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Microsoft Purview Information Protection vs Microsoft Sentinel comparison

 

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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:
 

Customer Service

No sentiment score available
Microsoft Purview Information Protection's customer support receives mixed reviews, highlighting communication issues and varying satisfaction with staff expertise.
Sentiment score
7.3
Microsoft Sentinel support is praised for premium tier efficiency, but basic support faces delays; community forums are frequently used.
We generally receive good support from Microsoft for this solution.
Their solutions' integration simplifies resolving issues compared to those caused by third-party products.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.1
Microsoft Purview requires improved third-party integration, pricing adjustments, faster processing, enhanced features, and consistent cloud-on-premises functionality.
Sentiment score
5.0
Microsoft Sentinel users desire improved integration, user-friendliness, documentation, and lower costs while addressing learning curve and query challenges.
Purview could better integrate with third-party tools.
Currently, we are happy to have a way in the middle with not so much cost, but it would be nice to have the ability to enhance the automation of workflows based on learned incidents.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Microsoft Purview Information Protection is scalable, effectively handling large volumes, though on-premises components may require extra resources.
Sentiment score
8.1
Microsoft Sentinel offers scalable, cloud-based security with automatic scaling, handling large data volumes, and a pay-as-you-go model.
Office 365 and Exchange are running on it, covering about 35,000 users efficiently.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Microsoft Purview Information Protection offers flexible pricing, with accessible licensing options and competitive value against rivals like Varonis.
Sentiment score
5.2
Microsoft Sentinel's flexible pricing offers value, but requires careful monitoring and optimization to manage costs effectively compared to SIEM tools.
Our focus is on helping customers maximize their software investment.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Microsoft Purview Information Protection is stable, performing well at scale, despite minor policy tips issues and occasional slow processing.
Sentiment score
8.4
Microsoft Sentinel is praised for stability and reliability, with minimal downtime and consistent performance across environments despite minor glitches.
So far, we have not experienced any issues, and it has been stable from the beginning.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.1
Microsoft Purview Information Protection offers robust data security, encryption, compliance features, and effective integration with Microsoft, but limited on-premises.
Sentiment score
8.5
Microsoft Sentinel offers seamless integration, automation, and AI-driven threat detection for efficient security management and enhanced threat visibility.
Microsoft Copilot is an advantage because it's enterprise-grade AI.
Custom workbooks are valuable. It is one of the crucial points in dealing with potential security threats in an automated way without requiring too much manpower.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Purview Informati...
Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite
21st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (9th), Data Privacy Management Software (3rd)
Microsoft Sentinel
Ranking in Microsoft Security Suite
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (2nd), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Microsoft Security Suite category, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Information Protection is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Sentinel is 5.6%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

JohnAssouline - PeerSpot reviewer
A single solution for information protection that offers enterprise-grade AI
The reporting capabilities of Microsoft Purview are crucial. They provide insights into potentially non-compliant situations and suggest ways to rectify them. The solution helps to automate many tasks, allowing human operators to focus on areas where they offer the most value. Microsoft Copilot is an advantage because it's enterprise-grade AI. Customers can't use a generic AI and risk having their IP disseminated in the general public version of the AI engine. Purview's data classification features are excellent for Microsoft shops using SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft 365. It's a great tool to assess everything. It's more complicated if the customers are using third-party tools.
Nitin Arora - PeerSpot reviewer
Gives us one place to investigate and respond to threats, and automation eliminates manual work
They can work on the EDR side of things. It is already really superb, because of the kinds of features we get with the EDR solution. It's not a standard EDR and they have recently enhanced things. But the problem is with onboarding devices. I have different OS flavors, including a large number of Linux, Windows, macOS, and some on-prem machines as well. Every time we need to onboard these kinds of machines into the EDR, we need to do it with the help of Intune, to sync up the devices, and do the configuration. I'm looking for something on the EDR side that will reduce this kind of work. They can eliminate having to do manual configuration for the machines, and check the different types of configurations for each OS. In some cases, it does not support some OSs. If they could reduce this type of work, that would be really amazing.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
8%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Information Protection?
It ensures that sensitive data is automatically safeguarded, even for email attachments, regardless of the user or device.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Purview Information Protection?
The tool's pricing is not a problem for customers because they often purchase it as part of a bundle. With an E5 license, for example, users get access to the entire functionality. This is one of t...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Information Protection?
I had experience with previous versions of Microsoft Purview Information Protection as well. The new version doesn't have all the features that were present in the previous native clients and funct...
Is there a common threat intelligence tool that aggregates multiple threat intelligence sources?
Yes, Azure Sentinel is a SIEM on the Cloud. Multiple data sources can be uploaded and analyzed with Azure Sentinel and its Threat Hunting functionality with AI available as templates or customized ...
What is a better choice, Splunk or Azure Sentinel?
It would really depend on (1) which logs you need to ingest and (2) what are your use cases Splunk is easy for ingestion of anything, but the charge per GB/Day Indexed and it gets expensive as log ...
Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?
We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Information Protection
Azure Sentinel
 

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Sample Customers

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Microsoft Sentinel is trusted by companies of all sizes including ABM, ASOS, Uniper, First West Credit Union, Avanade, and more.
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