Guardian360 vs Upwind Security
Works alongside Upwind Security
Guardian360 works alongside Upwind Security, covering the ground that vendor leaves open. A US and Israeli cloud and AI security platform combining agentless cloud scanning with a runtime sensor, sold to enterprises and cloud-native scale-ups, pitched as the independent alternative to Wiz.
What Upwind Security is good at
US and Israeli cloud and AI security platform that combines agentless cloud scanning with a runtime sensor, sold to enterprises and cloud-native scale-ups. It announced the acquisition of Aegis, an AI agent security start-up, and a new AI Security Lab, and reportedly raised USD 300 million at a USD 3.8 billion valuation.
Side by side
How they compare
| Guardian360 | Upwind Security | |
|---|---|---|
| Company origin & data residency | Netherlands, EU-only | United States (founded in San Francisco, 2022) with Israeli founders and R&D; SaaS on AWS with an EU backend in Frankfurt |
| Partner model | Partner-only | Direct and partner; Upwind Partner Program with deal registration, plus co-sell through the AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle marketplaces |
| Deployment approach | Agentless SaaS | Agentless cloud scanner plus a runtime sensor inside workloads |
| Compliance coverage | 25+ frameworks, continuously mapped | CIS, NIST, ISO, SOC, HIPAA, GDPR, DORA, ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act for cloud resources; no NIS2 and no Dutch norm found |
| Intrusion detection | Built-in honeypots | Cloud detection and response from the runtime sensor, plus its own 24/7 MDR service; no network IDS or honeypots |
| Microsoft 365 insight | Included | No; cloud, Kubernetes and data platforms, not the Microsoft 365 tenant |
| Container & cloud scanning | Planned for 2026 | Yes, and it is their core: posture, identities, data, containers, Kubernetes, serverless, IaC and AI workloads across four clouds |
| Mobile app | Yes (Android & iOS) | Not published |
| Automation & ease of use | High | High; live cloud map and AI agents for investigation, validation and remediation |
| Pricing / MSP model | MSP pricing per employee / IP | One SKU per workload, one node counts once; AWS list price USD 30,000 a year per platform unit, MDR USD 6,000 per unit; MSP terms not published |
| Auto-remediation | Partner-guided | Partly; prioritised fix guidance, ticketing workflows and AI agents for remediation |
| Free trial / quick scan | Yes, incl. free WordPress plugin | Free trial through AWS Marketplace; otherwise demo on request |
| Smallest client size | From 10 employees / IPs | Enterprise and cloud-native mid-market; smallest public unit USD 30,000 a year |
| Data sovereignty (EU-only) | Yes | Partly; EU backend in AWS Frankfurt with no fallback to the US, but a US and Israeli company with a gated sub-processor list |
| Supply-chain compliance | Yes, NIS2/Cbw + CRA questionnaires | Software supply chain only (SCA, SBOM); no supplier questionnaires |
Based on publicly available information at the time of writing. Vendors evolve quickly, always verify the latest details with each provider.
When Upwind Security may fit better
A cloud-native enterprise or scale-up choosing between Upwind and Wiz that wants agentless cloud posture plus runtime context inside its workloads across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle.
When Guardian360 fits better
An organisation that needs evidence for everything around the clouds: Guardian360 Lighthouse reads the external perimeter, websites, the Microsoft 365 tenant, the office network and suppliers, and maps findings to 25+ frameworks including the Dutch norms, EU-hosted and partner-delivered.
Common questions
Guardian360 vs Upwind Security, answered
Is Guardian360 an alternative to Upwind Security?
No, they are complementary. Upwind secures the inside of the customer's clouds in real time; Guardian360 Lighthouse covers what sits around them and maps findings to frameworks including the Dutch norms. Many customers run both.
What is the main difference?
Upwind watches the cloud workloads at runtime. Lighthouse assesses the whole organisation around them and translates every finding into business risk and compliance evidence across 25+ frameworks, hosted entirely in the EU.
See it on your own environment
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