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Cloud security posture management · October 2026 Edition

Wiz vs Prisma Cloud

Nine of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; zero named Prisma Cloud. Wiz was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Prisma Cloud by thirteen and Wiz carries 61 labels and Prisma Cloud 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wiz

endorsed leader

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Prisma Cloud

criticized challenger

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

First-choice share37%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%38%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels6147A 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.Orca Security was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Wiz vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud · Wiz vs Orca Security · Wiz vs Prowler

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 modelsPrisma Cloud
Direct901 against Wiz · 2 against Prisma Cloud
Paraphrase714 against Prisma Cloud
Comparative100
Budget-constrained004 against Wiz · 4 against Prisma Cloud
Scale-constrained40
Negative104 against Wiz · 8 against Prisma Cloud
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 Prisma Cloud were named in the same answer 379 times, of the 743 answers naming Wiz and the 519 naming Prisma Cloud. In those answers Prisma Cloud took the first choice seventeen times and Wiz 122.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wiz and Prisma Cloud 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 Prisma Cloud first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wiz on the left and Prisma Cloud on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Wiz first, Prisma Cloud an alternative

9 of 14 modelsPrisma Cloud 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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Kimi K2Orca Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Tenable Cloud Security, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Cloud alternatives: Orca Security, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaOrca Security alternatives: AWS Security Hub, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCyscale alternatives: Datadog Cloud Security Management, Drata, Orca Security, Vanta
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 eleven points.
Wiz11%#3 of 12
Prisma Cloud0%#12 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Wiz leads by thirty-five points.
Wiz37%#1 of 12
Prisma Cloud2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wiz leads by thirty-five points.
Wiz54%#1 of 7
Prisma Cloud19%#2 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 Prisma Cloud

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

“Prisma Cloud if you need fast scan refresh ... Be cautious and negotiate hard with ... Palo Alto (latency/cost)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative 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
“Prisma Cloud or Wiz are the top choices due to their scalability, multicloud support, and strong feature sets” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.