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Cloud security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Wiz vs Orca Security

Twelve of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; five named Orca Security. Both were named by all fourteen models and Wiz carries 61 labels and Orca Security 50, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wiz

endorsed leader

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

Orca Security

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share45%18%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels6150A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wiz reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Defender for Cloud was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Wiz vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud · Wiz vs Prowler · Wiz vs AWS Security Hub

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.
WizFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOrca Security
Direct125
Paraphrase124
Comparative125
Budget-constrained018 against Wiz · 3 against Orca Security
Scale-constrained41
Negative212 against Wiz · 1 against Orca Security
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, Wiz and Orca Security were named in the same answer 397 times, of the 854 answers naming Wiz and the 426 naming Orca Security. In those answers Orca Security took the first choice thirty-two times and Wiz 123.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wiz and Orca Security 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
Wiz Orca Security first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wiz on the left and Orca Security on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wiz and Orca Security stood in it.

Both were the first choice

3 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Datadog Cloud Security Management
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

Wiz first, Orca Security an alternative

9 of 14 modelsOrca Security was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wiz alternatives: Aikido Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
GPT-5.4 miniWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
Perplexity SonarWiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Lacework FortiCNAPP, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud
Mistral SmallWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Llama 4 MaverickWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security, Snyk
GLM 4.7 FlashXWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Uptycs
GPT-6 LunaWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security

Orca Security first, Wiz an alternative

2 of 14 modelsWiz was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashOrca Security alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz
Kimi K2Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security alternatives: Wiz

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
Wiz leads by two points.
Wiz9%#4 of 11
Orca Security7%#6 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Wiz leads by twenty-seven points.
Wiz45%#1 of 13
Orca Security18%#2 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wiz leads by sixty points.
Wiz64%#1 of 9
Orca Security4%#4 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wiz

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

“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget ... Enterprise platforms like Wiz ... typically start at $15,000–$24,000+/year” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Wiz is widely regarded as the top choice due to its comprehensive visibility, strong security analytics, and ease of use across multi-cloud environments.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What 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
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.