Calico Cloud vs Sysdig Secure

Calico Cloud provides network security, observability and traffic controls for Kubernetes environments in cloud, on-premises or at the edge. Its observability features map network topology, workload connections, dependencies and traffic data to support troubleshooting. Security capabilities include integrated IDS/IPS, WAF and DDoS protection, as well as forensics and network-policy quarantine for infected workloads. Policy tools include recommendations, tiered enforcement and security policy as code in CI/CD pipelines. The listed networking capabilities include eBPF, nftables, iptables, Windows data planes, Envoy Gateway, Egress Gateways and cluster mesh. Compliance reporting covers PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR. Tigera presents Calico Cloud as a managed SaaS service and lists self-provisioned Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE and Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 among supported environments. A cluster needs a CNI installed before connection; Calico Open Source is required if Calico Cloud supplies both networking and network policy. The Free plan permits one user and one cluster, with logs retained for 24 hours.

Sysdig Secure is a cloud-native application protection platform for cloud environments, containers, Kubernetes, hosts, and serverless workloads. It uses runtime insights to prioritize risks that are exploitable in a customer’s environment. Threat detection runs in real time using Falco rules, machine learning, and drift control; vulnerability scanning is available with agent-based or agentless approaches and prioritizes vulnerabilities in use. Cloud Attack Graph connects vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and excessive permissions to map potential attack paths. Sysdig Sage is an AI assistant for security search, vulnerability management, threat investigation, and response. The platform connects to AWS, GCP, and Azure, and documents integrations including Git, Jira, Snyk, Docker Scout, Splunk, Elasticsearch, and Syslog. Sysdig describes support for on-premises, air-gapped, and private cloud environments. Deployment is hybrid, with licensing based on hosts or compute instances for CSPM. The documented agent supports Linux distributions and Windows Server 2019 and later; the vulnerability CLI scanner is available for Linux and macOS. Pricing is by quote rather than displayed.