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Wiz

Cloud security platform finding critical risks across your stack

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★4.7rating234 viewsPricing · PaidHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelWiz · Security
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.7
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Wiz does

Wiz scans your entire cloud environment and correlates risks across layers to surface only the critical issues that matter. 40% of Fortune 100 use it.

How Wiz compares with its closest alternatives

2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Wiz does not. All 5 offer an API, as Wiz does. Wiz offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Wiz was founded in 2020; the alternatives were founded between 2013 and 2019, 5 of them earlier. Wiz is based in New York, United States; 2 of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too, and the others in Israel.

Market position · Security

How Wiz compares in Security

Wiz 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 Wiz'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.

Wiz compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
WizFounded 2020 · New York, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebHot
Orca SecurityFounded 2019 · Tel Aviv, IsraelModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebHot
Prisma CloudFounded 2018LowContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable
LaceworkFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebRising
MondooFounded 2019 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopHot
BuildkiteFounded 2013ModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopRising

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 Wiz exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Risk ScoringAnomaly DetectionCompliance Checking
Industry Verticals
EnterpriseTechnology
Tagged

Wiz shows up when builders search for these

cloud-securityvulnerabilitycontainersenterprise
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Questions

Wiz: common questions

Is Wiz free?

No. Wiz is a paid product.

What are the best alternatives to Wiz?

The closest alternatives to Wiz that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Orca Security, Prisma Cloud, Lacework, Mondoo, and Buildkite.

Is Wiz still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Wiz as operating at wiz.io.

Where is Wiz based?

Wiz is headquartered in New York, United States.

Does Wiz have an API?

Yes. Wiz offers an API.

Who is Wiz for?

Wiz is built for security teams, cto, and devops.

How do I sign in to Wiz?

Sign in on Wiz's own website, wiz.io. FalcoScan reviews Wiz but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Wiz directly.

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