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Cloud-native application protection · November 2026 Edition

Orca Security vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

Six of fourteen models named Orca Security first on the direct prompt; one named Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud. Orca Security was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud by ten and Orca Security carries 58 labels and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Orca Security

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

criticized challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share23%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5815A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Orca Security reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wiz was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Wiz vs Orca Security · Wiz vs Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud · Orca Security vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the cloud-native application protection page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Orca SecurityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPalo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Direct611 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Paraphrase40
Comparative32
Budget-constrained004 against Orca Security
Scale-constrained201 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Negative002 against Orca Security · 2 against Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Orca Security and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud were named in the same answer sixty times, of the 426 answers naming Orca Security and the 305 naming Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud. In those answers Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud took the first choice five times and Orca Security fifteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Orca Security and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Orca Security Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Orca Security on the left and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Orca Security and Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Qwen 3.7 FlashOrca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud alternatives: Sysdig Secure, Tenable Cloud Security

Orca Security first, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud not the choice

5 of 14 modelsPalo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Orca Security alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sysdig Secure
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Datadog Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure, Upwind
Llama 4 MaverickOrca Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz
Kimi K2Orca Security alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Wiz
Muse Glimmer 30BOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, Sysdig Secure

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: FortiCNAPP, Orca Security, Sysdig Secure
Mistral SmallWiz alternatives: Orca Security, Sysdig Secure, TigerGate
DeepSeek V4 FlashWiz alternatives: Orca Security
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable One
MiniMax M2.5Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
GPT-6 LunaWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Orca Security leads by sixteen points.
Orca Security16%#3 of 14
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%#13 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Orca Security leads by twenty-one points.
Orca Security23%#2 of 12
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud2%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Orca Security leads by four points.
Orca Security4%#4 of 11
Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud0%#8 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Orca Security

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.

“Avoid enterprise-only CNAPPs (e.g., Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Orca)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · hard negative
“These are top-tier but expensive” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“a purely agentless posture can leave gaps in runtime visibility, workload-level telemetry and certain advanced detection scenarios” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Orca Security if you want the fastest deployment, want to avoid managing agents, and want predictable pricing.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Want fastest time-to-value, zero deployment friction, and best risk visualization | Wiz or Orca” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Feature-rich and powerful, but historically known for high administrative complexity, steep learning curves, and modular fragmentation due to past acquisitions.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Widely considered the most comprehensive platform... Choose Palo Alto/Aqua if you want maximum depth and a unified view from Dev to Ops.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Maintains the leading revenue position, with a 17% market share in Q1 2024 and having led the market for 22 consecutive quarters.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.