Drata vs Wiz comparison

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Drata and Wiz are both solutions in the Compliance Management category. Drata is ranked #6 with an average rating of 6.3, while Wiz is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6. Additionally, 90% of Drata users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Wiz users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 24, 2026

Wiz and Drata are two prominent competitors in the cybersecurity and compliance sector. Wiz has a competitive advantage owing to its extensive cloud security features, whereas Drata's focus on compliance management offers a strong alternative.

Features: Wiz enhances cloud security with real-time threat detection, cloud-native security, and expansive visibility over multiple cloud environments. Drata stands out in automating compliance workflows, providing a wide array of integrations for seamless reporting and audit readiness. These products bring unique strengths to their respective focus areas.

Room for Improvement: Wiz could enhance its user interface to be more intuitive for varied users, enhance on-demand scanning abilities, and provide more flexible customization options for security protocols. Drata can improve by expanding its integration capabilities with diverse third-party applications, offering more competitive pricing plans, and enhancing its user-dashboard features for better evidence tracking during audits.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Wiz is known for its rapid deployment across cloud platforms supported by a skilled customer service team. It offers faster initial deployment due to broader compatibility. Drata's deployment is user-friendly, emphasizing quick setup and consistent compliance insights, backed by a support team specialized in compliance issues. Each platform leverages its strengths to optimize the user experience.

Pricing and ROI: Wiz justifies its setup cost with a robust security framework that provides substantial ROI by lowering IT risk and security breaches. Although more expensive, its comprehensive security measures offer excellent value for investment. Drata, offering a more cost-effective setup, delivers strong ROI, especially for businesses where compliance is a critical operational factor, making it a go-to option for compliance-centric organizations.

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Qualys TotalCloud

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Sr Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Risk-based triage has transformed container security and now prioritizes high-impact threats

The best features Qualys TotalCloud offers currently include managing cloud infrastructure and container security while facing major challenges such as alert fatigue. Traditional vulnerability scanners flag hundreds of CVEs on short-lived Kubernetes containers, some of which have no internet exposure or are gone before we can even triage them. I leverage Qualys TotalCloud to move beyond static CVSS. I use it to implement runtime exposure, correlation risk reprioritization, and shift-left integration. This notifies developers to fix a base image upstream rather than patching live ephemeral instances. In my work with cloud and container security, the biggest operational hurdle was alert fatigue. I use Qualys to shift left from static CVSS severity to context-aware risk prioritization. I correlated raw vulnerability data with real-time risk factors such as public network exposure, active runtime execution, or overly permissive IAM roles. This allows us to immediately drop the priority of isolated containers and escalate lower-severity CVEs that sit on an exposed, high-risk path. We can map these findings directly back to our CI/CD pipelines so developers can patch the root base images upstream. We have drastically cut down the signal-to-noise ratio, saved a lot of manual hours doing triage work, and ensured engineering effort goes directly towards high-impact risk reduction.

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Jacqueline Segooa

Cybersecurity Governance Specialist at Suse

Centralized audits and policies have transformed how our team manages compliance workflows

At the moment, integrating Drata with other AIs would be beneficial. I am not too sure if it is something that can be done or if it is possible, but I am not aware. Integrating it with AI where maybe with regards to evidence collection, I would not have to be collecting the evidence manually would be helpful. When you are managing a lot of frameworks, it is a lot of work to actually individually and manually upload all the evidence in Drata. If maybe there is an AI which can be able to automate that kind of a workflow, and obviously as human beings, we will have to do a human error check, I think it would be amazing. I am not too sure if maybe at the moment it is something that is in place and I am not aware of, but I think it would be great.Integrations within my team are managed by someone, but I do have an idea about Drata's automated control monitoring. For example, with tests, there are certain systems such as AWS that has been integrated with Drata, and it tests those systems and puts them as part of evidence. For example, data encryption at rest. We can put it a test and integrate it with AWS, and then it will automatically test the encryption in data at rest. If the test has failed, you will see it. When I log in to check all the controls that have failed, it will show on Drata that the test has failed. Then I will be able to coordinate with the relevant stakeholders and tell them that it needs to be fixed. I would like Drata to make the user interface more intuitive.

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Peter Whelan

CISO at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Improved our security posture thanks to comprehensive visibility

I have contacted Wiz technical support frequently. The support is excellent. We contact via an in-application portal. We can see the support cases we personally open, and also the cases that other people have opened from our company. I appreciate that feature. Generally, support gets back to us within a few days with a good answer. There was one fellow in particular who has been knocking it out of the park. He is a great support person to deal with. We are happy with the support experience. If I were to put Wiz support on a scale from one to ten, I would give them a ten.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"My experience with using TruRisk to mitigate noise from raw CVEs has been extremely effective."

"Qualys TotalCloud provides a single, prioritized view based on requirements such as identifying the most vulnerable assets and calculating the average time to remediate vulnerabilities."

"If someone were to ask me to review Qualys TotalCloud, I would summarize it as an end-to-end solution for cloud security with visibility and governance-grade controls without needing to manage multiple disconnected tools."

"One of Qualys' best features is its categorization, which allows us to see the types of assets, their security postures, and the AI-powered version of the tool."

"In my opinion, this is the best tool."

"TotalCloud's best feature is the integration of cloud accounts. It helps with the risk and security posture management of our cloud infrastructure."

"I rate the breadth of FlexScan in providing visibility into on-premises, multicloud, and container environments as fantastic."

"The scalability is good as well. I would rate it ten out of ten."

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"Drata helped us publish our ISO and SOC reports, which was essential for the acquisition. The challenge now is whether Drata can scale up to meet the needs of a larger company, which already has tools like Intune to enforce laptop encryption. Drata is excellent for startups and small—to medium-sized companies but may face challenges in larger organizations with multiple environments."

"The way the tool's controls are linked to the framework, specifically with SAST and HIPAA frameworks or any other frameworks, is really good."

"Drata offers APIs for every clause so that it can integrate into various platforms."

"Drata helps eliminate evidence gathering and makes assigning different activities to different team members easier, simplifying compliance and audit processes. In Pennsylvania, we're putting in thousands of hours. Drata improves our security posture by reducing extra work, allowing us to focus on other security directives. I like the control editing and task management features the most. It's easy to use, but it's also easy for people to think they don't need security experts if they have it."

"My experience with customer support was good; they were responsive, but they didn't ever get us to a solution that worked."

"The product is 100 percent friendly to use."

"The connectivity with AWS and Microsoft helps me in my day-to-day work as it makes things faster and makes my job a lot easier, so I do not have to keep track in an Excel file on my end."

"Overall, Drata as a tool has brought a lot of improvements within the GRC team, and having to centralize everything in one system, mapping the controls within one system, performing audits within one system, monitoring policies within one system, and doing risk management within one system is something that in GRC, speaking from a GRC perspective in cybersecurity, has been very impactful and effective within the team."

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"Before Wiz Code, the security team manually correlated the cloud assets, vulnerabilities, IAM permissions, and internet exposure, with critical issues identified in five days, but now, with the security graph automatically correlating findings, critical issues are identified in 30 minutes, resulting in a 90 percent plus reduction in investigation effort."

"The best features with Wiz Code give you a reasonable picture when it comes to vulnerabilities, which means you see the usual severity levels, you also get to see references on how to remediate vulnerabilities, and the fact that it has a visual dashboard helps all stakeholders, especially folks who need to remediate, to get that picture correctly and then take action."

"I feel that the automated scanning system of images and accounts offered by Wiz is amazing, and the best part is that they provide solutions as well, allowing us to solve the problems without looking elsewhere."

"Approximately 30 to 40% of vulnerabilities are being remediated quicker and easily because Wiz Code has an auto-fixing PR feature available for IAC code, which helps us fix issues quickly."

"Overall, I believe Wiz is doing a great job, simplifying many aspects for security professionals and enterprises."

"Wiz has significantly reduced alert fatigue in our organization by grouping together elements that form toxic combinations, allowing us to quickly identify and remediate critical issues instead of chasing isolated alerts from multiple tools."

"Wiz has positively impacted our organization with improved remediation speed and efficiencies in terms of time saved, as well as reducing false positives."

"What I appreciate most about Wiz is that the compliance and CSPM aspects of this cloud-native application protection offering are genuinely better than other products available in the market."

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Cons

"In a future release, I suggest that zero-day vulnerabilities should be predicted in advance using AI technologies. The system is not 100% secure yet, so proactive threat hunting could be enhanced to be more proactive than the current system."

"There is a lack of data segregation according to criticality or inventory."

"Overall, we are satisfied with it. However, the response part of the Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) module can be improved. It is not yet in place according to requirements; it is not completely available even though the module has been released."

"The onboarding process is a bit difficult. In the initial phase, it is very difficult to understand the features, what the dashboard contains, and what criteria they are using."

"From a downside perspective, the UI is not user-friendly and feels dated compared to other tools like Prisma Cloud."

"Areas that need improvement in every solution include the remediation part. The remediation steps should be simple enough for everyone to understand."

"To be honest, I would move out from this tool because it does not give a full view of vulnerability."

"The downside is only in container security, but it has not been a long time since they introduced these models."

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"The readiness state of compliance frameworks can sometimes be misleading."

"The product can improve in its API documentation area."

"There is room for improvement in Drata. The core features are solid, but some new features are in a very MVP (Minimum Viable Product) stage. They work, but the user experience isn't always smooth. While the core features are well-developed compared to the market, the new features need more polish. They could benefit from more user feedback and iterations to make them more useful. Some of these new features look promising buthave flaws, so we can’t fully adopt them or justify paying extra for them now. The user interface is clean and intuitive. However, you'll need some specific knowledge if you're a security policy manager or need to set updifferent integrations."

"The thing with Drata is you cannot open multiple tabs on the same interface or the same desktop,"

"There was one instance where our auditors could not access the Audit Hub in Drata, and it was not really something that was wrong from our company side."

"I would say perhaps the customer service experience, meaning the availability from the CSM teams or CSM assigned person, as it would be nice to have more human contact throughout the membership process."

"Drata has impacted our organization negatively, as it made the whole compliance process more complicated and cost me significant time."

"One of the challenges with Drata is that if you're paying for a subscription to ISO 27001, you must undergo a risk assessment. You should have access to all necessary modules on the platform to achieve your compliance posture and certification."

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"I choose eight out of ten because there is always room for improvement."

"Given the level of visibility into all the cloud environments Wiz provides, it would be nice if they could integrate some kind of mechanism to better manage tenants on multiple platforms. For example, let's say that some servers don't have an application they need, such as an antivirus. Wiz could include an API or something to push those applications out to the servers. It would be great if you could remedy these issues directly from the Wiz platform."

"While Wiz provides excellent data and reports, sometimes the suggested fixes for vulnerabilities are not always accurate based on our code compatibility."

"We are still analyzing its behavior as we are in the midst of the implementation."

"I feel there is a bit of noise in the initial setup and quality cleaning that may take time in larger environments."

"The dashboards can be better; we have dashboards, but they are really complex and have a lot of information."

"There are many improvements that could be made to Wiz Code, but I would point out that sometimes it gives false results, though not every time."

"The APIs are currently quite limited and not very mature, which makes integration with Splunk difficult."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"While Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is currently acceptable, it is becoming increasingly expensive and may soon be considered overpriced."

"The cost is high, but it meets our organizational needs."

"Qualys TotalCloud is expensive."

"Qualys TotalCloud offers competitive pricing given its comprehensive suite of features, including integration, assessment, remediation, and detection capabilities, all within a single platform."

"As a middle management member, I do not have direct pricing knowledge, but based on the knowledge from our meetings, its pricing is competitive."

"TotalCloud's price is about right where I would expect it to be."

"Qualys TotalCloud is expensive, but it offers a premier solution with no headaches."

"It isn't cheap, but it's reasonable. It helps us to manage things with very few resources."

More Qualys TotalCloud pricing and cost advice

"It's one of the more expensive options, but I think it's worth the money if you can afford it."

"I remember that my company used to pay 25,000 USD to use the product...The product's cost is really high, but it is a powerful tool."

"Drata's pricing is quite reasonable. Compared to other tools in the market, including its biggest competitor, Vanta, Drata is much cheaper. Even compared to other tools like AuditBoard, which aren’t as good, Drata’s price remains competitive."

"The pricing is fair. Some of the more advanced features and functionalities and how the tiers are split can be somewhat confusing."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a five out of ten."

"I wish the pricing was more transparent."

"Based on the features and capabilities, the product pricing seems reasonable."

"Regarding pricing, it’s more than $100k because we have a very big infrastructure. Our environment supports around three thousand people, and we offer business-to-client financial services to around one million clients, so we rely heavily on Wiz."

"The pricing seems pretty simple. We don't have to do a lot of calculations to figure out what the components are. They do it by enabling specific features, either basics or advanced, which makes it easy to select."

"The cost of the other solutions is comparable to Wiz."

"The pricing is fair and comparable to their competitors. The cost seems to be going up, which is a concern. There are potential savings from consolidating tools, but we're uncertain how Wiz's pricing will change over time."

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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider

18%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Midsize Enterprise

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Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	38

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Midsize Enterprise	12
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys TotalCloud?

I was not involved in pricing, setup cost, and licensing, but I can say that the setup was fast, within a quarter, an...

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What needs improvement with Qualys TotalCloud?

In terms of improvements, the features we are using in Qualys TotalCloud are working in the best optimal way, and I d...

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What is your primary use case for Qualys TotalCloud?

I have been using Qualys TotalCloud for the last eight months to scan the hardware and the virtual devices in our inf...

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What needs improvement with Drata?

At the moment, integrating Drata with other AIs would be beneficial. I am not too sure if it is something that can be...

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What is your primary use case for Drata?

I am an end user of Drata. Most of the time I work with Drata for control mapping, uploading evidence, and sometimes ...

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From my experience with Drata, if maybe for someone who is entry-level or who is not really too technical, they would...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wiz?

No involvement occurred with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Wiz since it was a free proof of concept. Approxi...

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While Checkmarx may perform better in some deep code scanning aspects, Wiz is considerably easier to use, has a bette...

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Qualys TotalCloud with FlexScan

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Wiz Code, Wiz Defend

Overview

Qualys TotalCloud enhances security posture across cloud environments with continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk visualization, ensuring efficient threat assessment and automated remediation for improved cyber risk reduction.

Qualys TotalCloud offers a robust suite of security tools essential for organizations managing multi-cloud infrastructures. By integrating cloud accounts and automating workflows, it supports AWS, Azure, and GCP, offering comprehensive vulnerability management and zero-day detection. The platform's user-friendly design, combined with its extensive risk management and unified threat assessment capabilities, enables organizations to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities effectively. TruRisk Insights provides clear insights on cyber risks, while the automation options streamline patch management and scanning processes. API integration across IaaS and SaaS environments further enhances resource allocation efficiency and saves time, addressing misconfigurations across cloud environments.

What are the most important features of Qualys TotalCloud?

Accurate Vulnerability Reports: Delivers precise and actionable insights for risk mitigation.
Zero-Day Detection: Identifies and addresses zero-day vulnerabilities proactively.
Unified Threat Assessment: Offers comprehensive evaluation of threats across the environment.
Extensive Risk Management: Manages risks effectively with advanced insights and prioritization.
Continuous Monitoring: Provides non-stop surveillance for vulnerabilities and threats.
Cloud-Native Automation: Streamlines processes and reduces manual efforts using automation.
FlexScan for Internet-Facing VMs: Scans external VMs efficiently to detect vulnerabilities.
Dashboard Risk Visualization: Clear visualization helps prioritize vulnerabilities.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Security Posture: Enhances threat detection and response across clouds.
Time Savings: Automation reduces time spent on manual vulnerability management.
Resource Efficiency: Better allocation of resources through streamlined workflows.
Enhanced Risk Prioritization: Focus on critical vulnerabilities for effective mitigation.
Integrated Cloud Accounts: Facilitates seamless cloud management and security.

Qualys TotalCloud is deployed in sectors needing rigorous vulnerability management, such as finance and healthcare. Companies utilize it to secure multi-cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and GCP, focus on compliance, and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines to detect and remedy threats pre-deployment.

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Drata is a powerful tool for automating compliance processes, effectively reducing audit preparation time and continuously monitoring security controls. It is highly valued for its ability to integrate seamlessly with existing tech stacks and manage security for remote teams, ensuring adherence to standards like SOC 2 and HIPAA. Drata enhances organizational efficiency, improves workflows, and supports real-time compliance monitoring, making compliance management less stressful and more accurate.

Drata

Wiz enhances cloud security with features like CSPM, risk prioritization, and centralized visibility. Users benefit from agentless scanning and integration with CI/CD tools, improving threat detection and compliance management.

Wiz offers a comprehensive security solution for cloud environments by providing functionalities like threat intelligence, detailed risk analysis, and automated compliance mapping. It supports vulnerability management and risk analysis, utilizing agentless deployment for seamless integration across multi-cloud settings. The platform's ability to streamline workflows and reduce false positives enables users to improve remediation speed and bolster security posture. Despite impressive capabilities, there is a need for improvement in reporting, security functionality for Kubernetes, handling false positives, and integration with APIs. Enhanced dashboards and more flexibility in automation processes are also required.

What are the key features of Wiz?

CSPM: Manages cloud security and automates compliance.
Threat Intelligence: Provides insights for proactive defense.
Risk Prioritization: Helps focus on critical security issues.
Agentless Scanning: Offers non-disruptive visibility into cloud environments.
Security Graph: Visual tool for detailed risk analysis.

What benefits should users expect?

Improved Remediation Speed: Enables quicker resolution of vulnerabilities.
Reduced Alert Fatigue: Minimizes false positives, enhancing focus.
Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthens defense across cloud infrastructures.
Streamlined Workflows: Facilitates smoother security and compliance processes.

Industries integrate Wiz for cloud security posture management, ensuring compliance and managing vulnerabilities in multi-cloud environments. Users leverage its agentless capabilities to protect cloud-native applications, integrating with CI/CD pipelines to enhance security operations and automate remediation. This comprehensive approach offers robust cloud security solutions.

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