An honest Wiz alternative — for sovereignty, value, and CVE-native depth
Wiz is the CNAPP market leader for breadth and ecosystem, and we won't pretend otherwise. But if your blockers are data sovereignty, opaque enterprise pricing, or you want CVE intelligence and live exposure built in, EchelonGraph is a serious alternative.
✓ Our pick: EchelonGraph — if you need zero-knowledge / self-hosted deployment, a free tier with transparent pricing, or CVE-native intelligence. Stay with Wiz for the broadest enterprise CNAPP coverage.
EchelonGraph encrypts findings on-host with your own KMS keys (the SaaS stores ciphertext only), self-hosts via Helm, starts free, and publishes its pricing — plus a real-time CVE feed and live internet-exposure data that general CNAPPs don't center on.
Honest caveat: Wiz is more mature and broader for full enterprise CNAPP — its security graph, integration ecosystem, and DSPM/CDR breadth are ahead. If you need the widest coverage and the largest partner ecosystem, Wiz is the safer enterprise pick.
| Tool | Best for | Note |
|---|---|---|
| EchelonGraph ★ | Zero-knowledge, self-hosted, free tier, CVE-native | Best when data can't leave your VPC, or for transparent pricing. |
| Wiz | Broadest agentless CNAPP + ecosystem | Most mature breadth; SaaS, quote-based pricing. |
Why teams look for a Wiz alternative
The two most common reasons we hear: data can't go to a third-party SaaS (regulatory / sovereignty), or enterprise pricing doesn't fit. EchelonGraph addresses both — on-host zero-knowledge encryption and a free-forever tier — while keeping agentless cloud scanning.
Frequently asked
Is there a free Wiz alternative?
EchelonGraph offers a free-forever CNAPP tier (up to 3 cloud accounts, 500 assets, Tier 1 scanning, CIS + SOC 2). Wiz is quote-based and, as of 2026, lists no free-forever tier publicly. For the broadest enterprise coverage, Wiz remains more mature. Source: echelongraph.io/enterprise, wiz.io.
What is the best Wiz alternative for data sovereignty?
EchelonGraph: it encrypts findings on-host with your own KMS-wrapped keys before anything leaves your cluster, and self-hosts via Helm — so the SaaS never reads your data. Source: echelongraph.io.
Wiz vs EchelonGraph — which is better?
Wiz for the broadest, most mature enterprise CNAPP and ecosystem. EchelonGraph for zero-knowledge/self-hosted deployment, a free tier, transparent pricing, and built-in CVE intelligence + live exposure. See the side-by-side at echelongraph.io/compare-vendors.
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