Sysdig Secure vs Tenable.io Container Security comparison

Sysdig and Tenable are both solutions in the Container Security category. Sysdig is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.1, while Tenable is ranked #27 with an average rating of 7.5. Sysdig holds a 2.5% mindshare in Container Security, compared to Tenable’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Sysdig users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Tenable users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Tenable.io Container Security and Sysdig Secure are prominent players in the container security category. Tenable.io is noted for its ease of use and superior customer support, while Sysdig Secure is recognized for its extensive feature set.

Features: Tenable.io Container Security offers user-friendly threat detection, compliance checks, and intuitive interface. Sysdig Secure provides advanced runtime security, deep visibility, and robust feature versatility.

Room for Improvement: Tenable.io users seek enhanced integration options, better scalability, and improved real-time monitoring. Sysdig Secure users desire better policy management, streamlined updates, and enhanced alerting capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tenable.io is praised for straightforward deployment and excellent customer support. Sysdig Secure's deployment is more complex, supported by extensive documentation and community resources.

Pricing and ROI: Tenable.io is cost-effective with good ROI for small and mid-sized organizations. Sysdig Secure, though more expensive, offers a justified investment for larger enterprises needing comprehensive security solutions.

To learn more, read our detailed Sysdig Secure vs. Tenable.io Container Security Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is 2.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sysdig Secure is 2.5%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable.io Container Security is 1.1%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Phat Pham

Cyber Security Analyst at AT&T

A great management console, and visibility, but needs more bandwidth

The management console is the most valuable feature. It offers a variety of options for us to view. If a threat is detected, there is a specific area where we can view the different incidents that have occurred. This is the threat that is associated with that host. We can also have deep visibility into the activities within the host within a specific time frame. This is very useful, especially when we can view the process tree. This allows us to see how one process propagates to another process, and so on. We can then look back to the beginning of the process to see where it came from. How was it downloaded? Which URL did it come from? Was it internal or external? This information has been very helpful when we are diagnosing a specific incident. The File Fence feature is also useful. When we view a file within Singularity Cloud Workload Security, we can put it into our sandbox to see what type of file it is and whether it is malicious or not. There is also the scan feature, which is very helpful. When we scan a host remotely, it can return to us with information about the detections that were made on that host. This can help us to identify and alert others about any potential threats.

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SunilKumar28

DevOps Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

A security scanning tool with great insight on your workloads running anywhere

There was a security concern related to a specific feature. While the feature itself was promising, it posed a challenge. The situation revolved around code scanning. If your source code is hosted within your own premises, say on Bitbucket, you naturally wouldn't want your code to be accessible to external parties beyond your company. Keeping your code base private is a standard practice. However, in the case of code scanning using Sysdig Secure, they copy your code to their SaaS platform. This posed an issue for us. When we inquired about this, their response acknowledged the concern. In an upcoming release, they plan to enable code scanning within your on-premises environment through the assistance of an agent. This change is already in progress. While this tool stands out compared to existing solutions in the market, it's important to note that there are still some limitations to consider. Another drawback we encountered relates to our expertise with Kubernetes. The tool can monitor Kubernetes audit logs, triggering alerts and notifications. However, it falls short in terms of taking direct action based on these alerts. There are different methods of event capture, including through system level and system calls, as well as via Kubernetes audit events. Notably, at the system level, Sysdig Secure can both detect and respond to events, allowing actions like blocking and warning. This proactive approach is effective at the system call level. However, when it comes to monitoring Kubernetes audit events, Sysdig Secure can only notify without being able to execute any further actions. It can't block access or containers. The vendor likened their role to that of a monitoring camera, observing events and sending notifications without the capacity to intervene. This limitation applies to Kubernetes audit events. Given that everything operates within our system, there is a workaround available: configuring system-level policies to block containers as necessary.

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Yusuf-Hashmi

Sr. Director - Group Head - IT Security (CISO) at Jubilant Organosys Ltd., India, Leading Chemical M

It helps you catch misconfigurations before they go into a production environment where they're harder to deal with

They need to work on auto-remediation so it's easier for the security team to act quickly when certain assets or resources are deployed. The latest version has a CIS benchmark that you need to meet for containers in the cloud, but more automation is needed. Asset visibility is also critical. While Tenable provides visibility into containers, it could be done much better. Compliance is one of the most crucial aspects of container security. It should be more customizable. For example, I would like a rating system where Tenable reports a risk score for each container based on user-defined metrics, such as severity, activity, or compliance.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I would rate SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security a nine out of ten."

"We like the platform and its response time. We also like that its console is user-friendly as well as modern and sleek."

"The tool identifies issues quickly."

"The most valuable feature of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is its advanced AI and machine learning capabilities, which allow it to identify and respond to threats in real time."

"The UI is very good."

"The offensive security where they do a fix is valuable. They go to a misconfiguration and provide detailed alerts on what could be there. They also provide a remediation feature where if we give the permission, they can also go and fix the issue."

"The SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security has substantially affected my risk posture, as it was the first tool that notified me of the public exposure of a repository by a developer, allowing me to resolve the issue within minutes."

"As a frequently audited company, we value SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security's compliance monitoring features. They give us a report with a compliance score for how well we meet certain regulatory standards, like HIPAA. We can show our compliance as a percentage. It's also a way to show that we are serious about security."

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"From a container-based standpoint, it offers excellent scalability to its users...I would tell those planning to use the solution that, from a container standpoint, it's excellent."

"We appreciate this feature, especially when combined with CD monitoring. The implementation of requested features has been remarkable, such as scanning for compliance in CRM processes for the US government. We heavily rely on this feature to assess compliance with federal requirements."

"I have not seen any stability issues so far."

"I see Sysdig as the most comprehensive solution in comparison to its competitors."

"Sysdig Secure has many strong foundational features like compliance and benchmark, security, network access management, and vulnerability management."

"The tool has the capability to conduct scans initially. It can perform scans on your virtual machines, physical machines, containers, and container images. A standout feature is its ability to scan offline container images stored in your container registry. Additionally, it can scan runtime images in your cluster or on your host machine. This allows for the detection of vulnerabilities in running containers, including loaded libraries. Notably, the tool can identify which library vulnerabilities are already present in your system. An added advantage is its capacity to take action beyond threat detection. It has the ability to block access and respond to encountered threats."

"The log monitor is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature is the level of support that we get. Our solutions or customer success representative is very valuable. I see them as an extension of our security team."

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"The solution shows you the exploitable vulnerabilities and helps you prioritize."

"The strong security provided by the product in the container environment is its most valuable feature."

"It helps us secure our applications from the build phase and identify the weaknesses from scratch."

"Currently, I haven't implemented the solution due to its deprecation by the site. However, I can highlight some benefits of Tenable Cloud Security, a cybersecurity solution with various features for scanning vulnerabilities in both cloud environments and on-premises container security."

"The tool's most valuable feature is scanning, reporting, and troubleshooting."

"Tenable.io detects misconfiguration when you deploy a Docker or Kubernetes container. It's much better to remedy these issues during deployment instead of waiting until the container is already in the production environment."

"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, it is a good solution."

"Nessus scanner is very effective for internal penetration testing."

Cons

"In version 2, a lot of rules have been deployed for Kubernetes security and CDR, which makes a lot of issues of critical severity, whereas they are not critical or of high severity. There is a mismatch of severities. They need to work on severity management."

"It is not a criticism of the tool per se, but anything to help non-development resources understand some of the complexities of the cloud is always appreciated. Any additional educational resources are always helpful for security teams, especially those without a development background."

"The dashboard can be more detailed."

"We use SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security and also SentinelOne. If SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security integrated some of the endpoint security features of SentinelOne, it would be the perfect one-stop solution for everything. We wouldn't need to switch between the products. At my organization, I am responsible for endpoint security and vulnerability management. Integrating both functions into one application would be ideal because I could see all the alerts, heat maps, and reports in one console."

"Scanning capabilities should be added for the dark web."

"SentinelOne currently lacks a break glass account feature, which is critical for implementing Single Sign-On."

"They could generally give us better comprehensive rules."

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"Perhaps, it could support more custom implementations, as our company utilizes custom implementations rather than standard ones. Configuring it requires a deep understanding and adjustment to our specific needs, which took some time. Other than that, I'm unsure about potential improvements. We were considering the possibility of compartmentalizing their tools. Currently, in Sysdig Secure, they bundle multiple features, and we are unable to use them individually. For instance, if we only need compliance scanning, we have to deploy the entire secure package. This is because of the way their agent functions, but I can't delve into more details."

"Sysdig's biggest weakness is dashboarding and reporting. You have access to the data and can get everything you need, but we need the ability to summarize the information quickly in a format that senior leaders can understand. We report to the executive level and global board. I need to roll all that in-depth information into a quick summary, and their maturity level isn't there. I'm seeing that on the future road map, but it isn't there now."

"The dashboard could be more simple and show the more important issues that are detected first. We'd like to be able to set it up so more important issues show up more prominently in the dashboard."

"Reporting can definitely be better. Live dashboards should be configurable for a longer period of time rather than 30 days. Being able to go back in time to compare six months ago to today would be valuable."

"They should make it specific with a couple of features only."

"Sysdig Secure needs to scale more for complete cloud-native coverage."

"There was a security concern related to a specific feature. While the feature itself was promising, it posed a challenge. The situation revolved around code scanning. If your source code is hosted within your own premises, say on Bitbucket, you naturally wouldn't want your code to be accessible to external parties beyond your company. Keeping your code base private is a standard practice. However, in the case of code scanning using Sysdig Secure, they copy your code to their SaaS platform. This posed an issue for us. When we inquired about this, their response acknowledged the concern. In an upcoming release, they plan to enable code scanning within your on-premises environment through the assistance of an agent. This change is already in progress. While this tool stands out compared to existing solutions in the market, it's important to note that there are still some limitations to consider. Another drawback we encountered relates to our expertise with Kubernetes. The tool can monitor Kubernetes audit logs, triggering alerts and notifications. However, it falls short in terms of taking direct action based on these alerts. There are different methods of event capture, including through system labels and system calls, as well as via Kubernetes audit events. Notably, at the system level, Sysdig Secure can both detect and respond to events, allowing actions like blocking and warning. This proactive approach is effective at the system call level. However, when it comes to monitoring Kubernetes audit events, Sysdig Secure can only notify without being able to execute any further actions. It can't block access or containers. The vendor likened their role to that of a monitoring camera, observing events and sending notifications without the capacity to intervene. This limitation applies to Kubernetes audit events. Given that everything operates within our system, there is a workaround available: configuring system-level policies to block containers as necessary."

"Banks and financial institutions cannot use Sysdig Secure because it doesn't sell SaaS-hosted versions for under two hundred working nodes."

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"I feel that in certain areas this product has false positives which the company should work on. They should also try to include business logic vulnerabilities in the scanner testing. Finally, the vulnerability assessment feature should be increased to other hardware devices, apart from firewalls."

"I believe integration plays a crucial role for Tenable, particularly in terms of connecting with other products and various container solutions like Docker or Kubernetes. It seems that in future updates, enhanced integration is something I would appreciate. Currently, there is integration with Docker, but when it comes to Kubernetes or other container solutions, it appears to be a challenge, especially with on-prem scanners."

"The stability and setup phase of the product are areas with shortcomings where improvements are needed."

"The initial setup is highly complex."

"Tenable.io Container Security should improve integration modules. It should also improve stability."

"They need to work on auto-remediation so it's easier for the security team to act quickly when certain assets or resources are deployed. The latest version has a CIS benchmark that you need to meet for containers in the cloud, but more automation is needed."

"The support is tricky to reach, so we would like better-oriented technical support enabled."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"PingSafe is cost-effective for the amount of infrastructure we have. It's reasonable for what they offer compared to our previous solution. It's at least 25 percent to 30 percent less."

"SentinelOne is relatively cheap. If ten is the most expensive, I would rate it a seven."

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is on the costlier side."

"The features included in PingSafe justify its price point."

"Singularity Cloud Workload Security's licensing and price were cheaper than the other solutions we looked at."

"For pricing, it currently seems to be in line with market rates."

"It is not that expensive. There are some tools that are double the cost of PingSafe. It is good on the pricing side."

"SentinelOne offers excellent pricing and licensing options."

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"In comparison to other cloud solutions, it's reasonably priced. However, when compared to in-house built open-source projects, it might be considered somewhat costly. The cost depends on whether someone sees the support provided by Sysdig as an advantage or if it's deemed unnecessary. Personally, I find the support to be excellent and consider it a good value."

"Sysdig is competitive. The quality matches the pricing. Obviously, everyone wants things to be cheaper, but if you're realistic, you acknowledge that quality service comes with a price. Sysdig is the gold standard for Kubernetes, and I wouldn't choose anything else. We live in Kubernetes. Everything is containerized, so that means a lot to us, and we're willing to make an investment."

"It is quite costly compared to other tools."

"The solution's pricing depends on the agents...In short, the price depends on the environment of its user."

"I am always going to say that it could be a little bit cheaper. I do feel that it is a little bit on the expensive side."

"I rate the product’s pricing a six out of ten."

"The solution's pricing is neither cheap nor very expensive."

"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."

"The product does not operate on a pay-per-license model."

"It's best to be an institutional buyer and directly contact the sales team as they can provide over-the-top discounts for bulk orders."

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

15%

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Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

15%

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about PingSafe?

The dashboard gives me an overview of all the things happening in the product, making it one of the tool's best featu...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingSafe?

The pricing tends to be high.

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What needs improvement with PingSafe?

The price is on the higher side. The dashboard can be more detailed.

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What do you like most about Sysdig Secure?

The proactiveness of the support has been fantastic. Every time we mention something in a meeting that we're trying t...

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What needs improvement with Sysdig Secure?

Sysdig Secure could improve in terms of scalability and expanding services to other areas like database monitoring an...

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What is your primary use case for Sysdig Secure?

Sysdig Secure ( /products/sysdig-secure-reviews ) is used for cloud-native infrastructure, application monitoring, an...

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What do you like most about Tenable.io Container Security?

The tool's most valuable feature is scanning, reporting, and troubleshooting.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tenable.io Container Security?

The solution's pricing is neither cheap nor very expensive.

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What needs improvement with Tenable.io Container Security?

The solution’s pricing could be improved.

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Overview

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security protects cloud workloads, offering advanced threat detection and automated response. It integrates seamlessly with cloud environments and secures containerized applications and virtual machines against vulnerabilities.

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is renowned for its efficiency in mitigating threats in real-time. The platform integrates effortlessly with existing cloud environments, ensuring robust cloud security management with minimal manual intervention. Securing containerized applications and virtual machines, it excels in threat intelligence and endpoint protection. However, improvements are needed in performance during high workload periods, and more integrations with third-party tools and better documentation would be beneficial. Users often find the installation process complex, support response times slow, and the dashboard's navigation unintuitive.

What are the key features of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Real-time Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates threats as they occur.
Automated Response: Automatically responds to threats to minimize impact.
Ease of Deployment: Simple setup process with scalable options.
Machine Learning Insights: AI-driven insights enhance threat prevention.
Seamless Integration: Integrates with cloud environments for unified security management.

What are the primary benefits or ROI to expect from SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Enhanced Threat Mitigation: Improved security against real-time threats.
Reduced Manual Intervention: Automated processes save time and resources.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing security requirements.
Centralized Management: Manage security across platforms from a single console.
Advanced Threat Intelligence: Provides in-depth analysis and protection.

In specific industries, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is implemented to safeguard critical data and infrastructure. Organizations in finance, healthcare, and technology depend on its real-time threat detection and automated response to protect sensitive information. Its ability to secure containerized applications and virtual machines is particularly valuable in dynamic environments where rapid scaling is necessary.

SentinelOne

In the cloud, every second counts. Attacks move at warp speed, and security teams must protect the business without slowing it down. Sysdig stops cloud attacks in real time, instantly detecting changes in risk with runtime insights, a unique AI architecture, and open source Falco. Sysdig delivers live visibility by correlating signals across cloud workloads, identities, and services to uncover hidden attack paths. By knowing what is running, teams can prioritize the vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, permissions, and threats that matter most. From prevention to defense, Sysdig helps enterprises move faster and focus on what matters: innovation.

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Tenable.io Container Security is a container security platform that delivers end-to-end visibility of Docker container images, providing vulnerability assessment, malware detection, and policy enforcement before and after deployment. It also integrates into your DevOps pipeline to eliminate security blind spots without slowing down software development. In addition, Tenable.io Container Security provides proactive visibility and security so your organization can solve the security challenges of containers at the speed of DevOps.

Tenable.io Container Security Features

Tenable.io Container Security has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Dashboard visibility: With Tenable.io Container Security, IT security managers gain at-a-glance visibility into container image inventory as well as security. Security teams can view vulnerability, malware, and other security data for all container images, and the distribution of vulnerabilities across images by CVSS score and risk level. The product also shows each image’s OS, OS version, and architecture.

Malware protection: The Tenable.io Container Security solution is unique because it is one of the only container security solutions that assesses container image source code for malware. It is designed with a custom-built malware detection engine to help ensure images are malware-free and to analyze container image source code.

Policy enforcement: If an image is created that exceeds the organization’s risk threshold, Tenable.io Container Security notifies developers immediately, with layer-specific information provided to help remediate issues rapidly. In addition, when using the solution, policy violations can trigger alerting or can optionally block specific images from being deployed. Policies can be applied globally or only to images in specific repositories.

Image syncing from third-party registries: The solution helps your organization gain instant insight into container security risks by synchronizing your existing registry images into Tenable.io Container Security. It integrates with Docker Registry, Docker Trusted Registry, JFrog Artifactory and Amazon EC2 Container Registry.

DevOps toolchain integration: In DevOps environments, Tenable.io Container Security can embed security testing into the software development tooling without blocking or disrupting existing software workflows or development processes.

Tenable.io Container Security Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing Tenable.io Container Security. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Accurate, in-depth visibility: The platform helps you understand the individual layers of container images so you can gain an accurate view of cyber risk, reduce false positives, and provide detailed remediation guidance.

Securely accelerate DevOps: With Tenable.io Container Security, you can assess container images for vulnerabilities and malware as fast as 30 seconds from within the DevOps toolchain to avoid slowing down code velocity.

Enforce security policies: Tenable.io Container Security works to block new container builds that exceed your organizational risk thresholds to ensure containers are compliant with your security policies prior to deployment.

Decrease remediation costs: Tenable.io Container Security can help your organization dramatically reduce remediation costs by discovering and fixing software defects during development before application release.

Protect running containers: By implementing Tenable.io Container Security, you can gain visibility into running containers, which helps you to detect new vulnerabilities and security issues that may show up after deployment.

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Sample Customers

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SAP Concur, Goldman Sachs, Worldpay, Experian, BigCommerce, Arkose Labs, Calendly, Noteable, Bloomreach. More here: https://sysdig.com/customers/

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