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Varonis Platform pros and cons

Vendor: Varonis
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

24/7 support is consistently praised for its quick and knowledgeable responses.
The analytics feature is highly valued for its effectiveness.
Varonis Platform is transparent and captures all environmental data without impacting performance.
The classification engine and reporting features are efficient, highly configurable, and useful for audits.
Varonis Platform offers robust data access governance, allowing users to understand data sensitivity and access permissions.

CONS

Varonis Platform lacks cloud integration and automatic updates, making maintenance cumbersome.
The complexity of Varonis Platform requires significant tuning during implementation.
Calculations on large datasets are slow, impacting efficiency.
Additional access permissions compared to competitors raise data safety concerns.
Current reporting formats aren't ideal; PDF integration would enhance report usability.
 

Varonis Platform Pros review quotes

LM
Jun 11, 2024
I also appreciate the reporting feature, which allows for the extraction of various reports based on specific needs. These reports can be used for audit purposes, such as tracking changes in file locations or deletions.
Frederic  Delos - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 5, 2024
The telemetry to capture everything and the reports are very easy to configure without having a developer degree.
SeniorEnc89a - PeerSpot reviewer
May 9, 2019
The analytics would have to be our most valuable feature.
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Fekri Hached - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 16, 2025
In my experience, the best features that Varonis Platform offers are data labeling, data classification, along with all the integrations and its easy-to-use platform.
JJ
Oct 14, 2025
Varonis Platform support has been amazing throughout every step that we have taken with them.
Herman Pienaar - PeerSpot reviewer
May 20, 2024
The solution's classification engine is highly configurable and efficient.
KV
Feb 5, 2025
Varonis offers robust data access governance, allowing us to understand which sensitive data exists and who has access to it.
Ari De Wit - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 17, 2024
The solution ensures that users have not accidentally shared sensitive information with the wrong people or too many people.
reviewer1474485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 12, 2021
On the Varonis side, technical support is phenomenal. Their ability to explain is very good, and they seem to be very knowledgeable. When I get an alert that doesn't quite make sense, they dive in there and kind of take me through it. That's very useful and very good. There are some false alerts, but it is better to have a false alert than no alert at all.
reviewer1440831 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 21, 2021
That alerting and reporting service is great.
 

Varonis Platform Cons review quotes

LM
Jun 11, 2024
One area for improvement is the calculation engine. When applying rules in Varonis, especially for large datasets (terabytes of data), the calculations can be slow and require time to process. Speeding up this process would be beneficial.
Frederic  Delos - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 5, 2024
For unstructured data monitoring, it's one of the top ones, if not the top one, due to its usability.
SeniorEnc89a - PeerSpot reviewer
May 9, 2019
I'd like to see automatic updates for this solution. Currently, it's a manual process to update all the keywords
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Fekri Hached - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 16, 2025
It would be beneficial if the reporting in Varonis Platform could use PDFs instead of Excel for better graphs, as the dashboards are really good, and it would be nice to have simplified dashboards in PDF for business reporting purposes.
JJ
Oct 14, 2025
Be prepared that when you implement the product, you will have to tune it as you go.
Herman Pienaar - PeerSpot reviewer
May 20, 2024
The solution's areas of improvement are the interface and the dependency on on-premises deployment for some components.
KV
Feb 5, 2025
Varonis requires more access permissions for its core functions compared to competitors, which can be a concern for companies about data safety.
Ari De Wit - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 17, 2024
The solution's interface is a little complicated with regard to setting up filters and reports.
reviewer1474485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 12, 2021
We have Microsoft Office 365. I just saw an article today which says that they're actually getting integrated with Microsoft Office 365, which would be a useful feature. For user-based reports, log on activity, and stuff like that, it doesn't seem to really be present like Log360. That could just be my inexperience with it. I've been dealing with it for only about two and a half months.
reviewer1440831 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 21, 2021
The GUI should be more functional. There should be a process for connecting through Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.