CrowdStrike Falcon Surface vs Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform

CrowdStrike Falcon Surface

6.4 #12 in Cloud Security Posture Management Software

7.0 #2 in Exposure Management Software

	CrowdStrike Falcon Surface	Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform
Free trial	Yes	Yes
Platforms	Linux, macOS, Web, Windows	Android, api, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows
Free plan	No	No
Attack path analysis	Yes	Yes
External asset discovery	Yes
Attack-path analysis	Yes
Cloud asset discovery	Yes
Monitoring frequency	continuous
API access	Yes
Deployment model	hybrid
Container protection	Yes
Serverless protection	Yes
Kubernetes protection	Yes
Response actions	Block threats; automated cloud-native response workflows
Supported host OS	Windows, Linux
Cloud platforms	AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
Central management console	Yes
Identity controls	Yes
Data loss prevention	Yes
Private app access	Yes
Extension policies	Yes
Audit and reporting	Yes
Supported platforms	desktop and mobile
Credential theft detection	Yes
Privilege abuse detection	Yes
Directory attack detection	Yes
Automated response	Yes
Identity coverage	human_and_machine
Monitoring coverage	24_7
Response model	coordinated
Threat hunting	Yes
Incident response	Yes
Coverage areas	all_three
Misconfiguration checks	Yes
Permission analysis	Yes
Automated remediation	Yes
Compliance monitoring	Yes
Access model	read_write
Free ingestion limit	10 GB/day
Custom detection rules	Yes
Real-time alerting	Yes
Deployment	cloud
Query language	CrowdStrike Query Language (CQL)
Playbook automation	Yes
Alert enrichment	Yes
Threat intel actions	Yes
Case management	Yes
Threat intelligence		Yes
Prioritization model		contextual
Asset criticality context		Yes
Cloud asset coverage		broad
Remediation workflows		Yes