Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks vs CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks8.6Visit CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security7.4Visit

Higher score Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks #3 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software 8.6/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Datadog

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CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security #8 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software 7.4/10 Pricing on request · 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit CrowdStrike

• Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks fits best

  AWS-led teams wanting priced identity-risk monitoring

• CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security fits best

  Teams combining CIEM with full cloud protection

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Side by side

Feature	Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks 8.6/10 Visit ↗	CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	7.4
Ranking	#3 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software	#8 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software
Best for	AWS-led teams wanting priced identity-risk monitoring	Teams combining CIEM with full cloud protection
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$10/device/mo	—
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	14 days	15 days
Free trial length	14 days	15 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Integrations	1,000+ integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks 1/3 · CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security 0/3
Automated remediation	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Just-in-time access	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Policy simulation	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Supported clouds	AWS, Azure, GCP	Not checked yet
Cloud account limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	Continuously detects excessive privileges and privilege-escalation paths Analyzes direct, indirect, cross-account, and permission-gap access Automates remediation through workflows and Terraform pull requests	Combines CIEM with posture, workload, container, Kubernetes, and IaC security Supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and hybrid deployment models Offers runtime protection, agentless visibility, and automated response workflows
Cons	No product-specific free plan Pricing is calculated per host rather than per cloud account Workload Protection and file integrity monitoring require Enterprise	Pricing requires a custom quote rather than published plan rates The broad feature set may exceed the needs of CIEM-only teams Container, Kubernetes, and managed-container capabilities vary by plan
Our verdict	Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks helps security and DevOps teams find and reduce cloud identity risk across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It continuously scans for excessive administrative privileges, permission gaps, privilege-escalation… Read the review →	CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security is a cloud-native application protection platform for security, cloud, and DevSecOps teams. It combines cloud security posture management, cloud workload protection, cloud detection and response, cloud… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks — where it wins

  • Continuously detects excessive privileges and privilege-escalation paths
  • Analyzes direct, indirect, cross-account, and permission-gap access
  • Automates remediation through workflows and Terraform pull requests

  Where it doesn't

  • No product-specific free plan
  • Pricing is calculated per host rather than per cloud account
  • Workload Protection and file integrity monitoring require Enterprise

• CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security — where it wins

  • Combines CIEM with posture, workload, container, Kubernetes, and IaC security
  • Supports AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and hybrid deployment models
  • Offers runtime protection, agentless visibility, and automated response workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a custom quote rather than published plan rates
  • The broad feature set may exceed the needs of CIEM-only teams
  • Container, Kubernetes, and managed-container capabilities vary by plan

• Datadog Cloud Security Identity Risks8.6/10 · 14-day trial

  A paid, AWS-oriented identity-risk product with cross-cloud scanning and Terraform remediation.

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• CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security7.4/10 · Pricing on request · 15-day trial

  A broad CNAPP that adds CIEM, runtime protection, and cloud-native response.

  Visit CrowdStrikeFull verdict →