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

Tetragon

by Isovalent

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Falco

by CNCF

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Overview

What it is

Tetragon

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

Tetragon

eBPF-Based Real-Time Security Observability & Runtime Enforcement

Falco

Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine

Best for

Tetragon

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

Falco

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

Pricing

Pricing model

Tetragon

Contact Vendor

Falco

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Tetragon

Falco

Deployment

Deployment options

Tetragon

CloudOn-Premise

Falco

On-Premise

Deployment details

Tetragon

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

Falco

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

Data residency

Tetragon

Customer-controlled local infrastructure

Falco

Self-hosted / Local Host

Key features

What it offers

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

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

Tetragon

Falco

Single sign-on (SSO)

Tetragon

Falco

Role-based access (RBAC)

Tetragon

Falco

Multi-tenant

Tetragon

Falco

Mobile app

Tetragon

Falco

Supported platforms

Tetragon

KubernetesOpenShiftBare-metal LinuxCloud container runtimes

Falco

KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure

Compliance

Tetragon

CNCF ProjectSOC 2 compatibleISO 27001 ready

Falco

CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Tetragon

KubernetesCiliumPrometheusFluentdSplunkElasticFalco ecosystem

Falco

KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch

Industries

Tetragon

TechnologyFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTelecommunicationsDefense

Falco

Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS

Regions

Tetragon

Global

Falco

Global

Vendor

Company

Tetragon

Isovalent

Falco

CNCF

Headquarters

Tetragon

Mountain View, California, USA

Falco

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Tetragon

201-500

Falco

51-200

Founded

Tetragon

2017

Falco

2015