Prisma (Palo Alto Networks) vs Obsidian Security

Prisma (Palo Alto Networks) vs Obsidian Security

A snapshot of Prisma’s cloud-wide controls against Obsidian’s focused SaaS and AI protection.

Overview of Prisma and Obsidian

Features of Prisma

Prisma integrates SaaS posture, DLP, and Palo Alto threat intelligence to secure cloud apps and correlate user behavior across network and SaaS.

Features of Obsidian

Obsidian combines SaaS-native intelligence with real-time browser controls, giving CISOs a full-spectrum defense. Best suited for companies that need rapid deployment and deep protection against identity-driven and AI-era threats.

Prisma (Palo Alto Networks) vs Obsidian Pricing

Prisma is typically bundled with Palo Alto’s larger cloud and network security suite and may require additional licensing for advanced DLP or XDR features. Obsidian’s focused SaaS intelligence and browser-based protection reduce the need for multiple expensive subscriptions.

Illustration comparing Prisma by Palo Alto Networks and Obsidian SaaS security platforms, highlighting their key features with a VS symbol in the center.

Obsidian vs Prisma (Palo Alto Networks)

Least privilege icon
Least privilege
Data exposure verification icon
Data exposure verification
SaaS supply chain risk management icon
SaaS supply chain risk management
Token misuse & compromise icon
Token misuse & compromise
Insider risk detection icon
Insider risk detection
Supply chain & OAuth threat detection and incident response icon
Supply chain & OAuth threat detection and incident response
MFA bypass detection icon
MFA bypass detection
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AI prompt security
Advanced AI-powered phishing icon
Advanced AI-powered phishing
Prisma (Palo Alto Networks)
Least privilege
Data exposure verification
SaaS supply chain risk management
Token misuse & compromise
Insider risk detection
Supply chain & OAuth threat detection and incident response
MFA bypass detection
AI prompt security
Advanced AI-powered phishing

Powerful integrations, zero hassle

Why Obsidian is better?

Prisma (Palo Alto Networks)

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Product Summary

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Use Cases

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Shortcomings

Why your peers choose Obsidian over Prisma (Palo Alto Networks)

Prisma’s broad cloud and network security is powerful, but its SaaS posture and AI threat features require additional licensing and tuning. Obsidian’s purpose-built SaaS intelligence and real-time browser protection provide faster time-to-value.

We’ve saved an absolute ton of people hours through automation and data pulled from Obsidian”
Obsidian’s been able to scale with us wherever we’ve needed it to go”
You’ve revolutionized our incident response”
With Obsidian, we had all the integrations in place, ready to go, and a big catalog of threat detections out-of-the-box”
Headshot of Mario Duarte from Snowflake

Snowflake has hundreds of SaaS applications — to gain visibility into those SaaS applications could take months. With Obsidian we were able to do that in days, if not hours.

Mario Duarte, Vice President of Security, Snowflake

Headshot of Heather Akuiyibo from Databricks

Our partnership with Obsidian as a Built on Databricks Partner underscores a joint commitment to offer our customers a secure and unified platform for data, analytics and AI, that empowers fast and powerful insights.

Heather Akuiyibo, VP Go-To-Market, Databricks

Headshot of Øyvind Berget from Norma Cyber

Seeing threats across SaaS solutions in a single pane of view is critical to us. Obsidian promises always-on monitoring and protection, and meets the compliance standards that our members need to operate seamlessly.

Øyvind Berget, Chief Technical Officer, Norma Cyber

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