UpGuard
The facts below are what the maker publishes about UpGuard, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From UpGuard's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 vendors · Vendor Security Ratings · Assessments · Remediation · 3 users · Custom Security Profiles |
| Standard | $1,750 a month | 50 vendors · Vendor Security Ratings · Assessment and Remediation Workflows · Additional vendors $79/month · billed annually |
| Corporate | Priced on request | 500 vendors · Fourth Parties · Audit Log |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | unlimited vendors · 30 admin/general users · unlimited read-only users · premium assurance |
| Enterprise+ | Priced on request | Unlimited vendors · Unlimited platform users · Multi-Org Accounts · Enterprise Support |
| Professional | Priced on request | 150 vendors · Role-Based Accounts · Custom Co-Branding |
The facts
Each one read from UpGuard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and SSO
- The pricing comparison lists API access and SSO in all listed Vendor Risk tiers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- API capabilities
- Official API tutorials cover bulk vendor import/export, questionnaire attachments, report generation and integrations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- UpGuard publishes API documentation at cyber-risk.upguard.com/api/docs and provides a downloadable swagger.json specification for Postman.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Breach risk
- Attack Surface Management provides continuous visibility into a digital footprint to detect threats and strengthen cybersecurity posture.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Breach Risk
- Breach Risk maps an organization’s attack surface and monitors threats before compromise.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bug bounty
- UpGuard says it has no bug-bounty program and offers no monetary rewards for vulnerability reports.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- UpGuard says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit and its SaaS platform runs on Google Cloud Platform.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- The Help Center provides getting-started guides, release notes, videos, webinars, API material and integration instructions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Customer data is encrypted both while stored and while transmitted.checked 15 Oct 2026
- G2 product review counts
- G2 lists 763 reviews for UpGuard Vendor Risk, 35 for Breach Risk and 4 for Trust Exchange.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The SaaS platform runs on Google Cloud Platform and is not documented as self-hosted software.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Identity controls
- The service supports SAML and OIDC SSO, MFA and subscription-dependent audit logging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Native integrations include Jira Cloud, Slack and ServiceNow, while Zapier connects UpGuard with more than 4,000 applications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- The site presents solutions for education, financial services, technology, and healthcare organizations.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: bulk reporting
- A Gartner critical review says bulk actions for vendor reporting are unavailable in both the user interface and API.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- A Capterra reviewer considers the product’s price somewhat steep, though still fair for the capability.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: rating transparency
- A Capterra reviewer says UpGuard could explain more openly how it scores risks and vulnerabilities.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application security
- UpGuard describes OWASP secure coding, vulnerability scanning of dependencies, fortnightly releases and annual third-party penetration tests.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists UpGuard as privately held, founded in 2012, headquartered in Mountain View, California, with 201–500 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as UpGuard, Inc. and the former name as ScriptRock.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- UpGuard says it was founded in 2012.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Funding and ownership
- Crunchbase classifies UpGuard as a private Series C company and lists eight funding rounds, with amounts partly obscured.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; US headquarters in Mountain View, Californiachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Plan limits
- The Standard plan includes monitoring 50 vendors, while Enterprise+ includes unlimited vendors and unlimited platform users.checked 7 Oct 2026
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