# Wiz alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 1,079 of the 1,512 answers in the 6 categories where Wiz holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/wiz/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Aikido Security: 121
- Tenable Vulnerability Management: 54
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 51
- Trivy: 50
- Intruder: 41
- Microsoft Purview: 37

## Cloud security posture management

**Small business**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #4 of 11 at 9%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 14 of those 55
- Prowler: first choice in 13 of those 55
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 7 of those 55
- Intruder: first choice in 7 of those 55
- Aikido Security: first choice in 4 of those 55
- Orca Security: first choice in 4 of those 55
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Cyscale: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Mid-market**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 13 at 45%).

- Prowler: first choice in 8 of those 38
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 38
- AWS Security Hub: first choice in 2 of those 38
- Orca Security: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Scout Suite: first choice in 1 of those 38
- ScoutSuite: first choice in 1 of those 38

**Enterprise**: 31 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 9 at 64%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 31
- Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Google Security Command Center: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 31
- SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Uptycs: first choice in 1 of those 31

## Cloud-native application protection

**Small business**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #4 of 14 at 11%).

- Aikido Security: first choice in 22 of those 61
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 12 of those 61
- Orca Security: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Lightspin: first choice in 2 of those 61
- TigerGate: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Cyscale CNAPP: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Fidelis Halo Cloud Secure: first choice in 1 of those 61
- FortiCNAPP: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Mid-market**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 12 at 36%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 9 of those 45
- Orca Security: first choice in 5 of those 45
- Aikido Security: first choice in 4 of those 45
- Aquasecurity Aqua Cloud Security Platform: first choice in 1 of those 45
- FortiCNAPP: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Prowler: first choice in 1 of those 45

**Enterprise**: 40 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #1 of 11 at 51%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 40
- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 40
- FortiCNAPP: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Orca Security: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Zscaler: first choice in 1 of those 40

## Data security posture management

**Small business**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #2 of 11 at 8%).

- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 18 of those 60
- Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium: first choice in 3 of those 60
- Wiz DSPM: first choice in 3 of those 60
- Amazon Macie: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Cyera: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Nightfall AI: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Safetica: first choice in 2 of those 60

**Mid-market**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #4 of 11 at 10%).

- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 11 of those 59
- Sentra: first choice in 4 of those 59
- Cyera: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 59
- Amazon Macie: first choice in 2 of those 59
- Aikido Security DSPM: first choice in 1 of those 59
- BigID: first choice in 1 of those 59
- Concentric AI: first choice in 1 of those 59

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #7 of 12 at 4%).

- BigID: first choice in 9 of those 64
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 8 of those 64
- Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 8 of those 64
- Cyera: first choice in 4 of those 64
- IBM Guardium: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Forcepoint DSPM: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 64

## Container and Kubernetes security

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Trivy: first choice in 34 of those 72
- Falco: first choice in 17 of those 72
- Snyk Container: first choice in 10 of those 72
- Kubescape: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Aikido Security: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Kyverno: first choice in 2 of those 72
- SUSE NeuVector: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 2 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #5 of 14 at 7%).

- Trivy: first choice in 16 of those 60
- Falco: first choice in 15 of those 60
- Kubescape: first choice in 9 of those 60
- Aikido Security: first choice in 4 of those 60
- Snyk Container: first choice in 3 of those 60
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Aqua Security: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Guardrails: first choice in 1 of those 60

**Enterprise**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #3 of 12 at 20%).

- Prisma Cloud: first choice in 8 of those 47
- Sysdig Secure: first choice in 6 of those 47
- Aqua Security: first choice in 3 of those 47
- Snyk Container: first choice in 2 of those 47
- Falco: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Microsoft Defender for Containers: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes: first choice in 1 of those 47

## Application security posture management

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #9 of 14 at 0%).

- Aikido Security: first choice in 60 of those 83
- Jit: first choice in 7 of those 83
- DefectDojo: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Cycode ASPM: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Snyk: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Conviso Platform: first choice in 1 of those 83
- New Relic: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #6 of 14 at 4%).

- Aikido Security: first choice in 20 of those 74
- ArmorCode: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Cycode ASPM: first choice in 6 of those 74
- DefectDojo: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Apiiro: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Snyk: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Arnica: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Conviso Platform: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #5 of 12 at 11%).

- ArmorCode: first choice in 18 of those 74
- Cycode ASPM: first choice in 11 of those 74
- Apiiro: first choice in 9 of those 74
- Checkmarx One ASPM: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Aikido Security: first choice in 2 of those 74
- DefectDojo: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Veracode Risk Manager: first choice in 2 of those 74
- CrowdStrike Falcon ASPM: first choice in 1 of those 74

## Vulnerability management platforms

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Wiz.

- Intruder: first choice in 31 of those 79
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 9 of those 79
- Defendify: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Action1: first choice in 4 of those 79
- OpenVAS: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Tenable Nessus: first choice in 3 of those 79
- ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #8 of 10 at 4%).

- Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 17 of those 71
- Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 13 of those 71
- Qualys VMDR: first choice in 7 of those 71
- ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Intruder: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 3 of those 71
- OpenVAS: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Tenable Nessus: first choice in 3 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Wiz (Wiz is #6 of 9 at 0%).

- Tenable Vulnerability Management: first choice in 30 of those 66
- Tenable One: first choice in 8 of those 66
- Qualys VMDR: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management: first choice in 5 of those 66
- Action1: first choice in 1 of those 66
- ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Rapid7 InsightVM: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Tenable Nessus: first choice in 1 of those 66

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