Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026
Teams look past Wiz when the price sits behind a work-email quote form, when they want a posture tool without the wider Code, Cloud and Defend suite, or when a hyperscaler owner is a procurement concern. Most shortlist Orca, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Prowler first, with Aikido for small teams that want a printed price.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Wiz in our cloud security posture management software ranking are Orca Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Prowler. Choose Orca Security if you want an agentless platform of the same kind with a European data region option. Everything below is drawn from the Best Cloud Security Posture Management Software in 2026 shortlist and judged only against Wiz, including when it is wiser to remain with Wiz.
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Wiz's pricing page names Wiz One, Wiz Go and a la carte licensing but prints no figure. A three-step form asks for a work email, name, company and phone number before a quote follows. A buyer cannot set a budget line or compare it with rivals without a sales conversation.
The homepage describes three areas: Code, Cloud and Defend, plus Green, Red and Blue agents. Its CSPM page lists 2,800+ configuration rules and 250+ compliance frameworks. A team that only needs misconfiguration findings may be buying breadth it will not switch on.
The Wiz about page carries a banner reading Now part of Google Cloud. For a company running mostly on AWS or Azure, that is a fact to weigh, not a flaw. Some security and procurement teams prefer a vendor not owned by one of the clouds being scanned.
Rows follow how closely each product can stand in for Wiz; the closing column is its rank inside our 13-product ranking.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Orca Security | Israel | you want an agentless platform of the same kind with a European data region option | #3 |
| 2 |  Microsoft Defender for Cloud | United States | you run mostly on Azure and want a free tier before paying for the advanced plan | #11 |
| 3 |  Prowler | United States | you want a printed per-account price and the option to self-host the scanner | #1 |
| 4 |  Aikido Security | Belgium | you are a small team that wants posture and code scanning on one printed price | #2 |
| 5 |  Sysdig Secure | United States | you run containers and Kubernetes and want findings ranked by what is actually running | #4 |
| 6 |  CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security | United States | you already run CrowdStrike endpoints and want cloud posture on the same platform | #12 |
| 7 |  Prisma Cloud | United States | you already buy Palo Alto Networks security and accept a quoted, platform-scale contract | #10 |
| 8 |  Tenable Cloud Security | United States | you already manage vulnerabilities in Tenable and want cloud findings in the same exposure view | #7 |
| 9 |  Fortinet FortiCNAPP | United States | you run Fortinet network security and want cloud findings inside the same fabric | #9 |
| 10 |  Check Point CloudGuard | Israel | you already buy Check Point firewalls and prefer a reseller-led contract with a trial | #6 |
| 11 |  Aqua Security | Israel | your main concern is containers and running workloads, with posture as an add-on | #5 |
Agentless like Wiz, built on a scanning method it calls SideScanning, with a CSPM page that stresses workload, identity and data context beside configuration checks. Pricing is not printed: buyers are routed to a demo request, and the login selector offers US, Europe, Australia and US-Gov regions.
Switch from Wiz if you want an agentless platform of the same kind with a European data region option.
Microsoft's own service, covering Azure, AWS and GCP. Foundational CSPM is free, while the paid Defender CSPM plan adds attack path analysis and agentless vulnerability scanning. Billing applies to compute, database, storage and serverless-container resources, so cost follows resource counts instead of a negotiated contract.
Switch from Wiz if you run mostly on Azure and want a free tier before paying for the advanced plan.
Company website → · Where Microsoft Defender for Cloud ranks and why
Open core. The Apache-2.0 CLI and self-hosted server are free, and the hosted Prowler Cloud lists 99 US dollars per cloud account each month, with 20 percent off annually and a 7-day trial. A Private Cloud edition runs in your own environment and is bought via AWS Marketplace.
Switch from Wiz if you want a printed per-account price and the option to self-host the scanner.
A developer-first platform where cloud posture sits beside code scanning. A free Developer plan covers one cloud account; Basic covers three, Pro ten and Advanced twenty, priced by developer bundle and sold also through AWS and Azure marketplaces. It is a lighter fit for large multi-cloud estates.
Switch from Wiz if you are a small team that wants posture and code scanning on one printed price.
Anchored in runtime: its CSPM page combines in-use vulnerabilities and in-use permissions with static misconfiguration findings. Its own pricing page says licensing counts the hosts in your environment, and events processed for cloud logs. No amount is printed, so budgeting starts with a host count.
Switch from Wiz if you run containers and Kubernetes and want findings ranked by what is actually running.
Sold as a CNAPP with both agent and agentless protection, its CSPM page promises continuous agentless posture management enriched with adversary intelligence. CrowdStrike's public pricing page lists endpoint plans only, so a cloud module is bought by conversation. It fits teams already running the Falcon agent.
Switch from Wiz if you already run CrowdStrike endpoints and want cloud posture on the same platform.
Company website → · Where CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security ranks and why
Palo Alto Networks' CNAPP, now shown beside a newer Cortex Cloud product on the vendor's pages. The CSPM page covers misconfiguration detection and multicloud compliance reporting. No price list is printed, and the product naming is in transition, so ask which edition a quote actually names.
Switch from Wiz if you already buy Palo Alto Networks security and accept a quoted, platform-scale contract.
Packaged as Tenable One Cloud Exposure, a CNAPP combining misconfiguration, entitlement and vulnerability findings, with cloud CIEM and cloud vulnerability management also named separately. The page offers a self-guided tour and a request-pricing button instead of figures. It suits teams that already track exposure in Tenable.
Switch from Wiz if you already manage vulnerabilities in Tenable and want cloud findings in the same exposure view.
Company website → · Where Tenable Cloud Security ranks and why
Built from Lacework technology, and described as integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric. The vendor page offers an interactive tour and a live demo but no price. Cloud provider pages cover AWS and Azure among others. Natural for buyers who already run Fortinet firewalls.
Switch from Wiz if you run Fortinet network security and want cloud findings inside the same fabric.
Check Point's cloud platform links posture management, threat prevention and automated compliance with its network and workload products. The cloud security page shows a Free Trial and demo option, and the company states it sells entirely through channel partners, so pricing arrives from a reseller instead of a page.
Switch from Wiz if you already buy Check Point firewalls and prefer a reseller-led contract with a trial.
Company website → · Where Check Point CloudGuard ranks and why
Runtime-first: the platform page leads with monitoring behavior and containing threats in running workloads, with cloud posture management as one module among code, vulnerability, container and AI security. Aqua prints no price and routes buyers to a demo form. Posture is part of a wider workload story.
Switch from Wiz if your main concern is containers and running workloads, with posture as an add-on.
Wiz stays the right choice when the team wants one graph linking code, cloud and runtime findings and has the budget for a quoted contract. Its CSPM page lists agentless scanning, 250+ frameworks and IaC checks for Terraform and CloudFormation, and its agents cover investigation and fixes. If you use many of those modules, a posture-only tool will leave gaps.
Wiz sells by quote, so the renewal date and notice terms sit in your order form, not on a public page. Find them before running a trial elsewhere. Most alternatives here offer a demo or free tier, which lets you scan the same accounts in parallel without breaking the current contract.
Custom rules written in Rego, compliance baselines and exceptions will not carry over. List every custom control, then check whether the new tool supports custom checks. Also move ticketing and alert routing, since each product groups findings, owners and severity in its own way.
Run the new tool and Wiz side by side for a few weeks. Rule sets, risk scoring and attack-path logic differ, so counts will not match. Compare the top ten issues by exposure and decide your own acceptance threshold before cutting over.
No. The pricing page names Wiz One, Wiz Go and a la carte licensing but shows no figures, and a three-step work-email form leads to a custom quote. For a published number, Prowler lists 99 US dollars per cloud account each month on its pricing page.
Yes, the Wiz about page shows a banner reading Now part of Google Cloud. The platform still describes itself as working across all major clouds, so ownership alone does not tie it to Google Cloud. Check contract terms on data handling and independence.
Yes, in several cases. Prowler offers a 7-day trial with no credit card and no account limit, and Aikido has a free Developer plan with one cloud account. Microsoft's Foundational CSPM is free in Defender for Cloud. Most others route to a demo.
Yes. Microsoft Defender for Cloud lists Foundational CSPM at no cost, and Prowler's Apache-2.0 CLI and self-hosted server are free. Both cover fewer features than the paid tiers, such as attack paths and managed scanning, so test them against your accounts first.
Possibly the code, runtime and agent features, since Wiz spans Code, Cloud and Defend. Its CSPM page also lists IaC scanning and 250+ frameworks. Check each candidate's own pages for the modules you actually use before dropping Wiz.
Microsoft states Defender for Cloud assesses Azure subscriptions, AWS accounts and GCP projects. Prowler defines a cloud account as an AWS account, Google Cloud project or Azure subscription. Others on this page describe multicloud coverage, so confirm each provider before a trial.
We opened the vendors' own pages on November 5, 2026 to confirm each price and limit quoted for Wiz and its rivals. Those pages move without warning, so the numbers describe that day only.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
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