AWS Security Hub vs Microsoft Defender for Cloud comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.8, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 2.8% mindshare in CSPM, compared to Microsoft’s 6.3% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

AWS Security Hub

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

AWS Security Hub and Microsoft Defender for Cloud compete in cloud security management. AWS Security Hub leads in native AWS integration and comprehensive threat detection, while Microsoft Defender for Cloud excels in multi-cloud support and integration with Microsoft services.

Features: AWS Security Hub integrates security findings into a centralized view and offers automated compliance checks, simplifying AWS ecosystem management. In contrast, Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides strong network protection, integrating seamlessly with Azure Active Directory, and supports multi-cloud environments, offering broader coverage.

Room for Improvement: AWS Security Hub can enhance user-friendliness and reduce complexity, as it can be overwhelming and costly for some users. Improvements in hybrid cloud integration could also be beneficial. Microsoft Defender for Cloud could expand its user interface functionality and ease of use while optimizing cost structures for smaller businesses. Enhancements in real-time threat detection and alerting could further strengthen its capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AWS Security Hub offers a straightforward setup and reliable support within AWS environments, making it best for AWS-focused organizations. Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides excellent support across various environments, allowing for easier hybrid infrastructure management. Its integration with Microsoft tools boosts deployment efficiency.

Pricing and ROI: AWS Security Hub has lower initial costs within the AWS ecosystem, delivering good ROI for AWS-centric operations. In contrast, Microsoft Defender for Cloud's extensive feature set supports higher costs, offering excellent ROI for businesses leveraging multi-cloud strategies and Microsoft services.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Security Hub

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

12th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (7th)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (5th), Container Management (6th), Container Security (5th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (1st), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (4th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (5th), Microsoft Security Suite (7th), Compliance Management (4th), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of AWS Security Hub is 2.8%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Defender for Cloud is 6.3%, down from 10.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud	6.3%
AWS Security Hub	2.8%
Other	90.9%

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Featured Reviews

Karthik Ekambaram

Director at Scybers

Has helped identify misconfigurations and prioritize risks but lacks multi-cloud support and deeper integration features

AWS Security Hub cannot scale up to multiple different cloud environments; it only works for AWS. There are other products in the market for CSPM that can give you multi-cloud environment misconfigurations, even Microsoft for that matter. Regarding the integration of AWS Security Hub with third-party tools, I am not certain whether we can integrate them, but there is no need to do so. However, AWS Security Hub cannot integrate with other cloud providers, so it only supports the AWS environment. The compliance checks within AWS Security Hub are good, but we don't use them much. We utilize compliance frameworks such as CIS compliance frameworks and ISO 27017 framework, which are beneficial, but it can improve in other areas too, such as including NIST and other frameworks beyond just ISO and CIS. Improvements can be applicable for scalability, particularly on integration with multi-cloud environments, and compliance frameworks can be added for more variety as well. The unified dashboard in AWS Security Hub is adequate; I cannot say it is exceptional, but the content available in the dashboards is satisfactory for now.

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Shivam Dhang

IT Infrastructure & Cloud Manager at Softcell Technologies Limited

Continuous posture management has improved cloud risk visibility and accelerated remediation

The best features Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers are the CSPM, which includes continuous posture assessment with prioritized misconfiguration fixes that gives us clear visibility of cloud risk and drift across the environment. Additionally, the CWPP has strong runtime protection for VMs, containers, and PaaS, including multi-cloud visibility. The single pane for Azure, AWS plus GCP with consistent policies and recommendations is noteworthy. What stands out most is the combination of posture management plus runtime protection, which provides both preventive and detective control in one platform. Since using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, we have seen a positive impact such as improved security posture with clear visibility via secure score that helped reduce misconfiguration significantly over time. There has also been faster risk remediation, as we have prioritized recommendations plus auto remediation which has reduced fix time from days to hours for common issues. Better workload protection has resulted in earlier detection of suspicious activity on VMs or containers, preventing potential compromise and lateral movement. The biggest impact is proactive risk reduction plus faster remediation across cloud environments. From our experience, misconfiguration has been reduced to a 40 to 55% drop in critical issues such as public exposures, weak NSG, and IAM gaps within the first few months after continuous tuning. We have saved time with the remediation time reduced by 50 to 60%, or from days to a few hours using prioritized recommendations plus auto remediation. Additionally, secure score improvement has typically risen from a 50 to 55% baseline to 80 to 85% after structured remediation cycles, which were measured by tracking secure score trends, the number of open recommendations, and mean time to remediate.

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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

"Currently, our organization utilizes AWS for various purposes, including SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and hosting applications in the cloud. We develop our applications and use AWS services as a platform for basic functions and secondary development needs. Additionally, we rely on PaaS for accounting services. Approximately, 50% of our applications are hosted in the cloud environment, making it a significant part of our current setup."

"AWS Security Hub brings many features into one table that is quite useful, and the app team finds it easier to see what is missing."

"Easily integrates with third-party tools"

"AWS Security Hub's unified dashboard does help streamline my process of identifying vulnerabilities, but we don't use Inspector."

"The advantage is that it is cloud-native, and we do not need to install agents or sensors to find findings."

"I rate Security Hub ten out of ten for stability."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to manage...It is a scalable solution."

"Within AWS Security Hub, there is a feature for aggregating and prioritizing security findings which allows for better risk prioritization based on misconfiguration, as they know AWS thoroughly."

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"When we started out, our secure score was pretty low, we adopted some of the recommendations that Security Center set out and we were able to make good progress on improving it, as it had been in the low thirties and is now in the upper eighties."

"If you are a Microsoft organization and most of your organization uses Microsoft, Microsoft Defender for Cloud will be the best approach as it provides the easiest implementation to the most robust solution for a Microsoft suite."

"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."

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

"The most valuable features are the security recommendations provided by Defender for Cloud."

"When you have commissioned Defender, you have these things visible already on your dashboard, which gives the efficiency to the people to do their actual work rather than bothering about emails or ITSM tools, resulting in fewer costs with a more optimized, easier-to-use solution and providing operational efficiency for your team from day one."

"Microsoft Defender for Cloud monitors our entire cloud environment. It enables conditional access and incorporates features like number matching and single sign-on for all our cloud apps. It is great for protecting against ransomware and various security threats."

"It takes very little effort to integrate it, and it also gives very good visibility into what exactly is happening."

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Cons

"I would like a more fine-grained capability for creating custom rules and a more user-friendly experience programmatically in writing queries and configuring custom security rules, making it quicker and easier."

"Adding SIEM features would be beneficial because of the limited customization of AWS Security Hub."

"The solution is not wholly self-sufficient."

"The telemetry doesn't always go into the control center. When you have multiple instances running in AWS, you need a control tower to take feeds from Security Hub and analyze your results. Sometimes exemptions aren't passed between the control tower and Security Hub. The configuration gets mixed up or you don't get the desired results."

"The solution lacks self-sufficiency."

"The support must be quicker."

"Security Hub is currently not worth investing in, as it requires more configurations and integration with other services to work effectively."

"It is not flexible for multi-cloud environments."

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"One of the main challenges that we have been facing with Azure Security Center is the cost. The costs are really a complex calculation, e.g., to calculate the monthly costs. Azure is calculating on an hourly basis for use of the resource. Because of this, we found it really complex to promote what will be our costs for the next couple of months. I think if Azure could reduce the complex calculation and come up with straightforward cost mapping that would be very useful from a product point of view."

"The product must improve its UI."

"I would like to have the ability to customize executive reporting."

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

"Microsoft has much room for improvement regarding the support for Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Their competitors are much better regarding support."

"There is no perfect product in the world and there are always features that can be added."

"The documentation and implementation guides could be improved."

"Defender could provide more in-depth visibility into vulnerabilities and services. For instance, we wanted to scan Azure NetApp for sensitive data, but they didn't have that feature. It was only for storage accounts. I want Azure Defender features to cover all Azure resources rather than a few."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Security Hub's pricing is pretty reasonable."

"The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable."

"The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions."

"There are multiple subscription models, like yearly, monthly, and packaged."

"The cost is based on the number of compliances, core checks, and services required, and for more than 10,000 recommendations, the charge is just one dollar."

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

"AWS Security Hub is not an expensive tool. I would consider it to be a cheap solution. AWS Security Hub follows the PAYG pricing model, meaning you will have to pay for whatever you use."

"The pricing is fine. It is not an expensive tool."

"There are improvements that have to be made to the licensing. Currently, for servers, it has to be done by grouping the servers on a single subscription... We don't have an option whereby, if all those resources are in one subscription, we can have each of the individual servers subject to different planning."

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

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

"I am not involved in this area. However, I believe its price is okay because even small customers are using Azure Security Center. I don't think it is very expensive."

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

"We are using the free version of the Azure Security Center."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	49

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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What needs improvement with AWS Security Hub?

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What is your primary use case for AWS Security Hub?

The major use case for identifying misconfigurations within the AWS environment focuses on determining whether the administrators have configured everything correctly, giving a better picture of AW...

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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 across your ecosystem. It also has great remote workforce capabilities and supports a...

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

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was that the license cost was the only consideration. Setup and support had no issues.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

To improve Microsoft Defender for Cloud, I think pricing-wise, the license price is a little bit higher from an ingestion cost perspective. Depending on what license you choose, you might have to p...

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Overview

AWS Security Hub provides multi-account management and compliance checks alongside integrations with AWS services and third-party tools. It centralizes vulnerability tracking and risk prioritization, delivering real-time alerts for proactive security management.

AWS Security Hub enhances cloud security management through a centralized dashboard that monitors infrastructure resources and compliance scores, ensuring adherence to AWS standards. With integrations for vulnerability detection and security posture management, users can streamline security operations. While the platform offers notable benefits, areas for improvement include customization options for findings suppression and integration with multi-cloud environments.

What are the key features of AWS Security Hub?

Multi-Account Management: Seamlessly manage security across numerous accounts.
Compliance Checks: Stay aligned with standards such as PCI through automated reviews.
AWS Integrations: Connect effortlessly with AWS and third-party services to enhance security posture.
Real-Time Alerts: Quickly respond to potential threats with immediate notifications.
Risk Prioritization: Focus on critical vulnerabilities to enhance resource allocation.

What benefits should users expect from using AWS Security Hub?

Proactive Security: Early threat detection enables quicker mitigation strategies.
Cloud-Native Functionality: Utilize tools tailored for cloud environments.
Compliance Insights: Simplified compliance management provides transparency.
Ease of Use: Streamlined interface facilitates efficient security management.

Industries implementing AWS Security Hub leverage its capabilities for comprehensive security across multiple accounts and regions. Health, finance, and retail sectors benefit by automating compliance checks and monitoring security infrastructures. This service aids in identifying misconfigurations, tracking alerts, and ensuring infrastructure integrity during cyber incidents.

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Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a comprehensive security platform offering integration with Microsoft services, multi-cloud capability, AI-driven threat detection, compliance, and unified visibility for improved security operations.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud manages security operations by integrating with Microsoft services and supporting multi-cloud environments. Its features include AI-driven threat detection, compliance oversight, and advanced threat protection. It simplifies processes with unified visibility, threat intelligence, and automated workflows, enhancing security posture across various workloads. Despite its robust capabilities, improvements are needed in third-party tool integration, comprehensive AI-driven remediation, and a more intuitive dashboard. Users report complexity in licensing, inadequate documentation, and high costs, with room for enhancements in compliance reporting and multi-cloud support.

What are the key features of Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

Integration with Microsoft Services: Seamlessly integrates with Microsoft platforms for streamlined operations.
Multi-Cloud Capability: Supports various cloud environments for broader coverage.
AI-Driven Threat Detection: Uses AI to identify and counter security threats effectively.
Compliance Features: Offers regulatory compliance tools to ensure adherence to standards.
Unified Visibility: Provides a comprehensive view of security operations for better management.
Endpoint Management: Manages and secures endpoint devices efficiently.
Advanced Threat Protection: Delivers enhanced defense against complex threats.
Vulnerability Management: Identifies and addresses vulnerabilities proactively.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Enhanced Security Posture: Strengthens security across multiple environments.
Unified Threat Intelligence: Centralizes threat data for informed decision-making.
Automated Processes: Streamlines security operations with automated workflows.
Prioritized Remediation: Offers prioritized actions to address security challenges efficiently.

Industries leverage Microsoft Defender for Cloud for security posture management and endpoint protection. Many companies integrate it with Office 365 for enhanced functionality. It provides comprehensive security overviews by monitoring cloud vulnerabilities, limiting unauthorized access, and replacing existing tools with its extensive capabilities from network security to compliance checks, securing Azure infrastructure, and enhancing client security.

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