Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud comparison

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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As of November 2024, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Cloud is 9.3%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Andrew W

VP - Information Technology at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Aug 29, 2024

Tells us about vulnerabilities as well as their impact and helps to focus on real issues

Looking at all the different pieces, it has got everything we need. Some of the pieces we do not even use. For example, we do not have Kubernetes Security. We are not running any K8 clusters, so it is good for us. Overall, we find the solution to be fantastic. There can be additional education components. This may not be truly fair to them because of what the product is going for, but it would be great to see additional education for compliance. It is not a criticism of the tool per se, but anything to help non-development resources understand some of the complexities of the cloud is always appreciated. Any additional educational resources are always helpful for security teams, especially those without a development background.

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Luis_Navarrete

Cloud Engineer at Globant

Feb 4, 2023

Decreases administrative burdens and costs, has good diagnostic tools, and is easy to deploy

The solution's logs have room for improvement. I believe that consolidating the logs would help to improve the recall of information from them. With so many logs and such a large amount of data, it would be much easier to obtain relevant information if the logs were merged into a single log. I would like to have an easier migration from on-prem to the cloud Azure Kubernetes Service. I can complete the task quickly, but I'm not sure many others can accomplish it at the same time or with the same amount of effort, since it may be a bit challenging, to begin with, if we don't have a full understanding of the concepts. Therefore, it would be beneficial if the service provides a resource to make the integration process simpler. I believe Azure provides a great service, and I'm working with the solution on a daily basis. However, Azure Kubernetes Service can be improved to make it easier to manage. The user interface can be a bit overwhelming, especially for those who are unfamiliar with the concepts. I suggest having a wizard that simplifies integration and creation of a new Kubernetes in the cloud.

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Anurag Awasthi

Senior Consultant at HCL

Oct 26, 2022

Offers excellent firewall management and visibility into threats in a stable, integrated security suite

The solution's robust security posture is the most valuable feature. We have a lot of firewalls, and we can manage them in the solution through the firewall manager. We can set up an Azure firewall and centralize the management policy. The solution provides excellent visibility into threats, and it's a cloud-based integrated solution, so we don't have to worry about any third-party products or services. Microsoft provides so many options, and that's great. Defender for Cloud generates reports we can use as an assessment, as it allows us to see the services in our environment and our points of highest risk. The solution's threat intelligence helps us prepare for threats before they hit and take proactive steps, which is very useful for analysis.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All the features we use are equal and get the job done."

"The solution is a good alerting tool."

"PingSafe stands out for its user-friendly interface and intuitive software, making it easy to navigate and use."

"PingSafe has a dashboard that can detect the criticality of a particular problem, whether it falls under critical, medium, or low vulnerability."

"Singularity Cloud's ability to create custom correlation searches and reduce noise is highly valuable."

"The visibility PingSafe provides into the Cloud environment is a valuable feature."

"We're monitoring several cloud accounts with Singularity. It is convenient to identify issues or security failures in any account. It's nice to have all the details we need to solve these issues."

"Support has been very helpful and provides regular feedback and help whenever needed. They've been very useful."

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"The solution's technical support is excellent."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the diagnostic service."

"It is easy to maintain the solution."

"The platform's high scalability is one of its biggest advantages."

"It is easy to deploy."

"The solution is a managed Kubernetes, so much of the maintenance in the control plane is handled automatically by the cloud service provider."

"The Front Door and Service Bus are the most vital features"

"Compliance is easy right out-of-the-box with integration to Azure Security, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Policies."

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"Defender lets you orchestrate the roll-out from a single pane. Using the Azure portal, you can roll it out over all the servers covered by the entire subscription."

"Microsoft Defender has a lot of features including regulatory compliance and attaching workbooks but the most valuable is the recommendations it provides for each and every resource when we open Microsoft Defender."

"The valuable features include the ability to manage devices and the fact that Defender can replace other security tools like SCCM."

"The solution is used for risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance."

"The solution is up-to-date with the latest updates and identified threats."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the remote workforce capabilities and the general experience of the remote workforce."

"The entire Defender Suite is tightly coupled, integrated, and collaborative."

"It helps you to identify the gaps in your solution and remediate them. It produces a compliance checklist against known standards such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, iTrust, etc."

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Cons

"One area for improvement could be the internal analysis process, specifically the guidance provided for remediation."

"The could improve their mean time to detect."

"A vulnerability alert would appear, and we'd fix it, but then the same alert would return the next day."

"PingSafe can improve by eliminating 100 percent of the false positives."

"The documentation that I use for the initial setup can be more detailed or written in a more user-friendly language to avoid troubles."

"I would like PingSafe's detections to be openly available online instead of only accessible through their portal. Other tools have detections that are openly available without going through the tool."

"It would be really helpful if the solution improves its agent deployment process."

"I would like PingSafe to add real-time detection of vulnerabilities and cloud misconfigurations."

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"I would like to see the stability get more synchronized."

"The solution's logs have room for improvement."

"The product’s cost could be reduced."

"The solution's cost could be cheaper."

"AKS has the potential to enhance pricing by enabling us to explore ways to increase cost transparency. However, it's important to note that this refers to computation costs rather than client costs. Our objective is to optimize efficiency and minimize unnecessary expenses. Therefore, we aim to identify which services within the platform can benefit from improved consumption patterns. This is the focus of our ongoing research, with the goal of maximizing computational power within the cluster. We aim to avoid situations where resources are reserved but not utilized effectively. Additionally, our strong emphasis on security ensures that we adhere to all relevant compliance standards, bolstering our overall trustworthiness."

"It just loses out because you have less access to it programmatically, with less technical or customizable access."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The technical support could be faster."

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"The product must improve its UI."

"Integration into other third-party products, particularly those from tier three vendors like ManageEngine and Hexcode, has proven difficult."

"Another thing that could be improved was that they could recommend processes on how to react to alerts, or recommend best practices based on how other organizations do things if they receive an alert about XYZ."

"No possibility to write or edit any capability."

"Another thing is that Defender for Cloud uses more resources than CrowdStrike, which my current company uses. Defender for Cloud has two or three processes running simultaneously that consume memory and processor time. I had the chance to compare that with CrowdStrike a few days ago, which was significantly less. It would be nice if Defender were a little lighter. It's a relatively large installation that consumes more resources than competitors do."

"The vulnerabilities are duplicated many times."

"When you work with it, the only problem that we're struggling with is that we have 21 different subscriptions we're trying to apply security to. It's impossible to keep everything organized."

"Pricing could be improved. There are limited options based on pricing for the government."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Singularity Cloud Workload Security's licensing and price were cheaper than the other solutions we looked at."

"As a partner, we receive a discount on the licenses."

"I am not involved in the pricing, but it is cost-effective."

"The price depends on the extension of the solution that you want to buy. If you want to buy just EDR, the price is less. XDR is a little bit more expensive. There are going to be different add-ons for Singularity."

"The cost for PingSafe is average when compared to other CSPM tools."

"PingSafe falls within the typical price range for cloud security platforms."

"It is cheap."

"The pricing for PingSafe in India was more reasonable than other competitors."

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"The product follows a pay-as-you-go pricing model which is good for small enterprises. You need to pay only for the services that you use."

"It is not expensive."

"It is expensive compared to other vendors."

"We could spend as little as $25 or $30 a month on Kubernetes Services, compared to the typical $100 a month expenditure for a virtual machine."

"The solution does not cost much."

"As you scale your operations, AKS becomes more cost-effective."

"Azure Kubernetes Service offers a pay-as-you-go licensing model."

"The pricing of the solution is dependent on the choice of virtual machines, specifically the amount of memory required. There are various options available, ranging from around twenty-five to even more choices to select from. This flexibility allows you to customize the pricing based on your specific needs. From my perspective, virtual machines in the cloud tend to be slightly more expensive compared to virtual machines offered directly by data centers. However, this cost is offset by the benefits of a managed service. Taking the overall picture into account, the managed service approach is advantageous. The pricing for the platform can vary, typically ranging from three hundred euros per month to two thousand euros per month, depending on the specific requirements and setup you choose."

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"I'm not privy to that information, but I know it's probably close to a million dollars a year."

"The licensing cost per server is $15 per month."

"The tool is pretty expensive."

"The cost is fair. There aren't any costs in addition to the standard licensing fee."

"It has global licensing. It comes with multiple licenses since there are around 50,000 people (in our organization) who look at it."

"Its pricing is a little bit high in terms of Azure Security Center, but the good thing is that we don't need to maintain and deploy it. So, while the pricing is high, it is native to Azure which is why we prefer using this tool."

"Security Center charges $15 per resource for any workload that you onboard into it. They charge per VM or per data-base server or per application. It's not like Microsoft 365 licensing, where there are levels like E3 and E5. Security Center is pretty straightforward."

"The pricing is very difficult because every type of Defender for Cloud has its own metrics and pricing. If you have Cloud for Key Vault, the pricing is different than it is for storage. Every type has its own pricing list and rules."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about PingSafe?

The dashboard gives me an overview of all the things happening in the product, making it one of the tool's best featu...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingSafe?

I am personally not taking care of the pricing part, but when we moved from CrowdStrike to Singularity Cloud Native S...

What needs improvement with PingSafe?

They can provide some kind of alert when a new type of risk is there. There can be a specific type of alert showing t...

What do you like most about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?

The platform's high scalability is one of its biggest advantages.

What needs improvement with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?

No improvements needed as Azure Kubernetes Service follows the Kubernetes standards very well and meets the required ...

What is your primary use case for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?

I am using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for enterprise applications. These applications are divided into microservi...

How is Prisma Cloud vs Azure Security Center for security?

Azure Security Center is very easy to use, integrates well, and gives very good visibility on what is happening acros...

What do you like most about Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

The entire Defender Suite is tightly coupled, integrated, and collaborative.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

The pricing is good. It is license-based, and we are not utilizing all of the features, like API and other functional...

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Overview

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security protects cloud workloads, offering advanced threat detection and automated response. It integrates seamlessly with cloud environments and secures containerized applications and virtual machines against vulnerabilities.

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is renowned for its efficiency in mitigating threats in real-time. The platform integrates effortlessly with existing cloud environments, ensuring robust cloud security management with minimal manual intervention. Securing containerized applications and virtual machines, it excels in threat intelligence and endpoint protection. However, improvements are needed in performance during high workload periods, and more integrations with third-party tools and better documentation would be beneficial. Users often find the installation process complex, support response times slow, and the dashboard's navigation unintuitive.

What are the key features of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Real-time Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates threats as they occur.
Automated Response: Automatically responds to threats to minimize impact.
Ease of Deployment: Simple setup process with scalable options.
Machine Learning Insights: AI-driven insights enhance threat prevention.
Seamless Integration: Integrates with cloud environments for unified security management.

What are the primary benefits or ROI to expect from SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Enhanced Threat Mitigation: Improved security against real-time threats.
Reduced Manual Intervention: Automated processes save time and resources.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing security requirements.
Centralized Management: Manage security across platforms from a single console.
Advanced Threat Intelligence: Provides in-depth analysis and protection.

In specific industries, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is implemented to safeguard critical data and infrastructure. Organizations in finance, healthcare, and technology depend on its real-time threat detection and automated response to protect sensitive information. Its ability to secure containerized applications and virtual machines is particularly valuable in dynamic environments where rapid scaling is necessary.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a fully managed container orchestration service provided by Microsoft Azure. It simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications using Kubernetes. With AKS, developers can focus on building applications while Azure takes care of the underlying infrastructure. It offers features like automatic scaling, monitoring, and security, ensuring high availability and reliability. AKS integrates seamlessly with other Azure services, enabling easy integration with existing workflows. It also provides a flexible and open-source environment, allowing developers to use their preferred tools and frameworks. With AKS, organizations can accelerate their application development and deployment processes, while reducing operational overheads.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security solution that provides advanced threat protection for cloud workloads. It offers real-time visibility into the security posture of cloud environments, enabling organizations to quickly identify and respond to potential threats. With its advanced machine learning capabilities, Microsoft Defender for Cloud can detect and block sophisticated attacks, including zero-day exploits and fileless malware.

The solution also provides automated remediation capabilities, allowing security teams to quickly and easily respond to security incidents. With Microsoft Defender for Cloud, organizations can ensure the security and compliance of their cloud workloads, while reducing the burden on their security teams.

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