Falcon Cloud Workload Protection vs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Comparison


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About Falcon Cloud Workload Protection provides complete visibility into workload and container events and instance metadata enabling faster and more accurate detection, response, threat hunting and investigation, to ensure that nothing goes unseen in your cloud environment. Falcon Cloud Workload Protection secures your entire cloud-native stack, on any cloud, across all workloads, containers and Kubernetes applications. Automate security and detect and stop suspicious activity, zero-day attacks, risky behavior to stay ahead of threats and reduce the attack surface. Falcon Cloud Workload Protection key integrations support continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows allowing you to secure workloads at the speed of DevOps without sacrificing performance	About Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a solution for cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWP) that finds weak spots across your cloud configuration, helps strengthen the overall security posture of your environment, and can protect workloads across multicloud and hybrid environments from evolving threats. Get a continuous assessment of the security of your cloud resources running in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. Use built-in policies and prioritized recommendations that are aligned to key industry and regulatory standards or build custom requirements that meet your organization's needs. Use actionable insights to automate recommendations and help ensure that resources are configured securely and meet your compliance needs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud enables you to protect against evolving threats across multicloud and hybrid environments.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Comprehensive breach protection for workloads, containers, and Kubernetes enabling organizations to build, run, and secure cloud-native applications	Audience Built-in protection for hybrid cloud workloads solution for companies
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial	Pricing $0.02 per server per hour Free Version Free Trial
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Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person	Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information CrowdStrike Founded: 2011 United States www.crowdstrike.com/products/cloud-security/falcon-cloud-workload-protection/	Company Information Microsoft Founded: 1975 United States azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/defender-for-cloud/
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Categories Cloud Workload Protection Threat Hunting	Categories AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM) Cloud Compliance Cloud Security Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Cloud Workload Protection Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) Data Breach Detection Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Extended Detection and Response (XDR) File Integrity Monitoring Security Risk Assessment

Integrations Aranda Security Compliance Avalor Azure IoT Edge Azure Marketplace Beats Blink Complyance ContraForce CrowdStrike Falcon GitHub Advanced Security Kroll Cyber Risk Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform Microsoft Security Copilot Mondoo Panaseer Phoenix Security Seemplicity Tenzir Vanta Show More Integrations View All 2 Integrations	Integrations Aranda Security Compliance Avalor Azure IoT Edge Azure Marketplace Beats Blink Complyance ContraForce CrowdStrike Falcon GitHub Advanced Security Kroll Cyber Risk Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform Microsoft Security Copilot Mondoo Panaseer Phoenix Security Seemplicity Tenzir Vanta Show More Integrations View All 23 Integrations
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