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EchelonGraph vs. The Market
Honest, sourced comparison of EchelonGraph against Wiz, Orca Security, CrowdStrike Falcon, Prisma Cloud, and FortiCNAPP. Every data point links to an official vendor page.
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3-Tier
Agent architecture
Cloud + Network + Kernel
ZK
Zero-knowledge
On-prem scanner findings, opt-in
Self-hosted
Air-gapped ready
Helm chart deployment
| Feature | 🛡️EchelonGraph | 🟢Wiz | 🐋Orca Security | 🦅CrowdStrike | 🔺Prisma Cloud | 🏰FortiCNAPP | 🔐Palo Alto Idira | 🌐Versa CSPM |
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| Architecture | ||||||||
| Deployment Model | SaaS + Self-hosted↗ | SaaS↗ | SaaS↗ | SaaS↗ | SaaS + Self-hosted (Compute Ed.)↗ | SaaS (Fortinet Fabric)↗ | SaaS (Idira platform)↗ | SaaS (VersaONE Universal SASE)↗ |
| Agent Requirement | Agentless (T1) + optional eBPF (T3)↗ | Agentless-first + optional sensor↗ | Agentless (SideScanning™)↗ | Agent required (Falcon sensor)↗ | Agent + Agentless options↗ | Agentless + behavioral agent↗ | Connector-based (300+ integrations)↗ | Agentless↗ |
| eBPF Runtime Protection | ✅ Tier 3 + decrypted L7 (OpenSSL/GnuTLS/Go)↗ | ✅ Wiz Sensor (optional)↗ | ✅ Orca Sensor (optional)↗ | ✅ Falcon sensor (kernel-level)↗ | ✅ Defender agent↗ | Behavioral analytics↗ | n/a — PAM product↗ | ❌↗ |
| Cloud Providers | AWS, GCP, Azure↗ | AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Alibaba↗ | AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Alibaba↗ | AWS, GCP, Azure↗ | AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI↗ | AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI↗ | Cloud-agnostic identity layer (SaaS, cloud, dev envs)↗ | AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI (500+ rules)↗ |
| Capabilities | ||||||||
| CSPM | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | n/a — PAM product↗ | ✅ (launched May 2026)↗ |
| CWPP | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| DSPM | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| CIEM | ✅ AWS + GCP, read-only↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅ PAM-native↗ | Partial (in CSPM)↗ |
| Attack Path Analysis | ✅ Neo4j graph↗ | ✅ Security Graph↗ | ✅ Unified Data Model↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅ Composite Alerts↗ | Identity paths only↗ | ❌↗ |
| IaC Scanning (breadth) | ✅ 3 engines (HCL2 + Trivy + KICS): 1,000+ checks, 15+ formats incl. Ansible/Pulumi/ARM/GDM — AWS/GCP/Azure↗ | ✅ Wiz Code↗ | ✅ Shift Left↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| IaC → live-cloud correlation | ✅ Each IaC misconfig linked to the live asset graph — confirms deployed + internet-facing/sensitive↗ | ✅ Code-to-Cloud↗ | ✅↗ | ◐ Limited↗ | ✅ Code Security↗ | ◐↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| AI Security Analyst | ✅ RAG-powered (Claude Opus + Gemini)↗ | ✅ Wiz AskAI↗ | ✅ Orca AI↗ | ✅ Charlotte AI↗ | ✅ Prisma AI Copilot↗ | ✅ FortiAI↗ | AI-driven analytics (embedded)↗ | ❌↗ |
| AI-SPM (AI Service Posture) | ✅ SageMaker + Bedrock + Vertex AI, read-only↗ | ✅ AI-SPM↗ | ✅ AI Security↗ | Emerging↗ | ✅ AI-SPM↗ | Limited↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| Compliance | ||||||||
| Compliance Frameworks | 330 live-scored + unlimited via custom-framework builder — incl. 5 AI-governance frameworks (EU AI Act, NIST AI-RMF, ISO 42001, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM), still rare among CNAPPs↗ | 100+ (CIS, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, etc.)↗ | 100+ (CIS, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.)↗ | Multiple (CIS, PCI, HIPAA, NIST, etc.)↗ | Multiple (CIS, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, etc.)↗ | Multiple (CIS, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, etc.)↗ | Audit-ready (frameworks not publicly itemised)↗ | CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS↗ |
| Cloud posture sweep interval | 1440 min per account on Community/Starter/Team, 60 min on Pro/Enterprise (settable to 15), pulled forward on any plan by a change watcher↗ | Scheduled scans↗ | Scheduled scans↗ | Scheduled scans↗ | Scheduled scans↗ | Scheduled scans↗ | n/a — PAM product↗ | Continuous monitoring (poll-based)↗ |
| Compliance re-score latency after a detected change | ✅ Inside a 30s SLA for a full 3,473-control pass (~11s observed on our own estate, 2026-08-07), fired by webhook on every asset upsert↗ | Next scheduled scan↗ | Next scheduled scan↗ | Next scheduled scan↗ | Next scheduled scan↗ | Next scheduled scan↗ | n/a — PAM product↗ | Next poll cycle↗ |
| EU AI Act controls live (21 obligations) | ✅ 21 obligations (Art 9-17, 19, 26-27, 50, 61, 72, 85/99)↗ | Partial (general AI policies)↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ | Partial↗ | ❌↗ | Partial via identity controls↗ | ❌↗ |
| AI-governance frameworks (live-scored) | ✅ 5 scored: EU AI Act, NIST AI-RMF, ISO 42001, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP LLM↗ | AI-SPM — maps to some AI frameworks (not full scored set)↗ | AI-SPM (50+ AI models)↗ | Emerging↗ | AI-SPM (evidence mapping)↗ | Limited↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| Differentiators | ||||||||
| Self-Hosted / Air-Gapped | ✅ Helm chart, BYOK, air-gapped↗ | ❌ No self-hosted option listed↗ | ❌ No self-hosted option listed↗ | ❌ No self-hosted option listed↗ | ✅ Compute Edition (self-hosted)↗ | ❌ SaaS (Fortinet Fabric)↗ | Legacy CyberArk on-prem PAM↗ | ❌ No self-hosted option listed↗ |
| Zero-Knowledge Architecture | ✅ AES-256-GCM, BYOK (AWS/GCP/Vault)↗ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Zero Standing Privilege scoring | ✅ CIS-AWS 1.13/1.15/1.16 live↗ | Partial (IAM scanning)↗ | Partial↗ | Partial↗ | Partial↗ | Partial↗ | ✅ Enforced (core product)↗ | ❌↗ |
| Network / Shadow IT Scanning | ✅ Tier 2 (EcheNet)↗ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ SASE-native↗ |
| Live public CVE feed + proprietary score | ✅ Public Pulse feed — EG score from NVD/CNA CVSS, CISA KEV, EPSS and GHSA, beside 10 vendor advisory feeds; free API↗ | ❌ No public scored-CVE feed / API↗ | ❌ No public CVE feed↗ | ◐ Falcon threat intel (in-product, not a public feed)↗ | ❌ No public CVE feed↗ | ❌ No public CVE feed↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| Free external surface scanner | ✅ 23-module public scan (TLS/DNS/secrets/takeover) — no signup, 2-3 min↗ | ❌ No free public scanner↗ | ❌ No free public scanner↗ | ❌ No free public scanner↗ | ❌ No free public scanner↗ | ❌ No free public scanner↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
| SBOM Generation | ✅ CycloneDX + SPDX↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ✅↗ | ❌↗ | ❌↗ |
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Comparisons reflect publicly available information from official vendor websites and AWS Marketplace listings as of July 2026. Vendor offerings change frequently — verify current capabilities and deployment options directly with each vendor.
↗Wiz Product Page↗Wiz CNAPP↗Wiz DSPM↗Orca Platform↗Orca SideScanning↗CrowdStrike Cloud Security↗Prisma Cloud Overview↗Prisma Compute Edition↗FortiCNAPP↗EchelonGraph Enterprise↗EchelonGraph Architecture↗Palo Alto Idira launch (May 12, 2026)↗Palo Alto Networks Identity Security↗CyberArk Privileged Access Manager↗Versa Networks CSPM launch (May 13, 2026)↗Versa Networks SASE↗Wiz AI-SPM↗Orca AI-SPM↗EchelonGraph Pulse — live public CVE feed↗EchelonGraph Surface Scanner — free external scan
Why Choose EchelonGraph?
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Compliance, Live-Scored
330 live-scored compliance frameworks, including the EU AI Act, NIST AI-RMF and ISO 42001, plus a custom-framework builder for the rest.
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Self-Hosted & Air-Gapped
Deploy in your VPC with BYOK encryption. Zero-knowledge architecture means your data never leaves your infrastructure.
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3-Tier Depth
The only platform combining agentless cloud APIs (T1), network/Shadow IT scanning (T2), and eBPF kernel telemetry (T3) in one product.