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At-a-Glance Verdict
Based on publicly available product information from both vendors.
| Capability |
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|---|---|---|
| Coverage | ||
| M365 rule depth (Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, Entra) | 24,000+ rules | Shallow — cloud-infra focused |
| Azure resource posture | ||
| Exchange Online security | ||
| Entra ID & Conditional Access | ||
| Intune & device compliance | ||
| Depth | ||
| MITRE ATT&CK mapping | ||
| Compliance frameworks | 10 with per-control M365 evidence | 200+ breadth; M365 evidence shallow |
| Per-control audit evidence | ||
| Workflow | ||
| Time to first results | < 10 minutes | Hours after cloud connect |
| MSP multi-tenant management | ||
| Agentless / read-only | ||
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier available | ||
| Public pricing | From $997/mo | Enterprise quote only |
Where the Layers Diverge
Orca and 365SA are complementary — not competing — because they scan fundamentally different surfaces.
M365-Native Depth, Not Generic SaaS Coverage
365SA was built around the Microsoft Graph and Exchange admin surface, so findings come back with the language and configuration paths that M365 admins and auditors already use — not abstracted CNAPP categories that require translation.
- Exchange transport rules, anti-spam, DKIM, DMARC — every policy
- Teams guest access, external sharing, meeting policies — all covered
- Intune compliance gap analysis, enrollment restrictions, device posture
Orca's designed scope
Orca SideScanning reads cloud workload disks and inventory at the IaaS/PaaS layer. It is excellent for what it does. The Microsoft 365 SaaS admin surface — Exchange, Teams, Intune, Conditional Access — is not accessed by disk-snapshot scanning.
365SA's designed scope
Reads M365 configuration via the same standard interfaces Microsoft's own audit tooling uses. Read-only, no infrastructure to configure, results in minutes.
Orca's compliance story
Orca maps to 200+ frameworks — impressive breadth. For M365-specific frameworks like CIS M365 Foundations, the per-control evidence is generic rather than tied to specific Exchange, Teams, or Intune configuration data your auditor needs.
365SA compliance evidence
Each finding maps to a specific control across 10 frameworks, with the underlying tenant configuration as evidence. Auditors trace control → finding → configuration in one step.
Audit-Grade Evidence Per Control
Each of 365SA's 10 supported compliance frameworks maps to specific M365 and Azure findings with per-control evidence. Auditors can trace a control to a finding to a tenant configuration in one click — instead of reconciling generic CNAPP signals.
- CIS M365, NIST 800-53, HIPAA, SOC2, FedRAMP, HITRUST, GDPR, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, CMMC
- Per-control pass/fail with specific configuration evidence
- All 10 frameworks produced from a single scan — no separate runs
Free Trial — No Sales Call Required
Buyers can run a real assessment of their tenant before procurement gets involved. Orca requires sales engagement and a POC plan before you see meaningful findings; 365SA produces a usable report in minutes from a free tier.
- Free tier — real results, no credit card
- Published pricing — from $997/month, no surprise quotes
- First results in minutes — not days after a POC kickoff
10 Compliance Frameworks — Mapped on Every Scan
Common Questions
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