Wiz vs SentinelOne

By valuation, Wiz is the larger company at $32B versus $4.7B — a 6.8x difference. Size can also be measured by team: Wiz employs 1250 people while SentinelOne has 2800 employees.

Wiz has raised more in total funding at $1.9B, compared to SentinelOne's $697M — a gap of $1.2B. Combined, the two companies have completed 11 known funding rounds.

Wiz leads with an Awaira Score of 95/100, while SentinelOne sits at 76/100. That 19-point gap reflects real differences in funding, scale, and traction — it's not a vanity metric.

Wiz was founded by Assaf Rappaport in 2020. SentinelOne was founded by Tomer Weingarten in 2013. Visit each company's profile on Awaira for a full founder biography.

Wiz: Wiz is an Israeli cloud security company founded in 2020 that specializes in cloud infrastructure entitlement management and security. The platform provides real-time visibility and control across cloud environments, focusing on identifying and remediating security risks in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Wiz's core offering combines cloud asset inventory, vulnerability management, and identity and access management capabilities to detect misconfigurations and unauthorized access paths. The company employs graph-based analysis to map attack paths and prioritize remediation efforts based on actual risk exposure rather than theoretical vulnerabilities. Wiz has achieved significant market traction, reaching a $32 billion valuation following substantial funding rounds totaling $1,900 million. The company serves enterprise customers across financial services, technology, and healthcare sectors. Its competitive positioning emphasizes speed of deployment and accuracy in threat detection compared to traditional cloud security solutions. Wiz demonstrates strong growth trajectory with rapid customer acquisition and expansion of platform capabilities. The company has been acquired, representing a significant exit in the cloud security market. Its success reflects growing enterprise demand for comprehensive cloud security solutions as organizations accelerate cloud migration and require sophisticated tools to manage expanding attack surfaces and identity-based threats in distributed cloud infrastructures. Wiz's graph-based approach to mapping attack paths within cloud environments differentiates it from traditional vulnerability scanning tools. SentinelOne: SentinelOne is a cybersecurity company founded in 2013 that specializes in endpoint protection and threat detection using artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company develops autonomous endpoint protection platforms designed to detect, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks in real-time. Its core product suite includes Singularity, an AI-powered platform that provides behavioral threat detection, incident response automation, and endpoint visibility across organizational networks. The company operates in the AI security category, employing machine learning models to identify previously unknown threats and malicious behaviors without relying solely on signature-based detection methods. SentinelOne's technology focuses on autonomous response capabilities, enabling systems to contain threats automatically before human intervention becomes necessary. SentinelOne went public in February 2021 on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol S. As of the latest valuation data, the company is valued at approximately $4.7 billion. The company serves enterprises across various sectors requiring robust endpoint security solutions, competing with established vendors like CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, and Kaspersky in the crowded endpoint protection market. The company has demonstrated steady growth trajectory since its IPO, expanding its customer base and product capabilities. SentinelOne continues developing its AI-driven security platform to address evolving threats and expand market presence. SentinelOne distinguishes itself through autonomous response automation that enables endpoints to contain threats without human intervention.

SentinelOne got there first, launching in 2013 — that's 7 years of extra runway. Wiz didn't arrive until 2020. In AI, that kind of head start means more training data, deeper customer relationships, and a bigger talent moat.

Wiz has about 1250 employees; SentinelOne has about 2800. A bigger team usually means more revenue or heavier VC backing, but in AI, small teams can build at massive scale.

Yes — they're direct rivals. Both Wiz and SentinelOne compete in AI Security, targeting many of the same buyers. If you're evaluating one, you should be looking at the other.