Is Tilt or Wiz better?

Neither clearly leads. Tilt starts at Free and Wiz at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Tilt or Wiz?

Tilt has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Tilt and On request for Wiz.

Does Tilt or Wiz run on more platforms?

Tilt runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. Wiz runs on web, api.

Can I use Tilt for free?

Yes. Tilt has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Wiz starts at On request.

What is Tilt best used for?

Tilt is most often used for a team of ten or more engineers whose application is fifteen microservices on kubernetes and who currently wait on ci to test a change, an organisation onboarding new developers who want a single command that stands up the whole stack from a committed tiltfile, a platform team giving product engineers a consistent local environment against a shared remote development cluster, a codebase where one repository contains several services and rebuilding all of them on every edit is the main source of lost time. Of those, a team of ten or more engineers whose application is fifteen microservices on kubernetes and who currently wait on ci to test a change and an organisation onboarding new developers who want a single command that stands up the whole stack from a committed tiltfile are not what Wiz is typically brought in for.

What can Tilt do that Wiz cannot?

Tilt covers Live update, Tiltfile as code, Unified web UI, Selective rebuilds. Wiz covers Cloud security posture management, Code security (Wiz Code), Runtime threat detection (Wiz Defend), AI security agents.

Developer Tools · head to head

Tilt vs Wiz

Tilt

Developer Tools

Local Kubernetes development loop that rebuilds and live-updates containers on save

From: Free
Free plan: Yes

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Wiz

Cloud

Cloud and AI security platform unifying code, cloud, and runtime protection.

From: On request
Free plan: No

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The short version

Only Tilt has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Tilt docker acquired Tilt in 2022 and the team now splits its time across Compose and Docker Desktop, so feature velocity is modest and the product's long-term priority inside Docker is not guaranteed; treat it as a stable utility, not a growing platform.; Wiz no public pricing; licensing requires a custom quote based on workloads and sensors.
They diverge on capability: Tilt covers Live update, Wiz covers Cloud security posture management.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Tilt and Wiz actually diverge.

Attributes where Tilt and Wiz differ
Attribute	Tilt	Wiz
Starting price	Free	On request
Pricing model	Open source, no licence fee	quote
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Linux, macOS, Windows	web, api
Category	Developer Tools	Cloud

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Tilt

Live update
Tiltfile as code
Unified web UI
Selective rebuilds
Local and remote clusters
Resource dependencies
Extensions registry
Custom buttons and triggers

Only in Wiz

Cloud security posture management
Code security (Wiz Code)
Runtime threat detection (Wiz Defend)
AI security agents
AI workload protection
Attack path analysis

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Tilt

A team of ten or more engineers whose application is fifteen microservices on Kubernetes and who currently wait on CI to test a changenot Wiz
An organisation onboarding new developers who want a single command that stands up the whole stack from a committed Tiltfilenot Wiz
A platform team giving product engineers a consistent local environment against a shared remote development clusternot Wiz
A codebase where one repository contains several services and rebuilding all of them on every edit is the main source of lost timenot Wiz

Wiz

Identifying cloud misconfigurations across multi-cloud environmentsnot Tilt
Securing code from IDE through CI/CD deploymentnot Tilt
Detecting and responding to active threats at runtimenot Tilt
Governing AI workloads and models in the cloudnot Tilt
Prioritizing risk with cross-environment attack path analysisnot Tilt

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Tilt

Docker acquired Tilt in 2022 and the team now splits its time across Compose and Docker Desktop, so feature velocity is modest and the product's long-term priority inside Docker is not guaranteed; treat it as a stable utility, not a growing platform.
The Tiltfile is Starlark, a Python dialect, so non-trivial setups become real programs that need reviewing and maintaining, and the person who wrote yours becomes a single point of failure.
Live update only works when the running container can accept synced files and restart the process; compiled languages, distroless images and read-only filesystems often force you back to a full image rebuild, which removes the main benefit.
It assumes Kubernetes. If your development target is plain Docker Compose or serverless functions, Tilt adds a cluster you did not need and a layer of abstraction with no payoff.
There is no commercial support contract, no SLA and no paid tier, so when a Kubernetes version upgrade breaks something you are dependent on GitHub issues and a Slack channel rather than a vendor you can escalate to.

Wiz

No public pricing; licensing requires a custom quote based on workloads and sensors.
Modular licensing across Cloud, Code, Defend, and Sensor products can complicate cost planning.
Full runtime protection value depends on deploying Wiz Sensor agents, adding operational overhead.
Primarily aimed at mid-to-large enterprises despite the smaller Wiz Go bundle.

Pricing, plan by plan

Tilt

Free

TiltFree
- Apache 2.0 licensed
- All features, no paid tier
- Community support via the Kubernetes Slack #tilt channel

Wiz

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Wiz review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Tilt if

You need live update.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Linux, macOS, Windows.
You also want tiltfile as code.

Tilt review

Choose Wiz if

You need cloud security posture management.
You work on web, api.
You also want code security (wiz code).

Wiz review

Questions people ask

Is Tilt or Wiz better?: Neither clearly leads. Tilt starts at Free and Wiz at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Tilt or Wiz?: Tilt has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Tilt and On request for Wiz.
Does Tilt or Wiz run on more platforms?: Tilt runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. Wiz runs on web, api.
Can I use Tilt for free?: Yes. Tilt has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Wiz starts at On request.
What is Tilt best used for?: Tilt is most often used for a team of ten or more engineers whose application is fifteen microservices on kubernetes and who currently wait on ci to test a change, an organisation onboarding new developers who want a single command that stands up the whole stack from a committed tiltfile, a platform team giving product engineers a consistent local environment against a shared remote development cluster, a codebase where one repository contains several services and rebuilding all of them on every edit is the main source of lost time. Of those, a team of ten or more engineers whose application is fifteen microservices on kubernetes and who currently wait on ci to test a change and an organisation onboarding new developers who want a single command that stands up the whole stack from a committed tiltfile are not what Wiz is typically brought in for.
What can Tilt do that Wiz cannot?: Tilt covers Live update, Tiltfile as code, Unified web UI, Selective rebuilds. Wiz covers Cloud security posture management, Code security (Wiz Code), Runtime threat detection (Wiz Defend), AI security agents.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Tilt: Is Tilt free?

Yes, entirely. It is Apache 2.0 open source with no paid tier and no licence fee.

Wiz: How much does Wiz cost?

Wiz does not publish standard pricing. The platform uses modular licensing based on workloads, active developers, log ingestion, or sensors. All pricing requires requesting a custom quote directly from the company.

Source

Tilt: Who owns Tilt now?

Docker, which acquired it in May 2022. It remains open source and the repository is still actively maintained.

Wiz: Does Wiz offer a free trial?

No free trial information is mentioned on Wiz's pricing page. Pricing is determined by custom quote based on organizational needs.

Source

Tilt: Do I need a remote cluster?

No. It works against a local cluster such as kind, minikube or Docker Desktop, and also against a shared remote development cluster if your services are too heavy to run locally.

Wiz: What products does Wiz offer?

Wiz provides five modular licensing options: Wiz Cloud, Wiz Code, Wiz Defend, Wiz Sensor, and Wiz Go Bundle for SMBs, allowing organizations to scale based on specific security requirements.

Source

Tilt: How is it different from Skaffold?

Both automate the build-deploy loop. Tilt puts more weight on the live-update path and a multi-service dashboard; Skaffold is more configuration-driven and closer to Google's tooling.

Tilt vs Wiz

Tilt

Wiz

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Tilt

Only in Wiz

What people use each for

Tilt

Wiz

Where each one falls short

Tilt

Wiz

Pricing, plan by plan

Tilt

Wiz

Which should you pick?

Choose Tilt if

Choose Wiz if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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