Comparison

Falco vs Uptycs

No clear leader: Uptycs (60.6) and Falco (58.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. 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
Uptycs61
Score
Vioscale score
Falco58 / 100low · 38%
Uptycs61 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Falco
Uptycs
Model
Price level
Falcofree
Uptycslow
Transparent
Falco
Uptycs
Integrations
Count
Falco50
Uptycs3
Reliability
Status page
Falco
Uptycs
Adoption
Dependent repos
Falco0
Uptycs
Github stars
Falco9,305
Uptycs
Activity
Commits last 30d
Falco11
Uptycs
Release
Cadence days
Falco4
Uptycs
History
Uptycs
License
Spdx
Uptycs
Language
Primary
FalcoC++
Uptycs
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Falco-
Uptycs
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Falco
Uptycs
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Falco
Uptycs
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Falco-
Uptycs
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Falco-
Uptycs
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Falco-
Uptycs
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Falco
Uptycs
Runtime
Runtime protection
Falco
Uptycs
Coverage
Cloud coverage
FalcoMulti-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments
UptycsAWS, IBM Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
FalcoRule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations
UptycsISO 27001
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Falco
Uptycs

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

Uptycs

Cloud security platform providing unified workload protection, threat detection, and compliance management across cloud, container, and Kubernetes environments.

Independently observed

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 ↗

Uptycs

from $3/moSubscription

From $3/month (billed annually). Minimum $12K/year. Multi-year and volume discounts available.

  • Discover$3/month billed annually
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

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

Uptycs

3 total
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
Independently observed

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