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| Product | Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments by Bitdefender View product | Falco by CNCF View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments is a virtual workload security appliance for virtual desktop security. See features and Endpoint Security alternatives. | What does Falco do? It covers real-time rule engine and falcosidekick routing. See typical use cases, self-hosted or container deployment and how it compares to rivals. |
| Product type | Virtual Workload Security Appliance | Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Enterprise Datacenters, Education, Cloud Service Providers | Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaS |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | CloudHybridOn-Premise | On-Premise |
| Deployment details | Virtual Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; On-premises; Security Virtual Appliance (SVA); On-premises; Private Cloud | Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker container |
| Data residency | Customer Datacenter / Cloud Region | Self-hosted / Local Host |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: no |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: no |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: no |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | VMware ESXiNutanix AHVCitrix HypervisorKVM | KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure |
| Compliance | ISO 27001SOC 2GDPRHIPAA | CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-VCitrix HypervisorNutanix AHV | KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch |
| Industries | Cross-industryEnterprise DatacentersEducationCloud Service Providers | Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Bitdefender | CNCF |
| Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 | 51-200 |
| Founded | 2001 | 2015 |
Overview
What it is
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments is a virtual workload security appliance for virtual desktop security. See features and Endpoint Security alternatives.Falco
What does Falco do? It covers real-time rule engine and falcosidekick routing. See typical use cases, self-hosted or container deployment and how it compares to rivals.Product type
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Virtual Workload Security ApplianceFalco
Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection EngineBest for
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Cross-industry, Enterprise Datacenters, Education, Cloud Service ProvidersFalco
Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaSPricing
Pricing model
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Contact VendorFalco
Contact VendorFree trial
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Free trial: yesFalco
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Falco
Deployment details
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Virtual Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; On-premises; Security Virtual Appliance (SVA); On-premises; Private CloudFalco
Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker containerData residency
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Customer Datacenter / Cloud RegionFalco
Self-hosted / Local HostKey features
What it offers
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
- Centralized scanning offload
- Deduplicated signature cache
- Hypervisor integration
- Low resource consumption
- Anti-storm protection
- Virtual desktop security
- Datacenter workload protection
- Antivirus storm prevention
Falco
- eBPF kernel syscall monitoring
- Real-time rule engine
- Kubernetes metadata enrichment
- Behavioral threat detection
- Falcosidekick routing
- Container runtime security
- Kernel-level intrusion detection
- Kubernetes anomaly alerting
Platform & access
API access
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
API access: yesFalco
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
SSO: yesFalco
SSO: noRole-based access (RBAC)
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
RBAC: yesFalco
RBAC: noMulti-tenant
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Multi-tenant: yesFalco
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Mobile app: noFalco
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Falco
Compliance
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Falco
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Falco
Industries
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Falco
Regions
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Falco
Vendor
Company
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
BitdefenderFalco
CNCFHeadquarters
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
Bucharest, RomaniaFalco
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
1,001-5,000Falco
51-200Founded
Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments
2001Falco
2015