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Amazon Inspector vs Wiz comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.5
Amazon Inspector offers reliable customer service, with varying response times based on subscription tier, ensuring user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
5.5
Wiz support is highly rated for responsiveness, knowledgeable staff, and effective communication, despite initial contact and resolution time challenges.
I have not needed to use AWS support for Inspector, which indicates that the service is almost perfect.
We can always reach our account representative when we have a problem or need to speak with technical staff to clarify things.
It is some of the best post-sales support ever received.
They recently changed to Zendesk, which has been so much better.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.6
Amazon Inspector needs better integration, expanded vulnerability coverage, real-time protection, automation, and improved guidance for comprehensive security.
Sentiment score
4.8
Wiz needs enhanced remediation, logging, executive reporting, customizable dashboards, integration, cost efficiency, and improved network visibility.
Automation for scheduling 'turn on' and 'turn off' operations and better integration with CloudWatch for alarms could enhance the service's functionality.
We would like to see preventive controls that can be applied through Wiz to protect against vulnerabilities that we're not going to be able to remediate immediately.
Wiz is the first vendor I've worked with that has turnaround feature requests in less than a month.
We are trying to figure out how to increase the frequency of the scans, as some universities do not wait a day before they know if something is exposed.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Amazon Inspector offers scalable vulnerability monitoring with ECR integration, popular among security teams but sometimes limited for developers.
Sentiment score
8.3
Wiz is praised for its scalable SaaS capabilities, adapting automatically to various demands, with minor cost management challenges.
Scalability is not an issue with Amazon Inspector as it is scalable to the maximum, covering any business scale effectively.
This solution is very scalable; if I add resources to new accounts, they are automatically monitored.
We have deployed Wiz in three organizations on AWS, each with approximately 70 to 80 accounts, totaling more than 120 accounts.
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Amazon Inspector offers a cost-effective, tiered pricing model with transparent, low-cost scans suitable for diverse organizational needs.
No sentiment score available
Wiz's pricing evolves with feature-based tiers, offering value in security but raises concerns about cost and transparency.
The pricing for Amazon Inspector is very fair, and I would rate it as two out of ten, with ten being the most expensive.
Early adopters got an excellent deal, but it became pricey when they became the market leader.
There is room for improvement on our pricing models, so it would be nice if Wiz could share the price beforehand rather than onboarding and then having pricing based on utilization.
We got results with Wiz immediately; we installed it and met our goal during the four-week trial.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.5
Amazon Inspector is highly stable and reliable, receiving excellent user support and impacting business security positively.
Sentiment score
6.5
Wiz is mostly stable, with resolved issues and high user satisfaction, despite minor login and alert discrepancies during implementation.
Amazon Inspector is highly stable, rated ten out of ten, and this stability impacts business security and administration positively.
We have not encountered any issues with Wiz since I have been here, and it remained stable with no downtime or changes required.
We've only had downtime from maintenance and updates, and they notify us in advance, so we aren't impacted.
Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight to nine out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Amazon Inspector offers automated vulnerability detection, categorization, and Security Hub integration for enhanced AWS security assessment across resources.
Sentiment score
8.7
Wiz offers risk prioritization, contextual visibility, and agentless scanning to enhance vulnerability management, efficiency, and remediation strategies.
The most valuable feature of Amazon Inspector is the categorization of findings, which filters vulnerabilities by instance, container image, container repository, and Lambda function.
After implementing it, we're able to get all of the analytics into a single platform that gives us visibility across all the systems in our cloud.
It was easy to deploy and covered all our accounts through APIs, requiring no agents.
Leveraging this technology saves us not only precious engineering time but also money developing and investing in other overlapping solutions.
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Inspector
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
24th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
IT Vendor Risk Management (9th)
Wiz
Ranking in Vulnerability Management
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (2nd), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (2nd), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (1st), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (2nd), Compliance Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Inspector is 2.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wiz is 10.4%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vulnerability Management
 

Featured Reviews

Nikhil Sehgal - PeerSpot reviewer
Primarily focuses on security of EC2 instances, provides point-in-time assessments rather than real time protection but provides automated vulnerability detection
It has a limited scope. So, AWS Inspector primarily focuses on the security of the EC2 instance. So, if your architecture includes other AWS services, then you may need to use additional tools for your comprehensive security assessment. So that is one con. Another is, like, we have a dependency on agents. So other is dependency on agents, like, Inspector relies on agents installed on instances for deeper assessment. So managing these agents can be additional overhead. So these kinds of things. It does not even provide real-time protection. So, Inspector provides point-in-time assessment rather than continuous monitoring. So these are all cons. When it comes to false positives, it is there for most security tools as of now. I would not consider false positives a major concern. So, these are the major concerns that I found: dependency on agents, limited scope, and no real-time protection.
Wellington Franham - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced security profiling and predictive analysis in diverse industries
We are a partner and develop Wiz opportunities here in Brazil and Latin America. We already have some customers using Wiz as a DSPM platform. We use it in various industries, like retail, where it is used for security profiling and predictive analysis to identify risks. There is also a global…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Inspector?
The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Inspector?
The pricing is very transparent and clear, so I don't have any challenges with it. It's good.
What needs improvement with Amazon Inspector?
There is room for improvement in the scanning capabilities. I'd like to see broader coverage in terms of the vulnerabilities detected. Right now, it's not as comprehensive as some of the third-part...
What do you like most about Wiz?
With Wiz, we get timely alerts for leaked data or any vulnerabilities already existing in our environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wiz?
The cost depends on workload, features, and modules, and it is not inexpensive. Other technologies, like Orca, a competitor, are also expensive.
What needs improvement with Wiz?
The tool keeps improving on a weekly basis. Wiz enters into a lot of partnerships with other technologies. I don't have any idea about the improvements needed in the tool at the moment. For me, Wiz...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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