Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a unified cloud-native application protection platform for hybrid and multicloud environments.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides cloud security posture management, attack path analysis, and contextual risk prioritization across hybrid and multicloud estates, correlating configuration, workload, and code signals from code to runtime.
Security teams use it to identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and exploitable attack paths, with guided remediation and compliance tracking built into the Azure portal and multi-cloud connectors.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft-Decision-1
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Semantic Kernel
Microsoft Dragon Copilot
Microsoft Teams Phone
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Clipchamp
Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure HDInsight
Microsoft Q&A
Azure Digital Twins
Microsoft Teams Custom Backgrounds
Azure Quantum
Havok Physics
Microsoft Project Bonsai
Microsoft Project AirSim
AirSim
Aqua Security
Aqua Real-Time CSPM
aquasec.com
Trident
Cloud Attack Path Analysis
tridentsecurity.io
SubImage
CSPM, SubImage Cloud Security Platform
subimage.io
Illumio
Illumio Insights
illumio.com
| Attribute | Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Aqua Real-Time CSPM | Cloud Attack Path Analysis | CSPM, SubImage Cloud Security Platform | Illumio Insights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | | | | | | |
| Founded | 1975 | 2015 | 2025 | 2024 | 2013 | |
| Sells To | Enterprises, Small Business | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | |
| Pricing Model | SaaS, Transactional | Usage-based by workloads or repos | B2B Subscription | SaaS | Recurring, Software | |
| Ownership | Public | Private | Private | Venture-backed | Venture-backed |
Provider
Founded 1975
Sells To Enterprises, Small Business
Pricing Model SaaS, Transactional
Ownership Public
Provider
Founded 2015
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Usage-based by workloads or repos
Ownership Private
Provider
Founded 2025
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model B2B Subscription
Ownership Private
Provider
Founded 2024
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model SaaS
Ownership Venture-backed
Provider
Founded 2013
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Recurring, Software
Ownership Venture-backed
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