Scan first. Commit later.
$9 per Outpost per month
Outposts are saved scan targets in Vanguard not yet attached to a full system. Use them to scan repositories, containers, or endpoints during evaluation before committing to full compliance tracking. Flat $9 per Outpost per month across all tiers. Enterprise includes unlimited Outposts.
Capacity Add-ons
Evaluate. Then promote.
Outposts let you track findings on scan targets that are not yet under full compliance oversight. Add more when you need to evaluate more repositories or containers.
What an Outpost Is
An Outpost is a saved scan target in Vanguard that is not yet attached to a full system. You can scan a repository, container, or endpoint repeatedly, track findings over time, and analyze trends, all without committing the target to full compliance tracking in Garrison. Think of an Outpost as a staging ground: a place to evaluate whether something belongs in your compliance scope before you promote it to a full system.
Staging Before Scope
Promoting a target into a full system is a commitment to evidence, scoring, and audit trail. The Outpost is the room before the door. Scan it, watch it, decide whether Garrison should hold it for the long run.
Tier Allocations
Each tier includes a baseline Outpost allocation: 10 on Developer, 10 on Guardian, 25 on Team, 50 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise. Additional Outposts expand that baseline at the flat $9 per Outpost per month rate. The rate does not vary by tier because the resource cost of running Outpost scans is consistent regardless of which tier they live on.
One Rate, All Tiers
Nine dollars buys the same scan whether you are a single developer or a global enterprise. Outpost compute does not get more expensive because the rest of the subscription got larger.
Outpost Lifecycle
Outposts can be scanned on demand or on a schedule, and findings persist over time for trend analysis. When you decide an Outpost should become a full system (meaning you want continuous compliance tracking, evidence collection, and framework scoring against it), you can promote it to a full system at any time. The Outpost's scan history carries forward into the new system's assessment workspace, so you do not lose the evaluation context when you commit.
Billing
Outposts added mid-cycle are prorated to the end of the current billing period. Outposts removed mid-cycle continue until the end of the current billing period. No annual commitment on Outpost expansion.
Enterprise Exception
Enterprise tier includes unlimited Outposts as part of the base subscription. The additional Outpost add-on does not apply to Enterprise because there is no limit to expand. This is a practical outcome of the Enterprise tier supporting unlimited systems and unlimited scan breadth.
Evaluate Before You Commit
Compliance scope grows by addition, not by accident. The Outpost is how a target earns its way into the system inventory: scanned, trended, promoted on its own evidence. Scan history travels into the assessment workspace when the promotion happens, so the work done in evaluation counts on day one of full tracking. Targets that never deserve full scope stay where they belong, in the staging ground, billed at the flat rate.
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