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Varonis Platform pros and cons

Vendor: Varonis
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

24/7 support is a valuable feature, with technical support being phenomenal and knowledgeable, receiving a high rating of nine out of ten.
Analytics and alerting/reporting services are considered most valuable, helping users understand alerts and improve data security.
Varonis Platform enhances data security and compliance posture, allowing tracking and monitoring of activities within the environment.
The telemetry and reports are easy to configure, and the classification engine is highly configurable and efficient for auditing purposes.
Varonis offers robust data access governance, helping users understand which sensitive data exists and who has access to it.

CONS

Varonis Platform lacks cloud integration.
Automatic updates would be beneficial as updating keywords is currently a manual process.
Integration with Microsoft Office 365 is not yet available but is anticipated as a useful feature.
The calculation engine for large datasets is slow, requiring faster processing speeds.
Varonis Platform demands more access permissions than competitors, raising data safety concerns.
 

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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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.
ROHIT CHAURASIYA - PeerSpot reviewer
May 16, 2024
There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username.
Arun Gowda K - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 21, 2024
The most important feature is remediation. In remediation support, there is no group permission. We'll go ahead and remediate the access from the Dell folder to the parent folder.
 

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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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.
ROHIT CHAURASIYA - PeerSpot reviewer
May 16, 2024
There is one thing that if I add something manually, I get so many alerts. That's the biggest bad thing.
Arun Gowda K - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 21, 2024
The remediation process can be improved. There will be no existing permission group for the McAfee channel domains. We can create a new permissions group for the required folder.