Alation vs Varonis Data Security Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

Alation is best suited for data analysts and data scientists to understand the business using the metadata that it curates. It provides a platform for users to be able to run queries and share them with other users, which creates a collaborative environment. It is a single source of truth to learn more about the data you work with daily.

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Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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The most highlighted feature of Varonis Data Security Platform is the data analyzing mechanism. It analyzes your data all the time with some special algorithms to detect any unusual activities so that it can identify any unusual behavior or users and
take necessary action to save your sensitive data. They also offer a complete dashboard solution for their customers to control across different data stores, see their current state, and any security breaches to be addressed manually.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Pros

Data Analyses
Queries
Data export
SQL

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Manager in Professional Services

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Varonis logging is very robust and captures all audit events being sent from the file servers.
The ability to report and alert on Active Directory account events works very well with file activity monitoring. It can show the complete picture of what an account did while being used.
Have a customizable dashboard is great for being able to show upper management information that only pertains to them.

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Manager in Information Technology

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Data flow
Impact analysis
User experience

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Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation can be challenging in some areas and can only be executed by the vendor
Implementation can only be executed by the vendor and additional work can be chargeable
Licensing can be improved upon
Agent based so implementation can be longer than expected

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Philip Clarke

IT Systems/Security Manager

R&QInsurance, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Usability

Alation 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It's a great tool in terms of user experience.

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Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Varonis Data Security Platform 8.0

Based on 1 answer

I wish the cost was a little bit lower and increase functionality and features would give it 10/10.

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Gus Awad

Senior Systems Engineer

BELLA + CANVASRetail, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Alation 10.0

Based on 1 answer

You get great support from Alation right from setting up the system to using them.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Varonis Data Security Platform 9.6

Based on 6 answers

Support has always been very responsive and addressed any issues we may have had in the past. Some local engineers are willing to come onsite or work over a web session to discuss creating a new rule set or look at some issues. Getting issues address has never been a problem. There was one feature we had trouble getting to function correctly, but support and local engineers were willing to work with us as much as needed to get it working correctly for our organization.

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Rodney Barnhardt

Server Administrator

Charlotte Pipe and FoundryBuilding Materials, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Alation Data Catalog allows for more powerful data analysis, queries and export of said queries to build data models and reports that lead to internal presentations. It's more user-friendly than Azure SQL, and more powerful than Microsoft Excel VBA, though I still prefer to use Microsoft Excel for most of the work that I do

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Manager in Professional Services

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Actually, we didn't expend much time evaluating other file auditing platforms. We chose Varonis just after a serious incident and we had already heard about Varonis at a Netapp event. So it was an easy choice. We called Varonis and asked them for a PoC, that's it. The PoC became a production and it is running until this day.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

90%+ ROI
ease of data collection and export
streamlined data repository and global access

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Manager in Professional Services

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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The positive ROI has been in time spent now vs. pre Varonis tracking down permissions and access to folders in a share environment
The built in policy rules were very helpful after learning how to properly apply them
Quick snapshot into our sensitive data repositories has been a major win for our Security team

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Verified User

Analyst in Finance and Accounting

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alation vs Varonis Data Security Platform

Alation

Varonis Data Security Platform

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Varonis Data Security Platform

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Varonis Data Security Platform

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Varonis Data Security Platform

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Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Usability

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

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