Feature / Tool	Jibril	Falco	Tetragon	Tracee	KubeArmor	Kubescape
Developer	Garnet Labs	Sysdig (CNCF Graduated)	Cilium/Isovalent (CNCF Incubating)	Aqua Security	AccuKnox (CNCF Sandbox)	ARMO
Primary Focus	LOW overhead Runtime detection and policy enforcement	Runtime threat detection and alerting	Security observability and runtime enforcement	Runtime detection and forensics	Runtime protection and policy enforcement	Kubernetes security scanning and compliance
Core Technology	eBPF, static and dynamic analysis	eBPF, kernel modules	eBPF	eBPF	eBPF (alerting), LSM (AppArmor, SELinux, BPF-LSM)	Static analysis, Kubernetes API, optional runtime (via integrations)
Detection	Yes (built-in rule based).	Yes (rule-based, real-time)	Yes (real-time observability)	Yes (detailed event tracing)	Yes (via eBPF logs and alerts)	Yes (misconfig detection, vuln scanning)
Enforcement	Yes (eBPF, cgroups)	Limited (via Falco, post-event response)	Yes (real-time policy enforcement)	No (detection only)	Yes (inline mitigation via LSM)	Limited (via integration with tools like KubeArmor)
Policy Definition	Builtin (for now), Plugins available.	Custom rules Default public rules	TracingPolicy CRDs Kernel level filters	JSON-based policies with scope and rules	YAML-based Kubernetes-native	YAML-based (OPA, NSA, MITRE frameworks)
Default Policies	Yes (MITRE), complete recipes set	Comprehensive default ruleset	No preloaded policies, customizable	Basic default policy	No preloaded policies	Yes (NSA, MITRE, custom frameworks)
Scope	CI/CD, Containers, VMs, Kubernetes, IoT/Edge, Classic IT	Containers, Kubernetes, cloud, hosts	Kubernetes, Linux hosts, Cilium integration	Containers, Kubernetes, Linux hosts	Containers, VMs, Kubernetes, IoT/Edge, 5G	Kubernetes clusters, workloads
Observability	JSON events and per agent dashboard	Logs, metrics (via Falco Sidekick), traces	Rich event logs, low-latency observability	Detailed JSON event logs	Logs for policy breaches, process monitoring	Reports, dashboards, runtime insights (via integrations)
Performance	Lightweight resources use with minimum detection losses	Low latency High resource use (eBPF)	Low latency Resource efficient	High resource use	Moderate latency	Lightweight (static), runtime depends on integrations
Integration	Garnet Security, Custom integration with event printers	Broad SIEM support, Falco Sidekick	Cilium ecosystem, OpenTelemetry	Trivy, Kubernetes operators	Kubernetes-native, limited SIEM support	Helm, CI/CD, KubeArmor, Prometheus
Use Case	Real-time threat detection, network enforcement	Real-time threat detection, compliance	Observability, enforcement, network security	Forensics, suspicious event analysis	Hardening workloads, zero-trust enforcement	Compliance, misconfiguration detection, vuln management
Strengths	Low overhead Realtime enforce Min detect losses BIG public recipes list	Mature Wide Adoption Public ruleset	Low overhead Enforcement Cilium Integration	Detailed Forensics Public signatures OPA support	Simplifies LSM complexity	Easy compliance checks, broad framework support
Weaknesses	No exec enforcement Less mature Recipes description lang TBD	Limited Enforcement Rule Complexity	Less mature Fewer integrations Rule complexity	No enforcement Resource Intensive	Lacks default policies Higher Latencies	Limited Enforcement Relies on Integrations