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Rudder
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Rudder Core | Open source software | Free |
| Rudder Security Suite - Standard (Yearly) | per node · Security Configuration Management · Patch and Vulnerability Management · Policy and Benchmark Compliance · under 2,000 nodes | $200 a year |
| Rudder Security Suite - Premium (Yearly) | per node · Security Configuration Management · Patch and Vulnerability Management · Policy and Benchmark Compliance · Premium SLA | $225 a year |
| Rudder Security Suite - Premium (Monthly) | per node · Security Configuration Management · Patch and Vulnerability Management · Policy and Benchmark Compliance · Premium SLA · initial fee applies | $23 a month |
| Rudder Starter - Essential (Monthly) | per node · Security Configuration Management · under 500 nodes · initial fees apply | $4 a month |
| Rudder Starter - Essential (Yearly) | per node · Security Configuration Management · enterprise features · under 500 nodes · 1 production and 2 non-production instances | $40 a year |
| Rudder Corporate Security Suite | annual per-node license · Includes Enterprise and all Rudder solutions · Unlimited premium support · Guaranteed fix or workaround times · Security patches for 24 months · 9-month update window · Dedicated customer success manager | On request |
| Rudder Enterprise | annual per-node license · Linux and Windows · Security configuration management · Choose Patch & vulnerability management or Policy & benchmark compliance · Unlimited standard support · Security patches for 18 months · 6-month update window | On request |
As rudder.io lists them, read 30 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Rudder's own pages
- Agent footprint
- Documentation estimates roughly 90 MB RAM during an agent run, a few kilobytes of network traffic and about 100 MB disk space. · docs.rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- API coverage
- The API supports node, group, directive, rule, parameter, technique, compliance and change-request operations. · docs.rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Benchmark compliance
- Rudder provides ready-made CIS benchmark content, customizable security policies, continuous remediation and OpenSCAP result collection. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Check and enforce
- Policies can run in audit-only mode or continuously remediate drift at global, system or configuration level. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Company
- The maker identifies Normation as the publisher of the Rudder website and lists its registered office in Paris, France. · rudder.io, 30 Sept 2026
- Company history
- Normation's own history page records company creation in 2010, R&D through 2012 and diffusion from 2013 onward. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Rudder as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees, headquartered in Paris and founded in 2010. · linkedin.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Rudder can audit standards including CIS benchmarks and SecNumCloud, and trigger OpenSCAP audits with results in its interface. · rudder.io, 30 Sept 2026
- Configuration
- It can audit configurations in check mode or continuously correct them in enforce mode, with mode set globally, per system, or per configuration. · rudder.io, 30 Sept 2026
- Configuration builder
- Configurations can be created with a graphical builder or YAML and organized into reusable modular components. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Dashboards and score
- Live dashboards and a Rudder Score aggregate system health and compliance for teams. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Rudder supports Linux and Windows systems, including cloud and on-premises infrastructure; its feature page also lists Raspberry Pi agents. · rudder.io, 30 Sept 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation includes reference manuals, installation guides, API references, examples, YAML techniques and changelogs. · docs.rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Dynamic groups
- Dynamic groups classify new machines automatically from inventory and other data criteria. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Free trial
- The free trial includes a one-month premium subscription for evaluating the full-featured Rudder experience. · rudder.io, 30 Sept 2026
- Grouping
- Dynamic groups use inventory and data criteria to classify new machines automatically. · rudder.io, 30 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Paris, France · rudder.io, 23 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- GetApp lists integrations or API connections involving Slack, Ansible, Rundeck, Zabbix and OpenSCAP. · getapp.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Agents collect hardware, network, operating-system and installed-software inventory that can be used for targeting rules. · docs.rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
- Legal entity
- Crunchbase identifies the maker as Normation SAS and lists Paris, France as headquarters. · crunchbase.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: Capterra reviewer
- The Capterra reviewer says broader security and management coverage is needed and that the learning curve can be steep. · capterra.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: onboarding and editor
- G2 feedback mentions infrequent training, delayed onboarding and a desire for a more visual flow-based configuration editor. · g2.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: reporting and customization
- G2 reviewers report limited reporting or analytics depth and restricted role or permission customization. · g2.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Notable news: CIS solution
- A November 5, 2025 release introduced Policy and Benchmark Compliance for automated CIS hardening and remediation. · rudder.io, 14 Oct 2026
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