Amazon GuardDuty vs Sweet Security
| Amazon GuardDuty | Sweet Security | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Web | Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| Free plan | No | — |
| Container protection | Yes | Yes |
| Serverless protection | Yes | 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 | Terminate malicious processes; kill compromised containers; prevent pod scheduling; custom playbooks; webhooks |
| 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; Google Cloud; Azure; private cloud |
Both are listed in Best Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, Best Cloud Detection and Response Software. On Samsung Mobile US Press, Amazon GuardDuty scores higher on our published basis.