GBHackers 2026 buyer's guides: Sysdig tops CWPP runtime depth as standalone CASB pricing dissolves into per-user SSE subscriptions

Two GBHackers editorial guides compare 12 CWPP platforms (2026-09-15) and 12 CASB-capable platforms (2026-09-16). Sysdig (Falco lineage) leads Kubernetes/container runtime depth and Prisma Cloud the broadest host/container/serverless coverage, while CASB…

GBHackers published two buyer's guides comparing twelve vendors each across cloud security categories. The CWPP comparison (2026-09-15, posted twice with identical content and timestamps) rates Sysdig deepest for container/Kubernetes runtime protection via its Falco lineage, Prisma Cloud broadest across hosts, containers, and serverless, Aqua strongest on cloud-native lifecycle security, and Wiz and CrowdStrike the leaders in agentless speed and platform correlation. It frames the 2026 buying tension as agentless scanning speed versus runtime agent prevention, and flags Illumio as microsegmentation and Fidelis as NDR/XDR rather than classic CWPP; named vendors include Trend Micro, Aqua, Prisma Cloud, Illumio, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Fidelis, and CrowdStrike. The CASB comparison (2026-09-16) evaluates twelve CASB-capable platforms — including Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Access CASB, Netskope, iboss, Forcepoint ONE (Bitglass), Trend Micro Cloud App Security, and Skyhigh Security — and argues standalone CASB pricing has dissolved into per-user SSE subscriptions: Defender for Cloud Apps ships inside Microsoft 365 E5 with a standalone per-user add-on otherwise, while Netskope, Zscaler, and Skyhigh bundle CASB depth into per-user SSE tiers. The guide credits Forcepoint ONE's Bitglass reverse proxy with agentless coverage of unmanaged and BYOD endpoints, and flags Saviynt as an IGA vendor mistakenly appearing in CASB lists and Trend Micro Cloud App Security as API-based email/collaboration protection rather than inline CASB. The three source reports contain no factual disagreements with one another.