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Comparison

CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security vs Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

No leader: the top candidate CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security has only 0.25 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security70
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud43
Score
Vioscale score
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security70 / 100low · 25%
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud43 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud–
Model
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Securityfreemium
Palo Alto Prisma Cloudquote
Price level
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Securitylow
Palo Alto Prisma Cloudunknown
Transparent
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✗
Integrations
Count
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security–
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud19
Security
Disclosure policy
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud–
Gdpr
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Reliability
Status page
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Market
Availability
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud SecurityAvailable worldwide
Palo Alto Prisma CloudAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud security software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud SecurityAWS, Azure, GCP
Palo Alto Prisma CloudAWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (five large
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security-
Palo Alto Prisma CloudSupports more than 75 compliance standards
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

A unified cloud security platform combining agent-based and agentless monitoring for real-time threat detection, AI-powered investigation, and automated response across multi-cloud environments, backed by intelligence on hundreds of adversaries.

Independently observed

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

A comprehensive cloud security platform that provides visibility into cloud assets, enforces compliance policies, detects and blocks threats in real time, and protects applications across their entire lifecycle from code development through production deployment.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

from $7.99/moSubscriptionFree tier15-day trial

From $7.99/device/month. Free 15-day trial.

  • Falcon Free TrialFree
    • Next-Gen Antivirus
    • Device Control
    • Mobile Device Protection
    • Firewall Management
    • Endpoint Detection and Response
    • +5 more
  • Falcon Go$7.99/device/month
    • Next-Gen Antivirus
    • Device Control
    • Mobile Device Protection
    • Firewall Management
    • Endpoint Detection and Response
    • +5 more
  • Falcon Pro$14.99/device/month
    • Next-Gen Antivirus
    • Device Control
    • Mobile Device Protection
    • Firewall Management
    • Endpoint Detection and Response
    • +5 more
  • Falcon Enterprise$19.99/device/month
    • Next-Gen Antivirus
    • Device Control
    • Mobile Device Protection
    • Firewall Management
    • Endpoint Detection and Response
    • +5 more
  • Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDRContact sales
    • 24/7 expert-led managed detection and response
    • AI-accelerated threat hunting
    • Next-Gen Identity Security add-on available
    • Next-Gen SIEM add-on available
    • CrowdStrike Breach Prevention Warranty
as of verify ↗

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
CLI
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✗
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Self-hosted
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✗
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
On-premise
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✗
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Hybrid
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security✓
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

Not documented yet.

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

19 total
  • Black Duck
  • Coverity
  • Checkmarx
  • GitLab
  • HashiCorp
  • Semgrep
  • Snyk
  • Veracode
  • Cortex Cloud
  • Cortex XDR
  • Cortex XSOAR
  • Cortex XSIAM
  • Cortex Xpanse
  • Cortex XDS
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.