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Cloud security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Wiz vs Prisma Cloud

Twelve of fourteen models named Wiz first on the direct prompt; zero named Prisma Cloud. Wiz was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Prisma Cloud by thirteen and Wiz carries 61 labels and Prisma Cloud 54, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wiz

endorsed leader

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

Prisma Cloud

criticized challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

First-choice share45%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%41%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels6154A 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 Orca Security · Wiz vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud · Wiz vs Prowler

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 modelsPrisma Cloud
Direct1203 against Prisma Cloud
Paraphrase1225 against Prisma Cloud
Comparative121
Budget-constrained008 against Wiz · 6 against Prisma Cloud
Scale-constrained401 against Prisma Cloud
Negative202 against Wiz · 7 against Prisma 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, Wiz and Prisma Cloud were named in the same answer 386 times, of the 854 answers naming Wiz and the 496 naming Prisma Cloud. In those answers Prisma Cloud took the first choice thirty times and Wiz 122.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Wiz first, Prisma Cloud an alternative

12 of 14 modelsPrisma Cloud 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrca Security, Wiz alternatives: CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Datadog Cloud Security Management
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
MiniMax M2.5Orca Security, Wiz alternatives: Prisma Cloud
GPT-6 LunaWiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Orca Security
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

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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 nine points.
Wiz9%#4 of 11
Prisma Cloud0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Wiz leads by forty-two points.
Wiz45%#1 of 13
Prisma Cloud3%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wiz leads by fifty-two points.
Wiz64%#1 of 9
Prisma Cloud12%#2 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 Prisma 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.

“Avoid Prisma Cloud unless you truly need it — it's powerful but many mid-sized teams find it "enterprise overkill"” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Prisma Cloud and Wiz are the top recommendations due to their strong features, scalability, and positive user feedback.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For mid-sized B2B companies, Wiz or Prisma Cloud typically offer the best balance of features, ease of use, and cost.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase 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.