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Product	Microsoft Defender for Cloud by Microsoft View product	Sysdig Secure by Sysdig View product
Overview
What it is	Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers CSPM, CNAPP and workload protection. Use it for cloud workload protection and multicloud security. See Cloud Security alternatives.	What does Sysdig Secure do? It covers automated remediation and container image scanning. See typical use cases, cloud or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Cloud Security Platform / CNAPP	Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
Best for	Cross-industry	Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Public Sector, Media
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybrid	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Multicloud; Cloud; Multicloud connectors	Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises / Private Cloud Backend
Data residency	Selected service/tenant region	United States; European Union; APAC; Global AWS Cloud Regions
Key features
What it offers	CSPM CNAPP Workload protection Vulnerability assessment Cloud security recommendations Threat detection DevOps security Cloud workload protection	Falco runtime threat detection Container image scanning Kubernetes posture management CIEM entitlement analysis Automated remediation Container runtime security Kubernetes threat hunting CI/CD 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	AzureAWSGoogle CloudKubernetesserversdatabasesstorage	KubernetesDockerOpenShiftAWS ECS/EKSAzure AKSGoogle GKE
Compliance	Regulatory compliance dashboardsAzure compliance portfolio	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAAGDPRCIS BenchmarksNIST 800-53
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AzureAWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft SentinelGitHubAzure DevOps	AWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureKubernetesDockerGitHub ActionsJiraSplunk
Industries	Cross-industry	Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareRetailPublic SectorMedia
Regions	GlobalAzure region/service dependent	Global
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Sysdig
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	1,000+
Founded	1975	2013

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

by Microsoft

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Sysdig Secure

by Sysdig

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Overview

What it is

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers CSPM, CNAPP and workload protection. Use it for cloud workload protection and multicloud security. See Cloud Security alternatives.

Sysdig Secure

What does Sysdig Secure do? It covers automated remediation and container image scanning. See typical use cases, cloud or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Cloud Security Platform / CNAPP

Sysdig Secure

Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)

Best for

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Cross-industry

Sysdig Secure

Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Retail, Public Sector, Media

Pricing

Pricing model

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Contact Vendor

Sysdig Secure

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Sysdig Secure

Deployment

Deployment options

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

CloudHybrid

Sysdig Secure

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Cloud; Hybrid; Multicloud; Cloud; Multicloud connectors

Sysdig Secure

Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; On-premises / Private Cloud Backend

Data residency

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Selected service/tenant region

Sysdig Secure

United States; European Union; APAC; Global AWS Cloud Regions

Key features

What it offers

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

CSPM
CNAPP
Workload protection
Vulnerability assessment
Cloud security recommendations
Threat detection
DevOps security
Cloud workload protection

Sysdig Secure

Falco runtime threat detection
Container image scanning
Kubernetes posture management
CIEM entitlement analysis
Automated remediation
Container runtime security
Kubernetes threat hunting
CI/CD vulnerability scanning

Platform & access

API access

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Sysdig Secure

Single sign-on (SSO)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Sysdig Secure

Role-based access (RBAC)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Sysdig Secure

Multi-tenant

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Sysdig Secure

Mobile app

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Sysdig Secure

Supported platforms

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

AzureAWSGoogle CloudKubernetesserversdatabasesstorage

Sysdig Secure

KubernetesDockerOpenShiftAWS ECS/EKSAzure AKSGoogle GKE

Compliance

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Regulatory compliance dashboardsAzure compliance portfolio

Sysdig Secure

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAAGDPRCIS BenchmarksNIST 800-53

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

AzureAWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft Defender XDRMicrosoft SentinelGitHubAzure DevOps

Sysdig Secure

AWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureKubernetesDockerGitHub ActionsJiraSplunk

Industries

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Cross-industry

Sysdig Secure

Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareRetailPublic SectorMedia

Regions

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

GlobalAzure region/service dependent

Sysdig Secure

Global

Vendor

Company

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft

Sysdig Secure

Sysdig

Headquarters

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Redmond, Washington, USA

Sysdig Secure

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

200,000+

Sysdig Secure

1,000+

Founded

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

1975

Sysdig Secure

2013