Feature Comparison
Cyera is a discovery tool. Varonis is a security solution.
Platform focus
End-to-end data security with emphasis on automated outcomes: find, fix, alert
DSPM with emphasis on discovery, classification, and posture
Coverage
Broad and deep coverage across cloud, SaaS, email, and on-premises data; supports structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
Cloud-first with immature SaaS support; on-premises coverage often fails due to proxy-based approach
FedRAMP
FedRAMP High Authorized
Not FedRAMP authorized
Classification method
Continuous, real-time classification using incremental scanning; LLM-based classification for novel data and precision classifiers for known patters
Periodic scans with sampling by default (full scans by request); LLM-based classification
Threat detection
Behavior-based threat detection for insider threats, compromised identities, ransomware, and data exfiltration
No threat detection; cannot identify active attacks or suspicious behavior
Identity & permissions analysis
Continuous identity-to-data mapping, effective permissions, blast radius, and attack path analysis
No identity-to-data mapping or permissions modeling
Audit trail & forensics
Comprehensive forensic timeline with unlimited retention (who accessed what, when, how, and from where)
Limited event auditing with 7-day retention
Automated remediation
Native, automated remediation at unlimited scale (lock down data, revoke excessive access, quarantine files)
Requires third-party SOAR and manual remediation; Purview labeling capped at 100k/year with additional fees
Managed Detection & Response (MDDR)
24x7x365 Managed Data Detection and Response (MDDR) with dedicated SOC and SLAs
No MDDR service and no security alerts to monitor
Cyera gives you partial visibility
Cyera relies on periodic, sample-based scans, which results in incomplete coverage and stale findings. That makes it difficult to produce compliance reports requiring a full accounting of sensitive data and easy to miss exposures outside the sampled set.
Varonis uses true incremental, event-driven scanning to classify data continuously, even at petabyte scale. Our AI-native classification delivers complete, current, and contextual visibility you can act on. No blind spots.
Why it matters: Regulatory audits and security decisions require full data inventories, not statistical approximations.
Cyera can't detect threats to your data
Cyera is limited to flagging static posture issues like misconfigurations and policy violations. With short audit retention and no behavior analytics, it cannot detect insider threats, compromised identities, or active attacks, nor support forensic investigations.
Varonis audits every data access, applies advanced behavioral analytics, and retains activity indefinitely. Combined with 24x7x364 Managed Data Detection and Response (MDDR), Varonis continuously detects, investigates, and responds to threats, without overwhelming your SOC.
Why it matters: Data breaches are caused by attackers and insiders abusing access in real time, not by misconfigurations you plan to fix later.
Cyera charges you a remediation tax
Cyera depends on third-party workflows to create tickets for issues that teams must manually remediate. Even labeling-based fixes are capped, effectively limiting how much risk you can resolve without additional cost.
Varonis delivers native, automated remediation with no artificial caps. We continuously remove excessive permissions, revoke stale access, and lock down exposed data, and remediate identity-driven risk - processing millions of changes at enterprise scale.
Why it matters: Remediation should be a built-in security outcome, not an added cost or manual burden.
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