Microsoft Defender for Cloud vs Trivy comparison

Microsoft and Aqua Security are both solutions in the Container Security category. Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1, while Aqua Security is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.6. Microsoft holds a 7.2% mindshare in Container Security, compared to Aqua Security’s 5.5% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Aqua Security users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Trivy are cloud security solutions that offer unique benefits in their domain. Microsoft Defender for Cloud likely has the upper hand for organizations deeply integrated with Microsoft environments due to its comprehensive security ecosystem, while Trivy offers unmatched advantages for DevOps teams with its lightweight, open-source vulnerability scanning capabilities.

Features: Microsoft Defender for Cloud integrates seamlessly with Azure services, offering advanced threat detection and response, and a strong centralized management feature that enhances security posture. Trivy excels in container vulnerability scanning, providing fast and reliable security assessments with ease of use, ideal for developers. It offers built-in misconfiguration detection and up-to-date security vulnerability lists.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud can improve in areas such as cost-effectiveness for smaller setups and enhancing deployment speed outside of Azure environments. Trivy could benefit from enriched customer support options and broader integrations with non-container services, while increasing its focus on enterprise-level scalability and comprehensive security analytics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers seamless deployment for Azure users and robust customer support resources which are vital for large enterprises. In contrast, Trivy provides incredibly fast and straightforward deployment within CI/CD pipelines, supported primarily by an open-source community, making it favorable for agile DevOps environments.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Defender for Cloud comes with higher setup costs but can deliver significant ROI for enterprises heavily using Microsoft services by leveraging its comprehensive features. Trivy, being open-source, presents a cost-effective solution, offering basic services and making it attractive, especially for startups and small to mid-sized businesses focusing on budget-friendly security options.

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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 Trivy is 5.5%, up from 0.7% 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

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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Utsav Sharma

Senior Security Consultant at Ernst & Young

Maintain operational efficiency by detecting misconfigurations and vulnerabilities

The vulnerability scanning feature is excellent as it supports various container capabilities like Docker and Sharma. It also offers repository scanning in the source code domain, allowing pre-push code scans. The misconfiguration detection works well for CloudFormation, Docker files, and Terraform. Its compliance support, like NIST, ensures that configurations align with standards. Trivy helps me significantly detect misconfigurations missed by the ops engineers or in Terraform by the naked eye. It ensures that my deployments are free of misconfigurations and vulnerabilities.

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are automated threat response, AI detection, and static and dynamic detection."

"As a frequently audited company, we value PingSafe's compliance monitoring features. They give us a report with a compliance score for how well we meet certain regulatory standards, like HIPAA. We can show our compliance as a percentage. It's also a way to show that we are serious about security."

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security offers valuable scalability suitable for organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises."

"The management console is highly intuitive to comprehend and operate."

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

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security has significantly improved our risk posture."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to gain deep visibility into the workloads inside containers."

"The user-friendly dashboard offers both convenience and security by providing quick access to solutions and keeping us informed of potential threats."

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"I find Microsoft Defender for Cloud's KQL very flexible and powerful. It's really easy to search through with KQL queries to find the security breaches and incidents and to track down the breach itself."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Cloud is its ability to assess an environment and give us a clear idea of what security components are lacking and which are not."

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

"Microsoft Defender for Cloud can find potential phishing links and malicious code in data at rest."

"The most valuable feature is the hunting feature, which integrates well into the entire Microsoft ecosystem."

"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 product has given us more insight into potential avenues for attack paths."

"Defender for Cloud is an improvement over Trend Micro, our previous solution. We like integrating our endpoints and visualizing everything in one place. It provides comprehensive coverage for endpoints, servers, and overall environmental security."

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"It is open-source."

"Trivy's open source nature and wide functionality are incredibly valuable."

"Trivy is easy to integrate with CI/CD and can be installed on desktops to scan images."

"Trivy's open source nature and wide functionality are incredibly valuable."

"I can see vulnerabilities in the images of any applications deployed in the Kubernetes environment or as container applications."

"It's customizable, allowing me to add any rules and format HTML templates as I wish."

"I definitely recommend Trivy."

"The vulnerability scanning feature is excellent as it supports various container capabilities like Docker and Sharma."

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Cons

"A beneficial improvement for PingSafe would be integration with Jira, allowing for a more streamlined ticketing system."

"PingSafe is an excellent CSPM tool, but the CWPP features need to improve, and there is a scope for more application security posture management features. There aren't many ASPM solutions on the market, and existing ones are costly. I would like to see PingSafe develop into a single pane of glass for ASPM, CSPM, and CWPP. Another feature I'd like to see is runtime protection."

"SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security could be improved with easier integrations to the Singularity Data Lake, particularly for various vendors."

"If I had to pick a complaint, it would be the way the hosts are listed in the tool. You have different columns separated by endpoint name, Cloud Account, and Cloud Instances ID. I wish there was something where we could change the endpoint name and not use just the IP address. We would like to have custom names or our own names for the instances. If I had a complaint, that would be it, but so far, it meets all the needs that we have."

"After closing an alert in Cloud Native Security, it still shows as unresolved."

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

"While SentinelOne offers robust security features, its higher cost may present a challenge for budget-conscious organizations."

"They can add more widgets to its dashboard. A centralized dashboard with numerous metrics would improve user understanding."

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"Customizing some of the compliance requirements based on individual needs seems like the biggest area of improvement. There should be an option to turn specific controls on and off based on how your solution is configured."

"Azure's system could be more on point like AWS support. For example, if I have an issue with AWS, I create a support ticket, then I get a call or a message. With Azure support, you raise a ticket, and somebody calls back depending on their availability and the priority, which might not align with your business priority."

"Although Microsoft Defender for Cloud is based on security, I wish it went beyond providing assessments, reports, and generic steps. More detailed procedures would be helpful, especially for lower-level support staff."

"The solution could extend its capabilities to other cloud providers. Right now, if you want to monitor a virtual machine on another cloud, you can do that. However, this cannot be done with other cloud platform services. I hope once that is available then Defender for Cloud will be a unified solution for all cloud platform services."

"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."

"Defender could improve how data is represented. It can be unstructured or slow to load. The recent update allowing policy grouping into control groups is beneficial, but further enhancements for speed and clarity are needed."

"The user interface of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, like many Microsoft portals, undergoes frequent changes and feature relocation."

"Microsoft Defender for Cloud is pricey, especially for Kubernetes clusters. It could be cheaper."

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"The only problem is that Trivy does not support reporting features such as generating reports in CSV, which is useful for auditing and reporting."

"Trivy generates many false positives, flagging non-existent vulnerabilities."

"In our CI/CD pipelines, Trivy lacks built-in functionality for report analysis."

"Trivy generates many false positives, flagging non-existent vulnerabilities. Improvements could include better contextual analysis or granular filtering."

"The reporting could be a little better."

"Trivy can improve by providing an output in PDF format. Additionally, it takes longer to scan container images built with many layers."

"The reporting could be a little better. When integrating Trivy with CI, the interpretation of the reports could be improved."

"In our CI/CD pipelines, Trivy lacks built-in functionality for report analysis."

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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."

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

"Its pricing was a little less than other providers."

"PingSafe is cost-effective for the amount of infrastructure we have. It's reasonable for what they offer compared to our previous solution. It's at least 25 percent to 30 percent less."

"It is cheap."

"I wasn't sure what to expect from the pricing, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a little less than I thought."

"While I'm slightly out of touch with pricing, I know SentinelOne is much cheaper than other products."

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"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."

"Understanding the costs of cloud services can be complicated at first. As with a lot of things in the cloud, it can be quite hard to understand the end cost, but it becomes clearer over time. Early on, the lack of transparency is a challenge. Microsoft does not tell you the cost when they launch something. It is clever marketing, and there is room for improvement there. There should be clarity from the start."

"Microsoft Defender for Cloud is pricey, especially for Kubernetes clusters."

"This is a worldwide service and depending on the country, there will be different prices."

"There are two different plans. We're using the secure basic plan, but we have used the end security plan as well. There are additional costs, but it gives us more functionalities compared to the basic plan."

"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."

"The tool is pretty expensive."

"Currently, Microsoft offers only one plan at the enterprise level which is $15 per machine."

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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 needs improvement with Trivy?

One drawback I have observed with Trivy is the difficulty in building or integrating a UI, particularly for an operat...

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What is your primary use case for Trivy?

The main use case for Trivy is to scan Docker images or packages for CVEs, specifically for vulnerabilities. I use th...

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What advice do you have for others considering Trivy?

I rate Trivy an eight out of ten. This rating reflects its open-source nature, comprehensive scanning capabilities, a...

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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

Trivy is a versatile tool for scanning container images and identifying vulnerabilities, favored for its integration with CI/CD pipelines and ease of use. It supports scanning both operating system packages and application dependencies.

Trivy is an efficient tool designed to automate security checks and ensure compliance. Its quick setup, detailed analysis capabilities, and support for multiple programming languages and environments make it a reliable choice for users. Trivy provides comprehensive scanning and integration with CI/CD pipelines, resulting in accurate vulnerability detection and a smoother workflow for developers.

What are the most important features?

Efficient vulnerability detection: Quickly identifies vulnerabilities in container images.
Comprehensive scanning: Supports scanning of both OS packages and application dependencies.
CI/CD pipeline integration: Seamlessly integrates with CI/CD tools for automated security checks.
Broad language support: Handles multiple programming languages and environments.
Ease of use: Simple setup and user-friendly interface.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Improved security: Regular and thorough vulnerability scanning enhances security posture.
Compliance maintenance: Helps in maintaining compliance with security policies and regulations.
Cost efficiency: Automation reduces the time and cost associated with manual security checks.
Integration flexibility: Efficiently integrates with existing CI/CD pipelines to streamline workflows.
Detailed reporting: Provides comprehensive reports for better decision-making.

Trivy is widely used in industries with a focus on maintaining high security standards such as finance, healthcare, and technology sectors. Its ability to detect vulnerabilities quickly and integrate with CI/CD pipelines makes it an essential tool for ensuring secure and compliant software development practices in these industries. Continuous improvements in speed, documentation, and integration could further enhance its value.

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