We compared Varonis Platform and BigID based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Based on user feedback, the Varonis Platform is commended for its simple and direct implementation process, intuitive interface, explicit guidance, and supportive assistance. Conversely, BigID's initial setup is characterized as difficult and lengthy, requiring approximately three months to finish.
The Varonis Platform provides data classification and protection, data access governance, threat detection and response, and data visibility and analytics features. On the other hand, BigID stands out for its smooth integration with current products.
Both the Varonis Platform and BigID have areas that could be enhanced. The Varonis Platform would benefit from improvements in complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support. On the other hand, BigID could improve its user interface, performance and scalability, data classification accuracy, integration capabilities, and documentation and support.
The setup cost for Varonis Platform and BigID varies greatly. Varonis Platform's setup cost can be influenced by complexity and requirements, while BigID is generally considered expensive compared to alternatives such as McAfee, based on user experiences. BigID presents potential ROI in various areas such as reducing compliance costs, preventing data breaches, improving operational efficiency, and enabling data monetization.
Users have positive feedback about the customer service of both Varonis Platform and BigID. They commend the support teams for their responsiveness, expertise, promptness, and knowledge.
Comparison Results
In comparing the Varonis Platform to BigID, the Varonis Platform is praised for its ease of deployment, data classification and protection capabilities, data access governance functionality, threat detection and response capabilities, and data visibility and analytics features. However, some users find certain features complex or lacking customization options. On the other hand, BigID is commended for its seamless integration with existing products, but users have mentioned challenges with the user interface, performance and scalability, data classification accuracy, integration with third-party tools, and documentation and support. Varonis has an advantage in terms of ease of deployment and user-friendly interface, while BigID has an advantage in terms of integration capabilities.
"I like BigID's in-depth discovery and scanning capabilities, especially for unstructured data. This feature is a standout compared to competitors. The tool's data classification capabilities are impressive. It offers custom classifiers and a blend of regular exploration and artificial intelligence, making it a next-generation solution. This enhances data security, and its security posture management is straightforward and user-friendly."
"BigID's scanning feature is its most valuable component."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the user experience, the credentialing, and that BigID is user friendly. Additionally, you can deploy to several other Microsoft platforms and you can use it for other things, like a bigger element or a report."
"BigID integrates well with our other products."
"One of the most valuable things in a data-focused world is a tool, a technology that's data-centric, not trying to master data management or whatever else. It's a source of truth for what data an organization holds, giving it the ability to catalog, categorize, and understand its data."
"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."
"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."
"BigID is making some forays into the GRC space, and that's a natural progression. I'd like to see that improve so that data governance is better, data risk is identified, and the ability to control and mitigate it."
"BigID is expensive. I prefer McAfee."
"Improvement could be made in data consent management and data privacy impact assessment."
"The tool currently lacks security features."
"In terms of what could be improved, when you're looking in a BigID file, you cannot really get the whole file. You have to export it to download it to another platform that allows you to completely view it, or run a program. That was one of the things that was really a disappointing point for me. Not to be able to view everything. There's a lot more data, but you can't get it all at once."
"The product is very complicated."
BigID is ranked 7th in Data Governance with 5 reviews while Varonis Platform is ranked 9th in Data Governance with 2 reviews. BigID is rated 8.2, while Varonis Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BigID writes "Commendable and robust data-centric tool". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Varonis Platform writes "Offers visibility and helps to keep track of access ". BigID is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, Cyera , Collibra Governance, OneTrust DataGovernance and Securiti, whereas Varonis Platform is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Veritas Data Insight, Netskope Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and CrowdStrike Falcon. See our BigID vs. Varonis Platform report.
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