Compare Checkov and Falco free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

Checkov vs Falco

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-09-12.

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Verdict

Falco offers a free tier ("Open Source"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for Checkov. The page we cite for Checkov states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn, a product retired — does not lapse with time. A badge carrying a date states the record it rests on; a badge with no date rests on no record in force.

Checkov

Risk
CategorySecurity
TierOpen Source
Verified2026-07-29
Last read2026-09-02
Changes0 recorded
Open source (Apache 2.0) IaC static analysis. Scans Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Helm, Dockerfile, and 10+ frameworks for misconfigurations. No usage limits.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Falco

Riskstable
CategorySecurity
TierOpen Source
Verified2026-09-12
Last read2026-09-12
Changes0 recorded
CNCF Graduated (Apache 2.0) runtime security tool. Monitors Linux syscalls and Kubernetes events to detect threats in containers, hosts, and cloud environments in real time.

Pricing Change History

Checkov

No recorded pricing changes for Checkov.

Falco

No recorded pricing changes for Falco.

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