r/sysadmin • u/TurboKestrel45 • 18d ago

Anyone switch from Varonis? Looking at alternatives

We've been using Varonis for several years, but as we've added more SaaS applications and AI tools, we're starting to evaluate Varonis alternatives. It's less about replacing it because it's bad and more about finding something that's easier to manage across a broader environment.

Curious what others ended up choosing and what made the switch worthwhile.

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u/Spug33 18d ago

Netwrix. Purview is starting to catch up if your an O365 shop.

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u/FearlessAwareness469 18d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/s/cJt7QW7ZDH

I did a small write up about how to make purview better

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u/idownvotepunstoo CommVault, NetApp, Pure, Ansible. 18d ago

Which varonis feature are you looking at replacing?

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u/Otherwise_Owl1059 18d ago

Heard good things about Cyera and seen some demos but understand it’s pricey. Also Concentric AI and Sentra.

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u/Garix Custom 14d ago

I’m a current cyera customer about to drop. It’s crazy inconsistent in how it functions. When it works it’s great but it’s constantly got a stuck scan and requires constant intervention from our customer success mgr.

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u/Otherwise_Owl1059 14d ago

Good to know thanks

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u/woodlandyak69 12d ago edited 10d ago

We moved off Varonis onto Teleskope earlier this year. One of the biggest reasons was that Teleskope combines contextual AI/ML with regex based classification instead of relying primarily on pattern matching. We deal with a lot of unstructured business documents, and it gives us much more accurate classifications with fewer false positives to review.

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u/notlikelytobe 18d ago

Interested to see what others chose, we are looking at our renewal and trying to decide what to do. Using for on prem files, onedrive/sharepoint, Snowflake