annually. Minimum annual commitment of $12,000.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.uptycs.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T22:16:34.923Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"workload","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":3,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 54 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.53.0","date":"2026-10-01T22:58:55Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.53.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.52.0","date":"2026-09-03T19:16:59Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.52.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.51.0","date":"2026-05-28T19:52:40Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.51.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.50.0","date":"2026-03-18T17:16:59Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.50.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.49.0","date":"2026-01-16T21:21:11Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.49.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.48.0","date":"2025-12-01T19:04:50Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.48.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.47.0","date":"2025-09-22T18:14:42Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.47.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.46.0","date":"2025-07-17T18:42:30Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.46.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.45.0","date":"2025-06-02T20:24:02Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.45.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.44.0","date":"2025-04-24T14:12:18Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.43.0","date":"2025-02-04T15:27:59Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.42.0","date":"2024-11-14T20:21:44Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.41.0","date":"2024-09-18T19:08:29Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.40.0","date":"2024-07-23T20:06:17Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.40.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.39.0","date":"2024-07-23T13:55:45Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.39.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.38.0","date":"2024-06-18T11:56:41Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.37.0","date":"2024-06-05T14:04:13Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.37.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.36.0","date":"2024-04-29T13:09:49Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.36.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.35.0","date":"2024-03-05T21:30:15Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.35.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian/releases/tag/0.9.34.0","date":"2024-01-18T18:30:11Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.34.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 8.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.uptycs.com/about/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=c7n&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | ✗ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:51:13.345Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*