Wiz
Cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) covering CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, and DSPM across major clouds. Agentless scanning of cloud accounts to surface misconfigurations, exposed secrets, identity risk, and vulnerable workloads.
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Blackglass vs Wiz
Wiz looks at the shape of your cloud — accounts, identities, network paths, vulnerable images. Blackglass looks at the configuration state inside each Linux server. They overlap on a thin band (vulnerability of installed packages) and complement each other everywhere else. Most prospects keep their Wiz subscription and add Blackglass for the in-server visibility Wiz's agentless scanner can't reach.
Blackglass
Server-side configuration integrity for Linux fleets. Captures trusted baselines per host, detects every drift event against them (sshd, sudoers, packages, services, hardening), and exports auditor-readable evidence. Optional Charon add-on for cloud resource hygiene.
Capability comparison
Drawn from Wiz’s public product pages and Blackglass docs as of May 2026. Capabilities not listed are typically out of scope for both products.
| Capability | Wiz | Blackglass |
|---|---|---|
| Primary scope | Cloud accounts: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI. Looks at cloud control-plane state, identity graphs, network exposure, container images. | Linux servers (any deployment shape — cloud, on-prem, hybrid, air-gapped). Looks at on-disk configuration files, sshd, sudoers, packages, services, file integrity. |
| Deployment model | Agentless cloud snapshots; read-only IAM role per cloud account. | Three modes: SSH pull, push agent (systemd timer / cron), or hybrid. Self-hosted and air-gap friendly with the Helm chart. |
| Linux configuration drift detection | Limited — agentless scans see image-level vulnerabilities and runtime posture, not granular sshd_config or sudoers changes between scans. | Primary use case. Every drift event is captured against an approved baseline with severity, timestamp, and per-line diff. |
| Identity & cloud posture | Strong: full CIEM, attack-path analysis, secrets discovery, IaC scanning, container registry coverage. | Out of scope. Charon add-on covers idle / orphaned cloud resources but does not perform IAM analysis. |
| Compliance evidence | Maps findings to common frameworks (CIS, NIST, PCI, SOC 2) with cloud-side controls. | Per-host evidence exports (PDF + JSON) tied to baseline approval — auditor-readable and signed. CIS Linux benchmark alignment. |
| Pricing posture | Enterprise sales motion; per-workload or per-cloud-account pricing typically discussed under NDA. | Public price ladder from $59/mo (Starter, 15 hosts) up to a $2,500/mo Enterprise anchor. Free Lab tier and a 14-day trial without a card. |
| Time to first signal | Hours-to-days after IAM role grant — agentless scan needs to enumerate the cloud account. | Minutes — onboarding wizard captures a baseline on first scan; drift surfaces on the next push or scheduled scan. |
Pick Wiz when
- Your top concern is cloud-side posture: IAM, attack paths, exposed secrets, public buckets, vulnerable container images.
- You operate at multi-cloud scale and need a unified view across hundreds of accounts.
- You're already in an enterprise CNAPP procurement cycle and need a single vendor for cloud-side findings.
- Most of your workloads are managed services / serverless / containers, with relatively few long-lived Linux servers.
Add (or pick) Blackglass when
- You operate long-lived Linux servers (bare metal, VMs, edge boxes) where in-server config drift is your real risk.
- You need deterministic, per-line drift evidence — not anomaly scores — to satisfy auditors or change-control reviewers.
- You want SOC-2 / CIS / SOX evidence packs you can hand to an external auditor without further interpretation.
- Your team is platform / SRE / IT, not cloud security — and you need calmer alerting that respects approved baselines.
- Your fleet includes air-gapped or self-hosted environments Wiz can't reach.
- Your budget for in-server visibility is $59 – $2,500 per month, not enterprise CNAPP pricing.
Try Blackglass against the Wiz sales motion
Most prospects evaluating both end up keeping Wizfor cloud-posture and adding Blackglass for the in-server visibility their existing tool can’t reach. The 14-day trial covers up to 10 hosts and doesn’t need a card.