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Palo Alto Prisma Cloudvsprowler

Why pay monthly fees for Palo Alto Prisma Cloud when you can self-host prowler for free? Let's look at the facts.

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud

The Expensive Option

  • Closed Source (Black box)
  • Expensive monthly fees per user
  • Data stored on their servers
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The Freedom Choice

  • 100% Open Source Code
  • Free forever (Self-hosted)
  • You own your data completely
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Calculate Your "SaaS Tax"

SaaS pricing is designed to scale with your success. See how much wealth transfers from your bank account to Palo Alto Prisma Cloud's shareholders.

10 people
150100200+
$

*Estimated standard pricing for Palo Alto Prisma Cloud. Adjust if needed.

Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Calculations based on 10 users at $12/mo.

Detailed Breakdown

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Per-resource pricing
Free for all checks
1
Cloud-to-cloud access
Local execution
2
Vendor-locked rules
Extensible Python checks