Feature Comparison — Cloud Security

Orca scans cloud workloads. We scan the M365 control plane.

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M365 security rules
12+
Compliance Frameworks + Crosswalk + Signoff
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Orca scans cloud workloads; we scan the M365 control plane. 12,000+ tenant signals across Entra, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Defender. Free 14-day trial.

This comparison explains when workload/CNAPP coverage is the priority and when Microsoft 365 tenant posture assessment is the sharper fit.

  • Who it helpsSecurity buyers, MSPs, Microsoft 365 administrators, and vendor evaluators
  • What you getA practical fit comparison with next-step assessment context
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At-a-Glance Verdict

Based on publicly available product information from both vendors.

Capability
365 Security Assessment
Orca Security
Coverage
M365 rule depth (Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, Entra) deep security checks 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 trial available
Public pricing From $2,497/mo Enterprise quote only
Full support Partial / add-on Not available Based on publicly available product information.

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 12 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 12 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 trial.

  • Free trial — real results, no credit card
  • Published pricing — from $2,497/month, no surprise quotes
  • First results in minutes — not days after a POC kickoff
Minutes
Time from consent to first findings
$0
Cost to validate before buying
0
Tenant changes required — fully read-only

12 Compliance Frameworks — Mapped on Every Scan

GDPR FedRAMP HITRUST NIST 800-53 CIS M365 SOC 2 ISO 27001 CMMC HIPAA PCI-DSS
Built by Bonelli Systems, 4× Microsoft Solutions Partner

Common Questions

We use Orca for AWS and Azure. Where does 365SA fit?
Orca secures cloud workloads and infrastructure — virtual machines, containers, cloud account inventory. 365SA secures the Microsoft 365 SaaS tenant: identity policies, mailbox configuration, Teams external access, Intune compliance, Conditional Access posture. They operate at different layers and overlap minimally, making them complementary for organizations running a full Microsoft stack.
Is Orca's "agentless" the same as 365SA's?
Both avoid installing agents, but they scan different surfaces. Orca SideScanning reads cloud workload disk snapshots at the IaaS layer. 365SA reads M365 configuration via Microsoft Graph and admin APIs in a fully read-only way — no disk access, no network agents, no infrastructure changes in your tenant.
Can Orca generate a CIS Microsoft 365 report?
Orca's compliance breadth is extensive, but its M365 control evidence is generic — framework mappings rather than per-control tenant configuration data. 365SA produces detailed per-control findings against CIS M365 Foundations and nine other frameworks, each tied to specific Exchange, Teams, Intune, or Entra ID configuration the auditor can verify.

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