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Mirantis Container Cloud vs Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Mirantis Container Cloud
Ranking in Container Security
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Container Virtualization (1st)
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto N...
Ranking in Container Security
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
111
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (8th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (2nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Mirantis Container Cloud is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is 10.1%, down from 14.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks10.1%
Mirantis Container Cloud0.2%
Other89.7%
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

Hitesh D - PeerSpot reviewer
High availability and self-healing mechanisms ensure seamless production builds
The most useful feature of Mirantis Container Cloud for our container management is Kubernetes. It provides a cluster, high availability, and a self-healing mechanism. Its multi-cluster management capability enhances our operational efficiency as it is easy to use, and every deployment is from the CI/CD, which automatically builds and deploys without human interference, reducing our deployment time to a few seconds.
Mohammad Qaw - PeerSpot reviewer
It gives you one console to see all of your assets, review their configurations, and build your processes
Most customers use Prisma Cloud for visibility and compliance. Prisma has so many features, but many organizations do not use them. They primarily use the visibility part to connect all their cloud accounts and hosts for visibility to see if they are missing any security controls or if they have any misconfigurations. You can connect it to cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba, etc., or to an on-prem data center. Prisma Cloud gives you so many options to automate processes related to your daily operations. When it comes to cybersecurity, you can automate things with their existing APIs. They also have out-of-the-box integrations with many solutions. I have not seen any limitations. Everything is customizable. You can do whatever you want, defining the reporting and custom use cases. They recently updated the UI, so it's much better than before.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Main products are portable."
"Now it is easier to set up the development environment and also to test the applications on the pipelines."
"The most valuable aspect is the excellent support. In addition, the billing system is really easy to understand."
"Mirantis Container Cloud provides significant features such as real-time vulnerability scanning and patching for container images and Kubernetes components, reducing security risks."
"You need to make an architectural runway before actually starting to implement Docker Compose, especially in a distributed environment."
"If we compare legacy application support to Docker, it's a superior product."
"This solution has improved our organization with the agility, microservices approach, and scalable solutions for distributed systems."
"I use Docker in combination with Kubernetes. Management of software packages is easy. It also can be done fast. Rolling out new software updates is smoother and faster due to Mirantis Container Cloud."
"We are provided with a single tool to protect all of our cloud resources and applications without having to manage and reconcile compliance reports."
"I find the CSPM area to be a more valuable and flexible feature."
"Prisma Cloud provides the needed visibility and control regardless of how complex and distributed the cloud environments become."
"It has improved the overall collaboration between SecOps and DevOps. Now, instead of asking people to do something, it is a default offering in the CI/CD. There is less manual intervention and more seamless integration. It is why we don't have many dependencies across many teams, which is definitely a better state."
"I would rate Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks ten out of ten."
"Integration is very easy. And because it supports security that spans multi- and hybrid-cloud environments, it's very easy to use."
"The solution's dashboard looks very user-friendly."
"The CVEs are valuable because we used to have a tool to scan CVEs, at the language level, for the dependencies that our developers had. What is good about Prisma Cloud is that the CVEs are not only from the software layer, but from all layers: the language, the base image, and you also have CVEs from the host. It covers the full base of security."
 

Cons

"In my previous years, I have brainstormed about the development of Container software. I have recently shifted focus, but the knowledge gained from those were really helpful. In my experience, Containers have their own complexities and to implement them, open source information is crucial. A software with new features would be beneficial. I suggest to implement a flow-based approach for container sequences, similar to Google Cloud's machine learning. The current process of deploying containers involves too many steps, and a more streamlined method would be appreciated. I've even automated deployment using APIs. Overall, simplifying container management and deployment processes would be valuable."
"There could be an automation feature included in the product. It will speed up application processes and will not require scripting codes."
"With the Mirantis runtime being removed from Kubernetes, which is the industry-wide standard for orchestration of containers, I think it's going in a direction that is not super scalable."
"You need to have system knowledge to deploy the product. It should be improved."
"Mirantis Container Cloud needs to improve its documentation."
"The solution's stability could be improved."
"I think this solution needs better security due to more risks from the outside world."
"Integration with Windows is something that can be improved."
"In terms of securing cloud-native development at build time, a lot of improvement is needed. Currently, it's more a runtime solution than a build-time solution. For runtime, I would rate it at seven out of 10, but for build-time there is a lot of work to be done."
"The first time I looked at Prisma Cloud, it took me a while to understand how to implement the integration or how to enable features by using the interface for integration. That portion can probably be improved."
"The security automation capabilities are average."
"The user interface should be improved and made easier."
"The automation must continue to become much smoother."
"The UX part of Prisma's user interface could be simplified and the metrics tool should be highlighted more."
"A better correlation between the multiple products Prisma Cloud contains would be crucial. It would reduce the time spent looking at reports and enable you to get all the actionable insights across products. I think that Palo Alto is working on it, but they need to work faster because it doesn't make sense to have all these products in a single pane of glass without any correlation between them."
"While the code security feature has undergone recent enhancements, there is room for improvement in terms of its cost module."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is free."
"It is more costly than other products, but it is worth every penny."
"Mirantis Container Cloud is free. However, there are features for which you need to pay."
"With open source, you can use Mirantis completely free."
"We use the free version of this solution."
"The community edition does not require a license and is completely free."
"Its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"The solution is open-source and free to try."
"Prisma Cloud Enterprise is a costly solution. You need a license for all the components. At the same time, you have everything under one roof, so I think it's still justified."
"From my exposure so far, they have been really flexible on whatever your current state is, with a view to what the future state might be. There's no hard sell. They "get" the journey that you're on, and they're trying to help you embrace cloud security, governance, and compliance as you go."
"Our licensing fees are $18,000 USD per year."
"Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks has helped the company save some money. Cost-wise, it's okay."
"One thing we're very pleased about is how the licensing model for Prisma is based on work resources. You buy a certain amount of work resources and then, as they enable new capabilities within Prisma, it just takes those work resource units and applies them to new features. This enables us to test and use the new features without having to go back and ask for and procure a whole new product, which could require going through weeks, and maybe months, of a procurement process."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The product is very expensive, but the cost is a necessary evil; I don't know how we could have any kind of cloud presence without this type of monitoring. The pricing is calculated by module and resource usage. Ultimately, it saves us money in the amount of time we would spend uncovering what it uncovers, and we might not make the required discoveries without it anyway. Prisma offers incredible value, though I wish it were cheaper."
"The pricing and the licensing are both very fair... The biggest advice I would give in terms of costs would be to try to understand what the growth is going to look like. That's really been our biggest struggle, that we don't have an idea of what our future growth is going to be on the platform. We go from X number of licenses to Y number of licenses without a plan on how we're going to get from A to B, and a lot of that comes as a bit of a surprise. It can make budgeting a real challenge for it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise55
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mirantis Container Cloud?
Regarding the cost, Mirantis Container Cloud is cheaper than other solutions like Red Hat. The license costs around 10,000 Indian rupees per year.
What needs improvement with Mirantis Container Cloud?
Mirantis Container Cloud should have AI integration tools, which are not available right now. These tools should assist in app scalability and deployment error handling.
What is your primary use case for Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks?
Prisma Cloud helps support DevSecOps methodologies, making those responsibilities easier to manage.
What Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform do you recommend?
We like Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, since it offers us incredible visibility into our entire cloud system. We are able to easily see where our container vulnerabilities lie and and where cl...
What do you think of Aqua Security vs Prisma Cloud?
Aqua Security is easy to use and very manageable. Its main focus is on Kubernetes and Docker. Security is a very valuable feature and their speed of integration is very good. The initial setup was ...
 

Also Known As

Docker Enterprise
Prisma Public Cloud, RedLock Cloud 360, RedLock, Twistlock, Aporeto
 

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Sample Customers

illumina, Groupon, PayPal, ebay, ING, New Relic
Amgen, Genpact, Western Asset, Zipongo, Proofpoint, NerdWallet, Axfood, 21st Century Fox, Veeva Systems, Reinsurance Group of America
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