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Most security and monitoring tools stop at the edge of the running application: they see what's configured, what's deployed, or what's declared, but not what's actually executing. Oligo's Deep App Inspection sees every function call, library, and model invocation as it happens, in production. That means vulnerabilities get prioritized by what's actually exploitable, zero-days get caught by behavior instead of signatures, and attacks get blocked at the function level without taking down the app.
Oligo isn't usually a replacement for the tools you already run. It's the runtime and app-layer layer most platforms were never built to provide. Explore how Oligo compares below, or jump straight to a specific vendor.
CNAPPs watch the cloud from the outside: posture, configuration, identity. They don't see what's executing inside a running application.
Oligo goes one layer deeper. That means Oligo prioritizes vulnerabilities by what's actually exploitable, catches zero-days by behavior and technique rather than signatures, and blocks attacks at the function level, without killing the container.
Customers usually don't replace their CNAPP with Oligo. They pair the two: the CNAPP handles cloud posture, Oligo handles runtime and app-layer protection.
CWP tools protect the workload itself, the VM, container, or host, watching for malware and known threats at the OS layer. That's real protection, but it stops at the workload boundary and doesn't see what's happening inside the application process running on top of it.
Oligo picks up from there. Instead of watching the host for signs of compromise, Oligo watches the application's own function calls and libraries directly, so it catches exploits that never trip a workload-level alert and can prove exactly which vulnerable code path was hit.
CWP and Oligo aren't fighting for the same job. CWP secures the workload, Oligo secures what's running inside it.
AppSec tools (SCA, SAST, DAST) analyze code before it runs: scanning manifests, source, or a staging build to flag what could theoretically be a problem. They're built to catch issues before deployment, not to watch what happens after.
Oligo picks up where that analysis stops. Instead of flagging every declared dependency or theoretical code path, Oligo confirms what's actually loaded, executed, and reachable in production, then proves exploitability with the exact call stack. That turns a long list of possible issues into a short list of real ones.
Most teams keep their AppSec tools and add Oligo alongside them. AppSec catches issues pre-deployment, while Oligo confirms which of those issues are real once the app is running.
APM and observability tools trace latency, errors, and performance signals to keep applications fast and reliable. They're built for uptime and troubleshooting, not for detecting or stopping an attack.
Oligo uses similar runtime depth, but points it at security instead of performance. The same function-level visibility that could explain a slow request also reveals a malicious one, and Oligo can act on it: blocking exploitation at the function level without the outage-style response most tools default to.
APM is for performance and reliability, while Oligo covers the runtime security layer APM was never built to provide.
