Rudder
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Rudder, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Rudder's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Rudder Core | Free | Open source software |
| Rudder Starter - Essential (Monthly) | $4 a month | Security Configuration Management · under 500 nodes · initial fees apply · per node |
| Rudder Security Suite - Premium (Monthly) | $23 a month | Security Configuration Management · Patch and Vulnerability Management · Policy and Benchmark Compliance · Premium SLA · initial fee applies · per node |
| Rudder Starter - Essential (Yearly) | $40 a year | Security Configuration Management · enterprise features · under 500 nodes · 1 production and 2 non-production instances · per node |
| Rudder Security Suite - Standard (Yearly) | $200 a year | Security Configuration Management · Patch and Vulnerability Management · Policy and Benchmark Compliance · under 2,000 nodes · per node |
| Rudder Security Suite - Premium (Yearly) | $225 a year | Security Configuration Management · Patch and Vulnerability Management · Policy and Benchmark Compliance · Premium SLA · per node |
| Rudder Enterprise | Priced on request | Linux and Windows · Security configuration management · Choose Patch & vulnerability management or Policy & benchmark compliance · Unlimited standard support · Security patches for 18 months · 6-month update window · annual per-node license |
| Rudder Corporate Security Suite | Priced on request | Includes Enterprise and all Rudder solutions · Unlimited premium support · Guaranteed fix or workaround times · Security patches for 24 months · 9-month update window · Dedicated customer success manager · annual per-node license |
The facts
Each one read from Rudder's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent footprint
- Documentation estimates roughly 90 MB RAM during an agent run, a few kilobytes of network traffic and about 100 MB disk space.checked 14 Oct 2026
- API coverage
- The API supports node, group, directive, rule, parameter, technique, compliance and change-request operations.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Benchmark compliance
- Rudder provides ready-made CIS benchmark content, customizable security policies, continuous remediation and OpenSCAP result collection.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Check and enforce
- Policies can run in audit-only mode or continuously remediate drift at global, system or configuration level.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Rudder can audit standards including CIS benchmarks and SecNumCloud, and trigger OpenSCAP audits with results in its interface.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Configuration
- It can audit configurations in check mode or continuously correct them in enforce mode, with mode set globally, per system, or per configuration.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Configuration builder
- Configurations can be created with a graphical builder or YAML and organized into reusable modular components.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Dashboards and score
- Live dashboards and a Rudder Score aggregate system health and compliance for teams.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Rudder supports Linux and Windows systems, including cloud and on-premises infrastructure; its feature page also lists Raspberry Pi agents.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation includes reference manuals, installation guides, API references, examples, YAML techniques and changelogs.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Dynamic groups
- Dynamic groups classify new machines automatically from inventory and other data criteria.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Grouping
- Dynamic groups use inventory and data criteria to classify new machines automatically.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- GetApp lists integrations or API connections involving Slack, Ansible, Rundeck, Zabbix and OpenSCAP.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Agents collect hardware, network, operating-system and installed-software inventory that can be used for targeting rules.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Legal entity
- Crunchbase identifies the maker as Normation SAS and lists Paris, France as headquarters.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: Capterra reviewer
- The Capterra reviewer says broader security and management coverage is needed and that the learning curve can be steep.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: onboarding and editor
- G2 feedback mentions infrequent training, delayed onboarding and a desire for a more visual flow-based configuration editor.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: reporting and customization
- G2 reviewers report limited reporting or analytics depth and restricted role or permission customization.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Notable news: CIS solution
- A November 5, 2025 release introduced Policy and Benchmark Compliance for automated CIS hardening and remediation.checked 14 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The maker identifies Normation as the publisher of the Rudder website and lists its registered office in Paris, France.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Company history
- Normation's own history page records company creation in 2010, R&D through 2012 and diffusion from 2013 onward.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Rudder as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees, headquartered in Paris and founded in 2010.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Paris, Francechecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free trial
- The free trial includes a one-month premium subscription for evaluating the full-featured Rudder experience.checked 30 Sep 2026
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