Cloud security pricing (2026): what 9 vendors publish
What does each vendor publish?
| Vendor | Public price | What is published | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Security | By quote | No list prices. Cloud Security is priced by number of workloads (EC2 instances, Fargate containers, Lambda functions) and Dev Security by number of code repositories; request a trial or demo. | Source: Aqua pricing, read . |
| CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security | Marketplace listing | AWS Marketplace pay-as-you-go listing that combines Falcon Cloud Security with Next-Gen SIEM: runtime host protection (EC2, WorkSpaces) $0.023 per hour per running host; container cluster and node protection $0.054 per hour per running worker node; Fargate container protection $0.01 per hour per Fargate instance; 30-day free trial with up to $500 in usage credits. CrowdStrike's own pricing page lists endpoint bundles only. | Source: AWS Marketplace: CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Cloud Security (pay as you go), read . |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Published | 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 . |
| Orca Security | Marketplace listing | Orca's own site publishes no price (orca.security/pricing returned a 404 on 27 September 2026). An AWS Marketplace contract listing (Unique Expansion) shows Small, up to 100 concurrent workloads (EC2) per month, $7,000.00; Small-medium (300) $12,000.00; Medium (500) $17,000.00; Large (1,000) $30,000.00. These are monthly prices under the listing's 1-month contract, checked on 4 November 2026. The listing also offers a 12-month contract. | Source: AWS Marketplace: Orca Security CNAPP Cloud Security Platform, Unique Expansion, read . |
| Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud | Not published | Not published. The Cortex Cloud page offers only a demo request. CNAPP is included at no additional cost for Cortex Cloud Runtime Security customers. | Source: Cortex Cloud posture management, read . |
| SentinelOne Singularity Cloud | Not published | Not published. Contact sales. | Source: SentinelOne Singularity Cloud, read . |
| Sysdig Secure | Marketplace listing | No list prices on its own site; CNAPP licensing is based on the number of hosts. AWS Marketplace (Sysdig Cloud Security and Observability), 1-month contract: CNAPP Enterprise $72.00 per unit per month; the unit is not described in our notes. 12-month contracts are listed as saving up to 17%. | Source: AWS Marketplace: Sysdig Cloud Security and Observability, read . |
| Upwind | Marketplace listing | No price on upwind.io. AWS Marketplace, 12-month contract: Upwind Cloud Security Platform $30,000.00 and Upwind Managed Detection and Response 24/7 Service $6,000.00; the unit basis is not described in our notes. 24-month and 36-month contracts are listed as saving up to 8% and 11%. | Source: AWS Marketplace: Upwind Cloud Security Platform, read . |
| Wiz | Marketplace listing | Wiz's own pages we read publish no price. AWS Marketplace, 12-month contract: Wiz Essential (protect 100 cloud workloads) $24,000.00; Wiz Advanced (protect 100 cloud workloads) $38,000.00; add-ons: Wiz Sensor (100 sensors, for Wiz Advanced) $28,000.00, Wiz Code (100 licenses) $58,500.00, Wiz Defend (ingest 300 GB of logs per month, for Wiz Advanced) $18,000.00. The listing also offers 24-month and 36-month contracts, and a free trial on terms set by the vendor. | Source: AWS Marketplace: Wiz Cloud Infrastructure Security Platform, read . |