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We performed a comparison between Aqua Security CSPM Cloud Security and Microsoft Defender for Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The pricing seems pretty simple. We don't have to do a lot of calculations to figure out what the components are. They do it by enabling specific features, either basics or advanced, which makes it easy to select."
  • "The pricing is fair. Some of the more advanced features and functionalities and how the tiers are split can be somewhat confusing."
  • "The pricing is fair and comparable to their competitors. The cost seems to be going up, which is a concern. There are potential savings from consolidating tools, but we're uncertain how Wiz's pricing will change over time."
  • "I wish the pricing was more transparent."
  • "The cost of the other solutions is comparable to Wiz."
  • "Wiz is a moderately priced solution, where it is neither cheap nor costly."
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  • "I'm not privy to that information, but I know it's probably close to a million dollars a year."
  • "We are using the free version of the Azure Security Center."
  • "Azure Defender is a bit pricey. The price could be lower."
  • "This is a worldwide service and depending on the country, there will be different prices."
  • "Security Center charges $15 per resource for any workload that you onboard into it. They charge per VM or per data-base server or per application. It's not like Microsoft 365 licensing, where there are levels like E3 and E5. Security Center is pretty straightforward."
  • "There is a helpful cost-reducing option that allows you to integrate production subscriptions with non-production subscriptions."
  • "Its pricing is a little bit high in terms of Azure Security Center, but the good thing is that we don't need to maintain and deploy it. So, while the pricing is high, it is native to Azure which is why we prefer using this tool."
  • "I am not involved in this area. However, I believe its price is okay because even small customers are using Azure Security Center. I don't think it is very expensive."
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    Also Known As
    Aqua Cloud Security Posture Management
    Microsoft Azure Security Center, Azure Security Center, Microsoft ASC, Azure Defender
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    Overview

    Wiz is a highly efficient solution for data security posture management (DSPM), with a 100% API-based approach that provides quick connectivity and comprehensive scans of platform configurations and workloads. The solution allows companies to automatically correlate sensitive data with relevant cloud context, such as public exposure, user identities, entitlements, and vulnerabilities.This integration enables them to understand data accessibility, configuration, usage, and movement within their internal environments.

    Wiz's Security Graph delivers automated alerts whenever risks emerge, allowing teams to prioritize and address the most critical issues before they escalate into breaches. Furthermore, Wiz ensures rapid and agentless visibility into critical data across various repositories, enabling organizations to easily determine the location of their data assets.

    Wiz Features

    Wiz provides various features in the following categories:

    • Agentless Scanning: The solution can scan every layer of a cloud environment without requiring agents, managing the entire process and providing comprehensive visibility.

    • Workflow Integration: Users can create customized workflows within Wiz to identify and assign actions based on urgency, integrating them with ticketing systems for quick and efficient remediation.

    • Vulnerability Management: Wiz's vulnerability management modules provide detailed analytics and visibility across cloud systems, streamlining the manual process of vulnerability discovery. The automated attack path analysis helps identify risks and trace potential points of exposure, allowing users to understand and mitigate them effectively and proactively.

    • CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management): Wiz's CSPM module offers instant visibility into high-level risks to an enterprise’s cloud environment, covering all accounts without the need for agents.

    • Out-of-the-Box Reporting and Custom Queries: The service supports comprehensive reporting with asset context, allowing users to perform complex custom queries on the solution’s user-friendly interface.

    • Automation Roles and Dashboards: The solution facilitates automation by providing essential roles and dedicated dashboards that enable teams to understand security information quickly, even those with limited expertise.

    • Contextual Risk Evaluation: The service contextualizes the various components contributing to an issue, providing a risk evaluation framework that helps prioritize remediation efforts.

    • Security Graph and Visibility: Wiz's security graph offers visibility across the entire organization, even with multiple accounts, enabling users to understand their environment and assets effectively.

    The Benefits of Wiz

    Wiz offers the following benefits:


    • Comprehensive agentless scanning

    • Effective identification and mitigation of vulnerabilities

    • Streamlined vulnerability management

    • Robust reporting capabilities and customizable queries

    • Enhanced automation and role-based access control

    • Prioritized risk evaluation for efficient remediation

    • Security posture across multiple accounts

    Reviews from Real Users

    Kamran Siddique, VP Information Security at boxed.com, remarks his company has seen a ROI while using Wiz, as it simplifies the process by integrating multiple useful tools into one solution.

    According to a Senior Security Architect at Deliveroo, Wiz has given their company a fresh approach to vulnerability management, as Wiz's native integrations are extremely useful and paramount to the operational success of their platform.



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    Uncover Hidden Cloud Security Risks

    Gain a complete and prioritized view of your cloud security risk in real-time. By combining agentless scanning with real-time in-workload visibility, Aqua delivers deeper insights, helps you better control your cloud spend, and uncovers threats that evade snapshot-based detection including in-memory malware and unknown exploits like zero-days.

    Discover all Your Cloud Resources

    Connect your cloud accounts through cloud provider APIs, discover all existing cloud resources, and map out your entire environment. Further drill down into specific resources or risks across your VMs, containers, serverless functions, and Kubernetes clusters running in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Easily see, search, and drill down into specific cloud resources or risks with the unified cloud inventory.

    Determine Risk Exposure and Prioritize Risks

    Understand your complete risk exposure to complex vulnerabilities with contextualized risk scoring and match correlated findings across multi-cloud environments. With smarter, real-time insights, you can determine root cause faster and eliminate noise by aggregating duplicates across findings for higher-fidelity risk detection.

    Remediate Critical Issues Fast

    Focus solely on fixing high-priority issues to make a meaningful impact on risk reduction without wasting time sifting through low-level alerts or duplicate tickets. Leverage built-in expert guidance for smarter risk management and extend capabilities to connect issues found in the cloud to their respective code in repositories, identifying owners and remediating issues faster.

    Complete Cloud Security

    Go beyond point-in-time scanning by offering the flexibility to choose the right level of security for a given workload, making it more cost-effective while still delivering the most complete view of your cloud security risk—all from a single platform.

    Confidently Prove Compliance

    Easily achieve and maintain compliance across your multi-cloud environment with built-in reports for more than 30 common regulatory standards, including NIST, PCI, HIPAA, and GDPR. Aqua automates cloud compliance by continuously auditing your cloud accounts for drifts and potential violations across dozens of industry standards and compliance best practices.

    Take Action With Response Policies

    Automatically trigger actions based on insights and risks discovered and update ticketing systems or post to instant messaging platforms to notify the relevant teams.

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for cloud workloads. It offers real-time visibility into the security posture of cloud environments, enabling organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, Microsoft Defender for Cloud can detect and block sophisticated attacks, including zero-day exploits and fileless malware.

    The solution also provides automated remediation capabilities, allowing security teams to quickly and easily respond to security incidents. With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, organizations can ensure the security and compliance of their cloud workloads, while reducing the burden on their security teams.

    Sample Customers
    Wiz is the fastest growing software company ever - $100M ARR in 18 months: Wiz becomes the fastest-growing software company ever | Wiz Blog  Discover why companies, including Salesforce, Morgan Stanley, Fox, and Bridgewater choose Wiz as their cloud security partner. Read their success stories here: Customers | Wiz
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    Microsoft Defender for Cloud is trusted by companies such as ASOS, Vatenfall, SWC Technology Partners, and more.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Retailer13%
    Outsourcing Company13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government6%
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    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Healthcare Company5%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Agriculture10%
    Consumer Goods Company10%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm10%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise65%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Palo Alto Networks, Wiz, Microsoft and others in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). Updated: April 2024.
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    Aqua Security CSPM Cloud Security is ranked 33rd in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) while Microsoft Defender for Cloud is ranked 3rd in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) with 46 reviews. Aqua Security CSPM Cloud Security is rated 0.0, while Microsoft Defender for Cloud is rated 8.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender for Cloud writes "Provides multi-cloud capability, is plug-and-play, and improves our security posture". Aqua Security CSPM Cloud Security is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, whereas Microsoft Defender for Cloud is most compared with AWS GuardDuty, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel.

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