Lacework vs Wiz

Lacework differentiates through its Polygraph behavioral analytics engine that builds behavioral baselines and detects anomalies automatically, offering a fundamentally different approach to cloud threat detection compared to Wiz's graph-based risk analysis. Wiz excels at identifying misconfigurations and toxic risk combinations through its Security Graph, while Lacework excels at detecting runtime behavioral anomalies and reducing alert fatigue through machine learning.

Choose Lacework if behavioral analytics and automated anomaly detection are your primary cloud security strategy and you want to minimize alert fatigue through ML-driven detection. Choose Wiz if you need the best-in-class CSPM, visual attack path analysis, and a fully agentless platform that delivers comprehensive cloud risk visibility in hours.

Wiz starts at Custom enterprise pricing / Usage-based by cloud resources (resource-based (per cloud workload)). Lacework starts at Custom enterprise pricing (resource-based (per cloud resource)). As always, the sticker price only tells part of the story. Factor in add-ons, implementation costs, and what's actually included at each tier.

It depends on how deeply Lacework is embedded in your stack. Most teams run both in parallel for a few weeks before cutting over. Check whether Wiz supports importing your existing configs or policies. That's usually the biggest time sink.