Tool profile · Not scored
StackGuardian review: codifying cloud resources before a cloud DR rebuild
IaC codification and governance
Short answer
StackGuardian turns unmanaged cloud resources into Terraform or OpenTofu and detects drift, which is groundwork for any rebuild, but it describes no backup, failover or recovery product. It is listed with IaC management platforms, outside the question this ranking scores, so it is not scored.
Vendor facts read September and October 2026, updated 2026-10-13. Editorial assessment; we did not run the products.
Not scored · IaC management: outside the disaster recovery question, not scored
StackGuardian is listed in the group IaC management. They run and govern infrastructure as code but describe no backup or cloud disaster recovery product. It has no score or rank on this site. See the cloud DR rankings.
Which incidents does StackGuardian document recovering from?
A filled brick means the vendor's own pages describe recovering from that scenario. It is not a test result.
0 of 3 scenarios documented
- Outage: Not documented. No recovery product is described.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Bad change: Partial. Drift detection and codified resources; no rollback workflow is described.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Region loss: Not documented. No recovery product is described.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
What does StackGuardian do?
- What it does
- An infrastructure-as-code management platform that discovers unmanaged resources and converts them to version-controlled Terraform or OpenTofu.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Drift and policy
- Continuous drift detection with audit reports, and policy guardrails written in OPA/Rego.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Clouds
- AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Recovery
- No backup or cloud disaster recovery product is described on the home page.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
- Products
- SGCode discovers resources, converts them to IaC, generates state files and detects drift; SGOrchestrator provides templates and a no-code policy engine. Drift remediation is on Pro and Enterprise.
Source: StackGuardian pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Business continuity
- The sg-dr tool recovers StackGuardian workflows on private runners if StackGuardian itself is unavailable; it plans but never applies Terraform. It is not a backup or rebuild of your cloud.
Source: StackGuardian docs: business continuity guide · Read 11 Oct 2026
What recovery targets does StackGuardian publish?
Not published
No recovery product, so no recovery targets.
Which clouds does StackGuardian document?
- AWS: Partly documented
- Azure: Partly documented
- Google Cloud: Partly documented
StackGuardian covers AWS, Azure and Google Cloud for discovery, codification and drift detection. It describes no recovery product on any of them.
Source: StackGuardian home page · Read 27 Sep 2026
Does StackGuardian produce infrastructure as code?
Codifies unmanaged resources into Terraform or OpenTofu, but has no restore workflow.
What does StackGuardian cost?
- Pricing
- Free $0 a month (600 SGCredits, 1 cloud account, 10 active workflows); Standard $359 a month (2,000 credits, 3 accounts, 20 workflows); Pro $1,459 a month (2,500 credits, 10 accounts, 30 workflows); Enterprise by quote. Overage $0.20 per credit; 14-day free trial on paid plans; sold through AWS and Azure Marketplace.
Source: StackGuardian pricing · Read 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- SaaS
Where does StackGuardian help, and where does it stop?
Helps with
- Drift detection and codification of unmanaged resources: groundwork that makes a later rebuild possible.
- Every tier has a published price, from a free tier to Pro at $1,459 a month.
Stops short of
- No backup, failover or recovery workflow, so it cannot bring an environment back by itself.
- No data protection.
Frequently asked questions
What does StackGuardian cost?
Free $0 a month (600 SGCredits, 1 cloud account, 10 active workflows); Standard $359 a month (2,000 credits, 3 accounts, 20 workflows); Pro $1,459 a month (2,500 credits, 10 accounts, 30 workflows); Enterprise by quote. Overage $0.20 per credit; 14-day free trial on paid plans; sold through AWS and Azure Marketplace.
Does StackGuardian publish an RTO or RPO?
No recovery product, so no recovery targets.
Which clouds does StackGuardian cover for recovery?
AWS: documented with a caveat. Azure: documented with a caveat. Google Cloud: documented with a caveat. StackGuardian covers AWS, Azure and Google Cloud for discovery, codification and drift detection. It describes no recovery product on any of them.