Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall vs CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security

Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall9.0Visit CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security7.4Visit

Higher score Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall #2 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software 9.0/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Sonrai

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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

• Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall fits best

  Teams enforcing least privilege with JIT controls

• CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security fits best

  Teams combining CIEM with full cloud protection

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Side by side

Feature	Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall 9.0/10 Visit ↗	CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security 7.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	7.4
Ranking	#2 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software	#8 in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management Software
Best for	Teams enforcing least privilege with JIT controls	Teams combining CIEM with full cloud protection
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
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	4 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall 3/3 · CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security 0/3
Automated remediation	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Just-in-time access	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Policy simulation	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Supported clouds	AWS, Azure, GCP	Not checked yet
Cloud account limit	50 accounts	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Our review
Pros	Uses actual permission usage to restrict unused access Adds JIT access, automatic revocation, and ChatOps approvals Supports AWS, Azure, GCP, policy staging, and audit trails	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 free plan Web platform only 50+ account deployments use custom pricing	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	Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall is a cloud entitlement management platform for security, cloud operations, and DevOps teams. It analyzes permission usage across human, machine, service-principal, managed-identity, and AI-agent… 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

• Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall — where it wins

  • Uses actual permission usage to restrict unused access
  • Adds JIT access, automatic revocation, and ChatOps approvals
  • Supports AWS, Azure, GCP, policy staging, and audit trails

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Web platform only
  • 50+ account deployments use custom pricing

• 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

• Sonrai Cloud Permissions Firewall9.0/10 · 14-day trial

  A cloud permissions firewall for enforcing least privilege with JIT access and audit trails.

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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 →