Fazlur Rahman
Quick Answer
Sysdig pricing in 2026 lists CNAPP Enterprise at $72 per host per month and Monitor Enterprise Host at $36 per host per month through AWS Marketplace, both with a 20-host minimum commitment. Overage meters stack on top of the committed subscription: CNAPP adds $0.13 per host-hour, Monitor adds $0.06 per host-hour, Cloud Logs events cost $2.50 each, and Monitor time-series metrics cost $7.00 per metric (Sysdig AWS Marketplace, September 2026).
Sysdig is positioned for dedicated Kubernetes and cloud-native security operations. The per-host rate is higher than container-only scanners because the platform bundles Falco-based runtime detection and full observability.
Last verified: Sep 15, 2026.
At a glance
- CNAPP Enterprise $72 per host per month, 20-host minimum
- Monitor Enterprise Host $36 per host per month, 20-host minimum
- CNAPP overage $0.13 per host-hour, $0.03 per serverless host-hour
- Monitor overage $0.06 per host-hour, $7.00 per time-series metric
- Cloud Logs events $2.50 each
Sysdig Secure and Sysdig Monitor pricing structure
Sysdig sells two flagship products under a host-based subscription model with metered overage. Sysdig Secure covers cloud security and runtime protection including Falco-based runtime threat detection, vulnerability scanning, and compliance frameworks. Sysdig Monitor covers observability and performance monitoring. Many organizations purchase both products together, which unlocks bundled pricing that the standalone per-host rates do not reflect (Vendr, 2026).
| Product | Per host per month | Minimum | Overage model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sysdig Secure (CNAPP Enterprise) | $72 | 20 hosts | $0.13 per host-hour, $0.03 per serverless host-hour |
| Sysdig Monitor Enterprise (Host) | $36 | 20 hosts | $0.06 per host-hour, $7.00 per time-series metric |
| Sysdig Cloud Logs | Metered | n/a | $2.50 per event |
| Sysdig Cost Advisor | Metered | n/a | $0.02 per hour |
| Secure D&R CaaS | Metered | n/a | $0.02 per serverless host-hour |
The minimum matters more than the unit rate. At $72 per host per month, the smallest CNAPP Enterprise commitment is $1,440 per month before any usage. Monitor Enterprise Host at $36 sets a floor of $720 per month. A team with only a handful of nodes still pays for 20 (comparedge.com, May 2026).
Worked examples for typical deployment scales
Sysdig pricing scales linearly with host count before negotiation. The table below shows annual list cost at three common scales for CNAPP Enterprise plus Monitor Enterprise Host, before volume discount or overage (Sysdig AWS Marketplace, September 2026).
| Host count | CNAPP Enterprise per year | Monitor Enterprise Host per year | Bundle per year (no discount) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 hosts (minimum) | $17,280 | $8,640 | $25,920 |
| 100 hosts | $86,400 | $43,200 | $129,600 |
| 500 hosts | $432,000 | $216,000 | $648,000 |
| 2,000 hosts | $1,728,000 | $864,000 | $2,592,000 |
Vendr transaction data (2026) places per-host pricing at $40 to $120 per month depending on product mix, with volume discounts of 20 to 35 percent applying at 200+ hosts. Mid-market organizations monitoring 500 hosts often land near $400,000 per year on a bundle after negotiation. Enterprise implementations with thousands of containers across multi-cloud environments commonly exceed $500,000 per year before negotiation (Vendr, 2026).
Why the overage meters matter as much as the host count
Past the committed host subscription, four usage meters can quietly inflate the bill. The host-hour meter for CNAPP Enterprise adds $0.13 per host-hour when an environment bursts above the committed count. The serverless host-hour meter for CaaS adds $0.03 per serverless host-hour. The Cloud Logs event meter adds $2.50 per event. The Monitor time-series metric meter adds $7.00 per metric. A noisy logging pipeline or a metric-heavy dashboard can add a four-figure line on its own, which is why procurement teams track event and metric volume as closely as they track node count (comparedge.com, May 2026).
The cleanest budgeting approach is to model three scenarios for overage: a quiet-state baseline where the committed host subscription absorbs all monitored usage, a typical-state where overage contributes 10 to 20 percent of the total bill, and a noisy-state where a misconfigured pipeline spikes the meter. Most enterprise contracts land in the typical-state, but a single misconfigured alert loop can push the bill into the noisy-state within a week (Sysdig AWS Marketplace, September 2026).
Sysdig versus Wiz at mid-market scale
Sysdig and Wiz occupy different positions in the CNAPP market. Sysdig at 100 hosts runs roughly $86,400 per year on CNAPP Enterprise plus overage, while Wiz at 100 workloads starts at $24,000 per year on the Essential tier. Sysdig is more expensive per workload at low volumes, but the pricing model diverges at scale: Sysdig's host-based meter is transparent and predictable, while Wiz's per-workload number depends on which add-ons (Sensor, Code, Defend) are layered on (Vendr, 2026).
Mid-market buyers typically prefer Sysdig for Kubernetes-heavy estates because the Falco-based runtime detection is purpose-built for container workloads. Wiz is more common for AWS- or Azure-heavy estates where the Security Graph and CIEM coverage are the differentiators. The two platforms also overlap in customer adoption — many enterprises deploy Wiz for CSPM and CIEM and Sysdig for runtime detection on the same Kubernetes estate, which is the configuration that the per-host pricing comparison misses (comparedge.com, May 2026).
