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Comparison

Prowler vs Uptycs

On the evidence we track, Prowler leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Prowler75
Uptycs65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Prowler75 / 100medium · 71%
Uptycs65 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗
Model
Prowlerfreemium
Uptycscommercial
Price level
Prowlerhigh
Uptycslow
Starting price
Prowler$99
Uptycs$3
Transparent
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Integrations
Count
Prowler10
Uptycs8
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Prowler✓
Uptycs–
Fedramp
Prowler✓
Uptycs–
Gdpr
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Hipaa
Prowler✓
Uptycs–
Iso27001
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Pci
Prowler✓
Uptycs–
Soc2
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Prowler7 items
Uptycs7 items

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Prowler-
Uptycs✗
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Prowler-
Uptycs✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Prowler-
Uptycs✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
ProwlerAWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub, Microsoft 365, Oracle Cl
UptycsAWS, IBM Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
ProwlerCIS, NIST 800, NIST CSF, CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, RBI, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, NIS2, GDPR,
UptycsISO 27001
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗

What each one is

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

Prowler

Leader

An open-source and managed platform that automatically scans cloud environments for security misconfigurations and compliance violations. Offers multiple deployment options—cloud-hosted, self-hosted, or air-gapped—with 2,500+ checks, customizable compliance frameworks, remediation guidance, and integrations with security and workflow tools.

Independently observed

Uptycs

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.

Prowler

Leader
from $99/cloud account/moHybridFree tier15-day trial

Free trial and open-source options. Managed SaaS from $99/cloud account/month. Private Cloud pricing available on quote.

  • Free TrialFree
    • All checks and compliance frameworks
    • Cloud infrastructure posture scanning
    • Access to Prowler Hub
    • SOC 2 Type 2 assurance
  • Prowler Cloud$99/cloud account/month; 20% discount with annual billing
    • Continuous compliance across 70+ frameworks
    • Onboard whole AWS Organizations, Azure Management Groups, GCP Organizations
    • Jira, Slack and email alerts
    • SAML SSO and API access
    • Enterprise support
    • +5 more
  • Prowler Private CloudContact sales
    • Deployment in customer's cloud, data center or air-gapped environment
    • Data residency of choice and unlimited resources
    • Private Registry for custom providers, checks and frameworks
    • AWS Security Lake (Parquet) and custom SIEM integration
    • White glove onboarding
    • +3 more
  • Open SourceFree
    • 2,500+ checks across all cloud providers
    • Run from terminal, CI/CD pipeline or Kubernetes
    • All public compliance frameworks
    • Custom checks and frameworks support
    • Optional integration with Prowler Cloud
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Uptycs

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
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
CLI
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Prowler✓
Uptycs✓
Self-hosted
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗
On-premise
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗
Hybrid
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗
Air-gapped
Prowler✓
Uptycs✗

Integrations

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

In common (5)
  • AWS
  • GitHub
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • AWS Security Lake

Prowler

Leader
26 total - 21 not shared
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft 365
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Cloudflare
  • OpenStack
  • AWS Security Hub
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Censys
  • GitHub Code Scanning
  • Terraform
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Email
  • Custom SIEM
  • Power BI
  • GitHub Actions
  • Vercel
  • Google
  • Claude Code
Independently observed

Uptycs

11 total - 6 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
Independently observed
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