Container and Kubernetes security · November 2026 Edition
Falco vs Wiz
Zero of fourteen models named Falco first on the direct prompt; two named Wiz. Both were named by all fourteen models and Falco carries 43 labels and Wiz 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in seventeen categories this edition.
First-choice share21%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate2%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels4340A 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 fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Trivy vs Falco · Trivy vs Wiz · Falco vs Kubescape
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
Direct02
Paraphrase51
Comparative05
Budget-constrained1003 against Wiz
Scale-constrained021 against Wiz
Negative101 against Falco · 6 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 4.20 | | | | | | |
| 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
2 of 14 modelsFalco was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Datadog Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security, Wiz
Mistral SmallUpwind alternatives: Datadog Cloud Security Management, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
Llama 4 MaverickTrivy alternatives: Falco, Mend.io, Sysdig Secure
Kimi K2Aikido Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Containers, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXMend.io alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
MiniMax M2.5Mend.io alternatives: Aikido Security, Sysdig Secure, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaSysdig Secure alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Containers, Wiz
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Aikido Security alternatives: Aqua Security, Sysdig Secure
Perplexity SonarAikido Security alternatives: Snyk Container, Sysdig Secure
DeepSeek V4 FlashSysdig Secure alternatives: Aqua Security
Qwen 3.7 FlashAikido Security, Snyk Container alternatives: Aqua Security, Mend.io, Sysdig Secure
Muse Glimmer 30BAqua Security, Sysdig Secure alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Containers
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
The order flips: Wiz leads at enterprise.
Wiz20%#3 of 12Falco2%#8 of 12What the models said about Falco
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Falco-like detection can identify suspicious behavior, but rules need tuning and alerts still require response automation” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Falco (runtime security) paired with Trivy (container image scanning) as a strong combination” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Trivy + Kubescape + Falco (all free, open-source) is the best container security "platform."” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Open source with strong backing: Falco (CNCF), Trivy (Aqua but widely adopted)” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Wiz
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
Trivy vs FalcoTrivy vs WizFalco vs KubescapeFalco vs Sysdig SecureFalco vs Aikido SecurityFalco vs Snyk ContainerFalco vs Aqua SecurityKubescape vs WizSysdig Secure vs WizWiz vs Aikido SecurityWiz vs Snyk ContainerWiz vs Aqua 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.