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Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Intelligence and Threat Hunting vs Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 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

Check Point CloudGuard Clou...
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (6th)
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto N...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (6th), Container Security (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (2nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (1st), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Intelligence and Threat Hunting is designed for Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) and holds a mindshare of 0.4%.
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), holds 15.6% mindshare, down 21.0% since last year.
Cloud Detection and Response (CDR)
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Evans Vs - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent threat detection and response with useful cloud security posture management
Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Intelligence and Threat Hunting is primarily designed to provide advanced threat detection and response capabilities for cloud environments.  The primary use case of this solution is to detect threats, investigate incidents, hunt for threats, and automate responses…
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

"This solution helped me to improve and enhance our security posture."
"I like Prisma's ability to integrate with other tools. We can integrate it with Jira so that when Prisma triggers an alert, it opens a ticket in Jira. That was a big selling point for the product. There's a feature called the guest custom template that allows you to trigger alerts in Jira based on the template. That can also be added as a feature on Jira."
"I was looking for a vulnerability scanner and I was looking for one place in which I could find everything. This tool not only does vulnerability scanning, but it also gives me an asset management tool."
"The support is excellent."
"Integration is very easy. And because it supports security that spans multi- and hybrid-cloud environments, it's very easy to use."
"The policies that come prepackaged in the tool have been very valuable to us. They're accurate and they provide good guidance as to why the policy was created, as well as how to remediate anything that violates the policy."
"The ability to monitor the artifact repository is one of the most valuable features because we have a disparate set of development processes, but everything tends to land in a common set of artifact repositories. The solution gives us a single point where we can apply security control for monitoring. That's really helpful."
"The features of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks are overall satisfying, although I would like to verify some aspects."
"CSPM is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"The product can be improved by optimizing performance."
"One major observation is that it is not possible to implement Prisma Cloud on-premises. This is the limitation. Prisma Cloud itself is on a cloud. It is sitting on AWS and Google Cloud. It is a SaaS solution, but some of my clients have a local regulatory requirement, and they want to install it locally on their premises. That capability is not there, but government entities and ministries want to have Prisma Cloud installed locally."
"One of the main backlogs in their development is in the area of integration. For example, we have ServiceNow in place for ticket management and Prisma Cloud is supposed to send closure emails for incidents. But from time to time, it fails to do so. We have several other mismatches between Prisma Cloud and ServiceNow."
"While Prisma provides a lot of visibility, it also creates a ton of work. Most customers that implement Prisma Cloud have thousands of alerts that are urgent."
"The innovation side of the solution could be more efficient and more detailed."
"Some module customization might be needed and certain features like adding custom labels are currently unavailable unless we have administrator access."
"The UX part of Prisma's user interface could be simplified and the metrics tool should be highlighted more."
"The UI is good, however, they could improve the experience."
"A couple of exporting functionalities should be more user-friendly because if I want to export something, I can get a lot of data visible to that particular CSV."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"Prisma Cloud is affordable."
"Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks carries a higher cost, but its enhanced security measures justify the expense."
"Almost all the CSPM tools are pretty expensive."
"In general, Prisma Cloud is much cheaper than cloud-native services."
"Prisma Cloud is a high-end enterprise solution, making it quite expensive."
"The price is high. In the future, when there are more competitors at the same level with different clouds, maybe the position will be different."
"I wouldn't mind if it were cheaper. We are spending a fair amount of money on Prisma Cloud."
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Computer Software Company
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Intelligence and Threat Hunting?
The product can be improved by optimizing performance, improving user experience, and encouraging integration depth. Additional features like AI-driven threat hunting, vulnerability management, and...
What is your primary use case for Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Intelligence and Threat Hunting?
Check Point CloudGuard Cloud Intelligence and Threat Hunting is primarily designed to provide advanced threat detection and response capabilities for cloud environments. The primary use case of thi...
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

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

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