Kyverno vs Qualys External Attack Surface Management

Kyverno

7.0 #8 in Container Security Software

About Kyverno

Qualys External Attack Surface Management

7.0 #8 in Patch Management Software

About Qualys External Attack Surface Management
KyvernoQualys External Attack Surface Management
Free planYesNo
Free trialNoYes
Paid fromFree—
Open sourceNoNo
Platformsapi, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windowsapi, Linux, Web
Kubernetes securityYesYes
Admission controlYesYes
Deployment modelself_hostedhybrid
Free plan—Yes
Image scanning—Yes
Runtime protection—Yes
Registry scanning—Yes
SBOM generation—Yes

Both are listed in Best Container Security Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Kyverno scores higher on our published basis.