We performed a comparison between AWS Security Hub and Orca Security based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Orca Security stands out in its ability to manage container posture and cloud security posture through its SideScanning and ranking gaps features, while AWS Security Hub is appreciated for its strong integration capabilities and real-time alert system. Orca Security needs to expand their coverage and work better with third-party vendors, while also offering security checks on a code level. AWS Security Hub, on the other hand, should improve their user interface, add more integration options, and become multi-cloud compatible.
Service and Support: Orca Security's customer service is exceptional, with a technical support team that is both responsive and competent. They have a strong focus on customer success and are willing to take feedback in order to improve their service. On the other hand, AWS Security Hub's support is good and prompt but lacks the same customer-centric approach as Orca Security.
Ease of Deployment: Orca Security's initial setup is hassle-free, while AWS Security Hub's setup is generally straightforward but may require some additional effort. AWS Security Hub comes pre-enabled on AWS, but users still need to set up policies.
Pricing: Orca Security's setup cost is straightforward and includes standard licensing fees without additional charges for networking or computing. On the other hand, AWS Security Hub's pricing is reasonable, although it may be unclear for those outside of the central team. Orca's pricing model is aligned with market demand, and they offer discounts. However, smaller organizations may find it expensive.
ROI: It is able to replace several other solutions, leading to significant cost savings. Additionally, it offers a comprehensive view of the environment and does not require extensive IT knowledge. On the other hand, AWS Security Hub only offers a positive user experience.
Comparison Results: Orca Security offers a non-intrusive approach with a comprehensive suite of tools for vulnerability management and attack detection, providing excellent visibility into container posture and cloud security posture management. In addition, despite AWS Security Hub's integration capabilities, it lacks the same level of comprehensive tools and ease of use as Orca Security.
"I really like the seamless integration with the AWS account structure. It can even be made mandatory as part of the landing zone. These are great features. And there's a single pane of glass for the entire account."
"Currently, our organization utilizes AWS for various purposes, including SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and hosting applications in the cloud. We develop our applications and use AWS services as a platform for basic functions and secondary development needs. Additionally, we rely on PaaS for accounting services. Approximately, 50% of our applications are hosted in the cloud environment, making it a significant part of our current setup."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to manage...It is a scalable solution."
"I find all of the features to be highly valuable."
"I like that AWS Security Hub currently has several good features, around four or five. The technical support for AWS Security Hub is also responsive."
"Very good at detection and providing real-time alerts."
"Easily integrates with third-party tools"
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud."
"Orca provides X-ray vision into everything within the cloud properties, whereas normally, this would require multiple tools."
"The most valuable feature of Orca Security is the automated scanning tool, user-friendliness, and ease of use."
"There are so many valuable features that I could list, but one that I appreciate is the PCI DSS compliance report."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Orca Security has updated its interface, making it more user-friendly. I find it particularly useful as it allows me to easily navigate the dashboard and prioritize actions based on severity and criticality."
"The visibility Orca provides into my environment is at the highest level... When I dropped them into the environment, from the very get-go I had more insight into the risks in my environment than I had had during the entire two and a half years I had been here."
"The reporting and automated remediation capabilities are valuable to me. They're real game-changers."
"Orca Security has patented technologies. It's an agentless solution, so you don't need to install an agent. Instead, it contacts your account provider and fetches metadata, eliminating the need for snapshots or reserved space to copy client infrastructure."
"Security needs to be measured based on their own criteria. We can't add custom criteria specific to our organization. For example, having an S3 bucket publicly available might be flagged as a critical alert, but it might not be critical in a sandbox environment. So, it gets flagged as critical, which becomes a false positive. So, customization options and creating custom dashboards would be areas for improvement."
"From an improvement perspective, there is a need to add more compliance since, right now, AWS Security Hub only provides four to five compliances to control the tool."
"Whenever my team gets some alarms from the central team, my team needs to initiate whether it's a real or false trigger. The central team needs to keep adjusting to the parameters or at least the concerned IPs, whether it's really from the company's pool of IPs, so the trigger process can be improved. In the next release of AWS Security Hub, I'd like a better dashboard that could result in better alert visibility."
"The solution lacks self-sufficiency."
"AWS Security Hub's configuration and integration are areas where it lacks and needs to improve."
"One aspect that could be improved in the solution is its adaptability to different markets and geopolitical restrictions. In certain regions like Thailand, specific services from certain countries or providers, such as AWS or Azure, might be limited or blocked. It also needs improvement in would require configuring the solution more adaptable to AWS infrastructure and function."
"We need more granular-level customizations to enable or disable the rules in AWS Security Hub."
"The support must be quicker."
"I would like to see an option to do security checks on a code level. This is possible because they have access to all of the code running in the cloud provider, and combining their site-scanning solution with that would be a nice add-on."
"The presentation of the data in the dashboard is a little bit chaotic."
"Another improvement would be that, in addition to focusing on endpoint compliance, they would focus on general compliance."
"I would like to see better customization options for security frameworks and better integration with reporting tools like Power BI or Grafana dashboards."
"The interface can be a bit cranky and sometimes takes a lot of time to load."
"I think Orca could give me more alerts. It could give me a dashboard with all the specific types of alerts I want to see for the day. It should just be one click."
"It's not all clouds that they are currently onboarded with. For instance, they are not yet with public cloud and many other private clouds."
"In the future, I'd like to see Orca work better with third-party vendors. Specifically, being able to provide sanitized results from third parties."
AWS Security Hub is ranked 13th in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) with 17 reviews while Orca Security is ranked 8th in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) with 15 reviews. AWS Security Hub is rated 7.6, while Orca Security is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of AWS Security Hub writes "A centralized dashboard that enables efficient monitoring and management of possible security issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Orca Security writes "Allows agentless data collection directly from the cloud". AWS Security Hub is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and IBM Security QRadar, whereas Orca Security is most compared with Wiz, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security and Tenable Cloud Security. See our AWS Security Hub vs. Orca Security report.
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