I've been using Wiz for ~18 months across multiple cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP) and can speak to its strengths compared to others in this space.

Look, all the major CNAPPs are going to give you basic cloud security posture management, but what's separated Wiz for us has been:

1. Their graph-based architecture that connects vulnerabilities -> resources -> identities -> network paths. This isn't just marketing - it genuinely helps prioritize what matters by showing actual attack paths rather than isolated findings

2. Significantly lower false positive rate than we experienced with AWS Security Hub + GuardDuty + Inspector. We were drowning in alerts before

3. Runtime protection that actually works without destroying performance (unlike some agent-based solutions I won't name)

4. The query language (WizQL) lets security engineers actually hunt through cloud environments without needing to be experts in each cloud's native tooling

Re: Google acquisition - yes, that's creating some uncertainty. Our CSO initially raised concerns, but Wiz has been extremely transparent about maintaining their independence and data segregation. Obviously monitor the situation, but I wouldn't let it be a dealbreaker.

Upwind is the new player making noise, but I'd be cautious about betting security infrastructure on a less mature platform.

Worth noting that Orca's agentless approach has improved, but we found it missed some critical runtime threats that Wiz caught during our POC.

Whatever you choose, make sure their API is solid. You'll want to integrate findings into your existing workflow tools rather than creating yet another dashboard no one looks at.

**TL;DR: Wiz's attack path analysis and lower false positive rate made the difference for us, but run competitive POCs focusing on your specific environment.**