Top 10 Microsoft Defender for Cloud Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Microsoft Defender for Cloud Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Wiz
By Wiz
4.7/5
(777)
Product Description
Wiz is a CNAPP that consolidates CSPM, KSPM, CWPP, vulnerability management, IaC scanning, CIEM, DSPM, and container and Kubernetes security into a single platform.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz is:
Easier to do business with
Better at support
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
AI Security Solutions
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)

Orca Security
By Orca Security
4.6/5
(248)
Product Description
Get workload-level visibility into AWS, Azure, and GCP without the operational costs of agents. You could buy three tools instead… but why? Orca replaces legacy vulnerability assessment tools, CSPM, and CWPP. Deploys in minutes, not months.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security is:
Easier to do business with
Easier to set up
Better at support
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Cloud Compliance
Container Security

Cortex Cloud
By Palo Alto Networks
4.1/5
(112)
Product Description
Cloud to SOC security to protect cloud applications, data, and AI models across multicloud and hybrid environments by leveraging unified data and full-lifecycle context for real-time detection and response.
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Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Cloud Compliance
Container Security

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CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security
By CrowdStrike
4.6/5
(84)
Product Description
CrowdStrike Falcon® Cloud Security delivers advanced cloud-native application security, including breach prevention, workload protection and cloud security posture management. It's the industry’s only unified cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP), which integrates agent-based and agentless protection to stop adversaries, prevents human error and meets compliance needs across all major clouds, workloads and operating systems to stop cloud breaches.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is:
Easier to do business with
Better at meeting requirements
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Cloud Compliance

Sysdig Secure
By Sysdig
4.8/5
(112)
Product Description
Sysdig helps security and development teams prevent, detect, and respond to threats instantly. Founded by the creators of Falco and Wireshark, Sysdig delivers real-time cloud defense grounded in the uncompromising truth of runtime. Powered by agentic AI and deep runtime insights, Sysdig correlates signals across workloads, identities, posture, and permissions to surface what matters most. With a unified CNAPP that includes CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, vulnerability management, and cloud detection and response, Sysdig enables fast, precise action across your entire cloud environment. Trusted by over 60% of the Fortune 500 and rated #1 for CNAPP and CSPM in Gartner Voice of the Customer reports, Sysdig helps enterprises outpace cloud threats and accelerate innovation.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sysdig Secure is:
Better at support
Easier to do business with
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Security Monitoring and Analytics
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Cloud Compliance

Qualys VMDR
By Qualys
4.4/5
(167)
Product Description
Discover, assess, prioritize, and patch critical vulnerabilities in real time and across your global hybrid-IT landscape — all from a single solution.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Qualys VMDR is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to do business with
More expensive
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud Compliance
Container Security
Cloud Workload Protection Platforms

Datadog
By Datadog
4.4/5
(699)
Product Description
Datadog is a monitoring service for IT, Dev and Ops teams who write and run applications at scale, and want to turn the massive amounts of data produced by their apps, tools and services into actionable insight.
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Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Container Monitoring

GitLab
By GitLab Inc.
4.5/5
(889)
Product Description
An open source web interface and source control platform based on Git.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, GitLab is:
Easier to do business with
Better at meeting requirements
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Secure Code Review
Software Composition Analysis

Vanta
By Vanta
4.6/5
(2,437)
Product Description
It was clear that security and privacy had become mainstream issues, and that we all increasingly relied on cloud services to store everything from our personal photos to our communications at work. Vanta’s mission is to be the layer of trust on top of these services, and to secure the internet, increase trust in software companies, and keep consumer data safe. Today, we're a growing team in San Francisco passionate about making the internet more secure and elevating the standards for technology companies.
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Reviewers say compared to Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Vanta is:
Easier to do business with
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
Cloud Compliance