Ping Identity Platform vs Varonis Platform comparison

Ping Identity and Varonis are both solutions in the Data Governance category. Ping Identity is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.2, while Varonis is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0. Ping Identity holds a 0.4% mindshare in DG, compared to Varonis’s 10.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Ping Identity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Varonis users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

Ping Identity Platform and Varonis Platform compete in identity and data protection. Ping has the advantage in integration and user authentication, while Varonis excels in data security and insights.

Features: Ping Identity Platform offers strong authentication, single sign-on, and API security, focusing on identity security and integration. Varonis Platform provides advanced data privacy, threat detection, and data governance, differentiating with deep data behavior analytics.

Room for Improvement: Ping Identity Platform can enhance data behavior analytics, offer more detailed data protection reports, and increase customization for complex environments. Varonis Platform may improve ease of integration, streamline deployment in less intricate settings, and reduce false alert frequency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Ping Identity Platform supports flexible deployment with strong integration support, allowing cloud and on-premise options. Varonis Platform, although slightly complex in deployment, provides excellent support to navigate data environments.

Pricing and ROI: Ping Identity Platform offers economical initial setup costs with competitive pricing models, delivering good ROI for identity management. Varonis, despite a higher initial investment, justifies the expense with substantial data protection and long-term ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Ping Identity Platform

Ranking in Data Governance

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Single Sign-On (SSO) (3rd), Authentication Systems (7th), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (5th), Access Management (3rd), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (2nd), Directory Servers (1st)

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) (7th), 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 Data Governance category, the mindshare of Ping Identity Platform is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Varonis Platform is 10.6%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Governance Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Varonis Platform	10.6%
Ping Identity Platform	0.4%
Other	89.0%

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MAHESHKUMAR7

Cyber Security Engineer at TECHMINDZ DIGITAL CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED

Offers multi-factor authentication and application support side of PingFederate but application only supports specific protocols

A lot of teams work with technical support, but I work with it for user issues only. You might need support with things like application swaps, application names, and application URLs. I didn't know where to find those in Ping Identity, so I contacted technical support for those issues. The support team is very clever and active. They provide end-to-end support once an issue is created. I have worked with most of the support team. I also work with the support team because I work with the operations team. I provide 24/7 support to production and non-production environments. I coordinate with application and network teams to troubleshoot critical tickets and issues related to Ping Identity solutions.

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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

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Pros

"It provides ease of connecting all our devices."

"I find the auto-discovery feature the most valuable. It helps us automate a lot of things using a single password across applications."

"It is a very stable solution."

"We use the product to run different reports."

"The most valuable feature is multifactor authentication."

"The only feature we were looking for in PingID was SSO integration with our existing web app."

"The solution has a smooth and configurable user interface for single sign-on capabilities."

"PingFederate is very flexible. We can do many customizations, and it also provides an SDK to tailor it to our specific requirements. There are also numerous plugins available. I've worked with tools like ForgeRock and Okta, but I find PingFederate to be the most customizable."

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

"I also appreciate the reporting feature, which allows for the extraction of various reports based on specific needs. These reports can be used for audit purposes, such as tracking changes in file locations or deletions."

"That alerting and reporting service is great."

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

"Varonis offers robust data access governance, allowing us to understand which sensitive data exists and who has access to it."

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

"The telemetry to capture everything and the reports are very easy to configure without having a developer degree."

"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."

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Cons

"The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it."

"PingAccess can only have one token provider, and you cannot enable two different token providers simultaneously."

"We have encountered instances where it is not easy to do authentication."

"The timing of the token validity, if it could be extended, would be great. I'm not sure if there is even an option to configure these types of settings."

"The product is not customizable."

"The solution should allow for better integration with other platforms and the UBT."

"We can choose a drop-down to search for which certificate we have to create, which is difficult."

"There is room for improvement in the solution, particularly in security."

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"It is significantly complex."

"I would like it to have cloud integration."

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Ping Identity Platform is not an expensive solution."

"The platform's value justifies the pricing, especially considering its security features and scalability."

"Compared to some SaaS-based solutions, the platform is relatively cost-effective."

"PingID's pricing is pretty competitive."

"The tool is quite affordable."

"PingID pricing is a ten out of ten because it's a little bit cheaper than other tools, such as Okta and ForgeRock, and supports multiple tools."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap."

"The product is costly."

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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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

24%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

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	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	20

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

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about PingID?

The mobile biometric authentication option improved user experience. It's always about security because, with two-factor authentication, it's always a separate device verifying the actual user logg...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingID?

The pricing is neither too expensive nor too cheap.

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What needs improvement with PingID?

The management console needs to be improved. PingID should revise it.

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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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Also Known As

Ping Identity (ID), PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDataGovernance, PingDirectory, OpenDJ

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Overview

IDENTITY DEFINED SECURITY PLATFORM delivers a unified, standards-based platform that can be deployed as SaaS, software or both and can scale to handle millions of identities. From multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to access security, directory and data governance, our capabilities work together to give employees, partners and customers secure access to cloud, mobile and enterprise applications, securing and streamlined everything from sign-on to sign-off and everywhere in between.

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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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Sample Customers

Equinix, Land O'Lakes, CDPHP, Box, International SOS, Opower, VSP, Chevron, Truist, Academy of Art University, Northern Air Cargo, Repsol

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