Comparison

Arkime vs Corelight

No leader: the top candidate Arkime has only 0.32 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Arkime47
Corelight12
Score
Vioscale score
Arkime47 / 100low · 32%updating
Corelight12 / 100low · 15%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Arkime
Corelight
Model
Corelightquote
Price level
Arkimefree
Corelightunknown
Transparent
Arkime
Corelight
Integrations
Count
Arkime6
Corelight18
Adoption
Dependent repos
Arkime0
Corelight
Github stars
Arkime7,459
Corelight
Activity
Commits last 30d
Arkime46
Corelight
Release
Cadence days
Arkime24
Corelight
History
Arkime20 items
Corelight
License
Spdx
Corelight
Language
Primary
ArkimeC
Corelight
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for network security. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Arkime-
Corelight-
Behavioral anomaly detection
Arkime-
Corelight-
Full packet pcap retention
Arkime-
Corelight-
Encrypted traffic metadata analysis
Arkime-
Corelight-
Active endpoint containment response
Arkime-
Corelight-
Host microsegmentation
Arkime-
Corelight-
Network access control 802 1x
Arkime-
Corelight-
EDR crowdstrike sentinelone integration
Arkime-
Corelight-
Iot ot device discovery
Arkime-
Corelight-
Fips 140 2 certification
Arkime-
Corelight-
SOC2 type ii
Arkime-
Corelight-
ISO 27001
Arkime-
Corelight-
Pricing model
Arkime-
Corelight-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Arkime

A network monitoring tool that passively captures and analyzes traffic, extracting detailed session information and providing searchable records with flexible retention policies for integration into existing security infrastructure.

Independently observed

Corelight

Platform that monitors network traffic to identify security threats and accelerate incident response. Uses machine learning, behavioral analytics, and protocol-level analysis built on the open-source Zeek framework to deliver actionable intelligence for security operations centers.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Arkime

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Corelight

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Arkime
Corelight
Self-hosted
Arkime
Corelight
On-premise
Arkime
Corelight
Hybrid
Arkime
Corelight
Air-gapped
Arkime
Corelight

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Arkime

6 total
  • PassiveTotal
  • VirusTotal
  • Censys
  • Shodan
  • Slack
  • Elasticsearch
Independently observed

Corelight

18 total
  • Splunk
  • Splunk Enterprise Security
  • Splunk SOAR
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • CrowdStrike
  • Google Cloud Security
  • Elastic
  • Kafka
  • Syslog
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V
  • S3
  • Zeek
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.