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Side-by-side comparison of Falco, Tetragon
Product	Falco by CNCF View product	Tetragon by Isovalent View product
Overview
What it is	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.	Tetragon offers synchronous kernel-level enforcement and real-time process tracing. Use it for real-time container runtime defense. See Kubernetes Security alternatives.
Product type	Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine	eBPF-Based Real-Time Security Observability & Runtime Enforcement
Best for	Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaS	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Telecommunications, Defense
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker container	Cloud; On-premises; Self-hosted; Self-hosted DaemonSet; Isovalent Enterprise platform
Data residency	Self-hosted / Local Host	Customer-controlled local infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	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	Synchronous kernel-level enforcement Real-time process tracing Kubernetes-aware threat detection Container breakout prevention Low-overhead eBPF hooks Structured JSON audit logs Real-time container runtime defense Privilege escalation prevention
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: no	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure	KubernetesOpenShiftBare-metal LinuxCloud container runtimes
Compliance	CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment	CNCF ProjectSOC 2 compatibleISO 27001 ready
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch	KubernetesCiliumPrometheusFluentdSplunkElasticFalco ecosystem
Industries	Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS	TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTelecommunicationsDefense
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	CNCF	Isovalent
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Mountain View, California, USA
Company size	51-200	201-500
Founded	2015	2017

Falco

by CNCF

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Tetragon

by Isovalent

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Overview

What it is

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.

Tetragon

Tetragon offers synchronous kernel-level enforcement and real-time process tracing. Use it for real-time container runtime defense. See Kubernetes Security alternatives.

Product type

Falco

Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine

Tetragon

eBPF-Based Real-Time Security Observability & Runtime Enforcement

Best for

Falco

Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaS

Tetragon

Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Telecommunications, Defense

Pricing

Pricing model

Falco

Contact Vendor

Tetragon

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Falco

Tetragon

Deployment

Deployment options

Falco

On-Premise

Tetragon

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Falco

Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker container

Tetragon

Cloud; On-premises; Self-hosted; Self-hosted DaemonSet; Isovalent Enterprise platform

Data residency

Falco

Self-hosted / Local Host

Tetragon

Customer-controlled local infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

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

Tetragon

Synchronous kernel-level enforcement
Real-time process tracing
Kubernetes-aware threat detection
Container breakout prevention
Low-overhead eBPF hooks
Structured JSON audit logs
Real-time container runtime defense
Privilege escalation prevention

Platform & access

API access

Falco

Tetragon

Single sign-on (SSO)

Falco

Tetragon

Role-based access (RBAC)

Falco

Tetragon

Multi-tenant

Falco

Tetragon

Mobile app

Falco

Tetragon

Supported platforms

Falco

KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure

Tetragon

KubernetesOpenShiftBare-metal LinuxCloud container runtimes

Compliance

Falco

CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment

Tetragon

CNCF ProjectSOC 2 compatibleISO 27001 ready

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Falco

KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch

Tetragon

KubernetesCiliumPrometheusFluentdSplunkElasticFalco ecosystem

Industries

Falco

Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS

Tetragon

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTelecommunicationsDefense

Regions

Falco

Global

Tetragon

Global

Vendor

Company

Falco

CNCF

Tetragon

Isovalent

Headquarters

Falco

San Francisco, California, USA

Tetragon

Mountain View, California, USA

Company size

Falco

51-200

Tetragon

201-500

Founded

Falco

2015

Tetragon

2017