--- title: Osquery Reviews meta\_title: 'Osquery Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 10 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Osquery works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.7 review\_count: 10 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Endpoint Protection url: https://www.g2.com/categories/endpoint-protection --- # Osquery Reviews & Product Details Osquery is a platform designed for intrusion detection, infrastructure reliability and compliance. * * * Seller [Meta Platforms, Inc](https://www.g2.com/sellers/meta-platforms-inc) Discussions [Osquery Community](https://www.g2.com/products/facebook-osquery/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint") SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint 4.7/5(211) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sentinelone-singularity-endpoint/reviews) [ ![CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform") CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform 4.6/5(441) ](https://www.g2.com/products/crowdstrike-falcon-endpoint-protection-platform/reviews) [ ![NinjaOne](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "NinjaOne") NinjaOne 4.7/5(5,025) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ninjaone/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/facebook-osquery/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 10 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) JT Jonathan T. Patent Agent Law Practice Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/8/2023 "Security threats detection" 5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? The fact that this application is open source and is sponsored by a sizable company that consistently gives support for maintenance is its strongest feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? Rarely it might be challenging to read and manipulate SQL tables. The tools major flaw is the absence of a guide to launch deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? IaaS/PaaS servers as well as locally servers which are essentially those servers whose administration falls under our purview are useful for tracking security threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Saiful I.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Saiful I.") SI Saiful I. Full Stack Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/10/2022 ""Osquery review."" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? Osquery takes a fresh look at security with its innovative platform. This single-agent solution creates rich application datasets using a universal query engine. It provides a high-performance relational database for quickly understanding infrastructure. Osquery makes querying easier. Our team can write queries based on SQL to explore data across all infrastructure and operating systems. Osquery uses SQL tables to represent processes, kernel modules, network connections, browser plugins, hardware events, and file hashes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? Osquery's bellows-like drawbacks include: Containers are not supported by it. Real-time operation is impossible. Demand for support exceeds supply. Users validate features. Extension-related issues Linux and macOS are platform-limited. Frequently asked questions and advice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Osquery: Osquery has proven utility in the modern enterprise—gathering data for valuable insight into systems and infrastructure. It makes use of an API and a plugin to gain data access. I recommended it to only who is of my peers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? Osquery lets us use SQL tables to define processes, open network connections, loaded kernel modules, browser plugins, hardware events, and file hashes. The system implements SQL tables with an API plugin and extension. It improves our company's security and efficiency. It's useful for containers, cloud workloads, and zero-trust environments. Scaling Osquery is worth the investment for full-service vendor platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/14/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rutvik S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rutvik S.") RS Rutvik S. Automation Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/16/2022 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "G2 review for osquery" 5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? I used windows and Linux both osquery it will work on both that is very helpful for me and i like that particular feature. Osquery is open source that is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? Some time software note work properly some error acuured pls solve that error. Give brief about that error so we can slove.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? Few time software was lagged pls solve that error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shakila K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shakila K.") SK Shakila K. Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/9/2022 "High-performance relational database Osquery helps a lot!" 5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? With osquery, I am able to use SQL tables represent abstract concepts such as running processes, loaded kernel modules, open network connections, browser plugins, hardware events, file hashes and more. SQL tables are implemented via a simple plugin and extensions API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? SQL tables can sometimes be difficult to manipulate and difficult to read. Lack of tutorial to initially kickstart deployment of the tool is its biggest disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Osquery: Nothing but possibly the price could be a little less Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? The best feature of this application is that it that, being open source it is supported by a large organization which provides consistent support for maintenance. Also, it has more than 100 contributors. Best is, it is managed by Facebook and is supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MS Muhammad S. Ethical Hacker Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/14/2022 "malicious process" 5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? It's fast and works for me and its very useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? response time is very high , all other things are perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Osquery: improve layout Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? encryption and good security compliance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") UB Verified User in Banking Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/2/2022 "It's Synonym of Amazing!!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? Its feature is to query any operating system as a database was too good. It is fairly fast enough, OS-agnostic, and licensed to open source apache. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? In our organization, we use Zoho in some places. I feel this lacks in Zoho integration. From performance front, i don't find any short-comings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? Being working as a DevOps engineer, it's helpful in tracking the security threat in IaaS/PaaS servers and on-premises servers, essentially those servers, whose administration is our responsibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JG James G. Support Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/19/2019 "Excellent operating system instrumentation framework for managed devices" 5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? osquery allows us the opportunity to expose an operating system as a high-performance relational databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? SQL tables can sometimes be difficult to manipulate and difficult to read. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? With osquery, I am able to use SQL tables represent abstract concepts such as running processes, loaded kernel modules, open network connections, browser plugins, hardware events, file hashes and more. SQL tables are implemented via a simple plugin and extensions API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Christina C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Christina C.") CC Christina C. Site director Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/3/2019 "Beat software I've used" 5/5 What do you like best about Osquery? The fact it is fast and secure in such a little amount of time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? Nothing but possibly the price could be a little less Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? Safety for my information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sudheer R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sudheer R.") SR Sudheer R. Big Data Developer Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/19/2017 "Best intrusion detection" 4/5 What do you like best about Osquery? The best feature of this application is that it that, being open source it is supported by a large organization which provides consistent support for maintenance. Also, it has more than 100 contributors. Best is, it is managed by Facebook and is supported on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? Lack of tutorial to initially kickstart deployment of the tool is its biggest disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Osquery: I would recommend to get a trial first and then decide whether the product is best suited for your company or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? Cybersecurity. Used to detect intrusions into the corporate network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/22/2018 "Thank " 4/5 What do you like best about Osquery? Thank all of the people for that I sent me to the meeting and thank them I have them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Osquery? Yes please thank all you of all that have any questions and you will be Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Osquery solving and how is that benefiting you? Yes we can call him tomorrow if we need help and he can Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/facebook-osquery/pricing) Osquery Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_5292562d6a2cb01ab3d34a4e57a3225a/sentinelone-singularity-endpoint.png "Product Avatar Image") SentinelOne Singularity... 4.7/5(211) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/facebook-osquery-vs-sentinelone-singularity-endpoint) ## Work at Meta Platforms, Inc? 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