Fazlur Rahman
Quick Answer
Wiz pricing in 2026 starts at $24,000 per year for 100 cloud workloads on the Essential tier ($240 per workload) and $38,000 per year on Advanced ($380 per workload). The full multi-cloud CNAPP platform is quote-only. Wiz Sensor ($28,000 per 100 sensors per year), Wiz Code ($58,500 per 100 developer licenses per year), and Wiz Defend ($18,000 per 300 GB per month) are separate paid add-ons (Wiz pricing page, September 2026).
The SMB Wiz Go Bundle is sold at $222,000 over 36 months — roughly $74,000 per year equivalent — for buyers under 500 workloads who want all-in coverage without module negotiation.
Last verified: Sep 15, 2026.
At a glance
- Wiz Essential $240 per workload per year ($24,000 per 100 workloads)
- Wiz Advanced $380 per workload per year ($38,000 per 100 workloads)
- Wiz Sensor add-on $28,000 per 100 sensors per year
- Wiz Code add-on $58,500 per 100 developer licenses per year
- Wiz Go Bundle SMB $222,000 over 36 months (~$74,000 per year equivalent)
Wiz pricing tiers and what each tier unlocks
Wiz sells two public tiers plus three separately priced add-on modules and a fixed-price SMB bundle. The Essential tier covers CSPM (cloud misconfiguration detection), Infrastructure as Code scanning, and the Security Graph risk-correlation engine. Advanced adds CWPP (cloud workload protection), CIEM (cloud infrastructure entitlement management), and Kubernetes security posture at $14,000 more per 100 workloads per year (Wiz pricing page, September 2026).
| Tier | Per 100 workloads per year | Main capabilities | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiz Essential | $24,000 | CSPM, IaC scanning, Security Graph | Cloud posture management only |
| Wiz Advanced | $38,000 | Essential plus CWPP, CIEM, KSPM | Full CNAPP, Kubernetes runtime |
| Wiz Sensor (add-on) | $28,000 per 100 sensors | Real-time runtime agent telemetry | Runtime threat detection |
| Wiz Code (add-on) | $58,500 per 100 developers | Shift-left IaC and secrets scanning | Developer-first IaC posture |
| Wiz Defend (add-on) | $18,000 per 300 GB per month | Cloud detection and response | CDR use case |
| Wiz Go Bundle (SMB) | ~$74,000 per year equivalent ($222,000 / 36 months) | All-in for SMBs under 500 workloads | Fixed-budget SMBs |
The $14,000 per 100 workloads gap between Essential and Advanced is the runtime premium. Teams running Kubernetes production workloads or needing runtime compliance evidence for SOC 2, PCI DSS, or ISO 27001 typically require Advanced because that is where the CWPP and CIEM coverage sits (cipherssecurity.com, September 2026).
Worked examples for common deployment scales
Wiz pricing scales linearly with workload count before any discount. The table below shows annual list cost at four common scales for Advanced alone and Advanced plus the typical mid-market add-on bundle. Volume discounts and multi-year terms typically pull list contracts 15 to 35 percent below the linear per-workload number (cipherssecurity.com, September 2026).
| Workload count | Advanced only per year | Advanced plus Sensor plus Code per year | Negotiated mid-market range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 workloads | $38,000 | $124,500 | $95,000 to $135,000 |
| 500 workloads | $190,000 | $414,500 | $280,000 to $380,000 |
| 2,000 workloads | $760,000 | $1,530,000 | $900,000 to $1,200,000 |
| 10,000 workloads | $3,800,000 | $7,650,000 | $2,500,000 to $4,000,000 |
The Vendr dataset of 188 contracts (February 2026) places the median annual Wiz deal at approximately $154,381 per year, consistent with a mid-market Advanced deployment at 500 to 1,000 workloads plus one or two add-ons after negotiation. Large enterprise buyers with 10,000+ workloads and full add-on coverage land in the high six-figure to low seven-figure range per year after discount (cipherssecurity.com, September 2026).
Hidden costs to plan beyond the per-workload line
Three add-on modules double or triple the per-workload line item. Wiz Sensor ($28,000 per 100 sensors per year) is the runtime detection add-on, often the largest line for teams that need real-time agent-based telemetry. Wiz Code ($58,500 per 100 developer licenses per year) is the shift-left IaC and secrets scanning module, priced per contributing developer. Wiz Defend ($18,000 per 300 GB per month) is the cloud detection and response add-on, metered by log ingestion volume (Wiz pricing page, September 2026).
The single biggest budgeting mistake is anchoring on the Advanced per-workload rate and missing the add-on cascade. A 500-workload Advanced deployment with Sensor plus Code plus Defend routinely exceeds $400,000 per year before any negotiation, which is why the typical multi-year Wiz negotiation includes a written module-level breakdown at signing. Renewal uplift after the initial 12-month term averages 5 to 12 percent absent competitive pressure (cipherssecurity.com, September 2026).
Professional services for the initial Wiz deployment are a separate line item and routinely run $20,000 to $100,000 for mid-sized organizations, depending on cloud footprint size and the number of cloud accounts under management. Implementation includes tenant setup, cloud account onboarding, policy tuning, integration with SIEM and ticketing systems, and a 30 to 60 day stabilization window. The professional services line is a one-time cost but is the most commonly underestimated item on year-one procurement plans (cipherssecurity.com, September 2026).
Wiz also bills separately for any custom policy development, threat intelligence feed subscriptions, and integration build-outs that fall outside the standard professional services engagement. Buyers evaluating Wiz should request a written statement of work that bundles these one-time items into a single fixed-price line, then track that line against the credit pool separately. The cleanest procurement outcome is a quote that separates the per-workload recurring license, the add-on module pool, the professional services SOW, and the renewal uplift cap (cipherssecurity.com, September 2026).
