Comparison

Illumio vs Snort

No leader: the top candidate Snort has only 0.25 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.

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Illumio27
Snort37
Score
Vioscale score
Illumio27 / 100low · 13%updating
Snort37 / 100low · 25%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Illumio
Snort
Model
Illumio
Price level
Illumio
Snortlow
Integrations
Count
Illumio4
Snort10
Security
Gdpr
Illumio
Snort
Hipaa
Illumio
Snort
Pci
Illumio
Snort
Scorecard
Illumio
Snort2.6
Adoption
Github stars
Illumio
Snort3,409
Activity
Commits last 30d
Illumio
Snort0
Release
Cadence days
Illumio
Snort20
History
Illumio
Language
Primary
Illumio
SnortC++
Market

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Illumio-
Snort-
Behavioral anomaly detection
Illumio-
Snort-
Full packet pcap retention
Illumio-
Snort-
Encrypted traffic metadata analysis
Illumio-
Snort-
Active endpoint containment response
Illumio-
Snort-
Host microsegmentation
Illumio-
Snort-
Network access control 802 1x
Illumio-
Snort-
EDR crowdstrike sentinelone integration
Illumio-
Snort-
Iot ot device discovery
Illumio-
Snort-
Fips 140 2 certification
Illumio-
Snort-
SOC2 type ii
Illumio-
Snort-
ISO 27001
Illumio-
Snort-
Pricing model
Illumio-
Snort-

What each one is

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

Illumio

Illumio provides automated threat detection and containment across hybrid cloud environments using AI analysis and network segmentation. It helps organizations minimize the impact of security breaches by enforcing zero-trust security policies and automatically isolating at-risk systems.

Independently observed

Snort

A packet-based intrusion prevention and detection system that analyzes network traffic in real-time and logs packet data to identify and prevent network attacks.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Illumio

Pricing not documented yet.

Snort

HybridFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Illumio
Snort
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Illumio
Snort
Self-hosted
Illumio
Snort
On-premise
Illumio
Snort
Hybrid
Illumio
Snort

Integrations

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

Illumio

4 total
  • Splunk
  • Netskope
  • Ping Identity
  • IBM Security QRadar XDR
Independently observed

Snort

10 total
  • Sguil
  • BASE
  • Snorby
  • Security Onion
  • Barnyard2
  • iBlock
  • Squert
  • ELSA
  • Xplico
  • NetworkMiner
Independently observed

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