# Prisma Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 823 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where Prisma Cloud 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/prisma-cloud/alternatives/

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

- Wiz: 101
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 77
- Orca Security: 44
- Microsoft Purview: 39
- Trivy: 39
- Aikido Security: 38

## Data security posture management

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud.

- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 24 of those 84
- Wiz: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Cyera: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Amazon Macie: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Google DLP API: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Microsoft Purview DSPM: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Nightfall AI: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Safetica: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #10 of 12 at 2%).

- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 9 of those 80
- Cyera: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Sentra: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Wiz: first choice in 7 of those 80
- BigID: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Bedrock Data Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 80
- IBM Guardium: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #9 of 11 at 0%).

- BigID: first choice in 14 of those 79
- Cyera: first choice in 12 of those 79
- Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 12 of those 79
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Forcepoint DSPM: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Securiti.ai: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Wiz DSPM: first choice in 2 of those 79

## Cloud security posture management

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 21 of those 80
- Prowler: first choice in 16 of those 80
- Wiz: first choice in 9 of those 80
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Aikido Security: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Orca Security: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Plerion: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Cloudanix: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #7 of 12 at 2%).

- Wiz: first choice in 15 of those 65
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 9 of those 65
- Orca Security: first choice in 8 of those 65
- Prowler: first choice in 7 of those 65
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Cyscale: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Open-source CSPM tools: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 34 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #2 of 7 at 19%).

- Wiz: first choice in 6 of those 34
- Orca Security: first choice in 3 of those 34
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 1 of those 34
- CSPM.io: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 34

## Container and Kubernetes security

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #12 of 14 at 1%).

- Trivy: first choice in 27 of those 79
- Snyk Container: first choice in 21 of those 79
- Kubescape: first choice in 11 of those 79
- Falco: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Aikido Security: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Trivy: first choice in 12 of those 65
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 9 of those 65
- Kubescape: first choice in 8 of those 65
- Falco: first choice in 7 of those 65
- Aqua Security: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Wiz: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Snyk Container: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Orca Security: first choice in 2 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #1 of 10 at 25%).

- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 6 of those 46
- Aqua Security: first choice in 5 of those 46
- Docker Business: first choice in 3 of those 46
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Anchore: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Checkmarx One: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Kyverno: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 46

## Cloud-native application protection

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 24 of those 80
- Aikido Security: first choice in 23 of those 80
- Orca Security: first choice in 10 of those 80
- Wiz: first choice in 7 of those 80
- FortiCNAPP: first choice in 4 of those 80
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 2 of those 80
- AccuKnox: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Cloudanix: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Wiz: first choice in 25 of those 74
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 14 of those 74
- Orca Security: first choice in 12 of those 74
- Aikido Security: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Aqua Security: first choice in 3 of those 74
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 2 of those 74
- AWS Config: first choice in 1 of those 74
- AccuKnox: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Prisma Cloud (Prisma Cloud is #3 of 11 at 13%).

- Wiz: first choice in 15 of those 57
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 57
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 57
- Orca Security: first choice in 4 of those 57
- SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Trend Micro Cloud One: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 57

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