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Orca Security

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★★★★☆ 4.6 / 5 on G2 · 4.6 on Capterra (200 G2 reviews)
4.6 / 5
G2 rating, 200 reviews [source]
2019
Founded [source]
SideScanning
Agentless [source]
CNAPP
Cloud [source]

Quick facts

CategoryCloud security (CNAPP)
VendorOrca Security
Founded2019
Starts atAnnual quote
Best forAgentless cloud VM
DeploymentAgentless (SideScanning)
Free planDemo / assessment
IntegrationsAWS, Azure, GCP, security stack
G2 rating4.6 / 5
Capterra rating4.6 / 5

What is Orca Security?

Orca Security is an agentless cloud security platform (CNAPP) that scans cloud workloads via its SideScanning approach for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and risks, suited to teams wanting broad, agentless cloud coverage. Founded in 2019, it pioneered agentless cloud scanning with its SideScanning technology, which reads cloud workload data from the cloud layer without installing agents, and covers vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, exposed secrets, identity and data risks across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, prioritising by context and risk. A leading CNAPP alongside Wiz, Orca gives broad, agentless cloud security coverage with full visibility and context, suited to cloud teams wanting comprehensive, agentless protection. For agentless cloud vulnerability management, Orca Security is a leading choice.

Orca Security's distinction is pioneering agentless SideScanning for broad, contextual cloud coverage. Its SideScanning reads workload data from the cloud layer without agents, giving full, deep visibility across the cloud, and it prioritises issues by context and risk, so teams get comprehensive agentless coverage and focus on what matters. That agentless SideScanning breadth and contextual prioritisation set it apart as a leading CNAPP.

Orca Security at a glanceOrca Security is an agentless cloud security platform (CNAPP) using SideScanning [Orca Security]. It holds a 4.6 out of 5 rating across 200 reviews on G2 and 4.6 on Capterra, suited to broad, agentless cloud coverage.

Who Orca Security is best for

Orca Security is best for organisations running in the cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) that want broad, agentless cloud security covering vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, secrets, identity and data, with contextual prioritisation and no agents to deploy. It suits agentless cloud security. It is a weaker fit for organisations focused on traditional on premise infrastructure VM, where Tenable or Qualys fit, endpoint led VM, where CrowdStrike fits, or the simplest SMB external scanner, where Intruder fits.

Key features

The core strengths are agentless SideScanning of cloud workloads across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, covering vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, exposed secrets, identity and data risks, with contextual, risk based prioritisation, as a unified CNAPP. Orca offers full visibility without agents and strong coverage breadth. Its agentless SideScanning, broad coverage and contextual prioritisation are its defining advantages.

Orca Security pricing

Orca Security is priced on an annual subscription by cloud footprint (workloads or assets) and quoted, typically an enterprise investment reflecting its CNAPP breadth, with assessments available. Pricing suits cloud running organisations and is negotiated. Costs scale with cloud footprint. Get details via the Orca site.

Integrations and ecosystem

Orca integrates agentlessly with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and with ticketing, CI/CD, SIEM and the security stack, with APIs. Its agentless cloud integrations and security stack connections, which give full cloud visibility without agents and feed prioritised risk into workflows, support its CNAPP positioning.

Orca Security and SideScanning

Agentless SideScanning with broad, contextual coverage is the signature strength: Orca reads workload data from the cloud layer without agents, giving full, deep visibility across the cloud and covering vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, secrets, identity and data, with contextual prioritisation. For cloud teams wanting comprehensive agentless coverage, this is the main reason to choose Orca.

Ease of use and support

Orca is highly rated for agentless coverage, breadth, contextual prioritisation and ease, with good support. Its G2 reviews praise SideScanning, broad coverage and prioritisation, with being cloud focused (not traditional on premise VM) the main consideration.

Is Orca Security worth it?

For organisations running in the cloud that want broad, agentless cloud security covering vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and more with contextual prioritisation, Orca Security is an excellent, highly rated choice. The main caution is that it is cloud focused, so organisations centred on on premise infrastructure VM may prefer Tenable or Qualys, endpoint led VM CrowdStrike, and simplest SMB scanning Intruder, but for agentless cloud vulnerability management Orca leads.

Pricing

Orca (CNAPP)

Custom
annual quote
  • Agentless SideScanning
  • Vulnerabilities and misconfig
  • Contextual prioritisation

Platform modules

Custom
quote
  • Identity and data security
  • CIEM and DSPM
  • Code to cloud

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Agentless SideScanning
  • Broad cloud coverage (vulns, misconfig, malware, secrets)
  • Contextual, risk based prioritisation
  • Full visibility without agents
  • Highly rated CNAPP

Cons

  • Cloud focused, not on premise VM
  • Enterprise priced
  • Not endpoint led like CrowdStrike
  • More than simplest SMB needs

Orca Security alternatives

These vulnerability management tools come up most often against Orca Security.

Tenable (Nessus / Tenable One)

Exposure and vulnerability management platform, longtime market leader

Qualys

Cloud-based vulnerability management, detection and response (VMDR)

Rapid7 InsightVM

Risk-based vulnerability management and remediation

Orca Security FAQ

What is Orca Security used for?
Orca Security is used for agentless cloud security (CNAPP): using its SideScanning technology to scan cloud workloads across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, exposed secrets, identity and data risks, with contextual, risk based prioritisation, without agents.
How much does Orca Security cost?
Orca is priced on an annual subscription by cloud footprint (workloads or assets) and quoted, typically an enterprise investment, with assessments available. Get details via the Orca site.
What is SideScanning?
SideScanning is Orca Security's agentless technology that reads cloud workload data from the cloud layer without installing agents, giving full, deep visibility across the cloud for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and more, which is central to its agentless CNAPP approach.
Orca vs Wiz, which is better?
Orca Security and Wiz are both leading agentless cloud security platforms (CNAPP). Orca pioneered agentless SideScanning with broad, contextual coverage, while Wiz is known for its security graph and attack path prioritisation. Both are top choices; evaluate both for your cloud.
Is Orca Security agentless?
Yes. Orca Security is agentless, using its SideScanning technology to read cloud workload data from the cloud layer without deploying agents, which gives full cloud visibility quickly and is central to its appeal as a CNAPP.
Does Orca cover more than vulnerabilities?
Yes. As a CNAPP, Orca covers vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, exposed secrets, identity (CIEM) and data security (DSPM) across the cloud, with contextual prioritisation, giving broad cloud risk coverage beyond vulnerability scanning alone.

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