Preq vs. Prequel

preq and Prequel are designed to support different levels of complexity depending on your team’s needs. Whether you're just getting started or managing large-scale production systems, there’s a fit for your workflow. The table below outlines key differences to help you choose what works best for your use case.

Here's a breakdown of how preq and Prequel compare.

Available CRE Rules

A look at what types of rules are available out of the box.

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Community Rules	✅	✅
All Preq Rules	❌	✅

Data Sources

Which signals each version can ingest and process.

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Logs	✅	✅
Configmaps	✅	✅
Kubernetes events	❌	✅
Container runtime events	❌	✅
Process events	❌	✅
Time-series metrics	❌	✅
Protocol traces (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, SQL, DNS, etc.)	❌	✅
Configuration state and changes	❌	✅
OpenTelemetry	❌	✅

Detection Features

Advanced logic and correlation support available in each version.

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Positive Conditions	✅	✅
Negative Conditions	✅	✅
Distributed Detection	❌	✅
Correlations	❌	✅
Nested conditions	❌	✅

Workflows

How you interact with Preq and what you can do.

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Commandline	✅	✅
Web UI	❌	✅
Service Graph	❌	✅
Stats & Trends	❌	✅
Timeline Analysis	❌	✅
Log/Event Explorer	❌	✅
Team Collaboration	❌	✅
Centralized Rule Management	❌	✅

Integrations

External systems and tools that integrate out of the box

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Slack, Google Chat	❌	✅
On-call / Incident Management	❌	✅
Open API	❌	✅

Security

Enterprise-ready features for secure environments.

Feature	Preq	Prequel
SSO/OIDC (Okta, Jumpcloud...etc)	❌	✅
Audit Logs	❌	✅

Support

What kind of support and guarantees you get with each version.

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Community Message Boards	✅	✅
24/7 Premium Support	❌	✅
Enterprise SLAs	❌	✅

Pricing

An overview of the available subscription plans

Feature	Preq	Prequel
Pricing Model	Free	Priced per node

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