The Azure depth enterprise CNAPPs don't provide
Enterprise multi-cloud CNAPPs are built for large engineering organizations managing code security, container workloads, and multi-cloud infrastructure at scale. The problem for Azure-first SMB teams is threefold: you are buying capabilities you will never use, paying per-credit for a licensing model designed for enterprise procurement teams, and still missing M365 coverage entirely. Your email, devices, and file sharing are not in scope.
Microsoft 365 monitoring
Defender alerts, Intune device compliance, SharePoint data exposure, and OneDrive sharing risks — correlated with your Azure context. No multi-cloud CNAPP monitors all of it.
No agents. Ever.
TENET connects to your Azure environment via read-only API. No Defenders to deploy, no sidecar containers, no connectors to configure. Agent-based platforms require Defenders across your environment for runtime protection. TENET never does.
NIS2 & NIST CSF compliance
Compliance frameworks mapped to live Azure and M365 findings — automated evidence collection and gap reports. NIS2 article-level, not generic benchmark alignment.
TENET vs. Prisma Cloud
Side-by-side feature comparison
Comparison based on publicly available documentation. Prisma Cloud capabilities may vary by subscription tier.
No agents. No deployment project. No waiting.
Full runtime protection in agent-based CNAPPs requires deploying Defenders across your environment. For an SMB team without a dedicated infrastructure engineer, that is a deployment project before you have seen a single finding.
TENET is fully agentless. Connect your Azure tenant via read-only API and your first findings appear in the same session. No agents, no connectors, no professional services engagement. Microsoft 365 connects the same way — one authorisation through your Microsoft tenant and TENET begins correlating Defender, Intune, SharePoint, and OneDrive signals with your Azure data automatically.
START FREE TRIALThe cloud layer is where most platforms stop. Threats don't.
Multi-cloud CNAPPs monitor cloud infrastructure and application workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP. They do not monitor Microsoft Defender alerts, Intune device compliance, SharePoint data exposure, or OneDrive sharing risks. For teams running Azure and Microsoft 365, those are the most active threat surfaces in the estate.
Phishing campaigns land in Exchange. Files leak through SharePoint. Non-compliant Intune devices become entry points. An attacker who gets into an Entra ID account does not stop at the Azure boundary. TENET monitors Defender, Intune, SharePoint, and OneDrive — and correlates every signal with your Azure identity and infrastructure data. One view of your full Microsoft estate, without a second tool.
EXPLORE M365 COVERAGEAzure identity governance built for Entra ID
Identity is where most Azure breaches start. An over-privileged service principal. A dormant guest account that still has Contributor access. An application registration with admin consent no one remembers approving. These are routine findings in any Azure environment that has been running for more than six months.
Multi-cloud CIEM is built around a cloud-agnostic identity model — useful if you are managing identities across AWS, Azure, and GCP. If your environment is Microsoft-only, you get a generic entitlement layer where you need depth. TENET models Entra ID, RBAC, service principals, and PIM natively — the same constructs your attackers will target. Over-privileged roles, dormant accounts, MFA gaps, and guest access are surfaced automatically, each linked to the attack paths they enable.
SEE IDENTITY GOVERNANCEPricing you can see before you commit
Credit-based CNAPP licensing works per capability — each module draws credits at different rates depending on workload type, asset count, and module selection. There is no public pricing. Understanding your bill requires working through a proposal with a sales team before you have deployed anything.
TENET publishes one price: $199/month. That covers your full Azure and Microsoft 365 environment — security posture, identity governance, compliance management, attack path analysis, and BriteAI — with no per-resource fees, no module negotiations, and no surprises as your estate grows. Start your free 14-day trial with no credit card required.
START FREE TRIALAsk questions. Get answers from your live environment.
Most enterprise security platforms assume you have an analyst to interpret them. Dashboards, risk graphs, and alert queues are useful if someone has the time to work through them. Most SMB security teams do not have that person.
BriteAI is built into TENET. Ask about attack paths, identity exposure, compliance gaps, or anomalies in plain language — and get specific answers drawn from your live Azure and M365 data, with remediation steps tied to the exact resources involved. For teams running SRE agents, the TENET MCP lets those agents query your environment and execute targeted fixes — with human approval for sensitive operations.
Palo Alto is a trusted security vendor — why look elsewhere for cloud security?
Palo Alto Networks builds excellent security products and Prisma Cloud is a serious platform. For large enterprises managing multi-cloud environments with dedicated cloud security engineers, it makes sense. The question for an SMB Azure team is whether the complexity and cost are justified. Prisma's credit-based licensing, agent deployment requirements, and enterprise pricing model are built for organizations significantly larger than most SMB teams. TENET covers what Azure and M365 teams actually need — at a price and complexity level that fits.
Does TENET cover code-to-cloud like enterprise CNAPPs do?
Code-to-cloud capability in enterprise CNAPPs is designed for engineering organizations with active development pipelines, container workloads, and CI/CD integration. TENET focuses on the operational security posture of your Azure and M365 environment — misconfiguration, identity risk, attack paths, compliance, and anomaly detection. If your primary need is runtime security for your Azure and M365 estate rather than developer-pipeline scanning, TENET covers what matters.
Do we need to deploy agents with TENET?
No. TENET is fully agentless — it connects to Azure and Microsoft 365 via read-only API access. No agents, no Defenders, no sidecar containers, no connectors to deploy. This is a meaningful difference from agent-based CNAPPs, which require Defenders for runtime workload protection.
How does compliance coverage compare?
TENET maps Azure and M365 findings to NIS2 articles and NIST CSF 2.0 controls — specific articles, with evidence collected automatically from your live environment. If NIS2 is a current or upcoming requirement, that article-level granularity matters to auditors. Enterprise CNAPPs support a range of compliance benchmarks. Evaluate based on the frameworks your regulators and auditors actually require.
How does pricing compare?
Credit-based CNAPP licensing means costs vary significantly based on asset count, workload types, and which modules you enable — and there is no public pricing. TENET starts at $199/month — one flat rate covering your full Azure and M365 environment. 14-day free trial, no credit card required, available on the Azure Marketplace.
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