How to get the best deals on Lacework (now FortiCNAPP) — pricing breakdown, savings tips, and alternatives
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Don't overpay for features you won't use. Here's our recommendation based on your use case:
Most AI tools, including many in the data & analytics category, offer special pricing for students, teachers, and educational institutions. These discounts typically range from 20-50% off regular pricing.
• Students: Verify your student status with a .edu email or Student ID
• Teachers: Faculty and staff often qualify for education pricing
• Institutions: Schools can request volume discounts for classroom use
Most SaaS and AI tools tend to offer their best deals around these windows. While we can't guarantee Lacework (now FortiCNAPP) runs promotions during all of these, they're worth watching:
The biggest discount window across the SaaS industry — many tools offer their best annual deals here
Holiday promotions and year-end deals are common as companies push to close out Q4
Tools targeting students and educators often run promotions during this window
Signing up for Lacework (now FortiCNAPP)'s email list is the best way to catch promotions as they happen
💡 Pro tip: If you're not in a rush, Black Friday and end-of-year tend to be the safest bets for SaaS discounts across the board.
Test features before committing to paid plans
Save 10-30% compared to monthly payments
Many companies reimburse productivity tools
Some providers offer multi-tool packages
Wait for Black Friday or year-end sales
Some tools offer "win-back" discounts to returning users
If Lacework (now FortiCNAPP)'s pricing doesn't fit your budget, consider these data & analytics alternatives:
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Lacework was acquired by Fortinet in 2024 and has been rebranded as FortiCNAPP. The underlying Polygraph Data Platform technology remains intact and continues to be developed, but it is now part of Fortinet's Security Fabric portfolio and is being integrated with other Fortinet products such as FortiGate, FortiEDR, and FortiAnalyzer.
Traditional tools rely on predefined rules and signatures that must be written and maintained by security teams. Lacework's Polygraph engine uses machine learning to automatically build behavioral baselines of every entity in your cloud — users, processes, containers, network flows — and detects deviations as potential threats. This catches zero-day attacks and insider threats that rule-based systems miss.
FortiCNAPP supports AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for cloud account scanning. For workloads, it protects Linux and Windows servers, Docker containers, Kubernetes clusters (including EKS, AKS, GKE, and self-managed), serverless functions, and IaC templates including Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes manifests.
Pricing is enterprise-only and quoted based on factors including cloud account count, workload volume (typically measured in monthly active resources or vCPUs), modules enabled, and contract length. There is no published price list or self-service tier. Most mid-market deployments start in the $50,000–$150,000 annual range, while large enterprise contracts with hundreds of cloud accounts and full module coverage typically reach $250,000–$500,000+ annually. Contact Fortinet sales for a custom quote and to request a proof-of-value engagement.
FortiCNAPP is not a replacement for a SIEM or traditional EDR. It is a cloud-focused CNAPP that covers cloud posture, workload, identity, and Kubernetes security. It complements SIEM platforms by forwarding high-fidelity cloud alerts, and under Fortinet it integrates tightly with FortiEDR for endpoint coverage and FortiAnalyzer for SIEM-like correlation across cloud and network data.
FortiCNAPP does not offer a self-service free trial. However, Fortinet sales teams can arrange a proof-of-value (POV) engagement, typically lasting 2–4 weeks, where the platform is deployed in your environment with guided onboarding. This allows teams to evaluate behavioral detection quality and compliance coverage against their specific cloud infrastructure before committing to a contract.
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