CloudGuard
How does Fluid Attacks’ solution compare to CloudGuard? The following comparison table enables you to discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting your company’s cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the dedicated page .
Note
This comparison focuses exclusively on the product itself, even though it belongs to a larger parent company. All information collected is based on the product’s technical, functional, and theoretical capabilities, not on attributes of 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 | 143 | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 42% , IT 13%, sales 13%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 26% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headcount growth | +8% , +10%, -8% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Countries | AR , BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Reputation | 9.77 from 209 reviews over 7 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 9.29 from 770 reviews over 12 years on G2, Gartner, PeerSpot and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 20K 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) |
| CVEs as CNA Researcher | 276 CVEs reported to MITRE , ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | 95 CVEs reported to MITRE by Check Point |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27032, ISO/IEC 27701 and SOC 2 Type II |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visits | 21K per month. Top 3: 26% CO, 8% FR, 7% US. Others 59% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Authority | 32 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: API security testing , PTaaS, RE and SCR | CNAPP |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | 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 | None | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | Zero-day detection with WAF |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy , availability and response | Availability and support |
| Minimum availability | >=99.95% per minute LTM | 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) |
| Hacker certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | None |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee or freelance |
| Endpoint control | Not applicable | Total | Not applicable |
| Channel control | Not applicable | Total | Not applicable |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards , 4 in common and 63 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 7 standards, 4 in common and 3 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | Automated tools , AI and human intelligence | Automated tools and AI |
| Remediation | 5Â , 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1Â | 3, all in common |
| Outputs | 5Â , 1 in common and 4 additional | Same, plus 2Â | 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 | 4 sources | Same | No information available |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0 , CVSSF , EPSS and KEV | Same | No information available |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 23 package managers , 8 in common and 15 additional | Same | 13 package managers, 8 in common and 5 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | No |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| SBOM | 22 package managers , 6 in common and 16 additional | Same | 13 package managers, 6 in common and 7 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Containers | 4 distributions , 2 in common and 2 additional | Same | 5 distributions, 2 in common and 3 additional |
| **Source SAST ** (languages) | 12 , 2 in common and 10 additional | Same | 8, 2 in common and 6 additional |
| **Source SAST ** (frameworks) | 22 | Same | No information available |
| Custom rules | No | No | Detectors |
| IaC | 6Â , 1 in common and 5 additional | 4Â | 1 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 |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| CSPM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ASM | No | No | Yes |
| Secrets | 15 secrets types | Same , plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | Yes. No information available |
| AI | 3 functions , none in common | Same | 3 functions, none in common |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | No |
| Open-source | MPL-2 license , totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | No |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | 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 | 21 , 9 in common and 12 additional | Same | 10, 9 in common and 1 additional |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native |
| Container | Native | Same | Native |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Cloud | 3 , all in common | Same | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional |
| CSPM | Native | Same | 3 |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | None |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | 1 |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
Tip
The latest update to this comparison was on Dec 15, 2025. The primary sources of information were spectralops.io and sc1.checkpoint.com, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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