Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks vs XM Cyber comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and XM Cyber compete in the cloud security space. XM Cyber gains an upper hand due to its advanced cyber risk management capabilities, providing a justifiable edge over Prisma Cloud.

Features: Prisma Cloud ensures comprehensive cloud-native security through extensive visibility and control over configurations and workloads. It supports multi-cloud environments with a single tool, enhancing monitoring capabilities. XM Cyber excels in attack simulation and risk management, allowing organizations to proactively identify and rectify vulnerabilities. Its unique capability to simulate attacks provides an innovative edge in predicting potential threat paths.

Room for Improvement: Prisma Cloud could benefit from more seamless DevOps integration, improving automated reporting and alert precision. Exploring enhanced user interface simplicity could further aid in quicker decision-making. XM Cyber might improve documentation and user onboarding processes to facilitate broader, easier adoption. Expanding its integration capabilities with additional third-party tools could enhance its threat landscape visibility further.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Prisma Cloud offers seamless cloud platform integrations with robust support channels, promoting extensive user support. Its setup benefits from a comprehensive understanding of existing workloads. XM Cyber provides an intuitive deployment process with a focus on simplicity and rapid setup, supported by excellent customer service. Its responsive support structure ensures faster user acclimatization and quicker realization of benefits from the deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Prisma Cloud has a higher upfront cost but offers deep security capabilities that yield significant returns. Its extensive range of features is targeted at enterprises requiring robust, multifaceted cloud security. XM Cyber offers competitive pricing with cost-effectiveness, particularly valuable in reducing long-term security expenses through its risk management focus. It provides an impactful ROI for organizations prioritizing cost management and enhanced threat response capabilities.

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Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks vs. XM Cyber

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

7.0

Prisma Cloud enhances security, saves time, improves compliance, and reduces costs, although exact financial benefits are hard to quantify.

Sentiment score

6.0

XM Cyber improves efficiency, cutting vulnerability management labor, saving money, and enhancing risk management with superior risk tracking capabilities.

It eliminates the need for additional hardware, making it a financially and technically sound investment.

Altug Yildirim

Partner at Quasys

Reputation and data security are the two most important things to a financial institution.

Pushpak S Laddha

Works at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

We may have prevented a security breach with remediation of the findings.

Mindaugas Dailidonis

Security Solutions Architect - Cloud Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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There was a specific issue that our other security tooling did not pick up, but XM Cyber did.

Group CISO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

It's reduced the timescale to remediate vulnerabilities that are identified as representing a high risk.

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Chief Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.0

Prisma Cloud's customer service is praised for expertise but criticized for inconsistent response times and regional support variations.

Sentiment score

6.2

XM Cyber's customer service is highly rated for responsiveness and effectiveness, with some minor improvement suggested by a user.

They can respond with technical documentation or pass on the case to the next level because it requires the development of a new feature or changing a feature due to a bug.

Breider Alexander Santacruz

Technical Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Anywhere we raise a tech case, they revert back within an hour.

Mohammed Talib Khan

Cloud Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

I would rate them a nine out of ten because whenever there are issues, they are able to resolve them within the timelines and SLAs.

reviewer2492670

Senior IT infrastructure consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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The customer support is fantastic; it's probably some of the best we've received across all our security vendors.

Group CISO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

Customer support for XM Cyber is good, responsive, and it follows up on issues.

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Chief Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Prisma Cloud offers scalable solutions, efficiently managing deployments, despite occasional operational complexities and licensing influences on scalability perception.

Sentiment score

7.3

XM Cyber provides scalable, reliable solutions with easy licensing and deployment, receiving high ratings and responsive partner support.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Akshay Karoo

Technology Specialist - Cloud Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We haven't had any issues scaling the solution.

Sairaj Rsanil

Senior Cloud Security Engineer at impelsys

There aren't any limits to Prisma Cloud's scalability.

Mohammad Qaw

Senior Security Consultant at helpag

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Its scalability is great; it's easy to deploy and fully scalable.

Jerome Monot

IT Security manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We have not experienced any issues with scalability or reached its limits.

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Group CISO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.0

Prisma Cloud is praised for high stability, though minor disruptions and data retrieval challenges occur in complex environments.

Sentiment score

8.0

XM Cyber is highly stable, quickly addressing minor issues, ensuring reliable and consistent performance in complex environments.

I would rate it a ten out of ten for stability.

reviewer2559921

Cloud Security Engineer (Team lead) at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Most of the time, when the client requires data, it is not available.

Akshay Karoo

Technology Specialist - Cloud Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The cloud environment is dynamic, so the tool must be dynamic.

VISHWJEET GAIKWAD

Cloud Security Delivery Associate Manager at Accenture

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We have quite a complex and large IT estate, and we've certainly experienced no limitations or problems arising from the ability of XM Cyber's product to scale across that estate.

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Chief Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Room For Improvement

Prisma Cloud requires enhanced documentation, user interface, automation, integration features, pricing, support, updates, and improved access and monitoring.

XM Cyber should enhance mobile access, AI integration, support, visualization, tool compatibility, vulnerability detection, pricing, and advanced analytics.

Prisma Cloud is an excellent tool.

reviewer2540838

Technical Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We could have deployed the runtime monitoring with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, but within our organization at our company, it was very difficult to find who would be the owner for the alerts.

reviewer2776578

Cyber Security Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Even though documentation was available, it took a while for a new person to understand what integration meant, what will be achieved after the integration, or how the integration needed to be done on the Azure or AWS side.

HemantMahajan

Technical Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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We push the boundaries with digital twins; I understand XM Cyber uses a similar concept of graph databases to map environments.

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Group CISO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

They could improve support because when we need to create a super case and escalate to resolve with technical support, they resolve our ticket in approximately two weeks.

Amelia Torres Medrano

Chief Information Security Officer at Prezero

The part that can be improved is the mobile exposure and the IBM i specific equipment.

Jerome Monot

IT Security manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Setup Cost

Prisma Cloud offers comprehensive features and robust security but presents challenges with its complex and potentially expensive licensing model.

The cost was not on the higher side.

HemantMahajan

Technical Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you are using a single tool like Prisma Cloud, with a single license, you can monitor all environments, such as Google Cloud, Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud.

VISHWJEET GAIKWAD

Cloud Security Delivery Associate Manager at Accenture

It is an expensive tool.

AndrewAndrew

CTO at Cyberlinx

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We have a large, complicated estate, and in the licensing discussions, we were keen not to have the cost balloon because of the complication, the number of PCs and servers that we have.

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Chief Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Valuable Features

Prisma Cloud enhances multi-cloud security with automated forensics, compliance monitoring, and integration in CI/CD pipelines for threat prevention.

XM Cyber enhances security by simulating attacks, assessing risks, identifying vulnerabilities, and optimizing asset protection with metrics and cost savings.

It provides a single pane of glass.

Krishnakumar M

enterprise architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

If I want to check how many of my S3s have encryption, I can write a Lambda function in Prisma Cloud and get that report.

reviewer2492670

Senior IT infrastructure consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Overall, the most valuable features for us in Prisma Cloud are those that provide visibility, ensure compliance with regulations, and help us align our on-premises servers and cloud environments with mandated security standards.

Suranjit Paul

Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Our loss exposure amount has reduced significantly, leading to two big wins: our loss exposure amount has gone down, and we have direct savings from focusing our team's time on what's important, allowing them to work on other business benefits and generate value for the company.

Group CISO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

By far, the best feature of XM Cyber is being able to map out the way vulnerabilities can be exploited based on what they call the choke points in the network where the path that a bad actor would take comes closest to assets within our environment that are most vulnerable but also most valuable.

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Chief Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

XM Cyber allows us to quantify the risk, and we are able to track remediation, so we can quantify the risk at an executive level and also to a technical IT team.

Jerome Monot

IT Security manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Categories and Ranking

Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto N...

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

113

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (9th), Container Security (2nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (2nd)

XM Cyber

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

19th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Continuous Controls Monitoring (2nd), Vulnerability Management (27th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is 9.6%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of XM Cyber is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks	9.6%
XM Cyber	1.1%
Other	89.3%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

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reviewer2776578

Cyber Security Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Image scanning has supported consistent security practices during cloud deployment

On a scale of ten, we would say people are happy with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks for the part we use. People are okay with it. We probably would give an eight. We don't give ten because if we don't use the other parts of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, it's because it was difficult to implement from an operational point of view. We could have deployed the runtime monitoring with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, but within our organization at our company, it was very difficult to find who would be the owner for the alerts. People have other tools and in the end, we don't use the full capabilities of a product that we pay for. It's partially related to the difficulty to integrate Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks runtime in our company's support process. We don't use the real-time monitoring part of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. We don't know about the automated remediation feature of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks.

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Has significantly improved risk visibility and optimized remediation efforts across dynamic environments

Group CISO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

We tightly integrate with APIs, consuming feeds and open source data. We have integrated with XM Cyber, and we are elevating ourselves with AI and MCP tools as we view this as a forerunner to reducing the workload for our agents and IT staff. We're pushing all our security partners to provide AI and MCP tools. Our vision is for them to offer a chat interface where a junior IT or an experienced infrastructure engineer can ask for what needs to be patched next without using an interface. Their current interface is very usable and professional, ranking in the top tier of applications. Their reporting is good, offering custom reports, and their API integration is a new capability that serves us well. We have high expectations for the next generation, such as a chat interface to ask questions. However, everything has been very good. We push the boundaries with digital twins; I understand XM Cyber uses a similar concept of graph databases to map environments. I would like access to that and querying languages, enabling more informed business decisions. XM Cyber sees much of our estate, which is beneficial for making informed decisions, and we can harness those insights and data for business analytics. For instance, it could help us gain insights into change management—if a particular server impacts another and that server is supported by yet another server, we could glean significant insights for change management meetings.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	56

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Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks?

Prisma Cloud helps support DevSecOps methodologies, making those responsibilities easier to manage.

What Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform do you recommend?

We like Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, since it offers us incredible visibility into our entire cloud system. We are able to easily see where our container vulnerabilities lie and and where cl...

What do you think of Aqua Security vs Prisma Cloud?

Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valuable feature and their speed of integration is very good. The initial setup was ...

What do you like most about XM Cyber?

The platform's most valuable feature is attack simulation.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for XM Cyber?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that we have a large, complicated estate, and in the licensing discussions, we were keen not to have the cost balloon because of the compli...

What needs improvement with XM Cyber?

The roadmap is a disadvantage because this kind of technology should incorporate AI. At the moment, we don't have any modules with AI. They could improve support because when we need to create a su...

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Also Known As

Prisma Public Cloud, RedLock Cloud 360, RedLock, Twistlock, Aporeto

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Overview

Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks provides comprehensive cloud-native security solutions. It covers dynamic workload identity, automated forensics, and multi-cloud protection, ensuring robust security across diverse cloud platforms.

Prisma Cloud delivers advanced capabilities for managing cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms. It offers dynamic workload identity creation, real-time monitoring, and seamless integration into CI/CD pipelines. With automation, centralized dashboards, and enhanced visibility, users effectively manage security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. While optimizing cloud environments through runtime protection and compliance, Prisma Cloud faces challenges with its navigation, pricing, and limited automation capabilities. Users seek improvements in API security, role-based access controls, and documentation quality, emphasizing the need for enhanced customization and reporting features.

What are the important features of Prisma Cloud?

Dynamic Workload Identity: Enables unique workload identities for security purposes.
Automated Forensics: Offers detailed insights into threats and incidents automatically.
Runtime Protection: Provides ongoing detection and blocking of suspicious activities.
Multi-Cloud Security: Protects environments on AWS, Azure, and GCP simultaneously.
Compliance Management: Assists in meeting regulatory standards across cloud platforms.

What benefits or ROI should users consider in reviews?

Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthens cloud defense lines with proactive monitoring.
Centralized Dashboard: Offers unified oversight of multiple cloud environments.
Efficient Misconfiguration Handling: Quickly identifies and addresses security lapses.
Seamless CI/CD Integration: Integrates security within development workflows.
Improved Visibility: Provides transparent insights into security operations and alerts.

Industries like finance and telecom rely on Prisma Cloud for managing cloud security posture and container security. Teams utilize its capabilities across hybrid and multi-cloud settings to ensure compliance and robust threat protection. Features like misconfiguration detection and runtime monitoring are critical in promoting security objectives in these sectors.

Palo Alto Networks

XM Cyber is a leading hybrid cloud security company that’s changing the way innovative organizations approach cyber risk. Our attack path management platform continuously uncovers hidden attack paths to your critical assets across cloud and on-prem environments, so you can cut them off at key junctures and eradicate risk with a fraction of the effort. This overcomes the big disconnect that security teams experience when they’re presented with endless alerts, yet can’t see which exposures impact risk the most, how they come together to be exploited by an attacker, or how to efficiently eliminate them. This approach is a complete game-changer, which is why some of the world’s largest, most complex organizations choose XM Cyber to help eradicate risk. Founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community, XM Cyber has offices in North America, Europe, and Israel.

Sample Customers

Amgen, Genpact, Western Asset, Zipongo, Proofpoint, NerdWallet, Axfood, 21st Century Fox, Veeva Systems, Reinsurance Group of America

Hamburg Port Authority, Plymouth Rock Corporation