We performed a comparison between Microsoft Purview Data Governance and Varonis Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Governance solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Purview's greatest benefit for us is data discovery."
"We can prevent, block, or audit however we like."
"The most significant value lies in its seamless integration into the Azure ecosystem, automating various processes and reducing operational burdens."
"It gives you the opportunity to know your data and apply policies around it. If those policies are flouted, you can always track what's happening. You have options such as alerting the person who is committing that action, or you can take automatic action by blocking, for example, an email that is been sent externally. It's very useful."
"The most valuable aspect of Purview is its PowerShell connectivity, enabling automation."
"The e-discovery search is useful."
"You can set up automated dates to alert on internal data."
"The product has helped us save both time and money."
"Varonis Platform is transparent and captures everything in the environment without impacting the performance. The tool helps us unify data feeds into a single reporting system."
"There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username."
"The solution has significantly improved data security and compliance posture by allowing us to track and monitor activities. We can see who accesses data and when files are created and understand what's happening in our environment."
"Overcoming certain control issues would significantly enhance our overall satisfaction."
"Non-Microsoft use cases are not very high. It's limited for now."
"There are some non-Microsoft file formats that are not supported."
"Purview's data loss prevention for macOS endpoints has some limitations, and the end-user experience of recovering from a failure is lacking."
"Some of the menu headings may not be easy to understand for some people."
"There are some limitations with regard to the lineage of data from different parts of the system."
"Reflecting organizational changes within Purview is impractical."
"It supports only a limited number of tools and technologies that pertain to Microsoft products. If you want to leverage other solutions such as Workday or Oracle Fusion, features will be coming up, but as of now, it is for the Microsoft suite."
"The product is very complicated."
"There is one thing that if I add something manually, I get so many alerts. That's the biggest bad thing."
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Microsoft Purview Data Governance is ranked 1st in Data Governance with 51 reviews while Varonis Platform is ranked 10th in Data Governance with 3 reviews. Microsoft Purview Data Governance is rated 7.8, while Varonis Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Purview Data Governance writes "User friendly with good documentation but needs to cover more non-Microsoft use cases". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Varonis Platform writes "Offers visibility and helps to keep track of access ". Microsoft Purview Data Governance is most compared with Collibra Governance, Alation Data Catalog, Informatica Axon, Microsoft Intune and Collibra Lineage, whereas Varonis Platform is most compared with BigID, Netskope Data Loss Prevention (DLP), SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, Lepide and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our Microsoft Purview Data Governance vs. Varonis Platform report.
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