UpGuard
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a mid-size or larger org with dozens of vendors and budget to act on findings.
Comparison
UpGuard vs SecurityScorecard
UpGuard and SecurityScorecard both land on Depends.
SecurityScorecard
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a mid-to-large org with dozens of vendors, compliance pressure, or a board that wants a risk score.
| Compare | UpGuard | SecurityScorecard |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Orgs with dozens of third-party vendors | Mid-to-large enterprises with long vendor lists |
| Who it's not for | Startups that can track vendors in a spreadsheet | Small businesses with under ~20 vendors |
| 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 support evidence found |
| Public sentiment | Reviewers on G2, Gartner and Reddit broadly praise UpGuard for streamlining vendor risk workflows, with few concrete complaints in the sources.¹ | Software Advice lists 4.3/5 and G2 reviews run positive, but practitioner sentiment on Reddit and LinkedIn is polarized.14 |
| Biggest gotcha | Entry price billed annually . roughly $19,000+ upfront commitment⁴ | Enterprise quote-only pricing; expect implementation and onboarding fees on top of license |
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 SecurityScorecard when
- Mid-to-large enterprises with long vendor lists
- GRC and third-party risk teams
- Regulated industries (healthcare case study exists)
- Boards wanting a vendor risk score
When SecurityScorecard is not a fit
- Small businesses with under ~20 vendors
- Teams wanting transparent, self-serve pricing
- Security teams that reject ratings methodologies outright
- Anyone seeking open-source or self-hosted TPRM
Sources
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- 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
- SecurityScorecard homepagesecurityscorecard.comofficial
- G2 reviewsg2.comreview
- Software Advice reviews (4.3/5)softwareadvice.comreview