UpGuard
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a mid-size or larger org with dozens of vendors and budget to act on findings.
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UpGuard vs Risk Ledger
UpGuard and Risk Ledger both land on Depends.
Risk Ledger
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a mid-size, public-sector, or regulated org with many suppliers and budget for a sales-led rollout.
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|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Orgs with dozens of third-party vendors | Mid-to-large orgs with hundreds of suppliers |
| Who it's not for | Startups that can track vendors in a spreadsheet | Small businesses with a handful of vendors, badly overkill |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.11 | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No support evidence in reviewed sources | No direct support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Reviewers on G2, Gartner and Reddit broadly praise UpGuard for streamlining vendor risk workflows, with few concrete complaints in the sources.¹ | Reviews trend positive but some users complain the platform is slow and inconsistent.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | Entry price billed annually . roughly $19,000+ upfront commitment⁴ | Pricing not published; expect quote-based contracts tied to supplier volume |
Pick UpGuard when
- Orgs with dozens of third-party vendors
- Mid-size and enterprise security teams
- Companies drowning in vendor security questionnaires
- Teams monitoring their external attack surface
When UpGuard is not a fit
- Startups that can track vendors in a spreadsheet
- Anyone with fewer than ~10 third-party vendors
- Teams wanting pure compliance automation (get Vanta)
- Buyers without budget to remediate what it finds
Pick Risk Ledger when
- Mid-to-large orgs with hundreds of suppliers
- Public sector supply chains
- Teams replacing spreadsheet vendor assessments
- Regulated firms doing supplier due diligence
When Risk Ledger is not a fit
- Small businesses with a handful of vendors, badly overkill
- Buyers who want published pricing and self-serve signup
- Teams needing a lightweight vendor contact list
- Orgs wanting broad GRC beyond third-party risk
Sources
review
- UpGuard Vendor Risk Reviews & Ratings 2026gartner.comreview
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news
- Pricing For The UpGuard CRPM Platformupguard.comofficial
- UpGuard self-service Vendor Risk plan (Help Center)help.upguard.comofficial
- How UpGuard Introduces New Risks and Scoring Algorithm Changeshelp.upguard.comofficial
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- UpGuard Raises $75M in Series C Fundingprnewswire.comnews
- UpGuard Customersupguard.comofficial
- UpGuard Product security pageupguard.comsecurity
- SecurityScorecard vs UpGuardsecurityscorecard.comnews
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- On the Radar: Risk Ledger network-first TPRM . Omdiaomdia.tech.informa.comnews
- Risk Ledger Case Studiesriskledger.comofficial