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CNAPP score calculator: re-weight nine cloud security platforms
Cloud Security Compare editors · Matchups reviewed September 2026 · Editorial assessment
The short version
Move the seven sliders to match what your team cares about, and the ranking of nine cloud security platforms recalculates from our published criterion scores. With our weights, Wiz leads at 4.4 and Orca Security is second at 4.2. Weight runtime protection alone and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security and Sysdig Secure move to the top. There is no cost input, because no vendor here publishes a per-unit price we can multiply.
| Rank | Vendor | Your score | Our score | Rank change | Strongest criterion on your weights | Published pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiz | 4.35 | 4.4 rank 1 | no change | Runtime protection depth (4.2) | Not published. Contact sales. |
| 2 | Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud (formerly Prisma Cloud) | 4.14 | 4.0 rank 3= | up 1 | Runtime protection depth (4.6) | Not published. CNAPP included at no additional cost for Cortex Cloud Runtime Security customers. |
| 3 | Orca Security | 4.12 | 4.2 rank 2 | down 1 | Runtime protection depth (3.8) | Not published. Contact sales. The pricing URL returned a 404 when reviewed. |
| 4 | Upwind | 4.04 | 3.9 rank 5 | up 1 | Runtime protection depth (4.7) | Not published. Contact sales. The pricing URL returned a 404 when reviewed. |
| 5 | CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security | 4.01 | 3.8 rank 6= | up 1 | Runtime protection depth (4.8) | Not published for cloud security. The public pricing page lists endpoint bundles (Falcon Go, Pro, Enterprise, Complete) only. |
| 6 | Microsoft Defender for Cloud | 4.00 | 4.0 rank 3= | down 3 | Runtime protection depth (4.0) | Published per billable resource on the Azure pricing page and cost calculator (for serverless, 8 Lambda functions count as 1 billable unit). Foundational CSPM free. Defender for AI Services billed per 1,000 tokens. Free for the first 30 days. |
| 7 | SentinelOne Singularity Cloud | 3.96 | 3.8 rank 6= | down 1 | Runtime protection depth (4.5) | Not published. Contact sales. |
| 8 | Sysdig Secure | 3.90 | 3.7 rank 8= | no change | Runtime protection depth (4.8) | Licensing unit published: number of hosts. Prices by quote. |
| 9 | Aqua Security | 3.80 | 3.7 rank 8= | down 1 | Runtime protection depth (4.5) | Not published. Contact sales. |
Compare your top two: Wiz vs Cortex Cloud · Your top three side by side
Scores are an editorial assessment of public vendor material, last reviewed September 2026. Pricing text is as published on vendor pages when reviewed in September 2026.
How should you use the calculator?
Start with our weights and move only the criteria that are clearly different for your team. A Kubernetes-heavy team that needs to block attacks in containers might push runtime to 10; an Azure-first team with a fixed budget might raise pricing transparency. Then read the head-to-head for your top two, because a weighted score averages away the gaps a decision usually turns on.
The sliders change weights, not scores. Every criterion score and the reason behind it is on the comparison matrix, and the rubric is on How to read these comparisons.
Frequently asked questions
How does the calculator work?
It multiplies each vendor's score on each criterion by the weight you set, adds the results and divides by the sum of your weights. The criterion scores are the same editorial scores used everywhere on this site; only the weights change.
Why is there no seat, host or price input?
No vendor in our matrix publishes a per-unit price we could multiply. Microsoft publishes per-resource pricing for Defender for Cloud on its own Azure pricing page and calculator, and Sysdig publishes its licensing unit (hosts) but not prices. The other seven quote through sales, so we show the published pricing text instead of inventing a cost.
Do my weights change the scores on the rest of the site?
No. Every other page uses our published weights: agentless coverage 18%, runtime 16%, risk prioritization 18%, code-to-cloud 14%, AI workload security 12%, ecosystem 12% and pricing transparency 10%. Your weights live only in this page's address, so you can share a link to them.
Why do two vendors share a rank?
When two scores are equal at two decimal places we show a tie rather than a precision the method does not have. The matrix applies the same rule at one decimal place.
Related pages
- Comparison matrixEvery score and reason
- Compare vendors side by sideTwo to five platforms in one table
- How to read these comparisonsCriteria, weights and limitations
- How to run a CNAPP proof of conceptTurn your weights into a test plan