Upwind Cloud Security review
Broad CSPM with runtime protection, DevOps scanning, and automated remediation.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Upwind Cloud Security is a cloud security platform for security, DevOps, and platform teams. It combines cloud security posture management with runtime threat detection and response across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. Its CSPM capabilities cover asset inventory, configuration assessment, compliance monitoring, identity and privilege risk, relationship mapping, and attack path analysis. The platform also includes IaC scanning in CI/CD pipelines, exposure detection, automated remediation, and policy enforcement.
Pricing is based on customer order forms, with fees generally paid annually in advance, so organizations must contact sales to evaluate the commercial fit. The platform connects with Jira, Slack, GitHub Actions, AWS CloudTrail, GitLab, CircleCI, Bitbucket, Argo CD, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Datadog, Splunk, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow. This integration range supports workflows across development, identity, monitoring, incident response, and IT service management rather than limiting CSPM findings to a standalone console.
Its main distinction is breadth: Upwind Cloud Security brings inventory, compliance, identity risk, attack paths, IaC scanning, vulnerability and secrets detection, automated remediation, and runtime protection into one platform. Runtime intelligence is used to prioritize exposures, while customer-cloud scanner deployment options complement its hosted SaaS delivery. Teams looking for CSPM alongside runtime coverage and connected DevOps or operations workflows should consider it. Organizations seeking a narrower CSPM tool, a publicly priced product, or an open-source option should look elsewhere.
Upwind Cloud Security pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Maps cloud assets, relationships, identities, and attack paths
- Adds IaC, vulnerability, secrets, malware, and exposed-data scanning
- Connects with DevOps, identity, SIEM, and ITSM tools
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires contacting sales
- Web platform only
- Broad scope may exceed needs for CSPM-only teams
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