Container and Kubernetes security · October 2026 Edition
Falco vs Wiz
Zero of fourteen models named Falco first on the direct prompt; five named Wiz. Falco was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Wiz by thirteen and Falco carries 39 labels and Wiz 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in sixteen categories this edition.
First-choice share15%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3935A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Falco reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sysdig Secure was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Trivy vs Falco · Trivy vs Wiz · Sysdig Secure vs Falco
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the container and kubernetes security page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FalcoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWiz
Direct051 against Wiz
Paraphrase301 against Wiz
Comparative06
Budget-constrained501 against Wiz
Scale-constrained101 against Falco
Negative001 against Falco · 2 against Wiz
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Falco and Wiz stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Falco Wiz first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Falco on the left and Wiz on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Falco and Wiz stood in it.
Wiz first, Falco not the choice
5 of 14 modelsFalco was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Upwind
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Qwen 3.7 FlashSnyk Container, Wiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniSysdig Secure alternatives: Wiz
DeepSeek V4 FlashSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Trivy, Wiz
Muse Glimmer 30BAqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Aikido Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container, Wiz
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Mistral SmallSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Uptycs
Llama 4 MaverickSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container, Uptycs
Kimi K2Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Snyk Container
GLM 4.7 FlashXSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
GPT-6 LunaSysdig Secure alternatives: Prisma Cloud, Snyk Container
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
What the models said about Falco
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Falco by itself does not connect runtime events back to the builds or images responsible, requires tuning to reduce noise and avoid false positives” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Falco (runtime)...but layer with commercial for scale/support.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · soft negative
“Start with Trivy (for scanning vulnerabilities) and Falco (for runtime defense)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with Kubescape + Falco (Free/Open Source), then evaluate paid upgrades” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For the tightest budget, Trivy or Falco are excellent free options.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Wiz
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
Trivy vs FalcoTrivy vs WizSysdig Secure vs FalcoSysdig Secure vs WizFalco vs KubescapeFalco vs Aqua SecurityFalco vs Snyk ContainerFalco vs Orca SecurityKubescape vs WizAqua Security vs WizWiz vs Snyk ContainerWiz vs Orca SecurityAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full container security standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.