Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs SUSE Rancher comparison

Microsoft and SUSE are both solutions in the Container Security category. Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1, while SUSE is ranked #30 with an average rating of 7.0. Microsoft holds a 7.2% mindshare in Container Security, compared to SUSE’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SUSE users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Microsoft Defender for Cloud and SUSE Rancher are focused on cloud security and container management. Microsoft Defender for Cloud often has the upper hand in threat detection, while SUSE Rancher excels in Kubernetes orchestration.

Features: Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides integrated threat protection, compliance management, and Azure service integration. SUSE Rancher offers efficient Kubernetes cluster management, scalability, and flexibility in container-based applications.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Defender for Cloud integrates seamlessly with Azure, backed by robust support. SUSE Rancher provides flexible deployment across various environments with solid community support.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Defender for Cloud suits those using Microsoft Azure with straightforward pricing. SUSE Rancher may require a higher initial investment due to advanced features but promises greater ROI for complex container management needs.

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is 2.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Cloud is 7.2%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SUSE Rancher is 0.3%, down from 0.5% 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

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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Vibhor Goel

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at Deutsche Börse

A single tool for complete visibility and addressing security gaps

Currently, issues are structured in Microsoft Defender for Cloud at severity levels of high, critical, or warning, but these severity levels are not always right. For example, Microsoft might consider a port being open as critical, but that might not be the case for our company. Similarly, it might suggest closing some management ports, but you might need them to be able to log in, so the severity levels for certain things can be improved. Even though Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides a way to temporarily disable certain alerts or notifications without affecting our security score, it would be better to have more granularized control over these recommendations. Currently, we cannot even disable certain alerts or notifications. There should be an automated mechanism to design Azure policies based on the recommendations, possibly with AI integration. Instead of an engineer having to write a policy to fix security gaps, which is very time-consuming, there should be an inbuilt capability to auto-remediate everything and have proper control in place. Additionally, enabling Defender for Cloud at the resource group level, rather than only at the subscription level, would be beneficial.

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Sachin Deorah

Technical Architect at BORN Group

Enables seamless local Kubernetes development and quick deployment to the cloud

Rancher Desktop provides support for Kubernetes setup on local machines. It allows us to run Kubernetes as per our requirement, and the desktop application offers a good UI. We use Rancher Desktop for local development, testing APIs locally, and it helps to seamlessly publish to the cloud. This makes it a valuable tool for developers.

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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

"The solution helped free other staff to work on other projects or other tasks. We basically just had to do a bunch of upfront configuring. With it, we do not have to spend as much time in the console."

"When creating cloud infrastructure, Cloud Native Security evaluates the cloud security parameters and how they will impact the organization's risk. It lets us know whether our security parameter conforms to international industry standards. It alerts us about anything that increases our risk, so we can address those vulnerabilities and prevent attacks."

"The cloud misconfiguration feature and Offensive Security Engine, as well as their alerting process, are valuable."

"SentinelOne is far superior to our previous solution, Accops, due to its seamless updates, effortless maintenance, and user-friendly interface and dashboard."

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

"We mostly use alerts. That has been pretty good. If we use the alert system from Amazon, it is much costlier to us, so we use PingSafe."

"Cloud Native Security's evidence-based reporting allows us to prioritize issues by understanding their impact, helping us resolve the most important problems first."

"PingSafe can integrate all your cloud accounts and resources you create in the AWS account, We have set it up to scan the AWS transfer services, EC2, security groups, and GitHub."

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"The most valuable feature is the recommendations provided on how to improve security."

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

"I would like to see more connectors and plugins with other platforms."

"The most valuable feature is that it's intuitive. It's very intuitive."

"It's quite a good product. It helps to understand the infections and issues you are facing."

"It's got a lot of great features."

"Microsoft Defender for Cloud has made our environment more secure."

"Defender for Cloud has improved our security posture."

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"Rancher Desktop provides support for Kubernetes setup on local machines."

"The most valuable features of SUSE Rancher include the user interface and the display features."

Cons

"From my personal experience, the alerting system needs to be faster. If something happens in our infrastructure, the alert appears on the dashboard, but I have to log in to the dashboard and refresh it."

"We wanted it to provide us with something like Claroty Hub in AWS for lateral movement. For example, if an EC2 instance or a virtual machine is compromised in a public subnet based on a particular vulnerability, such as Log4j, we want it to not be able to reach some of our databases. This kind of feature is not supported in PingSafe."

"There can be a specific type of alert showing that a new type of risk has been identified."

"In version 2, a lot of rules have been deployed for Kubernetes security and CDR, which makes a lot of issues of critical severity, whereas they are not critical or of high severity. There is a mismatch of severities."

"For SentinelOne, improvements could be made in managing Internet dependency as cloud-based operations can pose challenges in environments with limited connectivity."

"We had a glitch in PingSafe where it fed us false positives in the past."

"To enhance the notification system's efficiency, resolved issues should be promptly removed from the portal."

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"The solution is quite complex. A lot of the different policies that actually get applied don't pertain to every client. If you need to have something open for a client application to work, then you get dinged for having a port open or having an older version of TLS available."

"We haven't experienced issues with Microsoft Defender for Cloud for our company size of about five hundred people. However, I've heard there might be issues with scalability for larger enterprises."

"After getting a recommendation, it takes time for the solution to refresh properly to show that the problem has been eliminated."

"If a customer is already using Okta as an SSO in its entire environment, they will want to continue with it. But Security Center doesn't understand that and keeps making recommendations. It would help if it let us resolve a recommendation, even if it is not implemented."

"If they had an easier way to display all the vulnerabilities of the machines affected and remediation steps on one screen rather than having to dive deep into each of them, that would be a lot easier."

"The overview provides you with good information, but if you want more details, there is a lot more customization to do, which requires knowledge of the other supporting solutions."

"Sometimes it's very difficult to determine when I need Microsoft Defender for Cloud for a special resource group or a special kind of product."

"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."

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"Additional features for a paid solution should be included, such as more detailed insights, better graphics, and an improved user interface."

"Some initial setup and configuration were required by the admin side for enabling security policies, which were not supported initially."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is easy to understand and implement, with some flexibility to accommodate dynamic environments."

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

"PingSafe is less expensive than other options."

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is costly."

"PingSafe is priced reasonably for our workload."

"The pricing is somewhat high compared to other market tools."

"The features included in PingSafe justify its price point."

"While SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security offers robust protection, its high cost may be prohibitive for small and medium-sized businesses."

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"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."

"Azure Defender is definitely pricey, but their competitors cost about the same. For example, a Palo Alto solution is the same price per endpoint, but the ground strikes cost a bit more than Azure Defender. Still, it's pricey for a company like ours. Maybe well-established organizations can afford it, but it might be too costly for a startup."

"Defender for Cloud is pretty costly for a single line. It's incredibly high to pay monthly for security per server. The cost is considerable for an enterprise with 500-plus virtual machines, and the monthly bill can spike."

"The cost of the license is based on the subscriptions that you have."

"This solution is more cost-effective than some competing products. My understanding is that it is based on the number of integrations that you have, so if you have fewer subscriptions then you pay less for the service."

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

"Pricing depends on your workload size, but it is very cheap. If you're talking about virtual machines, it is $5 or something for each machine, which is minimal. If you go for some agent-based solution for every virtual machine, then you need to pay the same thing or more than that. For an on-premises solution like this, we were paying around $30 to $50 based on size. With Defender, Microsoft doesn't bother about the size. You pay based on the number of machines. So, if you have 10 virtual machines, and 10 virtual machines are being monitored, you are paying based on that rather than the size of the virtual machine. Thus, you are paying for the number of units rather than paying for the size of your units."

"Our clients complain about the cost of Microsoft Defender for Cloud."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

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Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

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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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingSafe?

It is cost-effective compared to other solutions in the market.

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What needs improvement with PingSafe?

The documentation could be better. Besides improving the documentation, obtaining a professional or partner specializ...

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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...

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What do you like most about Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

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

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

Initially, the cost was reasonable, but additional services from Microsoft sometimes incur extra expenses that seem h...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SUSE Rancher?

Rancher is free of cost for us as it is open source. However, there might be costs involved when using Kubernetes on ...

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What needs improvement with SUSE Rancher?

I believe additional features for a paid solution should be included, such as more detailed insights, better graphics...

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What is your primary use case for SUSE Rancher?

My primary use case for SUSE Rancher is managing Kubernetes clusters, allocating them to different users, and monitor...

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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.

SentinelOne

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.

Microsoft

SUSE Rancher manages and deploys Kubernetes clusters, simplifies container orchestration, and enhances DevOps practices, supporting multi-cloud environments and facilitating application scalability and monitoring.

SUSE Rancher provides robust Kubernetes cluster management and seamless integration with different tools and platforms, making it valuable for complex cloud infrastructures. It aids in automating workflows, ensuring consistent application performance across environments, and enhancing security with reliable RBAC. It simplifies operations with automated updates and comprehensive monitoring tools, supporting multiple Kubernetes distributions. SUSE Rancher offers centralized management of clusters with an intuitive experience, though it may benefit from better stability, performance optimizations, and improved documentation clarity.

What are the important features?

Robust Kubernetes Cluster Management: Centralized management for multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Seamless Integration: Smooth integration with different tools and platforms.
Scalability: Facilitates application scalability across environments.
Automated Updates: Simplifies operations with automated updates.
Monitoring Tools: Comprehensive tools for monitoring clusters.
Security: Enhanced security features with reliable RBAC.
Extensive Documentation: Well-documented support and community resources.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Efficiency: Automates workflows, reducing manual tasks.
Consistent Performance: Ensures consistent application performance across environments.
Centralized Management: Simplifies the management of complex cloud infrastructures.
Enhanced Security: Provides robust security with RBAC.
Scalability: Supports scalable application deployments in multi-cloud environments.

SUSE Rancher is implemented in various industries where managing Kubernetes clusters and ensuring application scalability are critical. It supports complex cloud infrastructures, automating workflows, and integrating seamlessly with different tools, enhancing overall operational efficiency and security. In industries needing consistent performance and centralized management, SUSE Rancher proves to be an invaluable tool.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud is trusted by companies such as ASOS, Vatenfall, SWC Technology Partners, and more.

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