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Token SecurityMost similar to Varonis in what it does, its category and its price.
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BigIDRated 4.4 out of 5 in our review, against 4.4 for Varonis.
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At a glance
Green means better than Varonis, red means worse. Prices are starting prices per month.
| Tool | Our rating | Starts at | Free plan | Best for | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 VaronisBaseline | 4.4 | Not listed | No | Data security platform covering sensitive data discovery, permissions and AI risk | |
| Token Security | 4.1−0.3 | Not listed | No | Finds the AI agents and machine identities nobody registered, and works out who owns them. | vs Varonis |
| BigID | 4.4Same | Not listed | No | Finds and classifies sensitive data across cloud, on-premise and AI systems. | vs Varonis |
 Bedrock Data | 4.0−0.4 | Not listed | No | AI-native data security and governance platform that maps sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and AI systems. | vs Varonis |
 iDox.ai Guardrail | 3.7−0.7 | Not listed | No | Watches what staff paste into AI tools and redacts the regulated data first. | vs Varonis |
 Holistic AI | 4.1−0.3 | Not listed | No | Enterprise platform for inventorying AI systems, assessing risk and enforcing policy. | vs Varonis |
 Knostic | 4.0−0.4 | Not listed | No | Need-to-know access control for enterprise AI assistants that stops LLMs from oversharing sensitive data. | vs Varonis |
 Cyera | 4.4Same | Not listed | No | Valuation tripled to $9B in six months, now securing data for 20% of the Fortune 500 | vs Varonis |
 Dynamo AI | 4.3−0.1 | Not listed | No | Enterprise AI security and compliance platform that evaluates, red-teams, and applies guardrails to generative models before and after deployment. | vs Varonis |
The alternatives in detail
In order of how closely each one matches Varonis.
Token Security
4.1Not listed
vs Varonis−0.3
Finds the AI agents and machine identities nobody registered, and works out who owns them.
- Continuous discovery of AI agents and non-human identities
- Shadow AI and MCP server detection
- Ownership assignment for machine identities
Answers who owns this identity, the first question in any incident
No published pricing
BigID
4.4Not listed
vs VaronisSame
Finds and classifies sensitive data across cloud, on-premise and AI systems.
- Sensitive data discovery and classification
- Data security posture management
- Governance for data inside AI systems
Covers AI systems alongside conventional data stores
Pricing is not published
Bedrock Data
4.0Not listed
vs Varonis−0.4
AI-native data security and governance platform that maps sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and AI systems.
- AI Reasoning Engine for automated data-sensitivity classification
- Metadata Lake unifying lineage, entitlements, and access
- Cross-environment coverage (cloud, SaaS, AI/ML, BI, on-premises)
Founding team has deep security and data-infrastructure pedigree across named companies
No published pricing; every deal requires a sales conversation
iDox.ai Guardrail
3.7Not listed
vs Varonis−0.7
Watches what staff paste into AI tools and redacts the regulated data first.
- Automated redaction of PII, PHI and financial data
- Anonymisation that keeps documents usable
- Real-time guardrails on what staff send to AI tools
Guardrail enforces the AI data policy instead of merely publishing it
Redaction that misses is worse than none, so sampled verification is mandatory
Holistic AI
4.1Not listed
vs Varonis−0.3
Enterprise platform for inventorying AI systems, assessing risk and enforcing policy.
- Inventory of deployed AI systems
- Risk assessment per system
- Policy enforcement
Covers discovery, protection and enforcement rather than assessment alone
Pricing is not published and the pricing page returns a 404
Knostic
4.0Not listed
vs Varonis−0.4
Need-to-know access control for enterprise AI assistants that stops LLMs from oversharing sensitive data.
- Need-to-know access policies applied at AI request time
- Works across Microsoft Copilot, Glean, Gemini, and other enterprise AI assistants
- Audit logs for AI-system data access
Addresses a specific, underserved risk, LLM oversharing, rather than general AI security
Enterprise-only pricing (reportedly around $50,000/year) puts it out of reach for smaller organizations
Cyera
4.4Not listed
vs VaronisSame
Valuation tripled to $9B in six months, now securing data for 20% of the Fortune 500.
- Maps where sensitive data lives across cloud systems and databases
- Tracks how employees and applications actually use sensitive data
- Secures data and AI systems for roughly 20% of the Fortune 500
Data-first visibility addresses a gap traditional infrastructure security tools miss
Enterprise quote-based pricing requires a sales conversation, no published rates
Dynamo AI
4.3Not listed
vs Varonis−0.1
Enterprise AI security and compliance platform that evaluates, red-teams, and applies guardrails to generative models before and after deployment.
- DynamoEval automated red-teaming across 20+ privacy and safety tests
- DynamoEnhance targeted risk remediation for flagged model behavior
- DynamoGuard real-time production guardrails against jailbreaks and prompt injection
Full-lifecycle coverage from pre-deployment testing through live guardrails in one suite
No published pricing means budgeting requires a sales conversation before evaluation
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