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Lacework

AI-powered cloud security with anomaly detection

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★4.5ratingPricing · PaidRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Lacework does

Lacework uses ML to detect anomalies across cloud workloads, containers, and user behavior.

How Lacework compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Lacework does not. All 5 offer an API, as Lacework does. Lacework offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app. Lacework was founded in 2015; the alternatives were founded between 2009 and 2021, 1 of them earlier. Lacework is based in San Francisco, United States; all the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.

Market position · Security

How Lacework compares in Security

Lacework has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Lacework's own market position as contested. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Lacework compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
LaceworkFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebRising
FalcoFounded 2016ModerateOpenFree—YesYesDesktopRising
Socket SecurityFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, ExtensionStable
WizFounded 2020 · New York, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebHot
Cloudflare SecurityFounded 2009ModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebRising
Prisma CloudFounded 2018LowContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Security.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Lacework exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Anomaly DetectionBehavior AnalysisThreat Detection
Industry Verticals
EnterpriseTechnology
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Wiz

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Cloudflare Security

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Prisma Cloud

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Questions

Lacework: common questions

Is Lacework free?

No. Lacework is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Lacework?

The closest alternatives to Lacework that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Falco, Socket Security, Wiz, Cloudflare Security, and Prisma Cloud.

Is Lacework still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Lacework as operating at lacework.com.

Where is Lacework based?

Lacework is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Lacework have an API?

Yes. Lacework offers an API.

Who is Lacework for?

Lacework is built for security teams and devops.

How do I sign in to Lacework?

Sign in on Lacework's own website, lacework.com. FalcoScan reviews Lacework but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Lacework directly.

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