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BigID vs Vanta comparison

BigID and Vanta are both solutions in the Data Governance category. BigID is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0, while Vanta is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.4. BigID holds a 7.2% mindshare in DG, compared to Vanta’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of BigID users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Vanta users who would recommend it.
BigID
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100% willing to recommend
Vanta
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  • 204 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between BigID and Vanta based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

BigID
Ranking in Data Governance
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Data Privacy Management Software (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (7th)
Vanta
Ranking in Data Governance
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Compliance Consulting (1st), Compliance Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of BigID is 7.2%, up from 5.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vanta is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

AravindM - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 30, 2024
Quickly processes millions of data points, enables integration with new or unknown products via API connection and offers various scan types
The interface has been updated and looks good. Earlier, it was bit outdated. One concern I have with BigID is regarding certain scans, like the multi-scan. The issue is that we can stop and retrieve these scans, but once they start, they go through an enumeration process. This process doesn't show an exact timeline, so we can't estimate its duration. In previous versions, I believe there was an estimated time for this process, but the new update seems to have removed it. The other concern is the price. The comprehensive support and features come at a premium cost. Additionally, deployment and access for all users could be improved. Currently, it seems to be centralized, and perhaps it could be deployed for individual devices as well.
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SS
Oct 20, 2023
A stable solution that provides continuous compliance automation and monitoring
Vanta is a GRC platform with continuous compliance automation and monitoring. Some things normally take us hours to do in terms of pulling screenshots and configuration. Vanta is continuously plugged into an API and reports back to us so that we can save time, effort, and FTE hours Vanta…
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The data classification offered by the tool can help companies improve their security strategy"
"BigID integrates well with our other products."
"BigID's scanning feature is its most valuable component."
"One of the most valuable things in a data-focused world is a tool, a technology that's data-centric, not trying to master data management or whatever else. It's a source of truth for what data an organization holds, giving it the ability to catalog, categorize, and understand its data."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the user experience, the credentialing, and that BigID is user friendly. Additionally, you can deploy to several other Microsoft platforms and you can use it for other things, like a bigger element or a report."
"BigID offers different scan types for data discovery. The most powerful one is the full scan, which scans both data and metadata. However, the metadata scan is faster in comparison."
"It provides a unified view across different databases and supports a wide range of data source types, including cloud and on-premises systems."
"The tool's most valuable feature is correlation. Using BigID's data classification capabilities has strengthened our data security. It lets me classify and connect data, which helps me manage data at various classification levels."
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"Task management and vendor assurance are the most valuable features. It is also an easy tool to use."
"The most valuable feature of Vanta would be the time savings from the automation and the continuous compliance monitoring once set up."
"The product has provided automated security controls for our cloud provider. It helps to automate security checks. Vanta offers a list of things that can be done to achieve ISO 27001 compliance."
"The most valuable feature of Vanta is its prebuilt control frameworks."
"It helps us track the compliance of the components listed in our partner's directory. We can also check if the password manager, XML, and three log policies have been properly implemented on the desktop."
 

Cons

"BigID is making some forays into the GRC space, and that's a natural progression. I'd like to see that improve so that data governance is better, data risk is identified, and the ability to control and mitigate it."
"One concern I have with BigID is regarding certain scans, like the multi-scan. The issue is that we can stop and retrieve these scans, but once they start, they go through an enumeration process."
"BigID is expensive. I prefer McAfee."
"In terms of what could be improved, when you're looking in a BigID file, you cannot really get the whole file. You have to export it to download it to another platform that allows you to completely view it, or run a program. That was one of the things that was really a disappointing point for me. Not to be able to view everything. There's a lot more data, but you can't get it all at once."
"More classifications about different states are needed"
"Some users find catalog navigation challenging due to the lack of a search-by-column feature, which makes it difficult to locate specific data quickly."
"The challenge we encountered was with data connection across multiple databases. We struggled with configuring the data connection successfully. However, with the assistance of dynamic teams, we resolved this issue."
"Improvement could be made in data consent management and data privacy impact assessment."
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"There is a delay with customer support and they are unsure of the answers we need."
"Scalability could be improved."
"The main area for improvement in Vanta is the user interface's refresh rate."
"Currently, Vanta's user access review module is still in development, and we've been giving them continuous feedback to help them improve that."
"Some of the tool's automated tests do not work the way it should."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not licensed per user but rather based on capacity. For instance, organizations with large amounts of data, such as 50 GB or more, are the ones that typically qualify for BigID."
"The product is expensive, but so are all competitor tools"
"I think that BigID's pricing is very reasonable."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing depends. If you have thousands of data sources to connect and manage, and you struggled with an MDM package in the past, you'll find BigID valuable and even cheap. But if you're a small business, it's probably not the right tool for you."
"Vanta is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
7%
Retailer
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BigID?
I like BigID's in-depth discovery and scanning capabilities, especially for unstructured data. This feature is a standout compared to competitors. The tool's data classification capabilities are i...
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What needs improvement with BigID?
The solution needs to improve: Scan Reliability. Enhancing the functionality and speed of the remote scanner setup is imperative. User Interface Navigation: The dashboards and findings landscape re...
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What is your primary use case for BigID?
BigId is a Data Security Posture Management and Data Loss Prevention solution that scans data systems across the enterprise for passwords, secrets, and PII information. It offers significant benefi...
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What do you like most about Vanta?
The most valuable feature of Vanta is its prebuilt control frameworks.
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What needs improvement with Vanta?
Scalability could be improved.
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What is your primary use case for Vanta?
We use the solution for automated security and compliance. Most of the time, it is about getting people to certifications.
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Overview

BigID is a leader in data security, privacy, compliance, and governance: enabling organizations to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their data in a single platform for data visibility and control. Customers use BigID to reduce their data risk, automate security and privacy controls, achieve compliance, and understand their data across their entire data landscape: including multicloud, hybrid cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and on-prem data sources.

  • Drives visibility and control for all sensitive & critical datah
  • helps organizations understand and minimize data risk across the cloud & on-prem 
  • AI automation
  • End-to-end data lifecycle management
  • DSPM
  • Data Security
  • Privacy Automation
  • Data inventory
  • Compliance


    Vanta helps companies scale security practices and automate compliance for the industry’s most sought after standards - SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA.

     

    Sample Customers

    Home Depot, Grant Thornton LLP, Cimpress, Fidelity Investments
    Care Directives, Shortcut , Nayya, Heizenrader, Treasury Prime
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