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Wiz

CNAPP market leader on agentless scanning depth and time-to-value.

By Wiz, Inc. · Founded 2020 · New York, NY · private

Wiz is the CNAPP market leader, founded 2020 by ex-Microsoft Cloud Security Group executives (Assaf Rappaport and team, formerly of Adallom). The product's strengths: agentless graph-based scanning that maps cloud resources, identities, vulnerabilities, and exposures into a single attack graph (the "Wiz Security Graph"), fastest time-to-value in the category (most customers report meaningful findings within 24-48 hours of connection), and the broadest CNAPP coverage (CSPM + CWPP + CIEM + KSPM + DSPM in one platform). Best fit for 500-50,000+ employee enterprises running multi-cloud workloads. The company crossed $1B ARR in 2024, fastest in software history, and famously declined a $32B all-cash acquisition offer from Google in August 2024 to remain independent and pursue an IPO path. Trade-offs: pricing has escalated meaningfully and is opaque, runtime detection is newer than agent-based competitors (Sysdig, CrowdStrike), and the agentless architecture means some real-time response actions are weaker than agent-based platforms.

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Best for

Mid-market to large enterprises (500-50,000+ employees) running multi-cloud (AWS + Azure + GCP) workloads, prioritizing agentless rollout speed and broadest CNAPP coverage in a single platform.

Worst for

Microsoft Azure-only shops (Defender for Cloud bundled cheaper), CrowdStrike-anchored enterprises (Falcon Cloud Security tighter integration), buyers requiring on-prem coverage, or budget-constrained SMBs (Defender for Cloud or open-source alternatives cheaper).

Vendor Trust Score

Is Wiz a trustworthy vendor?

7.8/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
5.0
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
7.0
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
8.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
8.5
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
9.0
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
8.5
Trust signal log
  • 2024-07-15
    Crossed $1B ARR, fastest in software history; growth narrative cemented
  • 2024-07-22
    Google offered $23B all-cash acquisition; reports later corrected to ~$32B post-negotiation
  • 2024-08-13
    Wiz declined Google deal; CEO Assaf Rappaport committed to IPO path and independence
  • 2025-02-22
    Series E raised at $12B valuation; war-chest secured for IPO and acquisitions
  • 2025-09-15
    Pricing increases reported at 10-20% for renewing customers; workload-unit definition shifts flagged
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 740 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Agentless graph-based scanning (Security Graph)
    87% →
  • Fastest time-to-value in category
    78% →
  • Broadest CNAPP coverage in one platform
    71% →

Complaint patterns

  • Pricing escalated meaningfully and opaque
    64% ↑
  • Runtime detection newer than Sysdig/CrowdStrike
    41% →
  • Per-module pricing creates surprise costs
    38% ↑
Sentiment trend (6 months)
87/100 +1 pts
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Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

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Company size Median annual
500-2,500 employees $96,000
2,500-10,000 employees $360,000
10,000+ employees $1,200,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Agentless graph-based scanning (Wiz Security Graph)
  • Fastest time-to-value in CNAPP category (24-48 hours)
  • Broadest CNAPP coverage (CSPM + CWPP + CIEM + KSPM + DSPM)
  • Made for 500-50,000+ employee multi-cloud enterprises
  • Crossed $1B ARR in 2024, fastest in software history
  • Independent path post-Google deal collapse

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Pricing escalated meaningfully and opaque
  • Runtime detection newer than Sysdig / CrowdStrike
  • Agentless architecture limits some real-time response actions
  • Per-module pricing creates surprise costs for full CNAPP
  • Customer success quality variable as company scaled rapidly
  • Limited on-prem / hybrid coverage (cloud-only architecture)

Key features & integrations

  • +Wiz Security Graph (agentless attack-path analysis)
  • +Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
  • +Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP)
  • +Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)
  • +Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM)
  • +Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
  • +Wiz Defend (runtime sensor; newer)
  • +Wiz Code (ASPM; shift-left)
200+ integrations
AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesServiceNowJira
Geography supported
Global; strongest in US, EU, UK, Israel, AU
Best fit
500–500,000+ employees · Mid-market to large multi-cloud enterprises
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Wiz ranks #1 in our editorial review of 10 cloud security posture management (cspm) platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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Closest alternatives in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

#2
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
CNAPP for Palo Alto network security stack consolidation.
★ 4.4 opaque
#3
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
De facto default for Azure-anchored organizations.
★ 4.4 public
#4
Lacework
Polygraph data graph; post-Fortinet integration risk material.
★ 4.3 opaque
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