CloudGuard
Last updated: Nov 4, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to CloudGuard's?
These tables compare the solutions of the two providers, attribute by attribute. Use them to compare the solutions for the cybersecurity requirements of your company. To learn what each attribute means, read the descriptions of the attributes.
This comparison is only about the product, although it belongs to a larger parent company. All the information that Fluid Attacks collected is about the technical, functional, and theoretical capabilities of the product, not about the parent company.
Organization
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | CloudGuard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Cloud Native Application Product Platform (CNAPP) |
| Extras | None | None | SCA |
| Headcount | 186 | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42%, IT 12%, sales 16%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 24% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headcount growth | +3%, +21%, +29% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Countries | AR, BO, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, EC, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Reputation | 9.27 from 388 reviews over 7 years on Clutch, G2 and Gartner | Same | 8.85 from 824 reviews over 12 years on G2, Gartner and PeerSpot |
| Followers | 23K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Research firms | None | None | None |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2018 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Acquired 0 times and made 1 acquisition |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Third-Party CVEs Discovered | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | 189 CVEs reported to MITRE |
| Compliance | GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | Cyber Essentials, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO/IEC 27032:2023, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, SOC 2 Type II and StateRAMP Authorized |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 64K per month. Top 3: 18% CO, 9% US, 5% BR. Others 68% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Authority | 33 out of 100 | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | Check Point - Discovered and third-party |
| Content | Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers | Same | Documentation |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 4 in common and 9 additional | Same | 8 documentation sections, 4 in common and 4 additional |
| Community | Forum | Same | Forum by Check Point |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses, all free | Same | 11 product use courses by Check Point (10 free and 1 paid with certification) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS, Azure and GCP |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | 30-day free trial |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales and marketplaces |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 1 plan |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, containers, CSPM, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR | CNAPP |
| Minimum scope | 10 authors | Same | 1 user |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Users |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | No |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | CloudGuard |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTaaS | No | Yes | No |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | No |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No |
| Pivoting | No | Yes | No |
| Exploitation | No | Yes | No |
| Manual reattacks | Not applicable | Unlimited reattacks | Not applicable |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | Scanner-based zero-day vulnerability detection | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | Zero-day detection with WAF |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | Availability and support |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | 99.9% per month |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | Yes |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | AWS Outposts Ready Product and CNA (as Check Point) |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | None |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee or freelance |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | No information available |
| Channel control | No | Total | No information available |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 3 in common and 64 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 7 standards, 3 in common and 4 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, automated tools and human intelligence | AI and automated tools |
| Remediation | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 | 3, all in common |
| Output | 5, 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 2 | 6, 1 in common and 5 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | CloudGuard |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities, 2 in common and 3 additional | Same, plus 1 functionality | 2 functionalities, all in common |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 18 sources | Same | No information available |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS, Fixing cost, KEV, Reachability, Transitivity, Use and VLAI | Same | No information available |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 21 package managers, 12 in common and 9 additional | Same | 17 package managers, 12 in common and 5 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 14 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| SBOM | 24 package managers, 10 in common and 14 additional | Same | 17 package managers, 10 in common and 7 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Containers | 4 distributions, 3 in common and 1 additional | Same | 5 distributions, 3 in common and 2 additional |
| Source SAST (languages) | 14, 10 in common and 4 additional | Same | 16, 10 in common and 6 additional |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 23 | Same | No information available |
| Custom rules | No | No | Detectors |
| IaC | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | 2, 1 in common and 1 additional | 5, all in common |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary | Same, plus 2 types of binaries | Yes. No information available |
| DAST | 7 attack surface types | Same | No |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs | No |
| MAST | No | Yes | No |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Secrets | 313 secrets types | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | Yes. No information available |
| AI | 5 functions, none in common | Same | 3 functions, none in common |
| AI SAST | No | Yes | No |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | No | No | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) + on-premises (single-tenant) |
| Regions | US | Same | EU, IN, JP, SG and US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 4 per year | Same | No information available |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | CloudGuard |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 2 in common and 4 additional | Same | 2, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | 10 |
| Ticketing | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 2, 1 in common and 1 additional |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| CI/CD | 23, 9 in common and 14 additional | Same | 10, 9 in common and 1 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| Container | Native | Same | None |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| MAST | None | Native | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Cloud | 1 in common | Same | 5, 1 in common and 4 additional |
| CSPM | Native | Same | 6 |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | 1 |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
Fluid Attacks last updated these tables on 2026-10-13. The primary sources of information were spectralops.io and sc1.checkpoint.com. Fluid Attacks also used specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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