We performed a comparison between Aqua Security Platform and Wiz based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Aqua Security Platform stands out for its effective container scanning and malware detection. Wiz earns recognition for risk prioritization and agentless scanning without the need for an agent. Aqua Security Platform could improve report automation and log forwarding. Some users have complained about the solution's resource consumption. Wiz could speed up remediation, improve reporting capabilities, and allow more dashboard customization.
Service and Support: Users have described Aqua Security Platform customer service as attentive and supportive, but a few users have had to resolve their problems on their own. Wiz customers say they received outstanding assistance, specifically commending after-sale support for its prompt and effective resolutions.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Aqua Security Platform was complex and required specialized knowledge, involving multiple individuals and more time for larger environments. By contrast, the setup for Wiz was described as straightforward and quick.
Pricing: The cost of Aqua Security Platform fluctuates depending on the workload. Some users find it reasonably priced, while others deemed it expensive. Wiz has been praised for its straightforward pricing and easily activated features.
ROI: Reviewers provided no feedback on Aqua Security Platform's ROI. Wiz users have seen an ROI from enhanced asset management and vulnerability identification. Wiz's SaaS platform constantly introduces new features, streamlines investigations, and offers real-time reporting. Users anticipate improved security posture and potential cost savings. Wiz simplifies procedures, improves compliance, and provides broader coverage with fewer resources.
Comparison Results: Aqua Security Platform surpasses Wiz in various aspects. Aqua's features and capabilities are considered more comprehensive and user-friendly. Users appreciate Aqua's ability to identify vulnerabilities, detect malware, and ensure container security. Reviewers also value the on-demand patching and sandboxing services. Aqua's customer service is considered helpful and localized for different countries.
"It is scalable, stable, and can detect any threat on a machine. It uses artificial intelligence and can lock down any virus."
"It's helped free up staff time so that they can work on other projects."
"We use the infrastructure as code scanning, which is good."
"Atlas security graph is pretty cool. It maps out relationships between components on AWS, like load balancers and servers. This helps visualize potential attack paths and even suggests attack paths a malicious actor might take."
"We liked the search bar in PingSafe. It is a global search. We were able to get some insights from there."
"When creating cloud infrastructure, Cloud Native Security evaluates the cloud security parameters and how they will impact the organization's risk. It lets us know whether our security parameter conforms to international industry standards. It alerts us about anything that increases our risk, so we can address those vulnerabilities and prevent attacks."
"The UI is responsive and user-friendly."
"The real-time detection and response capabilities overall are great."
"The most valuable feature is the security."
"The DTA, which stands for Dynamic Threat Analysis, allows me to analyze Docker images in a sandbox environment before deployment, helping me anticipate risks."
"Valuable features include the ability to connect it to our Docker Hub where our images are stored, good integration with Slack, and the connection to the CV, to easily see which CVs are on each image."
"The solution was very user-friendly."
"We use Aqua Security for the container security features."
"Support is very helpful."
"From what I understand, the initial setup is simple."
"The CSPM product is great at securing our cloud accounts and I really like the runtime protection for containers and functions too."
"I like Wiz's reporting, and it's easy to do queries. For example, it's pretty simple to find out how many servers we have and the applications installed on each. I like Wiz's security graph because you can use it to see the whole organization even if you have multiple accounts."
"The first thing that stood out was the ease of installation and the quick value we got out of the solution."
"The CSPM module has been the most effective. It was easy to deploy and covered all our accounts through APIs, requiring no agents. Wiz provides instant visibility into high-level risks that we need to address."
"The automation roles are essential because we ultimately want to do less work and automate more. The dashboards are easy to read and visually pleasing. You can understand things quickly, which makes it easy for our other teams. The network and infrastructure teams don't know as much about security as we do, so it helps to have a tool that's accessible and nice to look at."
"Out of all the features, the one item that has been most valuable is the fact that Wiz puts into context all the pieces that create an issue, and applies a particular risk evaluation that helps us prioritize when we need to address a misconfiguration, vulnerability, or any issue that would put our environment into risk."
"The product supports out-of-the-box reporting with context about the asset and allows us to perform complex custom queries on UI."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"Our most important features are those around entitlement, external exposure, vulnerabilities, and container security."
"In addition to our telecom and Slack channels, it would be helpful to receive Cloud Native Security security notifications in Microsoft Teams."
"I want PingSafe to integrate additional third-party resources. For example, PingSafe is compatible with Azure and AWS, but Azure AD isn't integrated with AWS. If PingSafe had that ability, it would enrich the data because how users interact with our AWS environment is crucial. All the identity-related features require improvement."
"There's an array of upcoming versions with numerous features to be incorporated into the roadmap. Customers particularly appreciate the service's emphasis on intensive security, especially the secret scanning aspect. During the proof of concept (POC) phase, the system is required to gather logs from the customer's environment. This process entails obtaining specific permissions, especially in terms of gateway access. While most permissions for POC are manageable, the need for various permissions may need improvement, especially in the context of security."
"Sometimes the Storyline ID is a bit wacky."
"PingSafe's current documentation could be improved to better assist customers during the cluster onboarding process."
"There is room for improvement in the current active licensing model for PingSafe."
"The resolution suggestions could be better, and the compliance features could be more customizable for Indian regulations. Overall, the compliance aspects are good. It gives us a comprehensive list, and its feedback is enough to bring us into compliance with regulations, but it doesn't give us the specific objects."
"It would be really helpful if the solution improves its agent deployment process."
"The solution could improve user-friendliness."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"Sometimes I got stressed with the UI."
"They want to release improvements to their product to work with other servers because now there are more focused on the Kubernetes environment. They need to improve the normal servers. I would like to have more options."
"Since we are working from home, we would like to have the proper training for Aqua."
"I would like Aqua Security to look into is the development of a web security portal."
"We would like to see an improvement in the overview visibility that this solution offers."
"Aqua Security could improve the forwarding of logging into Splunk and into other tools, it should be easier."
"The remediation workflow within the Wiz could be improved."
"The only thing that needs to be improved is the number of scans per day."
"The only small pain point has been around some of the logging integrations. Some of the complexities of the script integrations aren't supported with some of the more automated infrastructure components. So, it's not as universal. For example, they have great support for cloud formation and other services, but if you're using another type of management utility or governance language for your infrastructure-as-code automation components, it becomes a little bit trickier to navigate that."
"The solution's container security could be improved."
"Wiz's reporting capabilities could be refined a bit. They are making headway on that, but more executive-style dashboards would be nice. They just implemented a community aspect where you can share documents and feedback. This was something users had been requesting for a while. They are listening to customer feedback and making changes."
"We would like to see improvements to executive-level reporting and data reporting in general, which we understand is being rolled out to the platform."
"We wish there were a way, beyond providing visibility and automated remediation, to wait on a given remediation, due to a critical aspect, such as the cost associated with a particular upgrade... We would like to see preventive controls that can be applied through Wiz to protect against vulnerabilities that we're not going to be able to remediate immediately."
"One significant issue is that the searches are case-sensitive, so finding a misconfigured resource can become very challenging."
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Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 8th in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) with 16 reviews while Wiz is ranked 2nd in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) with 11 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Wiz is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wiz writes "Multiple features help us prioritize remediation, and agentless implementation reduces overhead". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Snyk, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SUSE NeuVector and Sysdig Secure, whereas Wiz is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Orca Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, AWS Security Hub and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Wiz report.
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