Comparison

Lacework vs ScoutSuite

No leader: the top candidate Lacework has only 0.27 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Lacework full profile →ScoutSuite full profile →

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Lacework60

ScoutSuite43

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Lacework	ScoutSuite
Vioscale score	60 / 100low · 27%	43 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=scoutsuite&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	4
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	7,800
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	49
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python

Score

Vioscale score

Lacework60 / 100low · 27%

ScoutSuite43 / 100low · 42%

Pricing

Free tier

Lacework–

ScoutSuite✓

Model

Laceworkcommercial

ScoutSuitecommercial

Price level

Lacework–

ScoutSuitefree

Security

Disclosure policy

Lacework–

ScoutSuite✓

Iso27001

Lacework✓

ScoutSuite–

Scorecard

Lacework–

ScoutSuite4

Soc2

Lacework✓

ScoutSuite–

Vulnerabilities

Lacework–

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

Reliability

Status page

Lacework✓

ScoutSuite✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Lacework–

ScoutSuite4

Github stars

Lacework–

ScoutSuite7,800

Activity

Commits last 30d

Lacework–

ScoutSuite0

Release

Cadence days

Lacework–

ScoutSuite49

History

Lacework–

ScoutSuite20 items

License

Spdx

Lacework–

ScoutSuiteGPL-2.0

Language

Primary

Lacework–

ScoutSuitePython

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Cloud Security Software
Capability	Lacework	ScoutSuite
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, Alibaba Cloud (alpha), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (alpha), Kub
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed	-	-
Licensing
Open-core scanner available	-	✓

Posture

CSPM (posture / misconfig)

Lacework-

ScoutSuite✓

KSPM (Kubernetes posture)

Lacework-

ScoutSuite✓

Workload

CWPP (workload protection)

Lacework-

ScoutSuite-

Entitlements

CIEM (entitlements)

Lacework-

ScoutSuite-

Data

DSPM (data posture)

Lacework-

ScoutSuite-

Pipeline

IaC / pipeline scanning

Lacework-

ScoutSuite-

Architecture

Agentless scanning

Lacework-

ScoutSuite✓

Runtime

Runtime protection

Lacework-

ScoutSuite-

Coverage

Cloud coverage

Lacework-

ScoutSuiteAWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud (alpha), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (alpha), Kub

Compliance

Compliance frameworks assessed

Lacework-

ScoutSuite-

Licensing

Open-core scanner available

Lacework-

ScoutSuite✓

Pricing

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

Lacework

Pricing not documented yet.

ScoutSuite

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Lacework	ScoutSuite
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	-	✓

Platforms

CLI

Lacework–

ScoutSuite✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Lacework–

ScoutSuite✓

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