Cloud security alternatives (2026): 9 vendors' facts

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• Aqua Security alternatives

  8 other vendors. A cloud native security platform built around kernel-layer runtime enforcement, with agentless posture visibility, for public, private and disconnected environments.

• CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security alternatives

  8 other vendors. CrowdStrike's cloud security module, which pairs agentless posture with the same Falcon sensor used on endpoints.

• Microsoft Defender for Cloud alternatives

  8 other vendors. Microsoft's cloud security product: a free posture tier, paid posture and server plans billed per resource, across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.

• Orca Security alternatives

  8 other vendors. A cloud security platform built on agentless SideScanning, with an optional runtime sensor, covering posture, workloads, identity, data, vulnerabilities, code and AI.

• Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud alternatives

  8 other vendors. Palo Alto Networks' cloud security platform, formed by merging Prisma Cloud with Cortex CDR (announced 13 February 2025).

• SentinelOne Singularity Cloud alternatives

  8 other vendors. SentinelOne's cloud security line: an agentless CNAPP (Cloud Native Security) plus Cloud Workload Security for runtime.

• Sysdig Secure alternatives

  8 other vendors. A cloud security platform with runtime detection built on Falco, the open-source project Sysdig created, plus agentless posture.

• Upwind alternatives

  8 other vendors. A cloud security platform that combines agentless scanning with eBPF runtime sensors, from a company founded in October 2022.

• Wiz alternatives

  8 other vendors. An agentless cloud security platform (Wiz Cloud, Wiz Code, Wiz Defend) built around the Security Graph, part of Google since 11 March 2026.