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Prowler vs Vulcan Cyber comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Prowler
Ranking in Cloud Security Remediation
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Vulcan Cyber
Ranking in Cloud Security Remediation
2nd
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (27th), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Security Remediation category, the mindshare of Prowler is 13.4%, up from 5.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vulcan Cyber is 11.3%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Security Remediation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Vulcan Cyber11.3%
Prowler13.4%
Other75.3%
Cloud Security Remediation
 

Featured Reviews

Anubhav Bhardwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud DevOps Engineer at Businessnext
Centralized cloud posture has strengthened security and now needs richer AI remediation features
Prowler currently focuses on cloud services and big vendors, specifically AWS and GCP, but we can improve by including EC2-specific checks, such as identifying open RDP ports. While Prowler supports that, it lacks a suppress feature for false positives reported by users, so this is an area for improvement. The flow of traffic information is vital, as Prowler requires read-only access to resources. Any user can pinpoint using the network and facilitate remediation. There should also be a dashboard for attack vectors to manage incoming traffic and enhance infrastructure security, making these enhancements beneficial for Prowler's future. I give Prowler a score of seven or eight due to its inclusion of multiple security policies and the lack of a feature for adding false positives. Additionally, the network architecture features are incomplete even after recent revisions. Improving AI-sourced security posture features would enhance Prowler's value significantly, as would the option to allow automatic remediation for identified issues. Prowler's AI capabilities are good but just starting, as significant improvements are still needed on that front. I find the AI features reliable and accurate; we rely on the recommendations provided. However, if Prowler could also include remediation capabilities for users, it would significantly reduce manual efforts, showcasing the potential of AI. It currently summarizes data from Security Hub and AWS documentation, and improving this would be beneficial.
Vikram Chakravarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer II (Vulnerability & Threat Management) at FICO
Risk-based workflows have transformed how our teams prioritize and track critical vulnerabilities
One important area for improvement could be reporting flexibility and dashboard customization, as this would need to align with specific organizational requirements. I believe it could be better. Additionally, UI simplification and more customization around workflows and reporting would further enhance the analyst experience. Improvements in executive reporting, more customizable dashboards, and deeper workflow flexibility would enhance operational usability further. Vulcan Cyber handles scalability well in our organization. It maintains stability for visibility and remediation tracking, avoiding the need for additional storage, as it is cloud-based. It scales well in our environment, even as vulnerability data and assets grow significantly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Prowler offers real-time scanning, which is crucial when improving our cloud security posture, as updates can be immediately reflected on the scoreboard."
"Before using Prowler, we were spending hours of our engineers' efforts on compliance and misconfiguration checks, saving that configuration in Excel sheets, and after switching to Prowler, these processes are super smooth and easy, and we are currently saving our engineers' time."
"Prowler has saved us a lot of time, as our engineers previously wasted time manually checking all the configurations of cloud resources maintained in Excel sheets; after switching to Prowler, we save 60 to 70% of our engineers' time, as they no longer need to check each cloud account and resource individually."
"Prowler has positively impacted my organization by helping us on the security front by improving compliance."
"The most notable aspects include having prioritization capabilities and custom scripts."
"One of the features that I find valuable is the ability to bifurcate the report according to the many options available."
"It is very good when it comes to ingesting information from different sources and then displaying this information in an easy-to-use platform."
"I was part of the initial deployment. It was pretty easy. To fully deploy, it took about three or four weeks."
"The automation capabilities using the Vulcan API platform or the API feature allow me to easily automate scripts and reports and schedule them."
"Vulcan Cyber has had the biggest positive impact on my organization through the improvement in prioritization and remediation efficiency."
"Vulcan Cyber offers a single pane of glass for centralizing our security data."
"Vulcan Cyber has helped reduce our organization’s mean time to remediation."
 

Cons

"Some of the findings in Prowler are not that critical but come in the critical category, so that could be improved."
"I give Prowler a score of seven or eight due to its inclusion of multiple security policies and the lack of a feature for adding false positives."
"One limitation is that after scanning the cloud account, Prowler provides reports of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO certified, but we only receive an Excel sheet; I think a PDF report along with remediation steps is needed to help us improve our cloud accounts better."
"For the reports, Prowler does not provide PDF reports for all compliances; it only gives reports for the Prowler configuration."
"There are several areas needing improvement. The product helps, but the reporting relies heavily on Power BI. It is limited to graphical views and requires additional filtering, posing operational challenges."
"Initially, when onboarding Vulcan Cyber, the setup and configuration was more complex than expected with a user-friendly approach. This aspect can be enhanced."
"Mainly, what I would like from them is more maintenance of the different connectors they have in the platform."
"It would be extremely helpful to have a community group around the product."
"We've faced situations where we required support on a Friday, and support wasn't available."
"The performance is bad. The query and the UI are always slow, and it's quite frustrating. Vulcan is trying to solve this with a newer design. The dashboard is also crowded. It pulls in all this raw information that you need to filter. Vulcan has filtering capabilities, but they're hard to manage. The labels aren't very clear, so you need to do things by trial and error. It's not as easy as other tools we've been using."
"The fact that we cannot use it for our reporting leads me to rate it three out of ten."
"I would describe Vulcan Cyber's user interface as adequate, but there are gaps that need addressing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Its pricing is quite fair compared to what is out there in the market, especially compared to the tool from Microsoft. It is a SaaS platform that has an annual cost, so it is something that is already used by many companies. It is quite affordable."
"Our leadership knows better about the pricing. As per my knowledge, which might not be accurate, its price can come down."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Prowler?
I have not deep dived into the pricing and setup cost, but the setup cost is very minimal, and using Prowler's cloud platform requires a small amount of money for securing and complying with our cl...
What needs improvement with Prowler?
For the reports, Prowler does not provide PDF reports for all compliances; it only gives reports for the Prowler configuration. Prowler could include PDFs for all the compliances, which would be su...
What is your primary use case for Prowler?
We have been using Prowler for one year. The main use case of Prowler is to ensure we are ready with compliance, and we can also check our configurations of cloud environments. We can check our mis...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vulcan Cyber?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Vulcan Cyber indicates that pricing typically depends on the scale of integrated assets. Organization values are usually evaluated based on...
What needs improvement with Vulcan Cyber?
One important area for improvement could be reporting flexibility and dashboard customization, as this would need to align with specific organizational requirements. I believe it could be better. A...
What is your primary use case for Vulcan Cyber?
My main use case for Vulcan Cyber involves vulnerability prioritization and tracking remediation, including exposure visibility and risk-based vulnerability management. We mainly use it to centrali...
 

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Stitch Fix, Mandiant, Wealthsimple, Entrust, Anaplan, Deloitte, Origami Risk, Verana Health
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