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Appsflyer vs BigID Next comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 22, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Appsflyer
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Measurement Partner (MMP) (1st)
BigID Next
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (12th), Data Governance (8th), Data Privacy Management Software (1st), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the AI Data Analysis category, the mindshare of Appsflyer is 0.4%. The mindshare of BigID Next is 0.8%, down from 23.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Data Analysis Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Appsflyer0.4%
BigID Next0.8%
Other98.8%
AI Data Analysis
 

Featured Reviews

Mayank Gambhir - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Customer Success at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
Data has improved campaign attribution and now drives targeted onboarding and retention
One challenge that clients sometimes mention about Appsflyer is that the platform can feel slightly complex initially, especially for teams that are not from a technical background. Setting up attribution logic, SKAN configurations, or deep linking journeys may require support during onboarding. Another area for improvement is reporting flexibility and dashboard usability. Some clients want more simplified views or faster custom report generation, especially when multiple teams such as marketing, product, and CRM are all using the platform together. Some clients also mention that the pricing for Appsflyer can become expensive as apps scale and attribution volumes grow, especially for high growth consumer apps. Smaller teams sometimes feel they are not utilizing the platform's capabilities compared to the cost. From a platform perspective, another improvement area could be data freshness and attribution transparency in certain privacy heavy ecosystems such as iOS or SKAN. While this is partly an industry wide challenge, clients still expect more real time visibility and simpler interpretation of aggregated attribution data.
Aniruddha Nath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Data discovery has transformed compliance workflows and automation now speeds up requests and remediation
The best feature that BigID offers is data discovery and classification, which is the most powerful engine. It allows connecting to many different data sources, ranging from cloud to on-premises to structured to unstructured data. If there is no connector available, you can build your own classifiers as well. Regarding the custom classifier option, you can build custom classifiers using regular expressions, and I have done that if you know how to create regular expressions. Custom connectors are something you create to connect to a database where the connector is not available. BigID has positively impacted my organization as it's a very powerful tool, especially with the increasing regulatory compliances for different countries such as GDPR, CCPA, and India's recent DPDPA act. Having these tools in place greatly helps organizations avoid any penal charges for not being compliant with the regulatory compliances. For example, regarding compliance or reduced risks for my clients, the DSAR process I was talking about allows organizations to respond quickly to user data deletion requests under GDPR law, which traditionally has a 30-day or 60-day timeline. In larger organizations, when the number of requests is high, it becomes tedious. However, using DSAR automation with BigID, it's almost instantaneous; instead of 30 days, you can respond in just one day to what users have requested.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Appsflyer has positively impacted my organization by helping me quickly integrate with Facebook and Reddit without having to write a bunch of APIs or having to install the Facebook SDK into my mobile apps."
"A specific positive outcome I've seen from using Appsflyer is getting insights into iOS with their single source of truth, which I use consistently for data analysis and getting a report that is agreeable between the client and me."
"In my opinion, the best features Appsflyer offers are reliable performance, very fast speeds, and a user-friendly UI."
"Appsflyer provides a strong ROI for our company and our application, which helps both our marketing team and product team."
"The dashboard and real-time analytics are the main reasons I use Appsflyer when I am tracking order conversions."
"Appsflyer has positively impacted our organization by improving the particular events' properties."
"Appsflyer has changed my organization positively as it marks the beginning of client engagement and the client engaging funnel."
"There is a very big positive impact from using Appsflyer, as implementing it gives us much clearer visibility into campaign quality and user behaviors, with a significant improvement in ROAS optimization."
"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."
"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 most valuable feature of BigID is its large number of classifiers, which allow us to scan for specific data such as SSN numbers."
"My experience with BigID has been very positive and memorable, as BigID is simple, straightforward, and reliable when it comes to data discovery and data scanning exercises."
"BigID integrates well with our other products."
"The best feature that BigID offers is data discovery and classification, which is the most powerful engine, allowing connection to many different data sources ranging from cloud to on-premises and from structured to unstructured data, with the ability to build your own classifiers if no connector is available."
"The data classification offered by the tool can help companies improve their security strategy"
"The tool's most valuable feature is correlation. Using BigID's data classification capabilities has strengthened our data security. It lets me classify and connect data, which helps me manage data at various classification levels."
 

Cons

"I would say sometimes the integration could be a bit tough, especially because I struggled when I was integrating Appsflyer into my Apple Search Ads and my iOS application."
"One improvement that Appsflyer can make is to find better ways to access aggregating raw data."
"Many times we run into problems, and Appsflyer tech support is hard to reach."
"Appsflyer could improve its documentation so that developers can implement it better."
"An area of improvement for Appsflyer is the large number of reports and dashboards."
"Appsflyer is a powerful application, but sometimes having a lot of reports and charts can become complex initially and has a learning curve to it."
"Appsflyer can be improved with event de-duplication."
"It is difficult to predict the price for Appsflyer as it is based on conversions. It is also expensive."
"There are some shortcomings when it comes to Calvirus authentication, which is not yet supported by BigID."
"I want them to focus on data mapping, assessment, automation workflow, and privacy incident management. The privacy tools have not been widely used, and they have not invested much in privacy code privacy tools."
"The tool currently lacks security features."
"The challenge we encountered was with data connection across multiple databases. We struggled with configuring the data connection successfully. However, with the assistance of dynamic teams, we resolved this issue."
"BigID's user interface was problematic as it was not very user-friendly, though I believe it improved over time."
"BigID is expensive. I prefer McAfee."
"One area where BigID can be improved is the UI, which has a lot of bugs."
"Improvement could be made in data consent management and data privacy impact assessment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive."
"I think that BigID's pricing is very reasonable."
"The product is expensive, but so are all competitor tools"
"The solution is not licensed per user but rather based on capacity. For instance, organizations with large amounts of data, such as 50 GB or more, are the ones that typically qualify for BigID."
"The pricing depends. If you have thousands of data sources to connect and manage, and you struggled with an MDM package in the past, you'll find BigID valuable and even cheap. But if you're a small business, it's probably not the right tool for you."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Appsflyer?
My overall experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good; however, the initial pricing is slightly high. Eventually, we manage because visibility into ROAS, retention, and fraud preven...
What needs improvement with Appsflyer?
Overall, the platform is really strong, especially for attribution and deep linking, but there are definitely a few areas where it could improve. One challenge is attribution discrepancies; sometim...
What is your primary use case for Appsflyer?
I typically use Appsflyer for deep linking, attributions, and tracking all the URLs that we share, such as all the campaigns that we do via QR code. When we first launched Clydo.in, which is a shop...
What needs improvement with BigID?
One improvement I would suggest is addressing the intermittent failures of BigID scans, as there are times when some errors occur. I think the BigID team is aware of this and works on resolving iss...
What is your primary use case for BigID?
BigID's main use case is connecting to various data sources to perform the data discovery process, classify the data within those systems, and identify sensitive information across various structur...
What advice do you have for others considering BigID?
I have covered information regarding data scanning, data classification, and the DSAR module, as these are the parts I have worked on, apart from developing custom connectors for a few data sources...
 

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Home Depot, Grant Thornton LLP, Cimpress, Fidelity Investments
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