Single service comparison

GCP Artifact Analysis is a registry-centric scanning API with no in-cluster agent: findings originate from registry push events or on-demand scan calls against Artifact Registry, and the data model exposes CVE occurrence objects over a REST API. Huawei's equivalent capability now lives in HSS Container Edition (CGS was merged into HSS in 2022), which runs a lightweight agent on CCE nodes and SWR-linked scanning within Huawei's console, so the scan trigger, data plane location, and API surface differ materially rather than being drop-in equivalent.

Huawei HSS Container Edition bundles image scanning with runtime defenses (process whitelist, file integrity, container escape detection, ransomware protection) under one paid edition tier, whereas Artifact Analysis is a discrete per-scan service billed separately from runtime protection. Artifact Analysis also offers SBOM export and SLSA provenance attestation APIs; Huawei's public documentation does not document equal SBOM-as-a-API or provenance-attestation endpoints, so supply-chain metadata parity must be validated, not assumed.

Integration and regional boundaries differ. Artifact Analysis is invoked against Artifact Registry and surfaces findings in Security Command Center and Binary Authorization for deploy-time gating. Huawei HSS Container Edition integrates with SWR as the image registry source and CCE as the protected runtime, with console-driven cluster policy; there is no documented Binary Authorization-style admission controller. Regional availability and quota for the scanning APIs follow each provider's regional matrix and must be checked per target region before cutover planning.

Assess source artifacts and target choice first. Catalog the Artifact Registry repositories, scan frequencies, and any Binary Authorization or SCC integrations in the GCP estate. On Huawei, the equivalent image-scanning capability is HSS Container Edition (CGS is deprecated and merged into HSS); pair it with SWR as the image registry and CCE for runtime. Validate that HSS Container Edition's CI/CD, repository, and local image scan modes cover your trigger points, because a registry-push-only model will not migrate one-to-one.

Move images and reconfigure scan triggers without assuming API parity. Migrate images from Artifact Registry to SWR (Huawei's image registry), then enable HSS Container Edition repository and CI/CD scan modes. Reimplement any Binary Authorization deploy-gating using CCE admission controls or surrounding pipeline policy; Huawei does not document a one-click equivalent, so build a composed pattern. Where Artifact Analysis SBOM or provenance APIs were consumed, confirm HSS/SWR equivalent metadata is available or budget for an external SBOM tool, since feature parity is not guaranteed.

Validate findings and cut over incrementally. Run HSS Container Edition scans in parallel with Artifact Analysis on mirrored images, reconcile vulnerability severities and CVE coverage (Huawei cites 100,000+ CVE entries), and align enforcement points before retiring GCP scanning. Recheck regional availability and quotas for scan concurrency in each target region. Pricing on GCP is per scan event and metadata request; HSS is billed by container edition quota per protected asset plus scan add-ons, so recompute TCO against peak image count, rebuild cadence, and retention before production cutover.

Account for operational gaps not covered by the core equivalent. HSS Container Edition adds runtime container escape detection, process whitelisting, and file integrity that Artifact Analysis does not provide, which can simplify runtime posture but changes operational responsibility. Conversely, supply-chain attestation workflows (SLSA provenance, SBOM APIs) may need a third-party or pipeline-side tool on Huawei. Treat CGS/HSS Container Edition as the core equivalent capability layered with SWR and CCE, and validate feature-by-feature parity on scan metadata, severity mapping, and API access before cutover.