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Comparison

Prowler vs Wiz

On the evidence we track, Wiz leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Prowler69
★Wiz77
Score
vioscaleAI score
Prowler69 / 100low · 30%
Wiz77 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Prowler✓
Wiz–
Model
Price level
Prowlerfree
Wiz–
Starting price
Prowler$79
Wiz–
Transparent
Prowler✓
Wiz–
Integrations
Count
Prowler13
Wiz310
Security
Certifications
ProwlerSOC 2 Type II
Wiz–
Disclosure policy
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Fedramp
Prowler✓
Wiz–
Gdpr
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Hipaa
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Iso27001
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Pci
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Soc2
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Prowler7 items
Wiz4 items

Capabilities

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

Posture
CSPM (posture / misconfig)
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
KSPM (Kubernetes posture)
Prowler✓
Wiz-
Workload
CWPP (workload protection)
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Entitlements
CIEM (entitlements)
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Data
DSPM (data posture)
Prowler-
Wiz✓
Pipeline
IaC / pipeline scanning
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Architecture
Agentless scanning
Prowler-
Wiz✓
Runtime
Runtime protection
Prowler-
Wiz✓
Coverage
Cloud coverage
ProwlerAWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub, Microsoft 365, Oracle Cl
WizAWS, Azure, GCP
Compliance
Compliance frameworks assessed
ProwlerCIS, NIST 800, NIST CSF, CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, RBI, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, NIS2, GDPR,
WizSBOM generation, SCA scanning, license compliance gates
Licensing
Open-core scanner available
Prowler✓
Wiz-

What each one is

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

Prowler

Automates security and compliance monitoring across cloud environments with thousands of built-in checks, compliance frameworks, real-time dashboards, and cloud provider integrations.

Independently observed

Wiz

Leader

Wiz is a cloud security platform that integrates code scanning, cloud infrastructure assessment, and runtime protection into a single context graph. It enables security teams to identify exploitable risks across the entire application lifecycle—from development to production—and automatically generate fixes for the highest-impact issues.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Prowler

from $79/moHybridFree tier

From $79/month (annual) or $99/month (monthly). Free open-source tier available.

  • Cloud - Monthly$99/month. Includes 50,000 resources per scan; $0.30/resource overage.
    • Scanning for all providers
    • All checks and compliance frameworks
    • Lighthouse AI agentic assistant
    • MCP Server for agentic workflows
    • SOC 2 Type II compliant
    • +1 more
  • Cloud - Annual$79/month billed annually (20% savings). Includes 50,000 resources per scan; $0.24/resource overage.
    • Scanning for all providers
    • All checks and compliance frameworks
    • Lighthouse AI agentic assistant
    • MCP Server for agentic workflows
    • SOC 2 Type II compliant
    • +1 more
  • Private CloudContact sales
    • Everything in Cloud, plus:
    • Custom providers, checks, and compliance policies
    • Custom SIEM integrations
    • AWS Security Lake integration in Parquet format
    • Air-gapped environments
    • +3 more
  • MSP/MSSPContact sales
    • Multi-tenant customer provisioning and management
    • Consolidated billing and invoicing
    • Partner-friendly pricing
    • Deal registration and co-marketing support
as of verify ↗

Wiz

Leader

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Prowler✓
Wiz–
Linux
Prowler✓
Wiz–
CLI
Prowler✓
Wiz–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Prowler✓
Wiz✓
Self-hosted
Prowler✓
Wiz✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • AWS Security Hub
  • Jira
  • Slack

Prowler

21 total - 18 not shared
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft 365
  • Oracle Cloud
  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Cloudflare
  • OpenStack
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • AWS Security Lake
  • Censys
  • GitHub Code Scanning
  • Terraform
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Email
  • Custom SIEM
Independently observed

Wiz

Leader
50 total - 47 not shared
  • ServiceNow
  • Azure DevOps
  • Cisco Webex
  • ClickUp
  • Freshservice
  • GitHub Issues
  • Google Chat
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Teams
  • monday.com
  • Opsgenie
  • PagerDuty
  • Rootly
  • Zendesk
  • Backline
  • Blinkops
  • Botprise
  • Cortex XSOAR
  • Cyware
  • D3 Security
  • DevOcean
  • Dropzone AI
  • Exaforce
  • IBM QRadar SOAR
  • +23 more
Independently observed
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