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Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs ZeroThreat.ai

On the evidence we track, ZeroThreat.ai leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud48
★ZeroThreat.ai54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Microsoft Defender for Cloud48 / 100low · 19%
ZeroThreat.ai54 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Model
Microsoft Defender for Cloudcommercial
ZeroThreat.aifreemium
Price level
Microsoft Defender for Cloudunknown
ZeroThreat.aihigh
Starting price
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.ai$75
Transparent
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✗
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Integrations
Count
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.ai15
Security
Gdpr
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Hipaa
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Iso27001
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Pci
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Trust center
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.aihttps://zerothreat.ai/security-compliance
Reliability
Status page
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
ZeroThreat.ai–
Market
Availability
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–
ZeroThreat.aiAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Microsoft Defender for Cloud5 items
ZeroThreat.ai6 items

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✓
ZeroThreat.ai✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.ai✗
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.ai✗
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.ai✗
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
ZeroThreat.ai✗
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
ZeroThreat.ai✗
Coverage
Cloud coverage
Microsoft Defender for CloudHybrid and multicloud environments
ZeroThreat.aiWeb application and API security scanning, shadow/zombie API discovery, cloud mi
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.aiOWASP, CWE, SANS, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Microsoft Defender for Cloud-
ZeroThreat.ai-

What each one is

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

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Provides security protection across application development and runtime stages for hybrid and multicloud deployments.

Independently observed

ZeroThreat.ai

Leader

A cloud-based security testing platform that uses artificial intelligence to continuously scan and validate exploitable vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs through automated penetration testing techniques.

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

Hybrid
as of verify ↗

ZeroThreat.ai

Leader
from $75/additional_target/moHybridFree tier15-day trial

From $0 (Free tier) to $100/target/month (Professional) or $25/scan credit (Pay Per Scan); annual discounts available

  • FreeFree
    • 1 scan credit per month
    • Scan 1 target per account
    • Limited vulnerability insights preview
    • Web applications & APIs covered
    • OWASP top 10 & CWE-based detection
    • +2 more
  • Professional$100/target/month; 20% annual discount available
    • Target-based unlimited scans
    • Scheduled automated scans
    • AI remediation & executive summaries
    • Sensitive data & cloud misconfiguration insights
    • 130K+ vulnerability coverage (OWASP, CWE/SANS, Nuclei)
    • +10 more
  • Pay Per Scan$25/credit or $125 for 5 credits; volume discounts available
    • Unlimited targets per credit
    • 7-day unlimited retest window
    • Popular CVE-based attack coverages
    • Business logic security testing (BOLA, IDOR, Access Control)
    • API pentesting (REST, GraphQL, SOAP, gRPC including internal APIs)
    • +3 more
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✓
ZeroThreat.ai✓
CLI
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✗
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✗
ZeroThreat.ai✓
Hybrid
Microsoft Defender for Cloud✓
ZeroThreat.ai✗

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.

ZeroThreat.ai

Leader
21 total
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitHub
  • Azure Pipelines
  • CircleCI
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • GitLab
  • TeamCity
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • Bamboo
  • Jenkins
  • Travis CI
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Burp
  • Nuclei
  • Postman
  • AWS API Gateway
  • MuleSoft
  • Azure APIM
  • AWS CI/CD
  • Swagger
Independently observed
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