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Cloud security posture management · October 2026 Edition

Wiz vs Orca Security

Nine of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; two named Orca Security. Both were named by all fourteen models and Wiz carries 61 labels and Orca Security 50, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wiz

endorsed leader

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Orca Security

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share37%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels6150A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wiz reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wiz vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud · Wiz vs Prowler · Wiz vs AWS Security Hub

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 security posture management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WizFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOrca Security
Direct921 against Wiz
Paraphrase75
Comparative100
Budget-constrained004 against Wiz · 2 against Orca Security
Scale-constrained41
Negative114 against Wiz
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, Wiz and Orca Security were named in the same answer 365 times, of the 743 answers naming Wiz and the 427 naming Orca Security. In those answers Orca Security took the first choice twenty-five times and Wiz 108.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wiz and Orca Security stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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 Orca Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wiz on the left and Orca Security on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Wiz first, Orca Security an alternative

9 of 14 modelsOrca Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wiz alternatives: Aikido Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Rapid7, Sophos
GPT-5.4 miniWiz alternatives: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Qualys TotalCloud, Sysdig Secure
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
Grok 4.1 FastWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security
Mistral SmallWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike, Rapid7, Tenable Cloud Security, Uptycs
DeepSeek V4 FlashWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike, Rapid7, Tenable Cloud Security
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Tenable Cloud Security
Muse Glimmer 30BWiz alternatives: Aqua Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security

Orca Security first, Wiz an alternative

2 of 14 modelsWiz was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Orca Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Tenable Cloud Security, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaOrca Security alternatives: AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCyscale alternatives: Datadog Cloud Security Management, Drata, Orca Security, Vanta
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Cloud alternatives: Orca Security, Wiz

Neither was named

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

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
Wiz leads by five points.
Wiz11%#3 of 12
Orca Security5%#6 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Wiz leads by twenty-two points.
Wiz37%#1 of 12
Orca Security15%#3 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wiz leads by forty-six points.
Wiz54%#1 of 7
Orca Security7%#4 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wiz

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

“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget... generally quote-only and target mid-market to enterprise budgets” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“you will want to avoid enterprise-grade CSPM platforms like Wiz, Orca Security, or Prisma Cloud” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Praised for its agentless approach, prioritized risk findings, and attack-path correlation, making it ideal for mid-market companies looking to consolidate security tools.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest evaluating Wiz and Microsoft Defender for Cloud as starting points—Wiz for its modern, agentless approach and comprehensive CNAPP capabilities” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Wiz and Orca pioneered agentless side-scanning and graph-based threat context. They are incredibly easy to deploy and provide the best user experience.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Orca Security

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

“you will want to avoid enterprise-grade CSPM platforms like Wiz, Orca Security, or Prisma Cloud” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget... unlikely to be "limited budget" friendly” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“The Premium Market Leaders (Wiz & Orca Security)... provide the best user experience. *Cons:* premium enterprise pricing” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Wiz vs Microsoft Defender for CloudWiz vs ProwlerWiz vs AWS Security HubWiz vs Tenable Cloud SecurityWiz vs Prisma CloudMicrosoft Defender for Cloud vs Orca SecurityOrca Security vs ProwlerOrca Security vs AWS Security HubOrca Security vs Tenable Cloud SecurityOrca Security vs Prisma CloudAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full CSPM standing

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.