Prisma Cloud SCA

Summary

Prisma Cloud SCA is ranked #24 of 25 in cloud security posture management software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on API, Web. A free trial is offered.

Compared on cloud security posture management software

Deployment model

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Facts

Purpose

Prisma Cloud SCA scans open-source packages for vulnerabilities and license-compliance issues across the software lifecycle.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Coverage

SCA supports popular languages and package managers and uses more than 30 upstream data sources to help reduce false positives.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Risk context

It connects application and infrastructure findings to help teams prioritize vulnerabilities exposed in their codebase.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Dependencies

It extrapolates dependency trees to identify open-source risk in transitive packages at any dependency depth.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Supply chain inventory

The Supply Chain Graph provides an inventory and visualization of pipelines and code and can generate software bills of materials (SBOMs).paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Developer workflows

The product offers vulnerability feedback through IDEs and version-control pull or merge requests, with CLI extensibility.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Scanning lifecycle

Custom policies can govern scanning across repositories, registries, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime environments.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Remediation

It recommends small version updates for direct and transitive dependencies and lets developers choose granular package versions.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

License controls

Teams can use default or customized license policies to alert on or block builds and deployments for license violations.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Named integrations

The product page cites GitHub repositories and Docker, Quay, and Artifactory registries as examples of sources it can check.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Trial

Palo Alto Networks offers a free 30-day Prisma Cloud trial that includes code security for infrastructure, applications, and software supply-chain pipelines; the page does not specify SCA separately.start.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Pricing

The opened product and trial pages provide no SCA price; the pricing guide describes a Prisma Cloud Enterprise credit model and module credit requirements.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Trust and compliance

Palo Alto Networks’ Trust Center provides documentation about its security practices, certifications, attestations, and compliance frameworks.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Audience

The SCA product page describes the tool for developers and organizations securing cloud-native applications and managing open-source risk and compliance.paloaltonetworks.com · 4 Oct 2026

Company

Founded

2005paloaltonetworks.com · 28 Sept 2026

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California, USApaloaltonetworks.com · 28 Sept 2026

Where it ranks on Samsung Mobile US Press

• Best Cloud Security Posture Management Software in 2026#24 of 25
• Best Data Security Posture Management Software in 2026#20 of 22
• Best Security Configuration Management Software in 2026#20 of 21
• Best Container Security Software in 2026#11 of 20
• Best Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software in 2026#18 of 18

Sources

• paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/cloud/software-composition-analy· checked 4 Oct 2026
• start.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma-cloud-request-a-trial· checked 4 Oct 2026
• paloaltonetworks.com/resources/guides/prisma-cloud-enterpris· checked 4 Oct 2026
• paloaltonetworks.com/legal-notices/trust-center· checked 4 Oct 2026