Enterprise DLP Solutions -- Varonis Alternatives
Enterprise data loss prevention solutions focus on actively preventing sensitive data from leaving the organization through endpoints, networks, email, and cloud applications. While Varonis takes a data access governance approach — understanding who accesses data and detecting anomalous behavior — enterprise DLP platforms enforce policies that block, encrypt, or quarantine data in motion. These tools are ideal for organizations that need active enforcement to prevent data exfiltration rather than visibility and governance over data access patterns.
Custom enterprise pricing based on user count
The most comprehensive enterprise DLP platform with multi-channel enforcement across endpoints, network, email, and cloud. Risk-Adaptive Protection dynamically adjusts policies based on user behavior, making it the strongest active enforcement option.
Custom enterprise pricing / Managed DLP service available
The best option for organizations wanting deep endpoint-level data visibility with the option of a fully managed DLP service. Ideal for enterprises that want expert-run DLP without building an internal DLP operations team.
Custom pricing based on data volume and endpoints
The leading specialist in sensitive data discovery accuracy, particularly for regulated data types like PHI and PCI. Best used as a classification engine that feeds discovery results into DLP enforcement or data governance platforms.
Enterprise DLP platform with risk-adaptive protection and multi-channel data loss prevention
Custom enterprise pricing based on user count
Large enterprises needing comprehensive DLP enforcement across endpoints, network, cloud, and email with risk-adaptive policy controls
Data-centric security platform with deep endpoint DLP and data visibility across enterprise environments
Custom enterprise pricing / Managed DLP service available
Enterprises needing deep endpoint-level data visibility and DLP enforcement with a managed service option for teams with limited security staff
Sensitive data discovery and classification platform with high-accuracy identification of regulated data
Custom pricing based on data volume and endpoints
Organizations in regulated industries that need the most accurate sensitive data discovery and classification for PII, PHI, and PCI compliance
Compare all 3 Varonis alternatives side-by-side across pricing, deployment, and key capabilities.
| Feature | Forcepoint DLP 4/5 | Digital Guardian 3.9/5 | Spirion 4/5 |
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| Pricing Model | Per-user subscription | Per-endpoint or per-user subscription | Subscription (per data volume or endpoints) |
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| Best For | Large enterprises needing comprehensive DLP enforcement across endpoints, network, cloud, and email with risk-adaptive policy controls | Enterprises needing deep endpoint-level data visibility and DLP enforcement with a managed service option for teams with limited security staff | Organizations in regulated industries that need the most accurate sensitive data discovery and classification for PII, PHI, and PCI compliance |
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Varonis is not a traditional DLP solution. While it provides alerts on suspicious data access and can detect potential data exfiltration, it does not actively block data from leaving the organization the way enterprise DLP platforms do. Varonis focuses on data access governance — understanding permissions, detecting insider threats through behavioral analytics, and automating least privilege. Organizations often deploy Varonis alongside a DLP solution, using Varonis for access visibility and governance while using DLP for active enforcement.
Many organizations benefit from both. Varonis provides upstream visibility — who has access to sensitive data, whether permissions are excessive, and whether access patterns look suspicious. DLP provides downstream enforcement — preventing sensitive data from being exfiltrated through email, USB, cloud uploads, or printing. Together, they create defense in depth: Varonis reduces the attack surface by enforcing least privilege, while DLP provides a last line of defense against data exfiltration.
Forcepoint DLP's Risk-Adaptive Protection helps reduce false positives by adjusting enforcement based on user risk level — trusted users trigger fewer alerts than high-risk users. Spirion's classification engine is recognized for the highest accuracy in identifying regulated data types, which reduces false positives at the classification layer. Digital Guardian's deep endpoint visibility provides rich context that helps differentiate legitimate data movement from suspicious activity.
Enterprise DLP solutions detect data-centric policy violations — a user trying to email a file containing credit card numbers, for example. Varonis detects behavioral anomalies — a user accessing ten times more files than their normal pattern, or accessing data from a department they have never accessed before. DLP catches the exfiltration attempt; Varonis catches the reconnaissance and unusual access leading up to it. For comprehensive insider threat detection, behavioral analytics from Varonis provides earlier warning than policy-based DLP.
Enterprise DLP platform with risk-adaptive protection and multi-channel data loss prevention
ComparisonData-centric security platform with deep endpoint DLP and data visibility across enterprise environments
ComparisonSensitive data discovery and classification platform with high-accuracy identification of regulated data
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