Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud clearly comes out ahead of Prisma Cloud on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Microsoft Defender for Cloud has a free tier; Prisma Cloud does not.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Microsoft | Palo Alto Networks |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSec | DevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecLegal & Compliance |
| Categories | security-tools | security-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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| Feature | microsoft-defender-for-cloud | prisma-cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cloud Security Posture Management (Cspm) | ||
| Advanced Integrations | ||
| Asset Inventory | ||
| Ci/Cd Pipeline Integration | ||
| Cloud Workload Protection (Cwpp) | ||
| Cloud Security Posture Management (Cspm) | ||
| Continuous Assessment | ||
| Cloud Workload Protection (Cwp) | ||
| Devops Posture Visibility | ||
| Compliance Capabilities | ||
| Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark | ||
| Continuous Visibility And Threat Prevention | ||
| Multi-Cloud And Hybrid Environment Protection | ||
| Protection For Hosts, Containers, And Serverless Environments | ||
| Secure Score | ||
| Saas-Delivered Cnapp | ||
| Security Recommendations | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Threat Protection For Servers, Databases, Storage, And Containers | ||
| Vulnerability Management |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Microsoft Defender for Cloud comes out ahead overall, though Prisma Cloud can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers a free tier; Prisma Cloud does not currently list one.
