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Cloud-native application protection · October 2026 Edition

Orca Security vs FortiCNAPP

Four of fourteen models named Orca Security first on the direct prompt; zero named FortiCNAPP. Orca Security was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and FortiCNAPP by eleven and Orca Security carries 57 labels and FortiCNAPP 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Orca Security

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

FortiCNAPP

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share19%1%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate14%30%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.

Labels5720A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Orca Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wiz was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Wiz vs Orca Security · Wiz vs FortiCNAPP · Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Orca Security

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the cloud-native application protection page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

Orca SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFortiCNAPP

Direct40

Paraphrase411 against FortiCNAPP

Comparative101 against FortiCNAPP

Budget-constrained005 against Orca Security

Scale-constrained50

Negative003 against Orca Security · 4 against FortiCNAPP

Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Orca Security and FortiCNAPP were named in the same answer forty-eight times, of the 427 answers naming Orca Security and the 62 naming FortiCNAPP. In those answers FortiCNAPP took the first choice two times and Orca Security sixteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Orca Security and FortiCNAPP stood in it.

Model	DirectFO	ParaphraseFO	ComparativeFO	Scale-constrainedFO	NegativeFO
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast		FO			FO
Mistral Small	FO
DeepSeek V4 Flash			FO		FO
Llama 4 Maverick		FO
Qwen 3.7 Flash				FO
Kimi K2					FO
GLM 4.7 FlashX			FO
MiniMax M2.5					FO
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B

Orca SecurityFO FortiCNAPP

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Orca Security on the left and FortiCNAPP on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Orca Security and FortiCNAPP stood in it.

Orca Security first, FortiCNAPP an alternative

4 of 14 modelsFortiCNAPP was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security alternatives: Upwind, Wiz

Mistral SmallOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: FortiCNAPP, Sysdig Secure

Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security alternatives: Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, Wiz

Muse Glimmer 30BOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Rapid7 InsightCloudSec

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Claude Haiku 4.5Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security

Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure

DeepSeek V4 FlashWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure

Qwen 3.7 FlashWiz alternatives: Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security

GPT-6 LunaWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz alternatives: Sysdig Secure

Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Prisma Cloud, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure

Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

MiniMax M2.5Aqua Security, Wiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.

Small business

Orca Security leads by nine points.

Orca Security#3 of 12

FortiCNAPP#5 of 12

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Orca Security leads by eighteen points.

Orca Security#3 of 11

FortiCNAPP#6 of 11

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Orca Security leads by seven points.

Orca Security#4 of 11

FortiCNAPP#11 of 11

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Orca Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Avoid enterprise vendors (Wiz, Orca, Prisma Cloud) initially” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative

“Median contract is ~$95K/year; no free tier, quote-only pricing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative

“The Best Overall Fit: Orca Security ... widely considered the most practical and efficient choice for mid-market B2B organizations.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

“Orca Security has been more flexible than Wiz on pricing for mid-market organizations (under 2,000 cloud resources)” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about FortiCNAPP

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“The strongest caution flags in the current market are around: - Lacework (post-collapse transition to Fortinet)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative

“Avoid Lacework/FortiCNAPP if you need rapid deployment, clean UX, or China coverage” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative

“Weaknesses: Identity and entitlement (CIEM) capabilities historically weaker; integration with Fortinet's ecosystem is still maturing.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative

“FortiCNAPP (formerly Lacework) - an AI-powered CNAPP that delivers unified security across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“Lacework is also mentioned as a strong contender for mid-market organizations” Mistral Small · direct prompt · alternative

“Lacework: (Good if you need heavy runtime/container observability).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · alternative

Also compared

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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.