We performed a comparison between Aqua Security Platform and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Aqua Security Platform outperforms Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. Users appreciate Aqua Security's malware detection and container security. The platform is praised for being user-friendly, stable, and capable of on-demand patching. Users found Aqua Security's sandboxing service helpful for identifying security risks. Although Prisma Cloud offers comprehensive visibility and management capabilities, Aqua Security's emphasis on container scanning, drift prevention, and strong runtime security make it our users preferred tool for securing applications and infrastructure.
"The most valuable feature is the ability to gain deep visibility into the workloads inside containers."
"The UI is responsive and user-friendly."
"It is very straightforward. It is not complicated. For the information that it provides, it does a pretty good job."
"We liked the search bar in PingSafe. It is a global search. We were able to get some insights from there."
"PingSafe released a new security graph tool that helps us identify the root issue. Other tools give you a pass/fail type of profile on all misconfigurations, and those will run into the thousands. PingSafe's graphing algorithm connects various components together and tries to identify what is severe and what is not. It can correlate various vulnerabilities and datasets to test them on the back end to pinpoint the real issue."
"It is advantageous in terms of time-saving and cost reduction."
"It's positively affected the communication between cloud security, application developers, and AppSec teams."
"With PingSafe, it's easy to onboard new accounts."
"Support is very helpful."
"Valuable features include the ability to connect it to our Docker Hub where our images are stored, good integration with Slack, and the connection to the CV, to easily see which CVs are on each image."
"Customers find it invaluable to have the ability to check for vulnerabilities in an image before deployment, similar to a sandbox environment."
"The most valuable feature of Aqua Security is the scanner."
"The solution was very user-friendly."
"The most helpful feature of Aqua Security is Drift Prevention, which is a feature that allows images to be immutable. In addition, one of the main reasons we went with Aqua Security is because it provides strong protection when it comes to runtime security."
"The DTA, which stands for Dynamic Threat Analysis, allows me to analyze Docker images in a sandbox environment before deployment, helping me anticipate risks."
"Their sandboxing service is also really good."
"It provides insights into potential vulnerabilities in our code, helping us identify and rectify issues before they can be exploited."
"Prisma Cloud helped us with compliance. Most of my deployments have been greenfield, so I don't have a benchmark to compare how the security posture has improved. I've always used this from day zero of the configuration. However, I can say that the compliance checks for PCI, DSS, HIPAA, etc., made my life simpler. I don't need to look at each of these standards and compare the rules I have in place."
"Prisma Cloud's inventory reporting is pretty good."
"It is a good solution. Each team should utilize it. Every good organization is now moving towards or trying to be provider agnostic, so if you are using multiple providers, you should at least give Prisma Cloud a try."
"I would say Twistlock is a fairly sophisticated tool."
"The most valuable feature of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is the CSPM, which we use the most. Additionally, the investigation and alerts are useful, and the creation of queries."
"The CSPM and CWPP functionalities are pretty good."
"CSPM is the most valuable feature for any organization that runs its workloads in the cloud."
"When we get a new finding from PingSafe, I wish we could get an alert in the console, so we can work on it before we see it in the report. It would be very useful for the team that is actively working on the PingSafe platform, so we can close the issue the same day before it appears in the daily report."
"Scanning capabilities should be added for the dark web."
"PingSafe is an excellent CSPM tool, but the CWPP features need to improve, and there is a scope for more application security posture management features. There aren't many ASPM solutions on the market, and existing ones are costly. I would like to see PingSafe develop into a single pane of glass for ASPM, CSPM, and CWPP. Another feature I'd like to see is runtime protection."
"There's room for improvement in the graphic explorer."
"The cost has the potential for improvement."
"The categorization of the results from the vulnerability assessment could be improved."
"Currently, we would have to export our vulnerability report to an .xlsx file, and review it in an Excel spreadsheet, and then we sort of compile a list from there. It would be cool if there was a way to actually toggle multiple applications for review and then see those file paths on multiple users rather than only one user at a time or only one application at a time."
"There should be more documentation about the product."
"Since we are working from home, we would like to have the proper training for Aqua."
"The solution could improve user-friendliness."
"We would like to see an improvement in the overview visibility that this solution offers."
"Sometimes I got stressed with the UI."
"Aqua Security could provide more open documentation so that their learning resources can be more easily accessed and searched through online. Right now, a lot of the documentation is closed and not available to the public."
"They want to release improvements to their product to work with other servers because now there are more focused on the Kubernetes environment. They need to improve the normal servers. I would like to have more options."
"It's a bit hard to use the user roles. That was a bit confusing."
"The integrations on CICD could be improved. If Aqua had more plugins or container images to integrate and automate more easily on CICD, it would be better."
"In terms of improvement, there are some small things like hardening and making sure the Linux resources are deployed well but that's more at an operational level."
"They should improve the user experience."
"The deployment and onboarding are plug-and-play, but somewhat hard to handle in terms of integration with external operations tools. The product design isn't up to the current standard. I would recommend having higher standards in terms of integration with other tools, especially operationalized tools."
"We are encountering issues with the new permissions required for AWS integration with Prisma."
"The alignment of Twistlock Defender agents with image repositories needs improvement. These deployed agents have no way of differentiating between on-premise and cloud-based image repositories. If I deploy a Defender agent to secure an on-premise Kubernetes cluster, that agent also tries to scan my ECR image repositories on AWS. So, we have limited options for aligning those Defenders with the repositories that we want them to scan. It is scanning everything rather than giving us the ability to be real granular in choosing which agents can scan which repositories."
"Some of the usability within the Compute functionality needs improvement. I think when Palo Alto added on the Twistlock functionality, they added a Compute tab on the left side of the navigation. Some of the navigation is just a little dense. There is a lot of navigation where there is a tab and dropdowns. So, just improving some of the navigation where there is just a very dense amount of buttons and drop-down menus, that is probably the only thing, which comes from having a lot of features. Because there are a lot of buttons, just navigating around the platform can be a little challenging for new users."
"Prisma Cloud supports generating CSV files, but I would also like it to generate PDF files for reporting."
"Prisma Cloud lags behind in terms of security automation capabilities."
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Aqua Cloud Security Platform is ranked 7th in Container Security with 16 reviews while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 1st in Container Security with 82 reviews. Aqua Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.0, while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aqua Cloud Security Platform writes "Reliable with good container scanning and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks writes "The dashboard is very user-friendly and can be used to generate custom RQL based on user requirements". Aqua Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Wiz, Snyk, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, SUSE NeuVector and Sysdig Secure, whereas Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, AWS Security Hub, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security and AWS GuardDuty. See our Aqua Cloud Security Platform vs. Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks report.
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