Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager vs Varonis Platform comparison

Microsoft and Varonis are both solutions in the Data Governance category. Microsoft is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.9, while Varonis is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0. Microsoft holds a 1.0% mindshare in DG, compared to Varonis’s 10.8% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Varonis users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager and Varonis Platform are both leading solutions for data protection and compliance management. Microsoft Purview is seen as having the upper hand regarding pricing and support, whereas Varonis is favored for its comprehensive features that enhance functionality.

Features: Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager integrates with multiple operating systems and excels in data protection across multi-cloud environments. It offers data classification and automates compliance to help organizations meet regulatory standards. Varonis Platform is known for its effective data discovery, classification, and access governance. It provides robust data access governance and real-time monitoring to prevent data overexposure.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Purview users are asking for better integration with Teams, improved automation for bulk tasks, and an enhanced user experience for its web interface. They also desire unified integration of add-on licenses. Varonis users want faster calculation engines, DLP feature inclusion within the platform, user interface improvements, and reduced reliance on on-premises deployments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Purview supports diverse deployment models focused on hybrid and public cloud frameworks. Its technical support is considered adequate for routine tasks, although slower for complex issues. Varonis Platform is mainly oriented toward on-premises environments, providing some cloud integration. Its technical support is highly knowledgeable, although the complexity of the product can make deployments challenging.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager offers cost-effective pricing, often included in the Microsoft 365 E5 license, which reduces additional financial investments and provides significant ROI. Varonis Platform is more expensive, with separate modules adding to costs, but it delivers value through detailed data security and compliance tracking, making it suited to larger enterprises with substantial budgets.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Complianc...

Ranking in Data Governance

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsoft Security Suite (25th)

Varonis Platform

Ranking in Data Governance

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Security (20th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (9th), User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (6th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (18th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (12th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (5th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (3rd), Compliance Management (7th), Ransomware Protection (10th), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is 1.0%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Varonis Platform is 10.8%, up from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Governance Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Varonis Platform	10.8%
Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager	1.0%
Other	88.2%

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Peter-Murphy

Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

Streamlined data management and improved compliance with efficient document classification

The most valuable feature is data classification retention since I deal with terabytes of data, and managing and monitoring it simplifies the process. Additionally, the system provides a dashboard showing our compliance status, which aids in managing compliance tasks. The compliance score feature allows me to assess and compare our compliance across organizations. I've also noticed efficiency gains, especially in handling subject access requests. Previously, these tasks were manual and time-consuming, but now they are streamlined, reducing the process from weeks to just a day.

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Frederic Delos

Senior Cloud Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Offers the ability to identify sensitive areas, allowing you to drill down into the sensitive data

The most effective feature for me is its ability to identify sensitive areas, allowing you to drill down into the sensitive data, provided you have access, to determine whether it's a false positive or a true positive. That's the best thing for me, out of all of it. It's got everything, like other ones, but I like to be able to look at something if I'm doing forensics on the alert and say, "Okay, do I really need to do something with this?" For example, we don't want sensitive data in our OneDrive. So it identifies the sensitive data that's possibly in the OneDrive. And what I can do is look at it and identify whether it's actually sensitive data in Datalert or whether it looks like sensitive data, but I know it's a false positive. If it is a false positive, I can basically say ignore this pattern based on X, Y, and Z, you know, whether it's Redjax or keyword proximity. So I like that. With other tools, I gotta go through a whole process because it's a little bit more complex. Here, I can tag it and bag it in one shot. And the next good time I scan, it slips over it. So it helps in that.

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Pros

"Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is tightly integrated with email solutions like Office 365."

"The system provides a dashboard showing our compliance status, which aids in managing compliance tasks."

"The setup complexity depends on what features you want to implement in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager."

"Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is necessary when using Outlook."

"One of the valuable features of the tool is that it works effectively."

"The stability is a ten out of ten."

"We move data between clouds and also from on-premises to the cloud. There is no other mechanism to check if this data is moving according to industry standards for such things as security, bandwidth, and SSL encryption mechanism. We would not be able to see these metrics without Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager."

"Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is tightly integrated with email solutions like Office 365."

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"The solution ensures that users have not accidentally shared sensitive information with the wrong people or too many people."

"The most important feature is remediation. In remediation support, there is no group permission. We'll go ahead and remediate the access from the Dell folder to the parent folder."

"On the Varonis side, technical support is phenomenal. Their ability to explain is very good, and they seem to be very knowledgeable. When I get an alert that doesn't quite make sense, they dive in there and kind of take me through it. That's very useful and very good. There are some false alerts, but it is better to have a false alert than no alert at all."

"It can easily identify unusual behavior or access patterns that may pose a potential threat, while operating as a unified reporting system."

"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."

"That alerting and reporting service is great."

"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."

"There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username."

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Cons

"We'd like to see the solution expanded to include firewalls and endpoints."

"When I tried to set up Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager for my organization to ensure people are not sending PII documents, especially payment cards, using keywords for flagging, it disrupted our services, so we had to deactivate it."

"The speed and accessibility, particularly in the user interface, require significant work."

"One area for improvement is the technical support for Purview. With all the other solutions from Microsoft we get really good technical support, but with Purview we had a compliance error and we couldn't find the solution. Purview would not point us to the correct solution, it just indicated the error. We had to troubleshoot it and find out what led to this error. We contacted technical support but it took them one week to identify the root cause of the error."

"Policy configuration, particularly for web interfaces and OCR scanning, presents challenges."

"Integrating add-on licenses, which currently offer additional features at a cost, into the base product would be beneficial, especially for a charity organization to avoid incurring extra costs."

"Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is a stable product used by organizations utilizing Outlook as their email client. Despite stability, it needs to be more user-friendly and competitive compared to other eDiscovery tools."

"Microsoft Purview has moved its portal from classic to premium with some display improvements, yet not much in options and functionalities."

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"For unstructured data monitoring, it's one of the top ones, if not the top one, due to its usability."

"The solution's interface is a little complicated with regard to setting up filters and reports."

"The remediation process can be improved. There will be no existing permission group for the McAfee channel domains. We can create a new permissions group for the required folder."

"We have Microsoft Office 365. I just saw an article today which says that they're actually getting integrated with Microsoft Office 365, which would be a useful feature. For user-based reports, log on activity, and stuff like that, it doesn't seem to really be present like Log360. That could just be my inexperience with it. I've been dealing with it for only about two and a half months."

"I would like it to have cloud integration."

"Varonis requires more access permissions for its core functions compared to competitors, which can be a concern for companies about data safety."

"One area for improvement is the calculation engine. When applying rules in Varonis, especially for large datasets (terabytes of data), the calculations can be slow and require time to process. Speeding up this process would be beneficial."

"The GUI should be more functional. There should be a process for connecting through Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing and licensing are moderate because we have other licenses for Microsoft services. The pricing is in line with that."

"The pricing is good. It neither expensive nor cheap. It is average."

"Licensing is on an annual basis. Maintenance and renewal fees are separate. Varonis Datalert is quite expensive."

"Varonis Platform wasn't certainly the cheapest solution."

"I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."

"The platform is expensive. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."

"You could do a subscription, where you pay yearly, or you could purchase it outright. The licensing cost is based on the number of users on the system that you are monitoring."

"It's expensive, kind of, really expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Healthcare Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

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Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

We have more visibility of data and how it is being shared.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

While not cheap, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is priced at 60% to 70% compared to some competitors. Additional costs may involve OCR page scanning.

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

When I tried to set up Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager for my organization to ensure people are not sending PII documents, especially payment cards, using keywords for flagging, it disrupted o...

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What do you like most about Varonis Platform?

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 w...

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What needs improvement with Varonis Platform?

Varonis started as an on-premises solution and is transitioning to cloud. It hasn't fully moved yet, which is an area for improvement. Varonis requires more access permissions for its core function...

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What is your primary use case for Varonis Platform?

The primary use case for Varonis Platform is data discovery, specifically for discovering sensitive data in our organization to protect it. We are looking for a solution that can scan our repositor...

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Overview

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is a feature in the Microsoft 365 compliance center that helps you manage your organization’s compliance requirements with greater ease and convenience. Compliance Manager can help you throughout your compliance journey, from taking inventory of your data protection risks to managing the complexities of implementing controls, staying current with regulations and certifications, and reporting to auditors.

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Varonis Platform enhances data security and governance with advanced analytics, identifying unusual access patterns and sensitive areas. Its centralized interface manages permissions across systems, offering essential capabilities for alerting and reporting.

Varonis Platform provides continuous data protection and monitoring by identifying and alerting on unauthorized data access. It offers comprehensive insights into file access and user activities, supporting data classification and simplifying compliance with tracking and monitoring capabilities. Integration with storage systems enables users to manage permissions and access effectively. Room for improvement includes cloud integration and simplifying its interface and calculation engine for ease of use. Challenges include on-premises dependency, licensing costs, and a need for enhanced DLP capabilities.

What are the primary features of Varonis Platform?

24/7 Technical Support: Ensures continuous assistance and issue resolution.
Advanced Analytics: Identifies unusual data access patterns for increased security.
Centralized Permission Management: Manages access permissions across systems.
Data Classification: Categorizes data to enhance protection measures.
Integration with Storage Systems: Simplifies compliance through tracking and monitoring.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Increased Security: Protects against unauthorized data access.
Compliance Simplification: Offers comprehensive tracking and monitoring to meet compliance standards.
Efficient Permission Management: Simplifies access controls across platforms.
Enhanced Alerting: Provides timely notifications of potential security breaches.

In finance, Varonis aids in safeguarding sensitive financial data, while in healthcare, it secures patient records. Legal industries utilize it for protecting client information, and retail sectors manage sensitive customer data. These industries benefit from Varonis' ability to prevent unauthorized access and streamline compliance.

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