Microsoft Purview Data Governance vs Vanta comparison

Microsoft and Vanta are both solutions in the Data Governance category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.6, while Vanta is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.3. Microsoft holds a 28.1% mindshare in DG, compared to Vanta’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Vanta users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Microsoft Purview Data Governance and Vanta compete in the data governance and compliance category. Microsoft Purview is strong in integration and governance, while Vanta excels in compliance automation, offering distinct advantages based on user needs.

Features: Microsoft Purview Data Governance provides comprehensive data mapping, lineage tracking, and seamless integration with Microsoft products. Vanta automates compliance with frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, provides real-time alerts, and offers customizable compliance workflows.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft Purview could improve its user interface and streamline setup processes for non-Microsoft users. Its pricing structure may also benefit from greater transparency. Vanta might enhance its reporting capabilities and provide more customization options. Additionally, expanding its integration range could enhance its utility for diverse environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Purview requires setup effort within Microsoft environments but offers extensive documentation and support. Vanta is praised for its quick deployment, facilitated by a user-friendly interface and responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Purview offers moderate setup costs with ROI from improved data visibility and security. Vanta's pricing is justified by its strong compliance features, making it appealing for businesses needing efficient compliance solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Data Gove...

Ranking in Data Governance

1st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsoft Security Suite (8th)

Vanta

Ranking in Data Governance

12th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Compliance Consulting (1st), Compliance Management (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Data Governance is 28.1%, down from 28.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vanta is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Governance

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Peter West

Managing Director at Pesaro IT

Data labeling gives visibility into where your confidential and critical data are

There are negatives to the compliance aspect of Purview in that you get a lot of false positives with some of the native scanning and rules in the platform. A lot of them need tweaking to get a more realistic handle on what data there is. Also, I wouldn't say that the remediation of policy violations is particularly great. It has improved, but it's not very easy to dig into things if there is a policy violation. A lot of them are false-positives. It has helped reduce the time to action on insider threats, but there are quite a lot of false positives there as well. Overall, it's a work in progress for Microsoft. I would also like to see pre-built reporting. The dashboard isn't really that intuitive. It would be good to have more intuitive dashboards that you can drill down into or even customizable dashboards.

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Anupam Dutta

Team Lead- Sr. Linux administrator-Kubernetes-DevOps at ExpressRCM

Helps us maintain compliance with standards like SOC 2 and various data policies, but the customer support needs improvement

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. We use JEM Cloud, which is a SaaS solution, and sometimes it experiences access issues. With Vanta, we can work on resolving these issues and ensuring policy compliance. Vanta also helps us maintain compliance with standards like SOC 2 and various data policies, which are essential for our documentation and communication requirements, ultimately ensuring enterprise software policy compliance. In my role, which primarily involves IT responsibilities, I often deal with various policies. There are instances where specific policies, especially those related to quality, may not be implemented correctly. This primarily occurs with mainframes and devices owned by particular users. In such cases, Vanta helps us enable these policies on the devices and assign them to the relevant users. It also highlights when certain policies, such as version 86.x, are not assigned through SAP. Vanta provides guidance on configuring and mitigating these issues. Additionally, it helps us with GitHub account provisioning and deprovisioning, as well as managing GitHub and Google Workspace Flex. We also use the 1Password password manager, which Vanta assists in overseeing.

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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

"It is designed to seamlessly connect to various data sources, which is particularly beneficial for our customers who primarily use Microsoft technologies."

"It is pretty early, but the decision to go with this investment was largely driven by the simplification of our information security technology management stack. That is the primary objective. Once you simplify and you have a connected structure, it allows for faster adoption there. It also gives us additional capabilities as we go on using the technology that we are familiar with, and we do not have to depend on outside parties to come in and tell us how to do certain things."

"It gives you the opportunity to know your data and apply policies around it. If those policies are flouted, you can always track what's happening. You have options such as alerting the person who is committing that action, or you can take automatic action by blocking, for example, an email that is been sent externally. It's very useful."

"My favorite Purview feature is auto-scanning. Once we set up Purview, we can automatically scan multiple data sources when new data comes into specific databases, like SQL and Oracle. We don't need to rediscover the new data or do anything manually because it automatically happens."

"The sensitivity labeling is the most valuable feature because it is the foundation for automating the encryption process and ensuring proper data handling across the organization."

"The best part is that I can create classifications per my requirements. I use it to classify multiple platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, and different file sharing systems."

"The labeling is the most valuable feature for the companies I'm installing it for. Some of them have several thousand staff, and their concerns are around confidential or private data being shared. The labels and the policies involved with them give them that initial visibility."

"It starts off with records management, insider risk management, and information protection. And there is the discovery of the clouds, and we can get analytics on that as well, so that we know which user is using which cloud application and for how much time. The Activity explorer tells us which user was transferring out what data at what moment and on which device, including the serial number."

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"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."

"Task management and vendor assurance are the most valuable features. It is also an easy tool to use."

"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."

"They integrate into New Relic as a performance monitoring tool."

"The most valuable feature of Vanta is its prebuilt control frameworks."

Cons

"Although you can explore the data, that creates a great interest in data lineage or the data flow. How does it go from a source to a platform to a Power BI report, for example? It is possible, to some extent, to see that with Purview, but the lineage feature requires some manual work on the development side or more work from Microsoft to improve on it."

"It supports only a limited number of tools and technologies that pertain to Microsoft products. If you want to leverage other solutions such as Workday or Oracle Fusion, features will be coming up, but as of now, it is for the Microsoft suite."

"It could reduce pricing to encourage usage."

"Purview's data connector platform for non-Microsoft data sources is good, but there is some functionality that hasn't been developed yet. There are some servers that it can't connect to yet, because they're still in a trial process."

"I'd like to see them improve the training for implementing this type of solution."

"We have had a lot of issues since we moved to Unified Support. There have been work gaps there, and we believe they fixed them, but we need to make sure that they are going to be sustainable. It is to be seen."

"There are some non-Microsoft file formats that are not supported."

"I have some concerns about the separation of roles in Purview from the Microsoft tenant, as well as how they interact with the security portal and endpoint manager."

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"Scalability could be improved."

"Currently, Vanta's user access review module is still in development, and we've been giving them continuous feedback to help them improve that."

"There is a delay with customer support and they are unsure of the answers we need."

"Some of the tool's automated tests do not work the way it should."

"They have an AI generator for the system description for SOC 2, however, the outline is a little sketchy."

"The main area for improvement in Vanta is the user interface's refresh rate."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Microsoft Purview requires a Microsoft 365 license and is included with an E5 license."

"Microsoft Purview is a subscription-based service, so we need either an E3 or E5 license to use it."

"The price is reasonable considering its value."

"The pricing is moderate. It's not too expensive, but it's not the most competitive."

"The price is a little bit high, but it's worth the money because it has a lot of features."

"People often and unjustly say that Microsoft product pricing is not in the scope of reality, that it's just too expensive at times. I do not feel that is the case at all... If I'm able to let go of 30 to 70 percent of my IT administration staff, that makes up for a lot of money."

"We pay $15,000 per end user for the E5 license."

"Purview is included in our Microsoft E5 licensing."

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"Vanta is expensive."

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Financial Services Firm

15%

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13%

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22%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Purview?

It is designed to seamlessly connect to various data sources, which is particularly beneficial for our customers who primarily use Microsoft technologies.

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

It is cheap or free since we have an EFI license. It is free for the EFI user.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Purview?

There is definitely room for improvement as this product is quite new. In terms of the competence of the tools with the Microsoft ecosystem, the product can do better.

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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?

Every product has a lot of areas to improve. They have an AI generator for the system description for SOC 2, for example, however, the outline is a little sketchy. The system description has to hav...

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What is your primary use case for Vanta?

We're trying to get SOC 2 compliance, and we're trying to get HIPAA compliance.

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Overview

The new Microsoft Purview portal offers an enhanced governance experience, serving as a unified platform for managing and governing data across various sources, including Azure, Microsoft 365, on-premises, and multicloud environments. Designed to streamline governance, compliance, risk, and security efforts, the new portal provides a user-friendly interface and unlocks advanced features like live view and preset scans. Existing users of Microsoft Purview can upgrade to this enhanced experience, gaining access to improved user interface, enhanced capabilities, and consolidated management of data assets. Additionally, the upgrade sets the stage for future developments, including account consolidation and fine-grained access control.

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.

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