Turbot
Cloud security posture management (CSPM) software
Cloud workload protection platforms
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What is Turbot
Turbot is a cloud governance and security platform that continuously checks cloud resources against policy and can automatically remediate configuration drift. It is used by cloud security, platform, and operations teams to manage posture across accounts/subscriptions and enforce controls for services such as identity, networking, storage, and compute. The product emphasizes policy-as-code style controls, real-time event handling, and automated actions (e.g., tagging, access changes, and configuration fixes) to keep environments within guardrails.
Automated policy enforcement
Turbot supports continuous evaluation of cloud resources against defined controls and can take automated corrective actions when it detects drift. This reduces reliance on periodic scans and manual ticket-based remediation. It fits teams that want guardrails that both detect and fix issues rather than only reporting findings.
Strong governance workflows
The platform is designed around governance use cases such as access control, resource lifecycle rules, and standardized configuration baselines. It can help operationalize security requirements by translating them into enforceable policies and repeatable actions. This is useful for organizations managing many cloud accounts/subscriptions and needing consistent controls.
Multi-account visibility model
Turbot is commonly deployed to provide centralized visibility and control across large, segmented cloud estates. It supports organizing resources and policies in a hierarchy that aligns to enterprise structures (e.g., orgs, accounts, projects). This approach can simplify delegation and standardization across teams.
Implementation can be complex
Because Turbot focuses on continuous controls and remediation, initial setup typically requires careful policy design, testing, and change management. Organizations may need to tune controls to avoid unintended remediation or operational disruption. This can increase time-to-value compared with tools that only provide posture reporting.
Requires mature operating model
Automated remediation is most effective when teams have clear ownership, exception handling, and approval processes. Without defined governance and escalation paths, automated actions can create friction between security and engineering teams. Some organizations may prefer a detect-and-ticket approach until processes mature.
Not a full CNAPP suite
Turbot is primarily oriented to governance and posture management rather than being an all-in-one platform for every cloud security domain. Depending on requirements, organizations may still need separate tools for areas such as runtime workload protection, vulnerability management, or application security workflows. This can increase integration and operational overhead.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Developer (Pipes) | Free | 1 user; 400 compute minutes; 3GB storage; Community support; Free forever (no credit card). |
| Team (Pipes) | $49 per month | 3 users included; 2,000 compute minutes; 20GB storage; Email support; Usage-based add-ons for extra users/compute/storage; 14-day free trial indicated on Pipes blog. |
| Enterprise (Pipes) | $249 per month | 3 users listed on page; 10,000 compute minutes; 100GB storage; Critical support SLAs; AWS Marketplace billing available; Contact sales for large-scale add-ons. |
Turbot Guardrails (usage-based / SaaS and Self-Hosted)
Pricing model: Usage-based (per-control) SaaS Hosted: $0.05 per control / month (Control packs from $25,000). Includes prevention-first security & compliance, cloud CMDB (AWS/Azure/GCP/GitHub/K8s), 14,000+ policies, event-driven continuous compliance, self-healing IaC, SSO & SAML, SOC2 certified. 2-week free trial listed. Enterprise / Self-Hosted: $0.10 per control / month (Control packs from $50,000). Adds self-hosted features (IP & network restrictions, full infra change control, LDAP Sync, unlimited log retention, FedRAMP applicability). Notes: Control-pack minimums (base contract amounts) are called out ($25K for SaaS, $50K for self-hosted). Contact Sales for Enterprise details and custom contracts.
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