Wiz.io alternatives & competitors 2026: 8 compared, with public pricing

Updated 11 November 2026. Onam Security wrote this list, and Onam is on it. Read everything below with that in mind. We have tried to make it useful anyway: every vendor is described in its own published words, with the page we read and the date we read it, and nobody is scored. Where we add a view of our own, it is labelled as ours.

The short answer

The main Wiz.io alternatives and competitors in 2026 are Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud (formerly Prisma Cloud), Microsoft Defender for Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Tenable Cloud Security, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure and Fortinet's Lacework FortiCNAPP. Orca is closest to Wiz in design. Defender for Cloud has a free foundational tier. Choose by your clouds, your current security vendor and whether you need runtime blocking.

If you would rather see findings from your own account before reading further, Onam runs a free audit scan of one cloud account, once, and goes through the results with you.

Wiz.io alternatives and competitors at a glance

Each cell in the deployment and ranking columns is what the vendor's own page says, on the date shown further down. "Best fit" is our view. Pricing says only what is public.

Why teams look for a Wiz alternative

People search for Wiz alternatives for ordinary reasons. A renewal quote landed. Google completed its acquisition of Wiz in March 2026, and some buyers with a cloud-neutrality policy want to re-check their vendor mix; Google has said Wiz will keep supporting other clouds. A second or third cloud arrived. The security team wants a ranking the finance team can read. Someone decided that runtime blocking matters, or that nothing more should be installed on workloads.

None of those is a verdict on Wiz, which is on nearly every cloud security shortlist for good reason. They are questions, and the honest way to answer them is to put the same questions to every platform on the list, including Wiz and including us.

First, be clear what you would be replacing

Wiz describes its platform as "Built for cloud and AI, Wiz AI-APP is the platform to secure your AI applications from code to runtime." On prioritisation it promises "A single list of prioritized issues of toxic combinations of cloud and AI risk that have a high probability of being exploited." On deployment: "Wiz connects in minutes via API and achieves full coverage across cloud and AI resources", and "Runtime protection from the Wiz Sensor stops threats and provides deep, real-time threat detection." Source: wiz.io/platform, re-checked 7 October 2026. Wiz does not publish list prices; its pricing page describes packages called Wiz One and Wiz Go plus à la carte options, quoted on request (wiz.io/pricing, 7 October 2026).

Two things in that description matter for a shortlist. The ranking unit is a prioritised list of combined risks, and runtime coverage comes from a sensor. Neither is a weakness. They are design choices, and the alternatives below make different ones.

How this list was built

• Each vendor is quoted from its own public page, verbatim, with the address and the date. If the page changes, the quote is out of date, not wrong, and we will fix it when told.
• Nothing here says what any product cannot do. We did not test them. "Trade-off to check" means a design choice stated on the vendor's own page that you should confirm fits you, not a gap.
• No ranking. Alternatives are listed alphabetically, with our own entry last.
• Corrections go to hello@onamsecurity.com and we apply them.

Eight Wiz competitors, in their own words

1. CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

In its own words, Falcon Cloud Security "unifies agentless visibility with the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor, combining real-time detection, AI-driven insights, and automated response in a single platform." On prioritisation, it "enriches cloud risk detections with adversary intelligence and graph-based context, enabling you to prioritize exploitable exposures and prevent breaches." On deployment it describes "a proven agent and agentless solution." Source: crowdstrike.com/platform/cloud-security, accessed 15 September 2026.

• Best for, in our view: organisations already running the Falcon sensor on endpoints, where cloud runtime protection extends an agent the operations team knows.
• Trade-off to check: which protections need the sensor deployed, and what a workload without it receives.
• Ask them: how a posture finding is ranked when no adversary intelligence applies to it.

2. Cortex Cloud (Palo Alto Networks)

If your shortlist says Prisma Cloud, check which product name is on the quote. The Cortex Cloud page describes it as "a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) designed to secure cloud-native applications across multi-cloud environments." On prioritisation: "SmartScore prioritizes them by real-world exposure and production behavior, replacing volume-driven alerts with decisions grounded in actual risk." On deployment: "Our performance-optimized agent captures deep behavioral telemetry to understand attacker intent and contain threats." Source: paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/cloud, accessed 15 September 2026.

• Best for, in our view: estates standardised on Palo Alto, where one commercial relationship covers network, endpoint and cloud.
• Trade-off to check: which workloads the agent must reach, and who owns that rollout.
• Ask them: what a workload without the agent receives, and how existing Prisma Cloud contracts map to Cortex Cloud.

3. Lacework FortiCNAPP (Fortinet)

Fortinet's page says "FortiCNAPP provides unmatched visibility and context to simplify securing everything from code to cloud", and on attack paths: "Quickly visualize complex relationships between entities, risks, and threats to gain deeper insight into potential attack paths." The page names AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and private clouds. Source: fortinet.com/products/forticnapp, accessed 15 September 2026.

• Best for, in our view: Fortinet estates that want cloud posture from the vendor already in the network.
• Trade-off to check: the deployment model is not stated on that page, so confirm agent or agentless per workload type.
• Ask them: what unit the ranking is denominated in.

4. Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft describes Defender for Cloud as "a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), which is a unified solution that combines multiple cloud security tools to protect applications across their entire lifecycle." Posture is summarised by Secure score, which will "Summarize your security posture based on the security recommendations." For other clouds: "Connect to your multicloud environments by using agentless methods for CSPM insight and CWPP protection", with connectors for AWS and GCP. Server protection comes "through Microsoft Defender for Endpoint." Source: learn.microsoft.com, Defender for Cloud overview, accessed 14 September 2026.

• Best for, in our view: Azure-centred estates, where it is frequently already licensed and native integration depth is hard for any third party to match.
• Trade-off to check: foundational CSPM is free, while attack path analysis and the cloud security graph sit in the paid Defender CSPM plan, which Microsoft prices publicly per billable resource (azure.microsoft.com, Defender for Cloud pricing, 7 October 2026).
• Ask them: how AWS and GCP resources are treated relative to Azure ones.

5. Orca Security

Orca's page says "Orca Security is the complete Cloud Security Platform that detects, prioritizes, and remediates security risks and compliance issues across your cloud estate." Prioritisation is "Dynamic scoring & attack path analysis." Deployment is "Agentless scanning across every workload" through SideScanning, with "Runtime observability & protection" from the Orca Sensor. Source: orca.security/platform, re-checked 7 October 2026.

• Best for, in our view: the closest architectural neighbour to Wiz on this list, agentless first with an optional runtime sensor, for teams that want that shape from a different vendor.
• Trade-off to check: what the sensor adds over SideScanning, and on which workloads you would need it.
• Ask them: how a finding on one cloud is ranked against a finding on another. For a direct Wiz vs Orca evaluation, use our POC question list.

6. SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security

SentinelOne's page says Singularity Cloud Security will "Unify posture, runtime, and data protection into a single platform", and on prioritisation: "Verified, exploitable risk replaces theoretical findings. Fix what actually matters, early, before it reaches production." Source: sentinelone.com/platform/cloud-security, accessed 7 October 2026.

• Best for, in our view: organisations already running SentinelOne on endpoints.
• Trade-off to check: the page we read does not state the deployment model, so ask which parts need an agent.
• Ask them: how "verified" is established for a finding, and whether you can see that evidence.

7. Sysdig Secure

Sysdig calls itself "The real-time cloud defense platform for teams who will not compromise on security." On prioritisation: "Sysdig prioritizes risk by combining runtime insights with cloud context to focus your team on what's truly exploitable." On deployment: "Our agentless approach delivers comprehensive visibility into your cloud security posture, complemented by a scalable, performant agent." Source: sysdig.com/platform/secure, accessed 7 October 2026.

• Best for, in our view: container and Kubernetes-heavy teams that want runtime insight to drive prioritisation.
• Trade-off to check: which prioritisation signals depend on the agent being deployed.
• Ask them: what the ranking looks like for accounts where the agent is not running.

8. Tenable Cloud Security

Tenable positions the product to "Prevent cloud breaches and reduce cloud risk by closing gaps that misconfigurations, risky entitlements, and vulnerabilities create across multi-cloud and hybrid environments." On prioritisation: "Identify toxic combinations of risk first, with clear attack path visualizations and remediation workflows most likely to result in material damage." It "integrates with all major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)", and in-account scanning is available as an add-on where "the data never leaves the environment." Source: tenable.com/products/tenable-cloud-security, accessed 15 September 2026.

• Best for, in our view: organisations already using Tenable for vulnerability management who want cloud posture in the same exposure view.
• Trade-off to check: which scanning mode is in the base product and which is the add-on.
• Ask them: how cloud findings rank against on-premises vulnerabilities in one queue.

And Onam Security (that is us)

We are the newest company on this list, so here are the facts rather than the adjectives. Posture scanning connects through read-only cloud roles; workload scanning runs inside your account, and there is no Onam sensor on your hosts. Posture rules cover seven clouds, AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba Cloud, IBM Cloud and Kubernetes, with 11,433 posture rule definitions across 549 cloud services as the all-cloud totals, and we publish the per-cloud breakdown. Engines write into one security graph, so an attack path can start in one cloud and end in another. Each finding gets a FAIR-style loss estimate (FAIR is The Open Group's risk analysis standard), raised for findings on attack paths. Compliance is recomputed on every scan against 78 frameworks, and SaaS posture covers 8 platforms. These figures come from our published fact set.

• Best for, in our view: estates that run OCI, Alibaba Cloud or IBM Cloud alongside AWS, Azure or GCP, and teams that need to rank risk in money for a board.
• The honest gap: we have no public reference customers yet, and no live runtime enforcement. Without a sensor, read-only scanning cannot see inside a running process. If inline blocking is what you are buying, buy it from someone above who sells it.
• Ask us: the same questions as everyone else. Our answers are on the record on the Onam vs Wiz page.

How to choose a Wiz alternative

Start from your own situation before looking at the feature grid:

• You are Azure-first and already pay for Microsoft security. Price Defender CSPM before anything else; it may already be part of what you own.
• You run CrowdStrike, SentinelOne or Palo Alto on endpoints and network. Their cloud products extend an agent and a console your team already operates. Test the cloud posture side as hard as the runtime side.
• You want Wiz's architecture from a different vendor. Put Orca against Wiz in the same accounts, in the same two weeks.
• Containers and Kubernetes are most of your estate and runtime matters most. Shortlist the runtime-first platforms, such as Sysdig.
• You run more than the big three clouds, or the board wants risk in money. That is the case we built Onam for; test us against the incumbent.

Then score every finalist on the same seven questions:

Run the shortlist as a two-week POC

Pick two vendors plus the incumbent. Give each read-only access to the same non-production accounts that you know have real problems. Compare what each ranks first, what unit that ranking is expressed in, and how many of the top findings are the same problem seen from different angles. Our CNAPP POC question list has the full set of questions, grouped by week.

If you want to include us, request a scan and we will run it against one account. If the attack paths we surface are noise, tell us. That is more useful to us than a signature.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best Wiz alternatives in 2026?

The platforms most often compared with Wiz are Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Tenable Cloud Security, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure and Lacework FortiCNAPP. "Best" depends on your clouds, your existing security vendor and whether you need runtime blocking; run the same POC against two or three of them.

Who are Wiz's main competitors?

In cloud security posture and CNAPP, Wiz's main competitors are Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks (Cortex Cloud), Microsoft (Defender for Cloud), CrowdStrike, Tenable, SentinelOne, Sysdig and Fortinet. Aqua Security and Check Point also appear on many shortlists, as do newer platforms such as Onam. Orca is the closest in design: agentless first, with an optional runtime sensor.

What is a cheaper alternative to Wiz?

Wiz does not publish list prices, so any price comparison starts with a quote. Of the platforms here, Microsoft publishes Defender for Cloud pricing and its foundational CSPM tier is free, Prowler is an open-source posture scanner, and Onam publishes $20 per unit a month with CIEM and DSPM included, plus a free one-time audit scan (pricing). The others quote on request. Cheaper only helps if it covers what you need, so compare tools on the same accounts.

What is the difference between Wiz and Orca?

On their own pages, both describe agentless scanning with an optional runtime sensor (the Wiz Sensor and the Orca Sensor) and attack-path-based prioritisation. The differences that matter show up in your own accounts, so test both side by side; see Wiz vs Orca: what to ask in a POC.

Is there a free alternative to Wiz?

Microsoft's foundational CSPM tier in Defender for Cloud is free, open-source scanners such as Prowler cover posture checks for the main clouds, and Onam offers a free one-time audit scan of one cloud account. None of these is a like-for-like replacement for a full CNAPP, so compare what each covers.

How much does Wiz cost?

Wiz does not publish list prices. Its pricing page describes the Wiz One and Wiz Go packages plus à la carte options, priced by quote. Ask every vendor the same question: what unit the price grows with, and what is an add-on.

Is Wiz owned by Google?

Yes. Google completed its acquisition of Wiz in March 2026. Google has said Wiz will continue to support other clouds, including AWS, Azure and Oracle Cloud.

Corrections

Last updated 11 November 2026. Wiz, Orca, SentinelOne and Sysdig were read on 7 October 2026; the others on the dates shown. Every statement about another vendor is a quotation from that vendor's own public page. If any of it is wrong or out of date, including anything about us, email hello@onamsecurity.com and it will be corrected.

Read next: Best CSPM tools in 2026, Wiz vs Orca vs Prisma Cloud: 7 questions that decide a POC, and what a CNAPP is.