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LightBeam vs Microsoft Purview Information Protection comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

LightBeam
Ranking in Data Privacy Management Software
22nd
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (35th), AI Security (136th), AI Legal & Compliance (17th)
Microsoft Purview Informati...
Ranking in Data Privacy Management Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (7th), Microsoft Security Suite (13th)
 

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Abhi T - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Achieve comprehensive data protection with reliable performance and room for enhanced discovery accuracy
The product is still in a growing phase. I could see that many use cases in their product are not capable enough in terms of detecting or protecting. Compared to other products, they are in the middle of bringing their solution up to the mark, so it is not a full-grown solution. They have to get more accurate results in terms of data discovery and classification. The second thing is their support; support from Microsoft takes a lot of time to get a response from their support team. The third thing is their OCR capability is not that great in terms of identifying the documents. We would love to see response times of less than 24 hours. Additionally, there is no way to check the policy's current status in terms of whether it got synced or not. You have to wait and test the use cases after 24 hours or after 48 hours, and once it starts working, then it appears the policy got implemented.
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Financial Services Firm
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Computer Software Company
10%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Information Protection?
It is reasonable from what I can say right now because we are using most of the Microsoft tools right now. We are using the managed SQL server of Microsoft. We are using Microsoft Purview Informati...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Information Protection?
One thing I personally felt is, let's take a use case where I want to know how many crimes Mr. Donald Trump has made in this organization. That kind of information we don't have in our systems. I'm...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Purview Information Protection?
We are more focused on data quality and master data management perspective. From that angle, things are quite easy and good. In terms of AI integration or integrating with a third-party tool like I...
 

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Sample Customers

1. Veridian Credit Union Selects LightBeam to Protect Member Data and Streamline PCI Compliance2. Snap Finance cut data security tool costs by 40%3. Infinite Investment Systems cut time spent on manual data privacy reviews by automating classification and access monitoring4. InfoObjects used LightBeam to gain visibility into partner access and now gets real-time alerts for unauthorized data sharing. 5. A California bank used LightBeam to discover 189M+ sensitive attributes, flag insider exfiltration risks, and improve DLP accuracy—while cutting storage costs. 6. AGA Benefits Group built a sensitive data inventory and gained visibility into how customer data is stored, shared, and accessed, strengthening their privacy posture.7. MonetizeNow achieved GDPR compliance in 45 days by automating DSRs, RoPA, and data classification with LightBeam.
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