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Put two or three cybersecurity products side by side and see how they differ on deployment, pricing, features, integrations and compliance.
| Product | Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection by Check Point View product | Falco by CNCF View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | What does Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection do? It covers CIS compliance auditing. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals. | 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 | Cloud Workload Security & Vulnerability Platform | Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine |
| Best for | Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Cross-industry, Software, E-commerce | 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 | SaaSCloud | On-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud SaaS / Container Agent; Cloud SaaS; Container DaemonSet / Agentless | Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker container |
| Data residency | Multi-region; Customer designated regions | 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 | AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesOpenShift | KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure |
| Compliance | CIS BenchmarksNIST SP 800-190PCI-DSSSOC 2HIPAA | CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | KubernetesDockerAWS LambdaAzure FunctionsGitHubGitLabJenkins | KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch |
| Industries | Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareRetailCross-industrySoftware+1 more | Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS |
| Regions | GlobalMulti-region cloud | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Check Point | CNCF |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Company size | 5,000+ | 51-200 |
| Founded | 1993 | 2015 |
Overview
What it is
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
What does Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection do? It covers CIS compliance auditing. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.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
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Cloud Workload Security & Vulnerability PlatformFalco
Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection EngineBest for
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Cross-industry, Software, E-commerceFalco
Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaSPricing
Pricing model
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Contact VendorFalco
Contact VendorFree trial
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Free trial: yesFalco
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Falco
Deployment details
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Cloud SaaS / Container Agent; Cloud SaaS; Container DaemonSet / AgentlessFalco
Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker containerData residency
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Multi-region; Customer designated regionsFalco
Self-hosted / Local HostKey features
What it offers
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
- Container vulnerability scanning
- Kubernetes runtime defense
- Serverless function security
- Shift-left CI/CD integration
- CIS compliance auditing
- Container registry scanning
- Kubernetes runtime protection
- Serverless security hardening
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
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
API access: yesFalco
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
SSO: yesFalco
SSO: noRole-based access (RBAC)
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
RBAC: yesFalco
RBAC: noMulti-tenant
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Multi-tenant: yesFalco
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Mobile app: noFalco
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Falco
Compliance
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Falco
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Falco
Industries
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Falco
Regions
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Falco
Vendor
Company
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Check PointFalco
CNCFHeadquarters
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
Tel Aviv, IsraelFalco
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
5,000+Falco
51-200Founded
Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection
1993Falco
2015