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Microsoft Defender for Business vs Wiz Defend

Microsoft Defender for Business

microsoft.com

Wiz Defend

wiz.io

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FigureMicrosoft Defender for BusinessWiz Defend
Price from$0.25/mo—
Free plan——
Free trialYes—
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYes—
Plans published41
Spec score · Cloud Detection and Response Software8.5 (#2)6.5 (#14)
Spec score · Security Monitoring8.5 (#4)6.5 (#16)
HeadquartersRedmond, Washington, United StatesNew York City, United States
PurposeMicrosoft Defender for Business is an endpoint security solution for small and medium-sized businesses with up to 300 users that helps protect devices from ransomware, malware, phishing, and other threats.Wiz Defend provides real-time threat detection, investigation, and response across cloud environments, including AI applications.

Plans

Microsoft Defender for Business

  • Microsoft Defender for Business$3 a month
  • Microsoft Entra Internet Access$5 a month
  • Microsoft Entra Suite$12 a month
  • Microsoft Defender for Business$3 a year

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Wiz Defend

  • Wiz DefendPriced on request

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Microsoft Defender for Business

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Wiz Defend

Wiz Defend provides real-time threat detection, investigation, and response across cloud environments, including AI applications. It combines runtime signals from the Wiz sensor, cloud and SaaS logs, and agentless risk context to trace attack paths and assess possible blast radius. Telemetry maps to MITRE ATT&CK, and the product identifies coverage gaps before an incident. Its Blue Agent triages threats and prepares an investigation and verdict for analyst review. Response options include cloud containment playbooks, root-cause analysis, source-code remediation, and automation through Wiz Workflows. Wiz Defend detects AI runtime threats including prompt injection, model exfiltration, and MCP server attacks. The Wiz Sensor add-on monitors and protects VM, containerized, and serverless container workloads. Kubernetes capabilities include file integrity monitoring, drift detection, threat monitoring, and blocking on container hosts. Integration with Google Security Operations lets analysts investigate in either platform, with threat status, severity, and comments syncing in real time. Wiz describes the product for SOC, threat intelligence, and incident response teams. Licensing is modular, with pricing by request; there is no free plan.

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