Colander vs Cydarm
Colander
pts-project.org
Cydarm
cydarm.comSide by side
| Figure | Colander | Cydarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Incident Response Software | 7.7 (#11) | 7.9 (#9) |
| Case management | Colander organizes evidence, observations, and artifacts into distinct cases. | The platform includes case management, data enrichment, editable playbooks, reporting, collaboration, and response time SLAs. |
| Deployment | The maker documents deployment on a dedicated server running Debian, using Docker and Ansible. | Cydarm is offered as a hosted managed service or as an enterprise deployment on a customer's own infrastructure. |
| Intended users | The project describes its tools as tailored for civil society, digital rights defenders, researchers, journalists, and regulatory bodies. | Cydarm describes solutions for enterprise, virtual and hybrid security teams, and third-party providers including MSPs, MSSPs, and DFIR firms. |
| Purpose | Colander is a web-based case management, digital investigations, and knowledge-building platform. | Cydarm is a cyber incident response management platform for security operations teams. |
Plans
In their own words
Colander
Colander is a web-based platform for case management, digital investigations, and shared knowledge building. It organizes evidence and investigative knowledge into cases, supports team collaboration, and allows information sharing with other organizations. A web graph editor represents artifacts, actors, observables, and events. Through Threatr, users can retrieve intelligence from VirusTotal, MISP, and OTX AlienVault. Colander can collect and sign PiRogue artifacts, track their integrity and authenticity, and analyze decrypted network traffic and payloads. Payloads can be decoded with CyberChef, while YARA rules can be applied to network traffic. Users can generate data transmission reports and create feeds in different formats. A Python 3 library abstracts the REST API and uses an API key from the user profile. The project is open source under AGPL v3, with API, Linux, web, and self-hosted options. Deployment guidance recommends current Debian, at least 4 cores, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB storage, and a public IP.
Cydarm
Cydarm is a cyber incident response management platform for security operations teams. It combines case management, data enrichment, editable playbooks, reporting, collaboration, and response-time SLAs. Teams can assign tasks using an open-source playbook format, while attribute-based access controls restrict visibility from whole cases down to individual comments or data types. Listed integrations include OpenAPI, email polling, webhooks, Jira, ServiceNow, Teams, PagerDuty, Slack, and SMS. Cydarm is offered as a hosted managed service or an enterprise deployment on a customer’s infrastructure, with web, API, and self-hosted platforms. It supports SSO through Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google, and AWS, with no SSO fee. Cydarm Technologies states it meets ISO 27001:2022 requirements and has achieved certification. Security information describes disk encryption, TLS 1.2 or higher, dedicated hosted infrastructure, and network segmentation. Pricing is on request; a 30-day trial costs nothing and needs no credit card.