Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager vs Microsoft Purview eDiscovery comparison

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager vs. Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

7.8

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager offers cost-effective compliance, reducing expenses, processing time, and enhancing security within Office 365 E5.

Sentiment score

7.7

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery boosts ROI by improving data efficiency, compliance, risk management, and reducing legal and IT workloads.

The process is reduced from weeks to a day, showcasing a solid nine for return on investment.

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Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

We have seen a 100% return on investment.

reviewer2595618

Senior System Engineer at a sports company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The ease of accessing necessary information promptly is the biggest return on investment.

John Alvis

Manager, Information Technology Operations & Security at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

It's hard to quantify the ROI in a dollar amount, but we realize value by doing more tasks in less time than we did before.

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Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Customer Service

Sentiment score

4.7

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager's support is slow and inefficient, with delays in resolving compliance issues, especially for smaller organizations.

Sentiment score

7.6

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is praised for responsive support, despite some mixed experiences with wait times and outcomes.

Since I approach them with more complicated issues, it takes quite a bit of time to get through those two support tiers.

Tadas Semionovas

Senior security analyst at MB Cybermode

The support staff, who are often outsourced, seem not adequately equipped to handle issues quickly and efficiently.

Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Users have no specific forum for addressing queries, which impacts the overall support experience.

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Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District

I would rate Microsoft Purview eDiscovery's customer service and technical support a ten.

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Is admin at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager scales well but faces limitations with detailed policy configurations in large deployments.

Sentiment score

7.9

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is scalable and efficient, seamlessly integrating with cloud infrastructures but lacks some search functions.

As services increase, eDiscovery capabilities also increase, allowing easy deployment.

Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District

It is straightforward since it scans everything, covering all aspects needed in our operations.

Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

While the solution is scalable in terms of user numbers, there are limitations when creating more granular level policies.

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Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

It scales with us seamlessly.

Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

With the E3 licensing, I would rate the scalability of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery as a six because it lacks certain critical search functionalities.

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Is admin at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is reliable and stable but needs enhanced usability and competitiveness, especially for Outlook users.

Sentiment score

8.6

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is generally stable, with minor slowdowns, but users seek more transparency on performance issues.

Despite stability, it needs to be more user-friendly and competitive compared to other eDiscovery tools.

Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District

It is reliable and I can depend on it.

Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

In terms of latency, stability is not an issue.

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Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

For us, it has been one hundred percent reliable.

John Alvis

Manager, Information Technology Operations & Security at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is highly reliable.

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Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager needs better integration, automation, monitoring, and cost-effective features for improved user experience, especially for non-profits.

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery needs faster, more efficient features, better integration, NLP for queries, and affordable pricing for users.

Microsoft Copilot Security converts human language to search queries using its AdLM language model.

Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District

The speed and accessibility, particularly in the user interface, require significant work.

Tadas Semionovas

Senior security analyst at MB Cybermode

The Purview Compliance Portal's log management could be more user-friendly, making data retrieval, like email logs, challenging.

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Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Adding more features, as Microsoft continues to expand their cloud offerings, would be beneficial.

Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Defining what constitutes a credit card because that is where I get the most false positives.

reviewer2595618

Senior System Engineer at a sports company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We find that many critical functions are available only to E5 license holders.

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Is admin at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Setup Cost

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is competitively priced, benefiting from existing licenses and often cheaper than previous solutions and competitors.

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery pricing is complex, with E5 costly yet beneficial, while E3 is cheaper but limited.

I rate the pricing as a one since it is included in what I am already paying for, as part of the Microsoft 365 E5 licensing.

Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is priced at 60% to 70% compared to some competitors.

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Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

With CSP or MCE-style agreements with Microsoft, the process is streamlined since we have reps from both Microsoft and CDW working together.

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Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

As an M3, I find the Purview pricing of 1250 per user worthwhile.

reviewer2595618

Senior System Engineer at a sports company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The pricing and licensing with Microsoft can be complex, and licensing is known to be a challenge because it changes frequently.

Michael Bollhoefer

Deveoper Enterprise Content Mamagement Lead at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Valuable Features

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager simplifies multi-cloud data protection with automation, real-time visibility, and extensive compliance and security features.

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery ensures efficient data retrieval with multi-platform integration, automation, compliance visibility, and adherence to global data privacy laws.

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager's eDiscovery is essential for organizations using Outlook as their email service.

Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District

The most valuable feature is data classification retention since I deal with terabytes of data, and managing and monitoring it simplifies the process.

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Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

The best aspect is that it requires little to no time for implementation if I am using all of Microsoft's tools.

Tadas Semionovas

Senior security analyst at MB Cybermode

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is its ability to search across various platforms, including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive.

Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

Purview can connect to iOS, Mac, Android, and SaaS apps, which is critical for capturing SMS and MMS text message data.

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Is admin at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Purview's inclusion of global regulations is critical because we're heavily regulated by FERC, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the SEC.

Michael Bollhoefer

Deveoper Enterprise Content Mamagement Lead at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Complianc...

Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite

23rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Governance (14th)

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite

24th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

eDiscovery (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Microsoft Security Suite category, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is 1.3%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is 0.7%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Streamlined data management and improved compliance with efficient document classification

Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group

The most valuable feature is data classification retention since I deal with terabytes of data, and managing and monitoring it simplifies the process. Additionally, the system provides a dashboard showing our compliance status, which aids in managing compliance tasks. The compliance score feature allows me to assess and compare our compliance across organizations. I've also noticed efficiency gains, especially in handling subject access requests. Previously, these tasks were manual and time-consuming, but now they are streamlined, reducing the process from weeks to just a day.

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Tasks that took an entire day before we implemented the solution now take just 30 minutes.

Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is its ability to search across various platforms, including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive. It enables a streamlined, unified process for searching across these platforms. It is critical for Purview to be able to connect to iOS, Mac, and Android devices and data in other SaaS apps. From a support perspective, I can do things while I'm eating lunch or something else. It's more dynamic and responsive. I think everybody appreciates it. We're not tied to one device. Purview's multi-cloud capabilities are also essential for the same reasons. Keeping everything under one umbrella further increases the time savings. Purview accounts for critical regulations from around the world. This is crucial because we hold ourselves accountable to standards and need to align with them. Working at a law firm, we have clients who dictate to us what standards they expect. The visibility is excellent. As we move more things into the cloud, more opportunities exist to put everything under one umbrella.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

University

Company Size

By reviewers

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

We have more visibility of data and how it is being shared.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

While not cheap, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is priced at 60% to 70% compared to some competitors. Additional costs may involve OCR page scanning.

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager?

I am primarily using Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager for data leakage prevention, blocking USBs, and monitoring data sharing through OneDrive and web-based interfaces.

What do you like most about Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?

The tool has been beneficial. Some of our previous users left the organization without sharing the information they had at a personal level. This information was related to the organization, and th...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?

The setup process was very straightforward. We acquired pricing through our reseller in NASDAQ, eliminating the need to search for prices ourselves.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?

The query language can be time-consuming to figure out if you don't know it initially. While there are options with dropdowns to select criteria, having a natural language feature would be benefici...

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Overview

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is a feature in the Microsoft 365 compliance center that helps you manage your organization’s compliance requirements with greater ease and convenience. Compliance Manager can help you throughout your compliance journey, from taking inventory of your data protection risks to managing the complexities of implementing controls, staying current with regulations and certifications, and reporting to auditors.

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Efficiently respond to legal matters or internal investigations with intelligent capabilities that reduce data to only what’s relevant. Discover data where it lives. Discover and collect data in place, within your Microsoft Purview boundary. Manage workflows efficiently. Streamline your eDiscovery process with an end-to-end workflow from one platform. Accelerate your process. Get insights quickly with built-in capabilities, reducing review time and costs.

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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager vs. Microsoft Purview eDiscovery