# AWS Security Hub alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 218 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where AWS Security Hub holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/aws-security-hub/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Wiz: 80
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 29
- Orca Security: 18
- Prisma Cloud: 14
- Prowler: 12
- Aikido Security: 7

## Cloud security posture management

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name AWS Security Hub (AWS Security Hub is #5 of 12 at 5%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 17 of those 62
- Prowler: first choice in 10 of those 62
- Wiz: first choice in 8 of those 62
- Aikido Security: first choice in 7 of those 62
- Plerion: first choice in 4 of those 62
- Orca Security: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Cloudanix: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Drata: first choice in 2 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name AWS Security Hub (AWS Security Hub is #5 of 12 at 6%).

- Wiz: first choice in 29 of those 75
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Orca Security: first choice in 8 of those 75
- Prowler: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Cyscale: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Open-source CSPM tools: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name AWS Security Hub (AWS Security Hub is #5 of 7 at 4%).

- Wiz: first choice in 43 of those 81
- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 13 of those 81
- Orca Security: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 81
- CSPM.io: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Zscaler: first choice in 1 of those 81

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.