Comparison

Check Point CloudGuard vs Falco

On the evidence we track, Falco leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Check Point CloudGuard49

★Falco58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Check Point CloudGuard	FalcoLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100low · 11%	58 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	50
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cloudnativeapp%2Ffalco&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	9,305
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	11
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	4
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ IL	-

Score

Vioscale score

Check Point CloudGuard49 / 100low · 11%

Falco58 / 100low · 38%

Pricing

Free tier

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco✓

Model

Check Point CloudGuardcommercial

Falcocommercial

Price level

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falcofree

Transparent

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco✓

Integrations

Count

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco50

Security

Scorecard

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco7.3

Vulnerabilities

Check Point CloudGuard–

FalcoCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cloudnativeapp%2Ffalco&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Falco–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco0

Github stars

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco9,305

Activity

Commits last 30d

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco11

Release

Cadence days

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco4

History

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco20 items

License

Spdx

Check Point CloudGuard–

FalcoApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Check Point CloudGuard–

FalcoC++

Market

Availability

Check Point CloudGuardAvailable worldwide · HQ IL

Falco–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Cloud Security Software
Capability	Check Point CloudGuard	Falco
Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)	-	-
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)	-	✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)	✓	✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)	-	-
Data
DSPM (data posture)	-	-
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning	-	-
Architecture
Agentless scanning	-	✗
Runtime
Runtime protection	✓	✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage	Multi-cloud	Multi-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed	-	Rule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations
Licensing
Open-core scanner available	-	✓

Posture

CSPM (posture / misconfig)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco-

KSPM (Kubernetes posture)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco✓

Workload

CWPP (workload protection)

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Falco✓

Entitlements

CIEM (entitlements)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco-

Data

DSPM (data posture)

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco-

Pipeline

IaC / pipeline scanning

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco-

Architecture

Agentless scanning

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco✗

Runtime

Runtime protection

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Falco✓

Coverage

Cloud coverage

Check Point CloudGuardMulti-cloud

FalcoMulti-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments

Compliance

Compliance frameworks assessed

Check Point CloudGuard-

FalcoRule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations

Licensing

Open-core scanner available

Check Point CloudGuard-

Falco✓

What each one is

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

Check Point CloudGuard

Not documented yet.

Falco

Leader

Cloud-native runtime security tool that monitors hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments for abnormal behavior and security threats using eBPF and kernel events.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Check Point CloudGuard

Pricing not documented yet.

Falco

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Check Point CloudGuard	Falco
LinuxPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Linux

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco✓

CLI

Check Point CloudGuard–

Falco✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Check Point CloudGuard✓

Falco✓

Self-hosted

Check Point CloudGuard✗

Falco✓

On-premise

Check Point CloudGuard✗

Falco✓

Integrations

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

Check Point CloudGuard

Not documented yet.

Falco

Leader

11 total

Kubernetes
AWS EKS
Docker
GitHub
AWS CloudTrail
Okta
Nomad
Fluent Bit
Elasticsearch
S3
Slack

Independently observed

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