Comparison

Datadog Cloud Security Management 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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Datadog Cloud Security Management50

★Falco58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Datadog Cloud Security Management	FalcoLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100low · 48%updating	58 / 100low · 38%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	9	50
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.3
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
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++

Score

Vioscale score

Datadog Cloud Security Management50 / 100low · 48%updating

Falco58 / 100low · 38%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco✓

Model

Datadog Cloud Security Managementcommercial

Falcocommercial

Price level

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falcofree

Transparent

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco✓

Integrations

Count

Datadog Cloud Security Management9

Falco50

Security

Disclosure policy

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco–

Gdpr

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco–

Scorecard

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco7.3

Soc2

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco–

Vulnerabilities

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

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

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco0

Github stars

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco9,305

Activity

Commits last 30d

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco11

Release

Cadence days

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco4

History

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

Falco20 items

License

Spdx

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

FalcoApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Datadog Cloud Security Management–

FalcoC++

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Cloud Security Software
Capability	Datadog Cloud Security Management	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	Cloud accounts, hosts, containers, and Kubernetes deployments	Multi-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed	Compliance violations and gaps detection	Rule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations
Licensing
Open-core scanner available	✗	✓

Posture

CSPM (posture / misconfig)

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco-

KSPM (Kubernetes posture)

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco✓

Workload

CWPP (workload protection)

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco✓

Entitlements

CIEM (entitlements)

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco-

Data

DSPM (data posture)

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco-

Pipeline

IaC / pipeline scanning

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco-

Architecture

Agentless scanning

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco✗

Runtime

Runtime protection

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco✓

Coverage

Cloud coverage

Datadog Cloud Security ManagementCloud accounts, hosts, containers, and Kubernetes deployments

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

Compliance

Compliance frameworks assessed

Datadog Cloud Security ManagementCompliance violations and gaps detection

FalcoRule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations

Licensing

Open-core scanner available

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco✓

What each one is

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

Datadog Cloud Security Management

Cloud security platform providing posture management, entitlement management, threat detection, workload protection, and compliance monitoring with integrated observability.

Independently observed

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.

Datadog Cloud Security Management

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	Datadog Cloud Security Management	Falco
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco✗

Linux

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco✓

CLI

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Datadog Cloud Security Management✓

Falco✓

Self-hosted

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco✓

On-premise

Datadog Cloud Security Management✗

Falco✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Kubernetes

Datadog Cloud Security Management

9 total - 8 not shared

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Oracle Cloud
Red Hat OpenShift
OpenAI
SAP
OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

Falco

Leader

11 total - 10 not shared

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.