Comparison

Prisma Cloud vs StackHawk

No clear leader: StackHawk (55.7) and Prisma Cloud (53.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. 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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Prisma Cloud53
StackHawk56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Prisma Cloud53 / 100low · 25%
StackHawk56 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk✓
Model
Prisma Cloudfree
StackHawkfreemium
Price level
Prisma Cloudfree
StackHawklow
Starting price
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk$10
Transparent
Prisma Cloud✗
StackHawk✓
Integrations
Count
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk7
Security
Disclosure policy
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk✓
Soc2
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk✓
Reliability
Status page
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for devsecops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Scan types
SAST (static analysis)
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✗
DAST (dynamic analysis)
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✓
SCA / dependency scanning
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk-
Secret scanning
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk-
Container / image scanning
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk-
IaC misconfiguration scanning
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk-
Governance
OSS licence compliance
Prisma Cloud-
StackHawk-
SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)
Prisma Cloud-
StackHawk-
Remediation
Automated fix / upgrade PRs
Prisma Cloud-
StackHawk✓
Prioritisation
Reachability / exploitability prioritisation
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk-
Deployment
Hosting
Prisma CloudCloud only
StackHawkCloud only
Integration
First-class CI / pipeline integration
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✓
In-editor / IDE scanning
Prisma Cloud-
StackHawk✓
Licensing
OSS engine available
Prisma Cloud-
StackHawk✓

What each one is

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

Prisma Cloud

Prisma Cloud provides comprehensive security for cloud-native applications and infrastructure. It delivers continuous visibility into cloud assets, enforces compliance against 75+ standards with automated remediation, and protects against threats through static analysis, dynamic detection, and real-time attack blocking.

Independently observed

StackHawk

Platform that automatically tests running applications for vulnerabilities within AI coding workflows, identifies exploitable issues, and provides automated fixes before code is committed.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Prisma Cloud

Free

Free trial available

as of verify ↗

StackHawk

from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $10/user/month (Wingman). 14-day free trial. Scale plan available via sales consultation.

  • Wingman$10/user/month
    • Works inside Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot
    • Auto-configures and boots app
    • Runtime testing against running app
    • Finds and fixes vulnerabilities in same session
    • Auto-rescanning to verify fix
    • +3 more
  • ScaleContact sales
    • Everything in Wingman
    • Attack surface discovery
    • Sensitive data detection
    • Deeper, broader scan coverage
    • Program reporting (coverage, fix rates by team)
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk✓
CLI
Prisma Cloud–
StackHawk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✓
On-premise
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✗
Hybrid
Prisma Cloud✓
StackHawk✗

Integrations

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

Prisma Cloud

Not documented yet.

StackHawk

14 total
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
  • Cursor
  • Snyk
  • Auth0
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Antigravity
  • GitHub
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Prisma Cloud or StackHawk: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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