# Wiz alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 1,623 of the 2,016 answers in the 8 categories where Wiz 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/wiz/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Aikido Security: 106 - Intruder: 92 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 86 - Trivy: 38 - Tenable Vulnerability Management: 36 - Microsoft Purview: 34 ## Cloud security posture management **Small business**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #3 of 12 at 11%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 15 of those 63 - Prowler: first choice in 12 of those 63 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 6 of those 63 - Aikido Security: first choice in 6 of those 63 - Cloudanix: first choice in 2 of those 63 - Google Security Command Center: first choice in 2 of those 63 - Orca Security: first choice in 2 of those 63 - Plerion: first choice in 2 of those 63 **Mid-market**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 12 at 37%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 43 - Prowler: first choice in 7 of those 43 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 3 of those 43 - Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 43 - Cyscale: first choice in 1 of those 43 - Open-source CSPM tools: first choice in 1 of those 43 - Orca Security: first choice in 1 of those 43 - Tenable Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 43 **Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 7 at 54%). - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 32 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 32 - Orca Security: first choice in 2 of those 32 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 1 of those 32 - Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 32 ## Cloud-native application protection **Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #4 of 12 at 9%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 21 of those 61 - Aikido Security: first choice in 16 of those 61 - Orca Security: first choice in 6 of those 61 - FortiCNAPP: first choice in 3 of those 61 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 2 of those 61 - AccuKnox: first choice in 2 of those 61 - Cloudanix: first choice in 2 of those 61 - Cyscale: first choice in 2 of those 61 **Mid-market**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 11 at 37%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 39 - Aikido Security: first choice in 3 of those 39 - Aqua Security: first choice in 2 of those 39 - AWS Security Hub: first choice in 1 of those 39 - AccuKnox: first choice in 1 of those 39 - FortiCNAPP: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Prowler: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Prowler Community: first choice in 1 of those 39 **Enterprise**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 11 at 48%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 39 - Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Orca Security: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 39 - SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Trend Micro Cloud One: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Zscaler Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 39 ## Data security posture management **Small business**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #6 of 12 at 5%). - Microsoft Purview: first choice in 21 of those 65 - Amazon Macie: first choice in 4 of those 65 - Google DLP API: first choice in 4 of those 65 - Cyera: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Microsoft Purview DSPM: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Nightfall AI: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Safetica: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Bedrock Data Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 65 **Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #3 of 12 at 10%). - Microsoft Purview: first choice in 7 of those 66 - Sentra: first choice in 6 of those 66 - Cyera: first choice in 4 of those 66 - Bedrock Data Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 66 - IBM Guardium: first choice in 2 of those 66 - Safetica: first choice in 2 of those 66 - Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 66 - Amazon Macie: first choice in 1 of those 66 **Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #8 of 11 at 2%). - BigID: first choice in 13 of those 75 - Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 12 of those 75 - Cyera: first choice in 11 of those 75 - Microsoft Purview: first choice in 6 of those 75 - Forcepoint DSPM: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Securiti.ai: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Wiz DSPM: first choice in 2 of those 75 - CrowdStrike's Falcon Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 75 ## Container and Kubernetes security **Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #6 of 14 at 4%). - Trivy: first choice in 25 of those 76 - Snyk Container: first choice in 18 of those 76 - Kubescape: first choice in 13 of those 76 - Falco: first choice in 11 of those 76 - Sysdig Secure: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 76 - Aqua Security: first choice in 1 of those 76 - Kyverno: first choice in 1 of those 76 **Mid-market**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #6 of 11 at 8%). - Trivy: first choice in 13 of those 60 - Kubescape: first choice in 9 of those 60 - Sysdig Secure: first choice in 9 of those 60 - Falco: first choice in 8 of those 60 - Aqua Security: first choice in 4 of those 60 - SUSE NeuVector: first choice in 1 of those 60 - Snyk Container: first choice in 1 of those 60 **Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #4 of 10 at 5%). - Aqua Security: first choice in 11 of those 62 - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 11 of those 62 - Sysdig Secure: first choice in 10 of those 62 - Docker Business: first choice in 3 of those 62 - Snyk Container: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Anchore: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Checkmarx One: first choice in 1 of those 62 ## Application security posture management **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Wiz. - Aikido Security: first choice in 58 of those 83 - Snyk: first choice in 10 of those 83 - Conviso Platform: first choice in 2 of those 83 - Checkmarx ASPM: first choice in 1 of those 83 - DefectDojo: first choice in 1 of those 83 - GitHub's built-in security overview: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Jit: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #7 of 12 at 2%). - Aikido Security: first choice in 17 of those 74 - DefectDojo: first choice in 6 of those 74 - Snyk: first choice in 6 of those 74 - ArmorCode: first choice in 5 of those 74 - Apiiro: first choice in 3 of those 74 - Jit: first choice in 3 of those 74 - Conviso Platform: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Cycode ASPM: first choice in 2 of those 74 **Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #6 of 13 at 4%). - ArmorCode: first choice in 13 of those 77 - Apiiro: first choice in 10 of those 77 - Checkmarx One: first choice in 7 of those 77 - Checkmarx ASPM: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Cycode ASPM: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Checkmarx One ASPM: first choice in 2 of those 77 - DefectDojo: first choice in 2 of those 77 ## AI security platforms **Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Wiz. - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 18 of those 80 - Lakera Guard: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Prompt Security: first choice in 4 of those 80 - CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 3 of those 80 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 80 - Cloudflare: first choice in 2 of those 80 - Huntress: first choice in 2 of those 80 **Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #2 of 6 at 2%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 74 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 74 - Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 3 of those 74 - Bitdefender GravityZone: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 74 - CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Nudge Security: first choice in 2 of those 74 **Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Wiz. - Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 5 of those 82 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 82 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 4 of those 82 - CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 4 of those 82 - HiddenLayer: first choice in 2 of those 82 - Lasso Security: first choice in 2 of those 82 - Netskope: first choice in 2 of those 82 - Nudge Security: first choice in 2 of those 82 ## Attack surface management **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #11 of 13 at 2%). - Intruder: first choice in 24 of those 83 - Attaxion: first choice in 14 of those 83 - Detectify: first choice in 5 of those 83 - Censys ASM: first choice in 4 of those 83 - Halo Security: first choice in 4 of those 83 - Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 83 - SurfaceLoop: first choice in 4 of those 83 - PortWarden: first choice in 3 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #9 of 12 at 0%). - Intruder: first choice in 25 of those 79 - Attaxion: first choice in 7 of those 79 - CyCognito: first choice in 5 of those 79 - Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 5 of those 79 - Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 4 of those 79 - UpGuard BreachSight: first choice in 3 of those 79 - Detectify: first choice in 2 of those 79 - Bitsight: first choice in 1 of those 79 **Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #7 of 9 at 4%). - Cortex Xpanse: first choice in 20 of those 75 - Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management: first choice in 9 of those 75 - Bitsight: first choice in 5 of those 75 - CyCognito: first choice in 4 of those 75 - Tenable Attack Surface Management: first choice in 4 of those 75 - CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management: first choice in 2 of those 75 - CrowdStrike Falcon Surface: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Mandiant Attack Surface Management: first choice in 2 of those 75 ## Vulnerability management platforms **Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Wiz. - Intruder: first choice in 38 of those 81 - ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 7 of those 81 - Tenable Nessus: first choice in 4 of those 81 - Action1: first choice in 3 of those 81 - ESET Vulnerability & Patch Management: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 81 - NinjaOne: first choice in 3 of those 81 - OpenVAS: first choice in 3 of those 81 **Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #10 of 10 at 0%). - Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 19 of those 78 - Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 14 of those 78 - Qualys VMDR: first choice in 10 of those 78 - Intruder: first choice in 5 of those 78 - ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 78 - Action1: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Greenbone OpenVAS: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 2 of those 78 **Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #8 of 9 at 0%). - Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 22 of those 76 - Qualys VMDR: first choice in 21 of those 76 - Tenable One: first choice in 10 of those 76 - Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 7 of those 76 - Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 76 - DefectDojo: first choice in 1 of those 76 - ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 1 of those 76 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.