Comparison

Falco vs Lacework

No leader: the top candidate Lacework has only 0.27 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
Falco58
Lacework60
Score
Vioscale score
Falco58 / 100low · 38%updating
Lacework60 / 100low · 27%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Falco
Lacework
Model
Price level
Falcofree
Lacework
Transparent
Falco
Lacework
Integrations
Count
Falco50
Lacework
Security
Iso27001
Falco
Lacework
Scorecard
Falco7.3
Lacework
Soc2
Falco
Lacework
Reliability
Status page
Falco
Lacework
Adoption
Dependent repos
Falco0
Lacework
Github stars
Falco9,305
Lacework
Activity
Commits last 30d
Falco11
Lacework
Release
Cadence days
Falco4
Lacework
History
Lacework
License
Spdx
Lacework
Language
Primary
FalcoC++
Lacework

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Falco-
Lacework-
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Falco
Lacework-
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Falco
Lacework-
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Falco-
Lacework-
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Falco-
Lacework-
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Falco-
Lacework-
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Falco
Lacework-
Runtime
Runtime protection
Falco
Lacework-
Coverage
Cloud coverage
FalcoMulti-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments
Lacework-
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
FalcoRule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations
Lacework-
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Falco
Lacework-

What each one is

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

Falco

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

Lacework

Not documented yet.

Pricing

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

Falco

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Lacework

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
Falco
Lacework
CLI
Falco
Lacework
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Falco
Lacework
Self-hosted
Falco
Lacework
On-premise
Falco
Lacework

Integrations

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

Falco

11 total
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS EKS
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • Okta
  • Nomad
  • Fluent Bit
  • Elasticsearch
  • S3
  • Slack
Independently observed

Lacework

Not documented yet.

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