Comparison

Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

No leader: the top candidate Microsoft Defender for Cloud 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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Microsoft Defender for Cloud52
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud43
Score
Vioscale score
Microsoft Defender for Cloud52 / 100low · 25%
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud43 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Model
Microsoft Defender for Cloudcommercial
Palo Alto Prisma Cloudquote
Price level
Microsoft Defender for Cloudlow
Palo Alto Prisma Cloudunknown
Transparent
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Integrations
Count
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud19
Security
Gdpr
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Reliability
Status page
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Market
Availability
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Runtime
Runtime protection
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Coverage
Cloud coverage
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma CloudAWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (five large
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma CloudSupports more than 75 compliance standards
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-

What each one is

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

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Provides continuous protection across cloud infrastructure and applications throughout their entire lifecycle, from initial code development through runtime execution.

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.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

SubscriptionFree tier
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
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
CLI
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Self-hosted
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
On-premise
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
Hybrid
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

Integrations

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

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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.