Comparison

Falco vs Uptycs

On the evidence we track, Uptycs leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Falco53
★Uptycs65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Falco53 / 100low · 41%
Uptycs65 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Falco✓
Uptycs✗
Model
Price level
Falcofree
Uptycslow
Starting price
Falco–
Uptycs$3
Transparent
Falco✓
Uptycs✓
Integrations
Count
Falco50
Uptycs8
Reliability
Status page
Falco–
Uptycs✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Falco0
Uptycs–
Github stars
Falco9,478
Uptycs–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Falco26
Uptycs–
Release
Cadence days
Falco4
Uptycs–
History
Uptycs–
License
Spdx
Uptycs–
Language
Primary
FalcoC++
Uptycs–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Falco6 items
Uptycs7 items

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

Leader

Cloud security platform providing threat detection, workload protection, compliance management, and infrastructure scanning across cloud environments with AWS integration.

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 source
as of verify ↗

Uptycs

Leader
from $3/workload/moSubscription

From $3/workload/month, billed annually. Minimum annual commitment of $12,000.

  • Discover$3/workload/month billed annually
    • Full asset inventory across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and endpoints
    • Unified management of users, policies, and roles
    • Tool integrations (SOAR, SIEM, Slack, JIRA)
  • Audit$6/workload/month billed annually
    • Everything from Discover plus deep security posture evaluation
    • Compliance and vulnerability scanning with continuous monitoring
    • Attack path analysis and exposure management
    • Cloud identity entitlements for cloud and Kubernetes
    • Vulnerability management across hosts, VMs, containers, and serverless
    • +2 more
  • SecureContact sales
    • Everything from Audit plus runtime protection
    • Real-time threat detection and forensics
    • Cloud detection and response
    • File monitoring and unauthorized change alerts
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✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • Okta
  • Slack

Falco

12 total - 9 not shared
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS EKS
  • Docker
  • AWS CloudTrail
  • Nomad
  • Fluent Bit
  • Elasticsearch
  • S3
  • Redis
Independently observed

Uptycs

Leader
11 total - 8 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
  • AWS
  • AWS Security Lake
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • JIRA
  • Azure AD
Independently observed
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