Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management vs Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention comparison

Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention are both solutions in the Microsoft Security Suite category. Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management is ranked #34 with an average rating of 7.3, while Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.5. Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management holds a 0.3% mindshare in Microsoft Security Suite, compared to Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Data Life...

Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite

34th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Governance (28th)

Microsoft Purview Data Loss...

Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite

16th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Microsoft Security Suite category, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is 2.8%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Al Mcpherson

Data Architect at Octopus

Provides clear visibility into our entire information estate, reduces our time to action, and saves us time

The integration across Azure is straightforward. Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management has been a game-changer for our data governance. We now have clear visibility into our entire information estate, allowing us to pinpoint data location and implement effective classification. Even though real-time compliance isn't a current need, Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management offers that capability for future requirements. Purview Data Lifecycle Management has reduced our time to action – since we previously lacked such a tool, it's effectively cut our response time in half. Purview Data Lifecycle Management has saved us one working day per month.

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HosmanRodriguez

Senior Compliance Manager at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

Nice dashboard, good data loss prevention, and helps with compliance

The data loss prevention is great. It can prevent things like credit card information from being taken. The data protection is excellent. We can use the solution on Windows and iOS. We mostly use it with Office 365 and ingest data sources from Microsoft. The solution is natively integrated and compliant across Azure. It takes into account critical regulations from around the world. We need to comply with various regulations. For our business case, it's very important. If we can prevent information from going out, eventually, when a regulator is asking about our security measures, we can show what we've been doing. It helps us to reduce the likelihood of potential fines. We can educate users on how to handle sensitive data. By showing the records we keep and explaining the technologies implemented, we can provide awareness to our users. The solution offers good visibility into our environment. Our security team can use the product to monitor and track. Its dashboard allows us to show compliance in real-time. We've been able to reduce the time to action on insider threats. Security permissions are always being monitored. In general, it has saved us time and money when dealing with security. It's made us become more efficient. We've increased our compliance capabilities by 25%.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Purview's built-in functionality provides immediate access to reports, streamlining the entire process."

"The UI is the most valuable feature."

"The automatic data labeling is compelling, and we are investigating its use."

"The system is stable; I haven't encountered any worldwide stability issues unlike other office products."

"Because everything is on Microsoft and we use Azure, integration with the product is easier. That's the most important thing when you use many Microsoft products. It's easier to integrate everything in one place."

"For Purview's natively integrated compliance across Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365, I would give it a 10 out of 10. It provides all the insights and information."

"I rate Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's stability a ten out of ten."

"The auto-labeling feature is definitely the most valuable feature. It goes in and labels the documents for you in different repositories. It covers the Outlook and Exchange repositories along with SharePoint and OneDrive. It is really helpful in those areas."

"It's secure and can be integrated with an existing Forcepoint DLP setup."

"One of the valuable features of Purview is the ability to create a legal hold on a user's account within the compliance portal. That's pretty useful when it comes to any litigation or if you want to redeem the content within a mailbox, OneDrive, or a generic public SharePoint site."

"The solution's IDM (Indexed Document Matching), EDM (Exact Data Matching), and DCM (Described Content Matching) features have been most effective in identifying and mitigating potential data leaks."

"The tool's most valuable feature is in the area of OCR."

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Cons

"The time it takes to scan is one issue; when we raise high-volume issues and tickets related to scanning failures, it relates to permission errors, which are technical challenges."

"Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management can be challenging to implement due to its complexity and dense documentation, making it difficult to get started."

"Microsoft's Purview Data Lifecycle Management preview features can be unreliable, hindering their usefulness."

"The solution should provide better integration with other systems."

"The support is poor."

"I rate the overall solution 3 out of 10."

"Some main features are limited in comparison to other solutions."

"I would like Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention to be on the source code or SQL databases. It is difficult to do classification and labeling when you have a third-party source code or a third-party Oracle database. It is seamless when it comes to Microsoft documents but is not so with third-party source codes. Microsoft needs to work on it a little bit more."

"We faced a performance issue with the tool when we didn't get alerts for file uploads."

"A site can have different containers where you store data. We have always wanted to apply compliance, labels, and policies at the container level, rather than to an outer shell or at the site level. That is something we have been looking forward to and I believe Microsoft is already planning something like that."

"Endpoint Data Loss Prevention needs to be improved as it is not up to expectations."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The service operates on a pay-as-you-go basis, charging an extra one cent per field of metadata scanned in our data."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is part of a bundle and is not sold as a standalone product."

"Though I am not a specialist, the tool is quite expensive."

"You get the solution in a bundle if you get the E5 suite."

"The product has the best price-to-performance ratio."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

"If one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the price as one out of ten."

"I am satisfied with the tool's pricing."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management?

We opted for Purview Data Lifecycle Management due to its significant cost advantage over competitors. At a 95 percent price reduction, it was a clear winner. The service operates on a pay-as-you-g...

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management?

One of the requirements is to have data leak policies and data access policies. This is very critical to enforce data governance standards, which relate to data classification, access control, data...

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management?

I am a customer and user of the tools. We are a big shop, and both the companies I work for are Microsoft Office 365 customers with over eighty thousand seats. Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Mana...

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What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention?

The most valuable features are identifying sensitive data and issuing alerts.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention?

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is not something I manage directly since I'm the owner operator; my colleagues might be more involved with that aspect as we have other te...

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention?

Improving Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention would involve recognizing that the whole AI path we are all on is going to help, given the massive amount of data we handle; even if there are true ...

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