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Prisma Cloud Credit

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Unit
Credit
Aliases
Prisma Cloud Credits program
Definition
Prisma Cloud Enterprise Credit Guide: "Prisma Cloud product modules are consumed via credits, a universal capacity unit that all the modules use."
Counting rules
Plans: Cloud Security Foundations 2 credits per public-cloud VM; Cloud Security Advanced 5 credits per VM (public and private cloud). Modules: Visibility, Compliance and Governance 1 per VM; IAM Security 0.25 x VCG usage; DSPM 1 per IaaS/PaaS data asset, 1 per TB DBaaS, 0.1 per SaaS user; CDEM 100 minimum or 0.25 x VCG; Host Security 0.5 per Host Defender; Container Security 5 per Container Defender, 1 per App-Embedded Defender; Serverless 1 per 6 functions; WAAS 2 per Defender; IaC Security 3, SCA 4, Secrets 1, CI/CD 3 per developer. Measured hourly (except Data Security) and averaged; only active resources count.
Floors / minimums
Sold in increments of 100 credits; one-, two- or three-year subscription (License Types). CDEM requires a minimum of 100 credits.
Applies to products
  • Prisma Cloud Enterprise Edition
  • Prisma Cloud Compute Edition
Applies to editions
  • Cloud Security Foundations
  • Cloud Security Advanced
Product category
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