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Concentric AI vs. Varonis

Learn how Concentric AI and Varonis compare head to head on key technical features and data security use cases

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Feature comparison

Criteria
Platform
Product Support
Discovery and Categorization
Classification (Tagging)
GenAI Governance
Data Retention
Data Deduplication
Remediation
Reporting
Customer Success and Support
Concentric AI

One end-to-end platform for discovery, continuous risk monitoring, remediation, compliance, and investigation across structured and unstructured data stored on-premises and in the cloud

Ongoing feature enhancements, integrations, and industry-first innovations; platform has never been discontinued

Context-aware AI discovers and categorizes structured and unstructured data; each unstructured data record is scanned in its entirety and with high accuracy for detecting PII/PCI/PHI, IP and other business-critical data

Supports Microsoft MIP labels, Google labels, custom metadata labels, retention labels to implement and enforce data retention policies.
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Uses data context to dynamically monitor and protect data across multiple GenAI use cases including GenAI assistants such as Copilot, public GenAI, and proprietary GenAI workloads

Users can set and enforce data retention policies, (e.g., review, archive, or delete) directly in the platform to ensure regulatory compliance

Identifies duplicate and near duplicate data, which can be deleted or archived within the platform

Automated remediation actions performed natively in the platform, including classification/labeling, moving/deleting/copying data, or defining permissions

Offers fully automated risk and regulatory compliance reports

Multiple tiers of managed services available that can include implementation, training, classification, deduplication, policy creation, reporting, and more
Varonis

Three separate, unintegrated platforms with different user interfaces

On-prem platform discontinued in 2024, requiring customers rip and replace existing solutions with the SaaS platform, but their data and reporting will not transfer

Requires the user to write regular expressions to locate sensitive data; no contextual awareness; high number of false positives

SaaS platform only supports MIP labeling

Cannot discover shadow GenAI; does not protect data from being shared with public GenAI applications

Cannot set or enforce data retention policies through data retention labels

Cannot identify duplicates or near duplicates

Largely dependent on manual interventions

No capability to generate consolidated risk reports

Customer must dedicate internal resources to deploy and manage the tool

Concentric AI recognized in 2025 Gartner Market Guide

4.8
264 Ratings 319 Reviews

Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) tools play a crucial role in helping organizations classify, manage, and secure their data. Download this Market Guide to learn more.

Why Concentric AI?

Safeguard data in motion, data at rest, and all the GenAI tools your users interact with

Operationalize your data security with context-aware AI that discovers sensitive data, monitors risks, automates remediation, simplifies compliance, and accelerates
investigations.

What our clients say

Why leading teams trust Concentric AI to protect sensitive data

55% Risk reduction in the first month

"Adopting Concentric AI was a strategic decision that has fundamentally transformed our approach to data governance and protection Their solution has exceeded our expectations, setting a new standard for data security in our industry."

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Henry Mayorga

CISO & VP of Infrastructure at Baron Capital

75% Time reduction on classification and governance

“We started seeing value in the product even during the proof of concept. It identified a lot of areas where we had sensitive data that we didn’t even know about. That was a huge eye-opener for us, and it really helped us clean up and secure our environment. Concentric AI is a more specialized tool compared to Varonis, and what Concentric AI does, it does better.”

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Jason Frame

CIO at Southern Nevada Health District

90%+ Time reduction to detect insider risk

"With Concentric AI, we've fortified our offboarding security while greatly improving how we manage data risk across the board. The level of insight and control we've gained over our data movement is unprecedented — like switching on a powerful spotlight in a previously dim room, revealing risks we didn't even know existed."

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Sreeni Kancharla

CISO at Cadence Design Systems

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