Does Sysdig have a free plan?

Not on the record we hold: Sysdig is listed as Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.

Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?

8 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside Sysdig have a free tier: Authelia, Grype, Ory Kratos, authentik, Trivy.

What am I actually paying for with Sysdig?

The record lists 8 features across 7 areas: core, ai, vulnerability, posture, container, iac, identity. In practice it is brought in for real-time threat detection in kubernetes clusters, container workload vulnerability prioritization, cloud security posture compliance monitoring.

Does Sysdig charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Sysdig prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Sysdig against before paying?

The closest cybersecurity tools in this directory are Authelia, Grype, Ory Kratos, authentik. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Sysdig covering price, platforms and features.

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Sysdig pricing

No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Sysdig. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the cybersecurity tools listed alongside it.

Entry price: On request
Model: Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data
Tiers: -
Free tier: Not on record

What is on record

The Sysdig catalogue entry carries no price and a Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Sysdig review carries the full feature record.

What the product covers

The full Sysdig feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Core

Real-time threat detection and response
Runtime intelligence

AI

AI-powered security agents

Vulnerability

Vulnerability management

Posture

Cloud Security Posture Management

Container

Container and Kubernetes security

IaC

Infrastructure as Code security

Identity

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management

People bring Sysdig in for real-time threat detection in kubernetes clusters, container workload vulnerability prioritization, cloud security posture compliance monitoring, infrastructure entitlement and permission analysis, ai workload security and threat remediation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Sysdig are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Cybersecurity

Too few cybersecurity tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Sysdig entry price against other Cybersecurity tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Sysdig (this page)	On request	Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data	-
Authelia	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Sysdig
Grype	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Sysdig
Ory Kratos	Free	Open-source self-hosted, with a paid managed network	-	vs Sysdig
authentik	Free	Open-source core with a paid enterprise tier	-	vs Sysdig
Trivy	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Sysdig
Aikido	Free	Subscription with free tier	-	vs Sysdig

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Sysdig badges page.

Before you pay for Sysdig

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Sysdig against the tools that do have one before committing.

Sysdig runs on kubernetes, docker, aws, gcp, azure, cloud-native, and is published by Sysdig. The full record is on the Sysdig review, and the rest of the category is under best cybersecurity tools.

Sysdig pricing on the vendor's own site

Sysdig pricing questions

How much does Sysdig cost?: No price is published on the record we hold for Sysdig, which is listed as Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
Does Sysdig have a free plan?: Not on the record we hold: Sysdig is listed as Custom pricing based on number of hosts, events processed, or time series data. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
Which cybersecurity tools can I use without paying?: 8 of the 8 cybersecurity tools listed alongside Sysdig have a free tier: Authelia, Grype, Ory Kratos, authentik, Trivy.
What am I actually paying for with Sysdig?: The record lists 8 features across 7 areas: core, ai, vulnerability, posture, container, iac, identity. In practice it is brought in for real-time threat detection in kubernetes clusters, container workload vulnerability prioritization, cloud security posture compliance monitoring.
Does Sysdig charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Sysdig prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Sysdig against before paying?: The closest cybersecurity tools in this directory are Authelia, Grype, Ory Kratos, authentik. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Sysdig covering price, platforms and features.