Armor vs Kubescape

Armor is a cloud security and compliance service for organizations, with managed detection and response among its offerings. Armor Agent plans cover malware protection, file integrity monitoring, intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning, and patch monitoring. Its MDR service includes round-the-clock monitoring and triage, threat hunting, and response that can include containment and remediation guidance. The Nexus portal shows investigated threats and actions taken by Armor’s team. Platform capabilities include AI-assisted incident investigation, threat intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and response-time tracking. Armor describes integrations with Microsoft and Oracle cloud environments and use with customers’ existing Microsoft security tools. Armor Enterprise Cloud includes controls and audit support for regulated environments, with frameworks such as HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and ISO 27001. Armor Agent Premium costs $99 a month per endpoint, with no endpoint limit. The MDR plan starts at $4,380/month for 500 endpoints, with pricing dependent on coverage and scope.

Kubescape is an open-source platform for Kubernetes security across configuration, images, compliance, and activity in running clusters. It analyzes Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and live clusters for misconfigurations. Its operator scans deployed container images for vulnerabilities using Grype and public vulnerability databases, and monitors active clusters for suspicious behavior and threats. Kubescape supports CIS, NSA-CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, and SOC 2 frameworks. Its policy engine uses Open Policy Agent to evaluate Kubernetes objects against posture controls written in Rego; the operator runs as microservices that continuously monitor cluster posture. Integrations are available for GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Lens, and Visual Studio Code. The CLI can download artifacts for local use, including in offline and air-gapped environments. Results can be exported as JSON or JUnit XML or rendered as HTML or PDF. The CLI and Kubernetes operator are self-hosted and free under Apache License 2.0. ARMO Platform is a compatible provider for uploading scan results and downloading custom artifacts; its price depends on vCPUs and other cloud resources.