Amazon GuardDuty vs Calico Cloud
| Amazon GuardDuty | Calico Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Web | Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Container protection | Yes | Yes |
| Serverless protection | Yes | — |
| Kubernetes protection | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model | hybrid | agent-based |
| Response actions | EventBridge notifications; AWS Lambda processing; Amazon SNS alerts; EC2 Systems Manager automation; EC2, Kinesis, ECS, Step Functions, and Run Command targets | Deny HTTP traffic; block traffic to suspicious IPs; create security-event exceptions; dismiss security events |
| Supported host OS | Bottlerocket; Ubuntu; Amazon Linux 2; Amazon Linux 2023; Red Hat 9.4; Fedora 34; Fedora 40; Fedora 41; CentOS Stream 9 | Linux; Windows |
| Cloud platforms | AWS | AWS; Microsoft Azure; Google Cloud |
Both are listed in Best Cloud Workload Protection Platforms. On Samsung Mobile US Press, Amazon GuardDuty scores higher on our published basis.