A Canadian alternative to Sucuri SiteCheck
Sucuri SiteCheck is a website security scanner for webmasters and website owners (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for external attack-surface scanning, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each Sucuri capability listed below.
On this page: Sucuri at a glance, feature by feature, Sucuri and Canada, and moving over.
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Sucuri SiteCheck at a glance
What Sucuri says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.
| Made for | Webmasters or website owners (source) |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tool (source) |
| Free trial or free plan | Free plan (free tool) (source) |
| Platforms | Any public website by URL, with sections for WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and Magento sites (source) |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS) (remote web-based scanner) (source) |
Sucuri feature by feature
Sucuri lists these capabilities on its own website; each links to its source. Beside each is the closest Lavawall® feature and the article that shows how to use it.
| What Sucuri says it does | Closest Lavawall® feature | How-to article |
|---|---|---|
| Remote website malware scanning (source) | Lavawall's domain scan does not scan website files for malware. | |
| Blocklist status check (source) | No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move. | |
| Outdated CMS and plugin detection (source) | The domain scan identifies the CMS and, for WordPress, flags an outdated core (with known vulnerabilities), plugins and theme, each with the version to update to. Monitored domains are re-scanned automatically. | Domain Scan Results |
| Security anomaly and configuration checks (source) | External attack-surface scanning of your domains (Scout) | Domain Scan Results |
| Defacement and website error detection (source) | No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move. |
Lavawall® has a close match for 2 of these 5 Sucuri capabilities. For the other 3, check whether you rely on them before you move.
For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with Sucuri SiteCheck.
Sucuri SiteCheck and Canada
Sucuri is a GoDaddy subsidiary, with a legal address in Los Angeles. Sucuri's terms say the service is offered from its facilities in the United States.
| Canadian criterion | Lavawall® | Sucuri SiteCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters and ownership | Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned | Los Angeles, California (GoDaddy) |
| Hosting in Canada | Yes, by default | See Sucuri’s documentation |
| Canadian-dollar pricing | Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST | See Sucuri’s pricing |
| Console in French | Yes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details) | No language choice on the scanner page |
Taken from Sucuri’s own website and documentation in September 2026 and linked on this page. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.
Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation in Calgary, hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, supported from Canada, and available in Canadian French. What makes Lavawall® Canadian.
Moving from Sucuri to Lavawall®
- Check Sucuri’s documentation for what you can export before you change anything.
- Start a free Lavawall® trial and add your companies.
- Register your domains in Scout for a free external scan, then add the agent when you want endpoint and Microsoft 365 coverage.
- Set up each feature from the table above. The how-to articles to start with: Domain Scan Results.
- Run both side by side and turn Sucuri off one company at a time, when your team is ready.
Where Sucuri may fit better
If you only need a quick check of a single website, Sucuri may be all you need.
Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Sucuri capabilities, so check whether you need them:
- remote website malware scanning: Lavawall's domain scan does not scan website files for malware.
- blocklist status check
- defacement and website error detection
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Sucuri SiteCheck?
- Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 5 Sucuri capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 2, including outdated WordPress core, plugin and theme detection.
- Does Sucuri host data in Canada?
- Sucuri's terms say the service is offered from its facilities in the United States. Lavawall® hosts data in Canada by default.
- How is Sucuri priced?
- Its own website describes its pricing as free tool. Lavawall® publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.
- Does Sucuri offer a free trial?
- Its own website lists this: free plan (free tool). Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
- What does Lavawall not replace in Sucuri?
- Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Sucuri capabilities: remote website malware scanning, blocklist status check, and defacement and website error detection.
- Can Lavawall replace Sucuri?
- Yes, for external scanning, and Lavawall® goes further: Scout scans your whole external attack surface, and the platform covers endpoints, Microsoft 365, and compliance.
- Is Sucuri SiteCheck available in French?
- SiteCheck has no language choice on the scanner page. Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person.
Sucuri SiteCheck is a trademark of its owner. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Lavawall is not affiliated with Sucuri.