Comparison

Microsoft Defender for Cloud 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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Microsoft Defender for Cloud48
★Uptycs65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Microsoft Defender for Cloud48 / 100low · 19%
Uptycs65 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✗
Model
Microsoft Defender for Cloudcommercial
Price level
Microsoft Defender for Cloudunknown
Uptycslow
Starting price
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Uptycs$3
Transparent
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✗
Uptycs✓
Integrations
Count
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Uptycs8
Security
Certifications
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Gdpr
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Iso27001
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Uptycs✓
Soc2
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Uptycs✓
Trust center
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Reliability
Status page
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Market
Availability
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
Content
Faq
Microsoft Defender for Cloud5 items
Uptycs7 items

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Uptycs✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Uptycs✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Uptycs✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Uptycs✗
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Uptycs✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
Microsoft Defender for CloudHybrid and multicloud environments
UptycsAWS, IBM Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
UptycsISO 27001
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Uptycs✗

What each one is

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

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Provides security protection across application development and runtime stages for hybrid and multicloud deployments.

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.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Hybrid
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✗
Uptycs✓
Hybrid
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
Uptycs✗

Integrations

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

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Not documented yet.

Uptycs

Leader
11 total
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
  • AWS
  • AWS Security Lake
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • Slack
  • JIRA
  • Okta
  • GitHub
  • Azure AD
Independently observed
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