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A Leader in the IDC MarketScape.

UpGuard was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Third-Party Risk Management Software 2026 Vendor Assessment. Choose your TPRM platform the same way you assess your vendors: with evidence.

“UpGuard’s TPRM AI differentiation centers on the company’s AI Global Risk Inference Domains (GRID) engine, which fuses billions of external signals with AI analysts and agents to produce a live, continuously updated security posture view across vendor ecosystems and attack surfaces simultaneously.”

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Third-Party Risk Management Software, 2026 — vendor positioning chart placing UpGuard as a Leader

SOURCE: “IDC MarketScape Worldwide Third-Party Risk Management Software 2026 Vendor Assessment”, September 2026, IDC #US53007725. IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles. Vendor year-over-year growth rate relative to the given market is indicated by a plus, neutral or minus next to the vendor name.

The IDC MarketScape highlighted UpGuard’s strengths in:

Full Lifecycle TPRM

“UpGuard delivers full life-cycle TPRM management, from discovery through reassessment and remediation.”

Risk Intelligence

“UpGuard offers strong risk intelligence foundation that enables scalable, evidence-based third-party cyber-risk management.”

High customer satisfaction

“Competitive pricing and modern UX make continuous monitoring–led TPRM accessible to midmarket organizations without enterprise-scale implementation complexity.”

Evidence First. Intelligence Always.

Most TPRM platforms wait for a vendor to answer. UpGuard doesn’t. Continuous risk intelligence and full lifecycle workflows live in one system, so your program becomes less manual and delivers better risk outcomes.

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“A control-based Security Profile aligned to UpGuard’s control base, in addition to ISO 27001 and NIST CSF, complements continuous monitoring, combining objective rating data with subjective assessment responses for richer vendor risk views.”

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Third-Party Risk Management Software 2026 Vendor Assessment

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