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Cloudaware CSPM vs Powerpipe

Cloudaware CSPM

cloudaware.com

Powerpipe

powerpipe.io

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FigureCloudaware CSPMPowerpipe
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
APIYes—
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Cloud Security Posture Management Software7.7 (#15)8.5 (#4)
Cloud coverageIt continuously inventories AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and Oracle resources and evaluates them against frameworks.The documentation lists prebuilt dashboards for AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and more.
Founded20112014
Headquarters1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10019New Jersey, United States
PurposeCloudaware combines CMDB context with multi-cloud and on-premises checks to provide CSPM guardrails.Powerpipe visualizes cloud configurations, assesses security posture against benchmarks, and builds custom dashboards with code.

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Cloudaware CSPM

  • Cloudaware CSPMPriced on request

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Powerpipe

  • Open-source Powerpipe CLIFree

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Cloudaware CSPM

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Powerpipe

Powerpipe is a free, open-source tool from Turbot for turning cloud infrastructure data into dashboards and security or compliance benchmarks. Prebuilt dashboards cover AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and more, with views of resource quantity, cost, usage, and relationships. Benchmarks assess environments against frameworks including CIS, GDPR, NIST, PCI, and SOC 2. Users can write dashboards and benchmarks in HCL or combine existing ones, then version and share the code using Git tooling. Powerpipe serves a locally hosted web interface for filtering, grouping, pivoting, and snapshotting results. Its CLI lists and runs benchmarks and controls, and exports results in formats such as CSV, HTML, JSON, Markdown, and ASFF. It works with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, or DuckDB without requiring Steampipe. Installation options include macOS, Linux, and Windows; the tool can also be self-hosted. Powerpipe Hub offers hundreds of dashboards, benchmarks, and examples. Listed uses include security and compliance monitoring, cost management, detections, and asset inventory.

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