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Product	Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection by Check Point View product	Prisma Cloud Compute by Palo Alto Networks View product
Overview
What it is	What does Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection do? It covers CIS compliance auditing. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.	Get the facts on Prisma Cloud Compute: automated CI/CD gating. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare it with other Cloud Security options before you decide.
Product type	Cloud Workload Security & Vulnerability Platform	Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP)
Best for	Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Cross-industry, Software, E-commerce	Cross-industry, Software Development, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Container Agent; Cloud SaaS; Container DaemonSet / Agentless	Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; Multi-cloud; DaemonSet / container agent deployment; Agentless host scanning; SaaS console
Data residency	Multi-region; Customer designated regions	Local host telemetry; centralized SaaS hosting in customer-designated region
Key features
What it offers	Container vulnerability scanning Kubernetes runtime defense Serverless function security Shift-left CI/CD integration CIS compliance auditing Container registry scanning Kubernetes runtime protection Serverless security hardening	Container image vulnerability scanning Runtime anomaly detection Kubernetes admission control Serverless function defense Compliance benchmarking (CIS) Automated CI/CD gating File integrity monitoring Container vulnerability scanning
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesOpenShift	KubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPVMwarebare-metal Linux/Windows
Compliance	CIS BenchmarksNIST SP 800-190PCI-DSSSOC 2HIPAA	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	KubernetesDockerAWS LambdaAzure FunctionsGitHubGitLabJenkins	DockerKubernetesOpenShiftAWS EKSAzure AKSGoogle GKEJenkinsGitHub Actions
Industries	Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareRetailCross-industrySoftware+1 more	Cross-industrySoftware DevelopmentFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcare
Regions	GlobalMulti-region cloud	Global
Vendor
Company	Check Point	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	5,000+	15,000+
Founded	1993	2005

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

by Check Point

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Prisma Cloud Compute

by Palo Alto Networks

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Overview

What it is

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

What does Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection do? It covers CIS compliance auditing. See typical use cases, cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Prisma Cloud Compute

Get the facts on Prisma Cloud Compute: automated CI/CD gating. Built for container vulnerability scanning. Compare it with other Cloud Security options before you decide.

Product type

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Cloud Workload Security & Vulnerability Platform

Prisma Cloud Compute

Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP)

Best for

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Cross-industry, Software, E-commerce

Prisma Cloud Compute

Cross-industry, Software Development, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare

Pricing

Pricing model

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Contact Vendor

Prisma Cloud Compute

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Prisma Cloud Compute

Deployment

Deployment options

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

SaaSCloud

Prisma Cloud Compute

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Cloud SaaS / Container Agent; Cloud SaaS; Container DaemonSet / Agentless

Prisma Cloud Compute

Cloud; Hybrid; On-premises; Multi-cloud; DaemonSet / container agent deployment; Agentless host scanning; SaaS console

Data residency

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Multi-region; Customer designated regions

Prisma Cloud Compute

Local host telemetry; centralized SaaS hosting in customer-designated region

Key features

What it offers

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Container vulnerability scanning
Kubernetes runtime defense
Serverless function security
Shift-left CI/CD integration
CIS compliance auditing
Container registry scanning
Kubernetes runtime protection
Serverless security hardening

Prisma Cloud Compute

Container image vulnerability scanning
Runtime anomaly detection
Kubernetes admission control
Serverless function defense
Compliance benchmarking (CIS)
Automated CI/CD gating
File integrity monitoring
Container vulnerability scanning

Platform & access

API access

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Prisma Cloud Compute

Single sign-on (SSO)

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Prisma Cloud Compute

Role-based access (RBAC)

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Prisma Cloud Compute

Multi-tenant

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Prisma Cloud Compute

Mobile app

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Prisma Cloud Compute

Supported platforms

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetesOpenShift

Prisma Cloud Compute

KubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPVMwarebare-metal Linux/Windows

Compliance

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

CIS BenchmarksNIST SP 800-190PCI-DSSSOC 2HIPAA

Prisma Cloud Compute

SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

KubernetesDockerAWS LambdaAzure FunctionsGitHubGitLabJenkins

Prisma Cloud Compute

DockerKubernetesOpenShiftAWS EKSAzure AKSGoogle GKEJenkinsGitHub Actions

Industries

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareRetailCross-industrySoftware+1 more

Prisma Cloud Compute

Cross-industrySoftware DevelopmentFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcare

Regions

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

GlobalMulti-region cloud

Prisma Cloud Compute

Global

Vendor

Company

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Check Point

Prisma Cloud Compute

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

Tel Aviv, Israel

Prisma Cloud Compute

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

5,000+

Prisma Cloud Compute

15,000+

Founded

Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection

1993

Prisma Cloud Compute

2005