Prisma Cloud
The Code to Cloud platform that secures apps from design to runtime
- Also known as
- prisma-cloud
What is Prisma Cloud?
A cloud security platform that protects applications across the entire lifecycle from code through runtime. It includes capabilities for code security, IaC scanning, secrets management, workload scanning, and threat detection.
What Prisma Cloud does
The capabilities that matter for devsecops tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- SAST (static analysis)
- ✓
- DAST (dynamic analysis)
- -
- SCA / dependency scanning
- ✓
- Secret scanning
- ✓
- Container / image scanning
- ✓
- IaC misconfiguration scanning
- ✓
- OSS licence compliance
- -
- SBOM generation (SPDX/CycloneDX)
- -
- Automated fix / upgrade PRs
- -
- Reachability / exploitability prioritisation
- -
- Hosting
- Cloud only
- First-class CI / pipeline integration
- ✓
- In-editor / IDE scanning
- -
- OSS engine available
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Cloud / SaaS
Prisma Cloud alternatives
Other devsecops tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Endor LabsSpeed or security. The best teams code without compromise.low · 36%
- SemgrepAI-assisted SAST, SCA and Secrets Detectionmedium · 51%
- SnykAI Security Fabricmedium · 60%
- OWASP ZAPThe world's most widely used web app scanner. Free and open source.low · 13%
- MendSecure code, AI, and every interaction between themmedium · 53%
- GitGuardianFind every credential. Stop the next breach.medium · 60%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Prisma Cloud, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 81 | 12.00 | 973.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 18.00 | 900.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 40.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing Transparency | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"sca":true,"sast":true,"hosting":"cloud","ci_native":true,"iac_scanning":true,"secret_scanning":true,"container_scanning":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |