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Palo Alto Prisma

Comprehensive cloud-native security

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★4.3ratingPricing · PaidStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Palo Alto Prisma does

Prisma Cloud is the cloud security platform from Palo Alto Networks, designed to protect applications from code to cloud across multicloud and hybrid environments. It covers code security, infrastructure and posture management, runtime protection, and AI security posture management. Security teams use it to prioritize risks, detect threats, and respond with guided investigations. The site describes it as a CNAPP, a cloud native application protection platform, and adds an AI copilot for querying risk data. The site does not state pricing.

How Palo Alto Prisma compares with its closest alternatives

1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan; Palo Alto Prisma does not. All 5 offer an API, as Palo Alto Prisma does. Palo Alto Prisma offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Palo Alto Prisma was founded in 2015; the alternatives were founded between 2006 and 2022, 1 of them earlier. Palo Alto Prisma is based in San Francisco, United States; 1 of the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States too, and the others in Israel.

Market position · Security

How Palo Alto Prisma compares in Security

Palo Alto Prisma has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Palo Alto Prisma's own market position as contested. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Palo Alto Prisma compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Palo Alto PrismaFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable
Checkmarx SASTFounded 2006 · Ramat Gan, IsraelModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable
Trellix XDRFounded 2022ModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable
Prisma CloudFounded 2018LowContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable
TraceforceHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, API, Self-hostedStable
Wiz SecurityFounded 2020 · New York, United StatesModerateOpenPaid—NoYesWebHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Security.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Palo Alto Prisma exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Automation
Industry Verticals
TechnologyFinanceGovernment
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Questions

Palo Alto Prisma: common questions

Is Palo Alto Prisma free?

No. Palo Alto Prisma is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Palo Alto Prisma?

The closest alternatives to Palo Alto Prisma that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Checkmarx SAST, Trellix XDR, Prisma Cloud, Traceforce, and Wiz Security.

Is Palo Alto Prisma still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Palo Alto Prisma as operating at paloaltonetworks.com.

Where is Palo Alto Prisma based?

Palo Alto Prisma is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Palo Alto Prisma have an API?

Yes. Palo Alto Prisma offers an API.

Who is Palo Alto Prisma for?

Palo Alto Prisma is built for enterprises, security teams, and ciso.

How do I sign in to Palo Alto Prisma?

Sign in on Palo Alto Prisma's own website, paloaltonetworks.com. FalcoScan reviews Palo Alto Prisma but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Palo Alto Prisma directly.

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