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SailPoint Identity Security Cloud vs Varonis Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud provides efficient support with responsive service, though some experience delays and language challenges in specific regions.
No sentiment score available
Varonis Platform's technical support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, despite occasional delays and team transfers.
Sometimes, the support is slow, and they often suggest resorting to expert services.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.9
SailPoint struggles with high costs, technical issues, and lacks user-friendly features, requiring improvements in integration and automation.
Sentiment score
5.1
Varonis Platform needs cloud integration, improved performance, enhanced troubleshooting, and better interface to address complexity and dependency issues.
SailPoint lacks some features like privileged account management and access management features found in products like Okta.
IdentityIQ should be more widely available on the cloud, especially in regions like the Middle East where residency issues are present.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud effectively scales for large businesses, though challenges exist with virtualized platforms and high processing demands.
Sentiment score
7.2
Varonis Platform is scalable for large environments, especially SaaS, but expanding requires expertise; handles increased data loads efficiently.
The solution is scalable and can be upgraded to accommodate increased user counts.
The solution scales well as long as we provide the necessary resources.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
5.6
SailPoint's pricing is high but offers value with flexible identity management, though setup costs may deter small businesses.
No sentiment score available
Varonis Platform's pricing varies from average to expensive, better suited for large enterprises with distinct licensing needs.
The pricing of SailPoint could be better.
The costs are slightly higher than SailPoint IQ due to included charges for maintenance.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is highly stable with minor bugs, receiving high stability ratings and praised for flexibility.
Sentiment score
6.9
Varonis Platform is stable, reliable, but faces performance issues with new plugins and large data, needing permanent fixes.
IdentityIQ deserves a rating of 12 out of ten for stability.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.0
SailPoint Identity Cloud offers user-friendly, robust integration, exceptional scalability, and enhances governance with advanced automation and compliance features.
Sentiment score
7.9
Varonis Platform offers 24/7 support, strong behavior analytics, data security, and compliance features, praised for monitoring and flexibility.
The automation of provisioning and deprovisioning, managing contractors, temporary users, and the overall automation factor is fantastic.
The most valuable features include its ability to integrate with AI and machine learning.
 

Categories and Ranking

SailPoint Identity Security...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
User Provisioning Software (1st), Identity Management (IM) (2nd), Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) (4th), SaaS Management Platforms (2nd), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (1st)
Varonis Platform
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (13th), Data Governance (8th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (4th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (8th), Compliance Management (8th), Ransomware Protection (9th), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. SailPoint Identity Security Cloud is designed for User Provisioning Software and holds a mindshare of 30.0%, up 28.9% compared to last year.
Varonis Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Data Loss Prevention (DLP), holds 2.9% mindshare, up 0.8% since last year.
User Provisioning Software
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
 

Featured Reviews

RameshBhattacharjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Great features with good certification module but the cost can be prohibitive for some
The only issue I have with the product is that there are modules that need to be bought separately, and that makes the product prohibitive for some of the customers that I've worked with, particularly in the middle-tier range. The solution itself is expensive and then when you add the cost of the modules it becomes too much. They could provide something similar to what Okta offers and I believe this would give the company a lot more traction in the mid-size range of companies. I'd like to see SailPoint support for custom-based connectors.
Frederic  Delos - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers the ability to identify sensitive areas, allowing you to drill down into the sensitive data
The most effective feature for me is its ability to identify sensitive areas, allowing you to drill down into the sensitive data, provided you have access, to determine whether it's a false positive or a true positive. That's the best thing for me, out of all of it. It's got everything, like other ones, but I like to be able to look at something if I'm doing forensics on the alert and say, "Okay, do I really need to do something with this?" For example, we don't want sensitive data in our OneDrive. So it identifies the sensitive data that's possibly in the OneDrive. And what I can do is look at it and identify whether it's actually sensitive data in Datalert or whether it looks like sensitive data, but I know it's a false positive. If it is a false positive, I can basically say ignore this pattern based on X, Y, and Z, you know, whether it's Redjax or keyword proximity. So I like that. With other tools, I gotta go through a whole process because it's a little bit more complex. Here, I can tag it and bag it in one shot. And the next good time I scan, it slips over it. So it helps in that.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Sailpoint IdentityIQ compare with CyberArk PAM?
We evaluated Sailpoint IdentityIQ before ultimately choosing CyberArk. Sailpoint Identity Platform is a solution to manage risks in cloud enterprise environments. It automates and streamlines the m...
What do you like most about SailPoint IdentityIQ?
The first valuable feature of the solution is its interface. The second feature of the solution is the level of flexibility it provides.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SailPoint IdentityIQ?
The product is expensive. People need to opt for a licensing plan for one year or three years.
What do you like most about Varonis Platform?
The solution has significantly improved data security and compliance posture by allowing us to track and monitor activities. We can see who accesses data and when files are created and understand w...
What needs improvement with Varonis Platform?
The solution's areas of improvement are the interface and the dependency on on-premises deployment for some components. The interface has improved with the move to a SaaS model, but aspects could s...
What is your primary use case for Varonis Platform?
Customers use the product to identify sensitive information, correlate it with access permissions, and utilize its automation engine for remediation. It includes fixing broken permissions and manag...
 

Also Known As

IdentityIQ, IdentityNow, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, Intello
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Sample Customers

Adobe, AXA Technology Services, Cuna Mutual Group, Equifax, ING Direct, Orrstown Bank, Rockwell Automation, SallieMae, Spirit Aerosystems, TEL
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