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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs Wiz comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.1
The ROI from Azure Kubernetes Service depends on specific use cases, duration of use, and challenges with cost-effectiveness.
Sentiment score
7.3
Wiz enhances company value with time savings, security efficiency, cost reduction, asset management, and increased feature adoption despite regional costs.
We have seen ROI from Wiz and we continued to see value in Wiz.
We estimate a cost reduction of around 35% to 50%, or even more, due to consolidating our security management into one platform.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
AKS support ranges from excellent to inadequate, with mixed reviews on response times and issue resolution efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.7
Wiz receives high marks for customer service, despite initial contact challenges and regional support gaps, thanks to effective communication tools.
We have a dedicated channel with Wiz and are always in communication with them.
The solution's technical support was excellent.
Century Data has an engineering team who support the initial calls with a local Knowledge base.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Azure Kubernetes Service offers high scalability and ease of expansion but can be costly for extensive scaling needs.
Sentiment score
8.1
Wiz excels in scalability and integration, efficiently managing large-scale operations, though costs and remediation workflows need improvement.
AKS offers excellent scalability due to its adaptation from Kubernetes.
We have deployed Wiz in three organizations on AWS, each with approximately 70 to 80 accounts, totaling more than 120 accounts.
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
We were able to find a balance in terms of pricing and performance.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Azure Kubernetes Service is stable, self-healing, with occasional sync issues, and concerns typically arise from external factors.
Sentiment score
8.1
Users express high confidence in Wiz's reliability, with minor issues quickly resolved and stability rated eight to ten.
From my usage, I would rate its stability as eight to nine out of ten.
Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight to nine out of ten.
The solution is very stable.
Wiz is a stable solution, and we haven't faced any breakdowns.
 

Room For Improvement

AKS requires faster alerts, better support, improved cost-efficiency, enhanced UI, streamlined integration, security, monitoring, and simplified deployment.
Users seek enhanced reporting, integration, security, and cost-effectiveness on Wiz, including better remediation, alerts, and scanning capabilities.
The costs are rising rapidly, and we have not seen any cost reductions by moving to Azure.
It is costly compared to other solutions such as Canonical.
We would like to see preventive controls that can be applied through Wiz to protect against vulnerabilities that we're not going to be able to remediate immediately.
We need an agent that can be installed, or that can overview all the containers and Kubernetes so that it can detect malicious activities that are happening in them.
It focuses mainly on external risks, and additional visibility into internal network communication and cross-cloud or cloud-to-on-prem connectivity would be beneficial.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Kubernetes Service is costly, with potential $10,000 monthly fees, but offers flexible pricing and valued platform flexibility.
Enterprise users value Wiz for its comprehensive security, despite higher costs and some confusion over advanced features and pricing.
Transitioning to Azure did not bring cost reductions; in fact, costs are rising rapidly.
The pricing for Azure Kubernetes Service seems to be around the average, which I would rate as a five out of ten.
We are paying 250k per year.
In some cases, it has a very aggressive price, so very cheap.
What I do like is that the pricing seems pretty simple.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Kubernetes Service excels in integration, scalability, ease of use, security, cost management, and operational efficiency.
Wiz enhances cloud security with risk evaluation, visibility, and incident detection using user-friendly dashboards and automated analysis.
The most valuable features of Azure Kubernetes Service are its integration with Kubernetes, offering similar features for a seamless experience.
Since pricing is not a major concern, we chose the best fit for our application, which was specifically designed for this particular platform.
The feature leads to minimal false positives and a low volume of alerts, which is highly valuable for our operations.
It's highly customizable, allowing us to manage many custom features effectively.
Regarding compliance and governance, Wiz streamlines our vulnerability management to meet specific needs effectively.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Ranking in Container Security
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Wiz
Ranking in Container Security
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (3rd), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (1st), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (1st), Compliance Management (3rd), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wiz is 18.5%, up from 16.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

Shaijith KB - PeerSpot reviewer
Professional services boost confidence but pricing and user-friendliness need attention
We have multiple solutions such as SimpliVity, Nutanix, and DXRail, which are all part of our Ansible-based system. It gives us more confidence and we can control our groups effectively. The solution is not particularly user-friendly for novice administrators, making it challenging to understand certain aspects. Templates are not readily available, requiring users to build their own worksheets and everything from scratch. This is a main decentralization we observe compared to VMware. We have tested various solutions including Rancher, RHEL, Canonical from SUSE, and the bare metal version from RHEL direct. Since pricing is not a major concern, we chose the best fit for our application, which was specifically designed for this particular platform.
Pietro Villivà - PeerSpot reviewer
Useful for security assessment and maintaining correct security posture
The tool keeps improving on a weekly basis. Wiz enters into a lot of partnerships with other technologies. I don't have any idea about the improvements needed in the tool at the moment. For me, Wiz is a very complete product, but it is not the perfect one. Other technologies are better for our customers' specific use cases. A possible way to grow the tool is by introducing new functionality or features. In the future, the tool can introduce an on-prem infrastructure or platform. Not having an on-prem version can be an obstacle for customers who have a large workload in an on-prem environment. The onboarding can be done in five minutes or five to ten minutes. Then, there is the configuration, and it depends on the type of the use case of the customer. There is a customer that has simple use cases for whom the onboarding can be done in four to eight hours a day. If there are some customers with a lot of use cases and a lot of different cloud providers, more time is needed. In general, we don't need more than five days to deploy the tool, even in the case of a very complex architecture and hybrid cloud environment. To deploy the tool, we need to have access to the account of the customer, and Wiz is a stuff that we need to make with the customer. We do the onboarding together. The customer creates the correct authorization in the cloud platform and gives us the key to connect to the platform, and then the platform connector starts and begins to collect information.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?
The platform's high scalability is one of its biggest advantages.
What needs improvement with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?
One improvement I'd like to see is a better user interface for developers, enabling easier operation without relying heavily on command lines.
What is your primary use case for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?
My primary use case is building and deploying solutions using multiple Azure services. I combine these services to build systems on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Since I work mainly as a back-end...
What do you like most about Wiz?
With Wiz, we get timely alerts for leaked data or any vulnerabilities already existing in our environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wiz?
This feedback is not based on much experience yet, as we have only conducted POV or POC.
What needs improvement with Wiz?
In Wiz, if there is one vulnerability that occurs multiple times, it is listed only once. However, even if it is a single vulnerability in the same category, it repeats multiple times. This feature...
 

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Sample Customers

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