CrowdStrike Falcon Surface vs runZero

CrowdStrike Falcon Surface, also called Falcon Exposure Management, identifies exploitable vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack paths across an organization’s attack surface. It continuously provides visibility across external assets, endpoints, cloud, networks, OT/IoT, and shadow AI. ExPRT.AI and the Exposure Prioritization Agent use exploit conditions, live telemetry, threat intelligence, and asset criticality to rank exposures. Findings can connect to remediation and response workflows, including automated workflows with Falcon Fusion SOAR. The product lists external and cloud asset discovery, attack-path analysis, identity controls, and container, serverless, and Kubernetes protection. Supported cloud platforms include AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud; CrowdStrike also says the product is available for third-party endpoint environments. It lists more than 180 SaaS, security, and IT integrations, including Tenable, Qualys, ServiceNow, and Jira. Pricing is on request, with no public price listed. A free 15-day Falcon trial is advertised, but its page does not specifically identify Exposure Management as an included module. AI Discovery for LLMs, agents, IDE extensions, MCP servers, and AI-infused packages requires the Falcon for IT add-on.

runZero is an attack surface and exposure management platform for inventorying IT, OT, IoT, cloud, mobile, and remote assets. It combines active scanning, passive traffic sampling, and API integrations to keep the inventory updated. Tracked information can include assets, services, screenshots, software, vulnerabilities, certificates, wireless devices, users, and groups. Reports include layer-2 topology maps and asset risk; alerts can appear in-product or arrive by email or webhook, including Slack. The service can run as hosted SaaS or on-premise using Consoles, distributed Explorers, and a command-line tool. runZero says it operates without agents, authentication, or appliances. Prebuilt integrations span cloud providers, EDRs, MDMs, vulnerability scanners, ITSM systems, and detection platforms, with an API and scripts for custom integrations. Community Edition is free for up to 100 assets, one organization, 10 recurring tasks, and 30 days of data retention. The Platform costs what you agree with the maker. Self-hosting the console requires a Platform license with runZero Care explicitly enabled.