Cloud security posture management · November 2026 Edition
Orca Security vs Prowler
Five of fourteen models named Orca Security first on the direct prompt; zero named Prowler. Orca Security was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Prowler by thirteen and Orca Security carries 50 labels and Prowler 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share18%13%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5021A 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 fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Wiz vs Orca Security · Wiz vs Prowler · 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 security posture management 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 modelsProwler
Direct501 against Prowler
Paraphrase401 against Prowler
Comparative50
Budget-constrained183 against Orca Security
Scale-constrained10
Negative101 against Orca Security · 1 against Prowler
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Orca Security and Prowler stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Prowler first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Orca Security on the left and Prowler on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Orca Security and Prowler stood in it.
Orca Security first, Prowler not the choice
5 of 14 modelsProwler was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Datadog Cloud Security Management
DeepSeek V4 FlashOrca Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz
Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security alternatives: Wiz
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Prisma Cloud
Muse Glimmer 30BOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: AWS Security Hub, CrowdStrike, Intruder, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity CSPM
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Wiz alternatives: Aikido Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
GPT-5.4 miniWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Lacework FortiCNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Snyk
GPT-6 LunaWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec
Mistral SmallWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Llama 4 MaverickWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Uptycs
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
Prowler leads by sixteen points.
Prowler22%#2 of 11Orca Security7%#6 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Orca Security leads at mid-market.
Orca Security18%#2 of 13Prowler13%#4 of 13Enterprise
Orca Security leads by four points.
Orca Security4%#4 of 9Prowler0%#– of 9What the models said about Orca Security
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Premium options like Wiz, Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, Orca Security, or Lacework ... making them unsuitable for tight budgets.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Wiz or Orca are the most commonly recommended starting points for agentless, prioritized risk visibility” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Prowler
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Open-source posture tools (like Prowler, ScoutSuite, or Steampipe) can be valuable for quick, targeted CLI audits. However, relying on unmaintained open-source projects for ongoing enterprise protection creates maintenance drift.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Evaluate Prowler, accepting that your team will own more of the triage, integration, and operational work” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Requires substantially more internal engineering and operational ownership” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“The best cloud security posture management platform for a company with a limited budget is Prowler, which is a free, open-source tool” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“For a limited budget, start with open‑source tools (Prowler or ScoutSuite) to cover the basics at no cost.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Prowler (*Best Overall Open-Source CSPM*) ... 100% free, multi-cloud, ready-to-use compliance frameworks.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
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.