Prisma Cloud
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026
How does Fluid Attacks' solution compare to Prisma Cloud's?
The following comparison table enables you to discern the performance of both providers across various attributes essential for meeting your company's cybersecurity needs. To better understand each attribute, read their descriptions in the dedicated page.
This comparison focuses exclusively on the product itself, even though it belongs to a larger parent company. All information collected is based on the product’s technical, functional, and theoretical capabilities, not on attributes of the parent company.
Organization
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Prisma Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Native ASPM with in-house scanners | AI-powered PTaaS on top of native ASPM with in-house scanners | Cloud Native Application Product Platform (CNAPP) |
| Extras | None | None | AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM), Cloud Discovery and Exposure Management, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Workload Protection, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and Web Application & API Security |
| Headcount | 157 | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headcount distribution | Engineering 40%, IT 14%, sales 15%, marketing 2%, operations 4% and others 25% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headcount growth | +14%, +15%, -1% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Headquarters | CO and US | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Countries | AR, BO, CA, CL, CO, DO, MX, PA, PE and US | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Reputation | 9.76 from 228 reviews over 8 years on Gartner and Clutch | Same | 7.34 from 232 reviews over 7 years on Capterra, G2, PeerSpot and TrustRadius |
| Followers | 22K based on the following: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Research firms | None | None | 451 Research, Forrester , Frost & Sullivan, Info-Tech Research Group and Omdia |
| Founded | 2001 | Same | 2019 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Acquisitions | None | None | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Revenue | 10M to 15M | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| CVEs as CNA Researcher | 289 CVEs reported to MITRE, ranked in the top 10 CVE labs worldwide | Same | 336 CVEs reported to MITRE by Palo Alto Networks |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 | Same | CSA STAR Level 2, FedRAMP Authorized, IRAP, ISMAP, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27032, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 22301 and StateRAMP Authorized |
| Bug bounty | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visits | 27K per month. Top 3: 34% PE, 33% CO, 6% CL. Others 27% | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Authority | 31 out of 100 | Same | Indeterminable (no information for this product alone) |
| Public vulnerability DB | Discovered and third-party | Same | Palo Alto Networks - Third-party |
| Content | Blog, documentation, e-books, glossary, reports, success stories, videos, webinars and white papers | Same | Analysis report, documentation, guides, reports and webinars |
| Comprehensive documentation | 13 documentation sections, 7 in common and 6 additional | Same | 8 documentation sections, 7 in common and 1 additional |
| Community | Forum | Same | Forum by Palo Alto Networks |
| Sync training | 1 workshop | Same | No |
| Async training | 3 product use courses, all free | Same | Security education platform by Palo Alto Networks (subscription-based) |
| Distribution | Direct or with any of its 14 partners | Same | Direct or with any of its 18 partners |
| Marketplaces | AWS | Same | AWS, Azure, GCP and GitHub |
| Freemium | No | No | No |
| Free trial | 21-day free trial | PoV | 30-days free trial and PoV |
| Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open demo | No | No | No |
| Pricing | Contact sales and marketplace | Contact sales | Contact sales and marketplaces |
| Pricing tiers | 1 plan | 1 plan | 2 plans (Business, enterprise). All transparent |
| Minimum term | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum payment period | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Minimum capabilities | ASPM, binary SAST, DAST, IaC, SAST, SCA and secrets | Same plus: AI SAST, API security testing, PTaaS, RE and SCR | No information available |
| Minimum scope | 1 author | Same | 100 credits |
| Pricing drivers | Authors | Same | Credits |
| Free implementation | Yes | Yes | No information available |
| Free support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Service
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Prisma Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTaaS | No | Yes | No |
| Reverse engineering | No | Yes | No |
| Secure code review | No | Yes | No |
| Pivoting | No | Yes | No |
| Exploitation | No | Yes | No |
| Manual reattacks | Not applicable | Unlimited reattacks | Not applicable |
| Zero-day vulnerabilities | None | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research | Continuous zero-day vulnerability research by Palo Alto Networks |
| SLA | Availability | Accuracy, availability and response | Availability |
| Minimum availability | 99.95% per year | Same | 99.9% per month |
| After-sale guarantees | No | Yes | Yes |
| Accreditations | CNA and Penetration Testing by CREST | Same | AWS Outposts Ready Product, AWS Security Incident Response Ready, Containers ISV Competency, DevOps ISV Competency, Migration and Modernization ISV Competency, Networking ISV Competency, Security ISV Competency and CNA (as Palo Alto Networks) |
| Pentester certifications | Not applicable | 202 from 59 different types | Not applicable |
| Type of contract | Employee | Same | Employee |
| Endpoint control | No | Total | Not applicable |
| Channel control | No | Total | Not applicable |
| Standards | Some requirements from 67 standards, 17 in common and 50 additional | All requirements from the same standards | 40 standards, 17 in common and 23 additional |
| Detection method | Automated tools | AI, Automated tools and human intelligence | Automated tools and AI |
| Remediation | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 | 3, all in common |
| Output | 5, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 2 | 4, 3 in common and 1 additional |
Product
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Prisma Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPM | Yes | Yes | No |
| API | GraphQL with JSON | Same | REST with JSON |
| IDE | 5 functionalities, 3 in common and 2 additional | Same, plus 1 functionality | 3 functionalities, all in common |
| CLI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CI/CD | Breaks the build | Same | Breaks the build |
| Vulnerability sources | 4 sources, 1 in common and 3 additional | Same | No information available |
| Threat model alignment | Yes | Yes | No |
| Priority criteria | CVSS v4.0, CVSSF, EPSS and KEV | Same | CVSS v3.1, EPSS and KEV |
| Custom prioritization | Priority score | Same | No |
| Scanner origin | In-house | In-house | In-house |
| SCA | 19 package managers, 9 in common and 10 additional | Same | 10 package managers, 9 in common and 1 additional |
| AI security | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reachability | 12 languages | Same | No |
| Reachability type | Deterministic | Same | Not applicable |
| SBOM | 22 package managers, 9 in common and 13 additional | Same | 10 package managers, 9 in common and 1 additional |
| Malware detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autofix on components | No | No | No |
| Source SAST (languages) | 12, 4 in common and 8 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Source SAST (frameworks) | 22, 10 in common and 12 additional | Same | No information available |
| Custom rules | No | No | Runtime |
| IaC | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | 4, 2 in common and 2 additional | 6, all in common |
| Binary SAST | 1 type of binary | Same, plus 2 types of binaries | 1 type of binary |
| DAST | 7 attack surface types, 2 in common and 5 additional | Same | No |
| API security testing | No | 4 types of APIs, 3 in common and 1 additional | 3 types of APIs, all in common |
| IAST | No | No | No |
| ASM | No | No | No |
| Secrets | 15 secrets types, 4 in common and 11 additional | Same, plus verify other attack vectors and secrets exploitability | 13 secrets types, 4 in common and 9 additional |
| AI | 4 functions, 2 in common and 2 additional | Same | 3 functions, 2 in common and 1 additional |
| MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes, by Palo alto Networks |
| Open-source | MPL-2 license, totally equivalent to the paid version | Not applicable | No |
| Provisioning as code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Deployment | SaaS (multi-tenant) | Same | SaaS (multi-tenant) + on-premises (single-tenant) |
| Regions | US | Same | AU, CA, CN, EU, FR, ID, IN, JP, SG, UK and US |
| Status | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents | 3 per year | Same | 27.9 per year |
Integrations
| Attribute | Essential | Advanced | Prisma Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM | 6, 4 in common and 2 additional | Same | 4, all in common |
| Binary repositories | None | None | None |
| Ticketing | 3, 1 in common and 2 additional | Same | 1 in common |
| ChatOps | None | None | 2 |
| IDE | 3, 2 in common and 1 additional | Same | 15, 2 in common and 14 additional |
| CI/CD | 21, 6 in common and 15 additional | Same | 6, all in common |
| SCA | Native | Same | Native and 1 integration |
| SAST | Native | Same | Native |
| DAST | Native | Same | None |
| IAST | None | None | None |
| Secrets | Native | Same | Native |
| Remediation | None | None | Native and 1 integration |
| Bug bounty | None | None | None |
| Vulnerability management | None | None | Native |
| Compliance | None | None | None |
The latest update to this comparison was on Mar 17, 2026. The primary sources of information were paloaltonetworks.com and docs.prismacloud.io, which were supplemented by specialized information-gathering sites, social media, and other sources.
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