# Prowler vs Tenable Cloud Security

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Prowler

| Attribute | Prowler | Tenable Cloud Security |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 79.8 (73% (medium)) | 34.5 (25% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | World's most widely adopted, open cloud security platform that detects vulnerabilities, prioritizes risk, accelerates remediation, and ensures continuous compliance. | Tenable One is a unified exposure management platform that discovers, inventories, and analyzes assets and vulnerabilities across IT, cloud, OT, web applications, and external attack surface from a single platform. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ciem":true,"cspm":true,"cwpp":true,"kspm":true,"iac_scanning":true,"cloud_coverage":"AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub, Microsoft 365, Oracle Cl","open_core_scanner":true,"compliance_frameworks":"CIS, NIST 800, NIST CSF, CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, RBI, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, NIS2, GDPR, "}` | `{"ciem":true,"cspm":true,"dspm":true,"iac_scanning":true,"cloud_coverage":"Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments","compliance_frameworks":"CIS, NIST, PCI DSS"}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Microsoft 365"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud"},{"name":"Alibaba Cloud"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"OpenStack"}]` | `[{"name":"Splunk"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Prowler Cloud","summary":"$99/account/mo (monthly) or $79/account/mo (annual, 20% savings)","features":["Scanning for all providers","All checks and compliance frameworks","Lighthouse AI agentic assistant","MCP Server for Agentic Workflows","SOC 2 Type 2 compliant","Enterprise support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"resource"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Built for growing teams that need scale, SSO, and premier support","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"resources_per_scan":"50,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Prowler Private Cloud","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom providers, checks and compliance policies","Custom SIEM integrations","AWS Security Lake integration","Data residency of choice","White glove onboarding","Dedicated technical account manager"],"description":"Everything for large organizations requiring unlimited resources and dedicated support","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Prowler for MSPs/MSSPs","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Multi-tenant environment","Consolidated billing and invoicing","Deal registration and co-marketing","Enterprise support"],"description":"Multi-tenant platform for delivering cloud security services to customers","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional resources","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"resource"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $79/account/mo (annual) or $99/account/mo (monthly). Free trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://prowler.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:17:35.918Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"quote","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Tenable One Foundation","features":["Vulnerability management","Web application security","OT & IoT security","Attack surface management","AI discovery","Cloud workload protection","Dashboards & reporting","Asset inventory","Integrated intelligence","Ticketing","Third-party data connectors","AI workload and agent protection","Cloud security posture management","Risk scores & benchmarks","Workflow & mobilization","Attack path analysis"],"description":"Gain unified visibility across the attack surface with asset discovery, inventory, vulnerability analysis, and unified risk scoring.","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Tenable One Advanced","description":"Turn exposure insights into decisive risk reduction with business context and attack path analysis.","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Cloud-native application protection"},{"name":"AI user & app governance"},{"name":"Identity security"}],"summary":"Quote-based pricing. Request a demo or quote for details.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-cloud-security","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:17:04.563Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Cloud Security Software)

| Capability | Prowler | Tenable Cloud Security |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Posture** |  |  |
| CSPM (posture / misconfig) | ✓ | ✓ |
| KSPM (Kubernetes posture) | ✓ | - |
| **Workload** |  |  |
| CWPP (workload protection) | ✓ | - |
| **Entitlements** |  |  |
| CIEM (entitlements) | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| DSPM (data posture) | - | ✓ |
| **Pipeline** |  |  |
| IaC / pipeline scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Agentless scanning | - | - |
| **Runtime** |  |  |
| Runtime protection | - | - |
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Cloud coverage | AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, GitHub, Microsoft 365, Oracle Cl | Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| Compliance frameworks assessed | CIS, NIST 800, NIST CSF, CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, RBI, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, NIS2, GDPR, | CIS, NIST, PCI DSS |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-core scanner available | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:02:12.735Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*