Ermetic vs Orca Security

Ermetic and Orca Security are both cloud identity security solutions. Ermetic cloud identity security platform specializing in CIEM and entitlement management, now part of Tenable, while Orca Security agentless cloud security platform using SideScanning technology for full-stack visibility. The best choice depends on your organization's size, technical requirements, and budget.

Choose Ermetic if deepest CIEM capabilities with granular identity risk analysis is your priority and organizations where cloud identity and access management risk is the primary security concern, especially those already using Tenable products. Choose Orca Security if sideScanning provides deep workload visibility without agents matters most and organizations that want deep agentless scanning with strong vulnerability management and malware detection across multi-cloud environments.

Orca Security starts at Custom enterprise pricing (asset-based (per cloud asset)). Ermetic starts at Custom enterprise pricing (via Tenable) (resource-based (per cloud identity)). As always, the sticker price only tells part of the story. Factor in add-ons, implementation costs, and what's actually included at each tier.

It depends on how deeply Ermetic is embedded in your stack. Most teams run both in parallel for a few weeks before cutting over. Check whether Orca Security supports importing your existing configs or policies. That's usually the biggest time sink.