Orca Security
One platform to secure cloud and AI, with agentless visibility in hours.
By Orca Security · 4.6/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Cloud security teams consolidating CSPM, SAST, SCA and container tooling into one CNAPP
- Enterprises that need agentless visibility across multi-cloud and Kubernetes estates
- Security leaders who must inventory AI models, packages and agents, including shadow AI
- Organizations that want attack-path context to cut alert volume rather than chase every CVE
Ideal size: Enterprise cloud security teams (500+ employees) people · Scale-up or enterprise running multi-cloud workloads with a dedicated security team
Not for
- Buyers who require published, self-serve pricing or a free tier
- Very small or single-workload cloud footprints
- Teams needing on-premises or air-gapped deployment
- Companies shopping for a narrow single-check point tool
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Under 24 hours to full visibility
~1 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Quote-based enterprise pricing; no public price list. Vendor ROI study cites 198% return from consolidating tools.
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not published
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Orca Security, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2019 · 7 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
We haven’t recorded support channels for Orca Security yet. Nothing here means unverified — not absent.
Market position
Where Orca Security sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
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- Orca Security
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Orca Security ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Vendor materials describe AI security posture management: discovering AI models, packages and agents (including shadow AI), then managing posture, data exposure, runtime activity and compliance, plus AI AppGen Security for AI-generated apps. Sources do not name the model providers behind the platform or state how AI usage is logged.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Not recorded
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Orca Security is an agentless CNAPP. Its patented SideScanning builds a full inventory of cloud and AI resources in hours without agents, then correlates misconfigurations, identity risk, vulnerabilities and sensitive data into prioritized attack paths. It also discovers AI models and agents, including shadow AI, and manages their posture and runtime risk. Founded in 2019 and backed by about $630M, Orca targets enterprises consolidating fragmented cloud security tooling; pricing is quote-based and not published.
Frequently asked questions
What does Orca Security do?
Orca is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP). Agentless SideScanning builds an inventory of cloud and AI resources in hours, then correlates misconfigurations, identity risk, vulnerabilities, secrets and sensitive data into prioritized attack paths. It covers code, IaC, images and runtime, and also inventories AI models, packages and agents, including shadow AI.
How quickly can we get value?
Orca claims zero to full visibility in 24 hours. Onboarding is a three-step account connection, after which SideScanning runs automatically with no agents to deploy, so inventory and prioritized risk appear within hours rather than weeks. Full operational value still depends on how many integrations and remediation workflows you wire up.
Is Orca's pricing published?
No. Orca does not publish list prices on its website; commercial terms are quote-based annual enterprise subscriptions. The vendor publishes an ROI study reporting 198% return, 75% lower alert volume and 6+ legacy tools replaced, but no price points.
Does Orca require agents on every workload?
No. Orca's patented SideScanning technology reads data out-of-band from cloud provider APIs and workload storage, covering VMs, containers and serverless without per-workload agents. That reduces deployment effort and avoids runtime overhead on production hosts.
What AI capabilities does Orca offer?
Orca markets AI security posture management: it discovers AI models, packages and agents across your cloud, including shadow AI, then manages posture, data exposure, runtime activity and compliance from one platform, plus AI AppGen Security for AI-generated applications. Orca's site does not state which model providers it uses or whether customer data trains models.
Which integrations does Orca support?
Orca publishes an integration directory spanning data sources, cloud services, CI/CD, SSO/IAM, SIEM, SOAR, ticketing, communication and developer security categories. It is designed to push findings into existing workflows, with Slack alerting and Jira ticketing called out as examples.