Wiz vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Eleven of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; two named Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Both were named by all fourteen models and Wiz carries 70 labels and Microsoft Defender for Cloud 53, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in sixteen categories this edition.
Named in fourteen categories this edition.
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
WizFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMicrosoft Defender for Cloud
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Wiz and Microsoft Defender for Cloud were named in the same answer 311 times, of the 743 answers naming Wiz and the 598 naming Microsoft Defender for Cloud. In those answers Microsoft Defender for Cloud took the first choice fifty-nine times and Wiz 117.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Wiz Microsoft Defender for Cloud first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wiz on the left and Microsoft Defender for Cloud on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Wiz first, Microsoft Defender for Cloud an alternative
10 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Defender for Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Microsoft Defender for Cloud first, Wiz an alternative
1 of 14 modelsWiz was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud28%#2 of 12Wiz9%#4 of 12Wiz37%#1 of 11Microsoft Defender for Cloud21%#2 of 11Wiz48%#1 of 11Microsoft Defender for Cloud17%#2 of 11What the models said about Wiz
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Options to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Wiz — Starts around ~$100K/year; way too expensive” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise-heavy like Wiz/Prisma (quote-based, often $20K–$100K+/year)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Wiz (Overall Leader) ... Wiz is the CNAPP market leader, and its Security Graph provides genuinely differentiating features with unmatched time-to-value.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“The Trap: Relying exclusively on AWS Security Hub or Microsoft Defender for Cloud... Vendor Lock-in.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
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.