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Palo Alto Prisma Cloud vs Uptycs

On the evidence we track, Uptycs leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Palo Alto Prisma Cloud54
★Uptycs65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud54 / 100low · 32%
Uptycs65 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✗
Model
Palo Alto Prisma Cloudfree
Uptycscommercial
Price level
Palo Alto Prisma Cloudfree
Uptycslow
Starting price
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud–
Uptycs$3
Transparent
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✗
Uptycs✓
Integrations
Count
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud19
Uptycs8
Security
Certifications
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud–
UptycsSOC 2 Type II
Gdpr
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Iso27001
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud–
Uptycs✓
Soc2
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud–
Uptycs✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud7 items
Uptycs7 items

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Uptycs✓
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Uptycs✗
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
Palo Alto Prisma CloudAWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (five large
UptycsAWS, IBM Cloud
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
Palo Alto Prisma CloudSupports more than 75 compliance standards
UptycsISO 27001
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud-
Uptycs✗

What each one is

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

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

A comprehensive security platform that prevents zero-day malware and injection attacks while helping organizations simplify their security infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments.

Independently observed

Uptycs

Leader

Cloud security platform providing threat detection, workload protection, compliance management, and infrastructure scanning across cloud environments with AWS integration.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

FreeFree tier

Free trial available; detailed pricing not provided

as of verify ↗

Uptycs

Leader
from $3/workload/moSubscription

From $3/workload/month, billed annually. Minimum annual commitment of $12,000.

  • Discover$3/workload/month billed annually
    • Full asset inventory across hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, and endpoints
    • Unified management of users, policies, and roles
    • Tool integrations (SOAR, SIEM, Slack, JIRA)
  • Audit$6/workload/month billed annually
    • Everything from Discover plus deep security posture evaluation
    • Compliance and vulnerability scanning with continuous monitoring
    • Attack path analysis and exposure management
    • Cloud identity entitlements for cloud and Kubernetes
    • Vulnerability management across hosts, VMs, containers, and serverless
    • +2 more
  • SecureContact sales
    • Everything from Audit plus runtime protection
    • Real-time threat detection and forensics
    • Cloud detection and response
    • File monitoring and unauthorized change alerts
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
CLI
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✓
On-premise
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud✓
Uptycs✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • AWS

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

20 total - 19 not shared
  • Black Duck
  • Coverity
  • Checkmarx
  • GitLab
  • HashiCorp
  • Semgrep
  • Snyk
  • Veracode
  • Cortex Cloud
  • Cortex XDR
  • Cortex XSOAR
  • Cortex XSIAM
  • Cortex Xpanse
  • Cortex XDS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Kubernetes
Independently observed

Uptycs

Leader
11 total - 10 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Amazon Security Lake
  • Microsoft Security Copilot
  • AWS Security Lake
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • Slack
  • JIRA
  • Okta
  • GitHub
  • Azure AD
Independently observed
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