Cloud security tools for published pricing (2026): which vendors' facts fit

The vendor publishes list prices on its own site.

By The Cloud Map Desk. Published 8 Oct 2026, updated 3 Nov 2026.

Desk research from public vendor pages. Vendor facts read September 2026, updated 2026-11-03. Profiles follow our published method; we did not run the products.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

azure.microsoft.com

Categories described6 of 6

CNAPPYes

CSPMYes

CWPPYes

CIEMYes

DSPMYes

Vulnerability managementYes

AgentsAgentless + agent

Clouds namedAzure, AWS, GCP

Code scanningPartly

AI securityPartly

FedRAMPHigh

Air-gappedNot stated

On-premisesYes

Open sourceNone named

Public pricePublished

* Not found on the pages we read; it may exist. Facts as the vendor states them on its own pages and marketplace listings, read September 2026, checked 3 Nov 2026. Not a measure of how well anything works.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Foundational CSPM is free. Defender CSPM is $5.11 per billable resource per month (8 functions or web apps count as 1 resource). Defender for Servers is $4.906 per server per month for Plan 1 and $14.60 for Plan 2. Defender for Containers is $6.8693 per vCore per month. USD list prices, East and Central US; free for the first 30 days.

Source: Azure: Defender for Cloud pricing (re-read), read 11 Oct 2026.

Not stated by

Aqua Security, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud, Sysdig Secure, Upwind, Wiz

Not stated in our sources does not mean the capability is unavailable.