# Falco vs Wiz

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Wiz

| Attribute | Falco | Wiz |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 58.3 (38% (low)) | 83.2 (50% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 11 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,305 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Cloud-native runtime security tool that monitors hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments for abnormal behavior and security threats using eBPF and kernel events. | Wiz is a cloud security platform that integrates code scanning, cloud infrastructure assessment, and runtime protection into a single context graph. It enables security teams to identify exploitable risks across the entire application lifecycle—from development to production—and automatically generate fixes for the highest-impact issues. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cwpp":true,"kspm":true,"cloud_coverage":"Multi-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments","open_core_scanner":true,"agentless_scanning":false,"runtime_protection":true,"compliance_frameworks":"Rule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations"}` | `{"ciem":true,"cspm":true,"cwpp":true,"dspm":true,"iac_scanning":true,"cloud_coverage":"AWS, Azure, GCP","agentless_scanning":true,"runtime_protection":true,"compliance_frameworks":"SBOM generation, SCA scanning, license compliance gates"}` |
| integrations.count | 50 | 310 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"AWS EKS"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"AWS CloudTrail"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Nomad"},{"name":"Fluent Bit"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Slack"}]` | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Cisco Webex"},{"name":"ClickUp"},{"name":"Freshservice"},{"name":"GitHub Issues"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"monday.com"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Rootly"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Backline"},{"name":"Blinkops"},{"name":"Botprise"},{"name":"Cortex XSOAR"},{"name":"Cyware"},{"name":"D3 Security"},{"name":"DevOcean"},{"name":"Dropzone AI"},{"name":"Exaforce"},{"name":"IBM QRadar SOAR"},{"name":"Intezer"},{"name":"Prophet Security"},{"name":"Swimlane"},{"name":"Tines"},{"name":"Torq"},{"name":"Workato"},{"name":"Anvilogic"},{"name":"AWS Security Hub"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Devo"},{"name":"Exabeam"},{"name":"Google Security Operations"},{"name":"Hunters"},{"name":"IBM QRadar"},{"name":"Microsoft Sentinel"},{"name":"Panther Labs"},{"name":"Securonix"},{"name":"Sekoia"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Sumo Logic"},{"name":"Amazon GuardDuty"},{"name":"Cado Security"},{"name":"Cybersixgill"},{"name":"Cymulate"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://falco.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:01:04.261Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 4 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.44.1","date":"2026-06-11T07:53:06Z","type":"stable","version":"0.44.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.44.1-rc1","date":"2026-06-10T09:02:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.44.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.44.0","date":"2026-05-26T14:29:36Z","type":"stable","version":"0.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.44.0-rc2","date":"2026-05-25T18:36:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.44.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.44.0-rc1","date":"2026-05-21T11:06:27Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.44.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.43.1","date":"2026-04-09T09:48:08Z","type":"stable","version":"0.43.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.43.0","date":"2026-01-28T13:49:28Z","type":"stable","version":"0.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.43.0-rc3","date":"2026-01-23T15:59:21Z","type":"stable","version":"0.43.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.43.0-rc2","date":"2026-01-22T12:28:19Z","type":"stable","version":"0.43.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.43.0-rc1","date":"2026-01-14T14:41:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.43.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.42.1","date":"2025-11-06T10:19:14Z","type":"stable","version":"0.42.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.42.0","date":"2025-10-22T10:42:42Z","type":"stable","version":"0.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.42.0-rc4","date":"2025-10-22T09:16:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.42.0-rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.42.0-rc3","date":"2025-10-20T13:27:38Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.42.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.42.0-rc2","date":"2025-10-17T14:37:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.42.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.42.0-rc1","date":"2025-10-14T12:43:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.42.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.41.3","date":"2025-07-01T09:54:42Z","type":"stable","version":"0.41.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.41.2","date":"2025-06-17T10:42:37Z","type":"stable","version":"0.41.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.41.1","date":"2025-06-05T07:40:03Z","type":"stable","version":"0.41.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/releases/tag/0.41.1-rc1","date":"2025-06-04T08:40:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.41.1-rc1"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.3 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cloudnativeapp%2Ffalco&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Cloud Security Software)

| Capability | Falco | Wiz |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Posture** |  |  |
| CSPM (posture / misconfig) | - | ✓ |
| KSPM (Kubernetes posture) | ✓ | - |
| **Workload** |  |  |
| CWPP (workload protection) | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Entitlements** |  |  |
| CIEM (entitlements) | - | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| DSPM (data posture) | - | ✓ |
| **Pipeline** |  |  |
| IaC / pipeline scanning | - | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Agentless scanning | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Runtime** |  |  |
| Runtime protection | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Cloud coverage | Multi-cloud: hosts, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments | AWS, Azure, GCP |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| Compliance frameworks assessed | Rule-based detection for regulatory compliance violations | SBOM generation, SCA scanning, license compliance gates |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-core scanner available | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:31:42.044Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*
