AWS Security Hub vs Orca Security comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Orca Security and AWS Security Hub compete in the cloud security domain. Based on the data, Orca Security seems to have the upper hand due to its superior visibility and vulnerability prioritization capabilities.

Features: Orca Security provides agentless SideScanning technology that offers granular insights into cloud environments, prioritizes vulnerabilities efficiently, and manages security across platforms like containers. AWS Security Hub excels in integration within AWS, offering comprehensive alerts and compliance checks specifically for AWS environments, but lacks cross-platform insights.

Room for Improvement: Orca Security could expand its capabilities to include data centers, enhance alert granularity, and add automated remediation options. It should also increase integrations with ticketing systems and anti-malware features. AWS Security Hub would benefit from better multi-cloud support, real-time scanning, and improved integration with third-party tools. Enhancements in adaptability and customization would boost its flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Orca Security is noted for user-friendly deployment and excellent customer service, with responsive support through direct channels like Slack. AWS Security Hub integrates easily within AWS but offers less frequent and generic support compared to Orca's proactive network.

Pricing and ROI: Orca Security, though perceived as costly compared to competitors like Wiz, offers significant ROI by improving security and reducing staffing costs. Its quick time-to-value is notable. In contrast, AWS Security Hub’s pay-as-you-go model is more affordable for AWS-native setups, though Orca presents more value in multi-cloud environments.

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AWS Security Hub vs. Orca Security

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Security Hub

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

13th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th)

Orca Security

Ranking in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

6th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (11th), Container Security (10th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (5th), API Security (4th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (5th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (8th), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (2nd), AI Security (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category, the mindshare of AWS Security Hub is 3.5%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Orca Security is 4.7%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Orca Security	4.7%
AWS Security Hub	3.5%
Other	91.8%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

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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reviewer2800203

Assistant Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Cloud posture management has improved remediation and optimizes costs with contextual risk insights

Since I have not used Orca Security for 10 months, I am uncertain what areas still need improvement, as they may have rolled out features that addressed issues I faced in the past. However, I can say the tool is good. A few things could potentially be improved, particularly regarding false positives and the UI. What I observed is that they release updates to the platform without notifying the customer. Every time the UI is upgraded, they release something without notification. This could be a slight improvement. If they released some kind of notification to just inform the customer about UI changes, the customer would be aware of the changes that Orca Security is making in the backend.

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

"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."

"I like that AWS Security Hub currently has several good features, around four or five. The technical support for AWS Security Hub is also responsive."

"Finding out if your infrastructure is secure is a valuable feature."

"Security Hub provides insightful information about what is running and where there might be weaknesses."

"AWS Security Hub has very good integration features. It allows for AWS native services integration, and it helps us to integrate some of the services outside of AWS. They have partners, such as Amazon Preferred Network Partners (APN). If you have different security tools around APN, we can integrate those findings with AWS Security Hub reducing the need to refer to different portals or different UIs. You can have AWS Security Hub act as a single common go-to dashboard."

"AWS Security Hub has very good integration features. It allows for AWS native services integration, and it helps us to integrate some of the services outside of AWS."

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

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"Orca Security has helped reduce the time it takes to address cloud security alerts."

"The best features of Orca Security include its ability to perform a lot of security controls without requiring any installation of agents, making it very easy to set up."

"I find Orca Security's CIEM feature invaluable, as it focuses on entitlement and posture management, identifying assets with older OS versions, and asset misconfiguration."

"The GUI features are very good. Threat intelligence is also very good."

"Orca Security is easier to use than other alternatives; you need a little skill to dominate Orca Security compared to other options and Orca Security is more user-friendly and in this case is more enjoyable."

"In our opinion, Orca Sensor is the best solution available at the moment, and it significantly affects the visibility and protection of environments."

"I appreciate Orca Security because I can see CSPM, KSPM, and DSPM, and it works with major security frameworks such as NIST and CIS, allowing me to see comprehensive insights on my cloud environment, with CI/CD integration and shift-left configuration that helps me improve cloud maturity and DevSecOps maturity as a complete CNAPP platform with the most capabilities to work with cloud security."

"If I consider the analogy of the house, I expected to be able to see under the floor, what I did not expect was to be able to see behind all of the walls and through the ceiling and through the roof and into the basement, and everywhere."

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Cons

"Security needs to be measured based on their own criteria. We can't add custom criteria specific to our organization. For example, having an S3 bucket publicly available might be flagged as a critical alert, but it might not be critical in a sandbox environment. So, it gets flagged as critical, which becomes a false positive. So, customization options and creating custom dashboards would be areas for improvement."

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

"Shortening the response time for support tickets, particularly in production issues, could make the service more efficient."

"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."

"Whenever my team gets some alarms from the central team, my team needs to initiate whether it's a real or false trigger. The central team needs to keep adjusting to the parameters or at least the concerned IPs, whether it's really from the company's pool of IPs, so the trigger process can be improved. In the next release of AWS Security Hub, I'd like a better dashboard that could result in better alert visibility."

"The solution will only give you insight if you have configure rule enabled. It should work more like Prisma Cloud and Dome9 which have a better approach."

"We need more granular-level customizations to enable or disable the rules in AWS Security Hub."

"The solution should be easier to learn and use"

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"Another improvement would be that, in addition to focusing on endpoint compliance, they would focus on general compliance."

"I would be happy if they offered more automatic remediation options. They're working on that, but the more the better. For example, if they want you to harden a server, they would offer a hardening script that would be more aware of what's going on."

"I think the downside of Orca Security is the reports."

"I have concerns about OCI support. When I work with Orca Security, the support for OCI is limited, so I cannot effectively work with the OCI environment."

"The automatic scan only runs every 24 hours, and if an alert is remediated within an hour, it still remains until the next scheduled scan."

"The timeout settings could be made more customizable, as sometimes if I leave the office early, it's still running unless manually turned off."

"The solution could improve by making the dashboards more elaborative and more descriptive."

"They can expand a little bit in anti-malware detection. While we have pretty good confidence that it's going to detect some of the static malware, some of the detections are heuristics. There could be a growth in the library from where they're pulling their information, but we don't get a lot of those alerts based on the design of our products. In general, that might be an area that needs to be filled since they offer it as a service within it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

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

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

"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."

"We have a total of 25 licenses for this solution. The solution is on a pay-and-you-use model."

"Its license is a bit expensive."

"Orca Security is cheaper compared to other solutions in the same space."

"Orca is very competitive when compared to the alternatives and is not the most expensive in the market, that's for sure."

"I think their pricing model is aligned with market demand. Of course, Orca could probably better align their pricing model with the needs of smaller businesses as well as some larger-scale enterprises with millions of assets. But in all fairness, I think the Orca sales team has been accommodating and ensured that we're happy with the pricing."

"While it's competitive with Palo Alto Prisma, I think Orca's list price is very high. I would advise Orca to lower it because, at that price, I might consider alternatives like Wiz, which also offers agentless services."

"Orca Security charges are based on cloud workloads. So, it's based on workloads. If we look at one feature, it might be expensive."

"The most expensive solution is Palo Alto. They claim to be very robust. The next most expensive is Wiz, followed by Orca and all the rest."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

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	14
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	8

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...

What do you like most about AWS Security Hub?

The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud.

What needs improvement with AWS Security Hub?

What do you like most about Orca Security?

It's for protection. It's an agentless tool. We don't need to install anything at a customer's premises. We can just scan the entire assets in the cloud.

What needs improvement with Orca Security?

I think the downside of Orca Security is the reports. I don't have any good reports ready to deliver to an executive. If I need to deliver some reports to my account manager or an executive, I don'...

What is your primary use case for Orca Security?

I normally use Orca Security for AppSec, and one of the features that I use commonly is the application security. I love it because it's already covered in the same license, and I can get a good ov...

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Overview

AWS Security Hub is a comprehensive security service that provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across an AWS environment. It collects data from various AWS services, partner solutions, and AWS Marketplace products to provide a holistic view of security posture. With Security Hub, users can quickly identify and prioritize security issues, automate compliance checks, and streamline remediation efforts.

The service offers a range of features including continuous monitoring, threat intelligence integration, and customizable dashboards. It also provides automated insights and recommendations to help users improve their security posture. Security Hub integrates with other AWS services like Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, and AWS Macie to provide a unified security experience. Additionally, it supports integration with third-party security tools through its API, allowing users to leverage their existing security investments.

With its user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities, AWS Security Hub is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their security and compliance posture in the cloud.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Orca Security provides comprehensive security management with agentless visibility and SideScanning technology, ensuring efficient threat detection without performance impact.

Orca Security offers agentless visibility across multi-cloud environments, streamlining security management with features like SideScanning technology and centralized security tools. It focuses on automation, vulnerability management, and compliance checks, enhancing a company's security posture with real-time alerts and integrated threat detection. Its intuitive interface prioritizes critical issues, making it suitable for managing DevSecOps processes efficiently.

What are the key features of Orca Security?

Agentless Visibility: Gain comprehensive insights into cloud environments without deploying agents.
SideScanning Technology: Detect threats and vulnerabilities efficiently across platforms.
Comprehensive Security Management: Centralizes security across AWS, GCP, and Azure with minimal setup effort.
CIEM Feature: Enhances security posture with integrated identity and access management.
Real-Time Alerts: Provide immediate awareness of security threats and vulnerabilities.
Automation and Compliance: Streamline processes with automated vulnerability management and compliance checks.

What benefits and ROI should companies look for in Orca Security?

Centralized Management: Simplifies security operations by consolidating tools across cloud environments.
Improved Security Posture: Reduces alerts and manages threats effectively with detailed insights.
Efficient Threat Detection: Enhances response capabilities with integrated threat detection and real-time alerts.
Easy Deployment and Setup: Facilitates quick implementation without complex configurations.
Enhanced Integration: Supports seamless integration with existing security frameworks and processes.

Companies in industries such as finance, healthcare, and technology leverage Orca Security for cloud security posture management, ensuring compliance with standards and securing applications and databases. Its agentless approach provides comprehensive visibility across AWS, GCP, and Azure, enhancing risk assessment and vulnerability management without impacting asset performance.

Sample Customers

Edmunds, Frame.io, GoDaddy, Realtor.com

BeyondTrust, Postman, Digital Turbine, Solarisbank, Lemonade, C6 Bank, Docebo, Vercel, and Vivino