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SCRYPEX vs UpGuard for small teams
UpGuard is best known for third-party (vendor) risk management, with a published Vendor Risk plan starting at $1,750 per month; its attack surface product is quote-priced. SCRYPEX is external attack surface and credential intelligence for your own company, from $179 per month. Here is how to decide.
Choose UpGuard if…
Choose UpGuard if your main job is managing the security of your vendors: questionnaires, vendor scorecards and fourth-party coverage. Its pricing page publishes Vendor Risk Standard at $1,750/mo billed annually for 50 vendors ($79/mo per additional vendor), with Professional, Corporate and Enterprise+ tiers on request.
Choose SCRYPEX if…
Choose SCRYPEX if the question is "what does my own company expose, and are my people's passwords already out there?" SCRYPEX starts at $179/mo with a 14-day no-card trial, includes lookalike-domain and credential monitoring, and covers up to three vendor domains on Business through Vendor Watch rather than a full vendor-risk program.
Side by side
The UpGuard column repeats what UpGuard's own pricing page said on 2026-10-09; where that page is silent, the cell says so. The SCRYPEX column comes from our pricing page.
| What matters | SCRYPEX | UpGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Companies of roughly 50 to 500 people without a dedicated security team, and MSPs/MSSPs serving them. Every finding ships with a plain-English explanation and fix steps. | Teams running vendor risk programs, from "manual to automated" (Standard) up to "complex ecosystems" (Enterprise+); separate products for Breach Risk, User Risk, Trust Exchange and Risk Automations. |
| Published pricing | Published: Starter $179/mo, Business $349/mo, Pro $699/mo (annual billing gives two months free); MSSP/Enterprise on request. 14-day trial, no credit card. | Vendor Risk Standard: $1,750/mo billed annually (50 vendors, $79/mo per extra vendor). Professional, Corporate and Enterprise+: contact sales. Breach Risk (attack surface): no price on the pricing page. |
| Free trial / free tools | Free external scan with no email required, plus four free tools: CVE checker (CISA KEV), email security grader, lookalike domain checker, credential exposure checker. | Free trial on Vendor Risk Standard and Professional; Corporate and Enterprise+ offer a demo. Trust Exchange has a free option. |
| External attack surface | Continuous discovery of subdomains, IPs, services and technologies; exposed admin panels, sensitive files, open ports and misconfigurations; asset change detection. Starter: 3 root domains / 100 assets; Business: 5 / 300; Pro: 15 / 1,000. | Sold as the separate Breach Risk product; limits and price are not on the pricing page. |
| Leaked credentials and dark web | Business and up: breach-data and infostealer-log monitoring for employee credentials, dark web exposure detection, ransomware threat-actor monitoring, public code and secret exposure. | User Risk is listed as a separate product; details are not on the pricing page. |
| Brand and domain protection | Lookalike and typosquat domain alerts and brand abuse detection on every plan; Business adds a takedown workflow (WHOIS lookup, abuse drafts, submission tracking). | Not listed on the pricing page. |
| Vendor / third-party risk | Vendor Watch on Business: up to 3 vendor domains monitored with the same external checks (they count toward your asset cap). No questionnaires. | Core strength: vendor monitoring from 50 vendors (Standard) to unlimited (Enterprise+), with fourth-party coverage from Corporate up. |
| Integrations and reporting | Email alerts on every plan; REST API and share links on Business; Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams and ServiceNow on Pro. | Not detailed on the pricing page. |
Frequently asked questions
Is SCRYPEX cheaper than UpGuard?
SCRYPEX's published plans start at $179/mo. UpGuard's published Vendor Risk Standard plan is $1,750/mo billed annually; its attack surface product (Breach Risk) is not priced publicly, so compare quotes for that one. They solve different problems, so price alone should not decide.
Can SCRYPEX monitor my vendors?
Partly. The Business plan's Vendor Watch monitors up to three vendor domains with the same external checks you get for your own domains. It is not a questionnaire-based vendor risk program.
Do I need both?
A company that must run a formal third-party risk program and also wants its own exposure watched could use both. Most 50 to 500 person companies start with their own attack surface and credentials, which is what SCRYPEX covers.
UpGuard is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with SCRYPEX. Competitor details are quoted from public pages on the date shown and may have changed; check www.upguard.com for current information.