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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 | Zscaler Cloud Connector by Zscaler View product | Falco by CNCF View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | What does Zscaler Cloud Connector do? It covers zero-trust routing and Terraform deployment. 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 Connector | Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection Engine |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Cloud-First Enterprise, FinTech, SaaS | 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 | Cloud | On-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud; Cloud VM/container deployment in customer VPC/VNet | Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker container |
| Data residency | Global; US; EU; APAC | 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 Cloud | KubernetesDockerLinux HostsCloud Infrastructure |
| Compliance | SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRFedRAMP | CNCF GraduatedApache 2.0CIS Benchmark alignment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudTerraformCloudFormation | KubernetesPrometheusGrafanaSlackAWS Security HubElasticsearch |
| Industries | Cross-industryCloud-First EnterpriseFinTechSaaS | Cross-industryTechnologyCloud EngineeringFinancial ServicesSaaS |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Zscaler | CNCF |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Company size | 7,000+ | 51-200 |
| Founded | 2007 | 2015 |
Overview
What it is
Zscaler Cloud Connector
What does Zscaler Cloud Connector do? It covers zero-trust routing and Terraform deployment. 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
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Cloud Workload ConnectorFalco
Cloud-Native Runtime Threat Detection EngineBest for
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Cross-industry, Cloud-First Enterprise, FinTech, SaaSFalco
Cross-industry, Technology, Cloud Engineering, Financial Services, SaaSPricing
Pricing model
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Contact VendorFalco
Contact VendorFree trial
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Free trial: yesFalco
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Falco
Deployment details
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Cloud; Cloud VM/container deployment in customer VPC/VNetFalco
Self-hosted; Kubernetes; Container Daemon; Open source binary; DaemonSet in Kubernetes; Docker containerData residency
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Global; US; EU; APACFalco
Self-hosted / Local HostKey features
What it offers
Zscaler Cloud Connector
- Public cloud egress connector
- Automated VPC/VNet traffic forwarding
- Terraform deployment
- Zero-trust routing
- Multi-cloud egress security
- Workload-to-internet traffic inspection
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
Zscaler Cloud Connector
API access: yesFalco
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Zscaler Cloud Connector
SSO: yesFalco
SSO: noRole-based access (RBAC)
Zscaler Cloud Connector
RBAC: yesFalco
RBAC: noMulti-tenant
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Multi-tenant: yesFalco
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Mobile app: noFalco
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Falco
Compliance
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Falco
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Falco
Industries
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Falco
Regions
Zscaler Cloud Connector
Falco
Vendor
Company
Zscaler Cloud Connector
ZscalerFalco
CNCFHeadquarters
Zscaler Cloud Connector
San Jose, California, USAFalco
San Francisco, California, USACompany size
Zscaler Cloud Connector
7,000+Falco
51-200Founded
Zscaler Cloud Connector
2007Falco
2015