One Identity Safeguard vs Varonis Platform comparison

One Identity and Varonis are both solutions in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category. One Identity is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.0, while Varonis is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0. One Identity holds a 2.4% mindshare in UBA, compared to Varonis’s 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of One Identity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Varonis users who would recommend it.

One Identity Safeguard

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

One Identity Safeguard and Varonis Platform compete in the data security and identity management category. One Identity Safeguard appears to have the upper hand in session management and integration capabilities, while Varonis shines in data security, compliance, and user monitoring.

Features: One Identity Safeguard offers advanced session management with detailed audit capabilities and transparent infrastructure integration. It excels in password vaulting, supporting many protocols, and secure session replays. Varonis Platform provides data security and compliance with visibility into file access and user behavior. It specializes in data loss prevention, classification, and seamless monitoring without performance impacts.

Room for Improvement: One Identity Safeguard users seek better session management scalability, more intuitive interfaces, and expanded integration, especially with cloud services. Improvements in transparent mode usability and reporting are suggested. Varonis Platform users report complex setup, costly licensing, and a desire for faster data processing and better cloud integration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: One Identity Safeguard is mainly deployed on-premises, with mixed feedback on technical support responsiveness. Varonis Platform offers flexible on-premises, public, and hybrid cloud deployment options. Its technical support is praised for quick resolutions and depth of knowledge.

Pricing and ROI: One Identity Safeguard faces criticism for high initial costs and gradual price escalations with scaling, offering substantial ROI through security enhancements. It's seen as costly but justified by features. Varonis Platform, though expensive due to licensing and maintenance, provides strong ROI with superior data security and compliance. Users value both solutions despite cost considerations.

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Categories and Ranking

One Identity Safeguard

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Privileged Access Management (PAM) (5th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (6th)

Varonis Platform

Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Security (20th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (9th), Data Governance (4th), 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), Insider Risk Management (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category, the mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 2.4%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Varonis Platform is 4.9%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Varonis Platform	4.9%
One Identity Safeguard	2.4%
Other	92.7%

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

Featured Reviews

Tor Nordhagen

Executive Director at Semaphore

Transparent mode for privileged sessions will greatly simplify our client's administrative situation

We're introducing the solution's transparent mode for privileged sessions. This is part of what the client hasn't used before. It will simplify their administrative situation greatly. So far, the rollout of this feature has been a seamless process, but we're still in the midst of rolling it out. The benefits will be on the risk side. Right now, the way accounts are managed, you don't necessarily know who is using an account. There's a shared admin account, and that's not a good thing. And those accounts are shared in wallets by several people. One of the real benefits of safeguarding here is that the client will have an absolute audit of who is using an administrative interface, whether it's server or network.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All sessions are audited and they are indexed/searchable through the GUI."

"It offers high availability and enables end users to deploy the solution with 99.999 percent uptime, which is crucial in an enterprise environment with a large number of endpoints."

"The most valuable feature of One Identity Safeguard is the user-friendly interface."

"There is ease of implementation."

"It is easy to manage. There is a very logical, clear user interface. Also, the integration of scripts is thoughtfully implemented. Overall, it's a nice product to manage."

"I like that One Identity Safeguard lets you configure the maximum number of connections to the target, a configuration I didn't find in its competitor."

"The technical support is tremendous."

"It provides secure and centralized access to both on-prem and cloud servers, which we did not have before. Previously, there were myriad ways to access our servers, so this centralizing feature is beneficial."

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"The 24/7 support is the most valuable feature. They have been able to answer support questions pretty quickly."

"The analytics would have to be our most valuable feature."

"Technical support from Varonis is rated as nine out of ten."

"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."

"The solution's classification engine is highly configurable and efficient."

"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."

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

"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

"Improving the way we develop new connectors for non-typical systems would be beneficial."

"Transparent mode was too cumbersome, so I don't foresee us being able to use it. On paper when we were initially talking about it, it was definitely going to be the preferred method until we realized the burden it would be on our network guys. Then, we had to step back and reevaluate what we wanted to do. That's when we changed our approach to use the RD Gateway feature."

"I rate customer support six out of ten. It needs improvement as it can significantly impact customer access."

"The main point regarding the user experience is that Safeguard has two separate management consoles."

"The SPS could be a lot easier to administrate and the parts should be unified, from a design perspective, so that I can recognize the systems as being part of the same package. They feel like they have been forced together."

"Support for One Identity Safeguard could be improved because sometimes the support team doesn't have an answer or solution for some bugs. A feature I found in a competitor would make One Identity Safeguard better, and that is the ability to load balance the traffic in the target."

"We sometimes face issues with configuration and things like that, but we manage to solve them."

"The deployment affects our privileged users because it takes a long time for them to request privileges, which impacts the SLA."

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"The product is very complicated."

"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."

"It is significantly complex."

"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."

"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."

"There is one thing that if I add something manually, I get so many alerts. That's the biggest bad thing."

"I would like it to have cloud integration."

"The solution's areas of improvement are the interface and the dependency on on-premises deployment for some components."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a bit on the pricey side, but you get what you pay for. You don't want to get anything too cheap because then you get cheap stuff and cheap support. That really never helps anybody."

"The full license is expensive but if you plan to use it in a big organization then it is the best option because it is more flexible."

"The license is very expensive for us, partly due to inflation and partly because of the exchange rate between the Dollar and the Iranian Rial. We purchased a perpetual license that we've been using up until now, but I believe that we are not going to update it in the future. Instead, we plan to find another third-party to support us with the license, in the sense that we would have access to their license as a shared agreement."

"One Identity Safeguard is expensive and the cost goes up as we scale."

"Setup cost, pricing and licensing are all very expensive."

"It was definitely cheaper than the other two products that we evaluated."

"Its subscription cost is too much, and sometimes, it is very difficult to pitch the solution to the management for cost approval. If the cost is reduced a little bit, it would be easier. If its cost was less, many other organizations that currently cannot afford it would be able to use this technology. I'm sure many organizations around the globe are having issues with identity management, and it is a very difficult task for IT to manage privileged accounts."

"The pricing is about $80,000 per 100 servers. There are few elective costs."

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"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."

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

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

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

22%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about One Identity Safeguard?

The identity discovery is good, and the performance is pretty good value.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?

The pricing of One Identity Safeguard is fairly priced and cheaper than other solutions of the same enterprise level. It provides a good cost-benefit ratio.

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What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?

There is room for improvement in integration between modules. The native integration between SPP and SPS, which is currently based on a plugin, could be enhanced. Customization for lookup passwords...

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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

One Identity Safeguard manages and monitors privileged access, enhancing security with features like automatic session recording, real-time monitoring, and credential rotation. It integrates seamlessly, supports compliance with audit trails, and improves operational efficiency across organizations. This robust platform significantly bolsters security protocols while controlling sensitive operations.

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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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