# Arkime vs Zeek

| Attribute | Arkime | Zeek |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 46.9 (32% (low)) | 52.4 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 46 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 7,459 | 7,907 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A network monitoring tool that passively captures and analyzes traffic, extracting detailed session information and providing searchable records with flexible retention policies for integration into existing security infrastructure. | A passive network monitoring tool that analyzes traffic on sensors to generate detailed logs and file data for security investigation and integration with SIEM platforms, without interfering with network operations. |
| integrations.count | 6 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"PassiveTotal"},{"name":"VirusTotal"},{"name":"Censys"},{"name":"Shodan"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS Traffic Mirroring"},{"name":"Kafka"}]` |
| language.primary | C | C++ |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://arkime.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T14:43:16.285Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","sourceUrl":"https://zeek.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T14:40:20.627Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 24 | 2 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.scorecard | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Farkime%2Farkime&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fzeek%2Fzeek&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Network Security)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:31:05.834Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*