AxeraCompare
How Axera is different.
Purpose-built for Kubernetes, self-hosted, and combining segmentation with NDR in one operator.
| Capability | Axera | Typical alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment model | Self-hosted operator (your clusters) | SaaS control plane / agent per host |
| CNI support | Any CNI (eBPF, agnostic) | Mesh- or CNI-specific |
| Policy from real traffic | Yes — synthesized + versioned | Manual or labels-only |
| Service-mesh L3/L4 | Istio ambient + sidecar | L7-only or none |
| NDR + active response | Detect → contain → verify | Detection-only or separate product |
| Shift-left policy | Scan Git → pre-live policy | Runtime-only |
| Air-gapped | Supported (disconnected mirror) | Often cloud-dependent |
“Typical alternative” describes the common pattern across point tools — visibility, segmentation and detection bought separately and stitched across consoles. Axera does all three from one operator you run yourself.