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Data security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Cyera vs Sentra

Seven of fourteen models named Cyera first on the direct prompt; four named Sentra. Cyera was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Sentra by thirteen and Cyera carries 43 labels and Sentra 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cyera

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Sentra

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share19%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4332A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cyera reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wiz was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Purview vs Cyera · Microsoft Purview vs Sentra · Cyera vs Wiz

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data security posture management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CyeraFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSentra
Direct74
Paraphrase10
Comparative50
Budget-constrained116 against Cyera · 1 against Sentra
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against Sentra
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cyera and Sentra were named in the same answer seventy-four times, of the 162 answers naming Cyera and the 86 naming Sentra. In those answers Sentra took the first choice five times and Cyera twenty-two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cyera and Sentra stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Cyera Sentra first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cyera on the left and Sentra on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cyera and Sentra stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Muse Glimmer 30BCyera, Sentra alternatives: Wiz DSPM

Cyera first, Sentra an alternative

6 of 14 modelsSentra was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCyera alternatives: Concentric AI, Sentra, Wiz
Perplexity SonarCyera alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Sentra, Varonis Data Security Platform
Mistral SmallCyera, Wiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Varonis Data Security Platform
DeepSeek V4 FlashCyera alternatives: Securiti, Sentra, Wiz
GLM 4.7 FlashXCyera, Wiz alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Varonis Data Security Platform
GPT-6 LunaCyera alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Wiz

Sentra first, Cyera an alternative

3 of 14 modelsCyera was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Sentra alternatives: Cyera, Netwrix
GPT-5.4 miniSentra alternatives: BigID, Rubrik, Tenable
Kimi K2Sentra alternatives: BigID, Cyera, Orca Security, Wiz

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Cyera DSPM, Securiti, Sentra
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: Cyera, Varonis Data Security Platform, Wiz
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Cyera, Securiti, Upwind
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Purview alternatives: Sentra

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cyera leads by two points.
Cyera8%#3 of 11
Sentra6%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cyera leads by ten points.
Cyera19%#2 of 11
Sentra10%#3 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cyera leads by twelve points.
Cyera14%#4 of 12
Sentra2%#9 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cyera

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget ... (Varonis, Cyera, BigID, Wiz, Palo Alto Prisma Cloud) are premium enterprise tools” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid full suites like Varonis, Cyera, or Palo Alto Prisma unless you negotiate a minimal pilot” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Cyera has gained attention for serving the SMB segment and is ideal for small/medium growing companies that need basic DSPM functionality.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Cyera or Wiz often provide the best balance of features, pricing, and implementation speed.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Run a head-to-head POV with 2–3 vendors (e.g., Cyera or Varonis if hybrid-heavy, vs. Wiz if cloud-first)” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Sentra

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Sentra can have a steeper learning curve or heavier configuration overhead compared to newer entrants” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Sentra is the top-rated DSPM vendor for cloud-first enterprises in 2026... For mid-market organizations on a tight deployment timeline, Sentra often wins evaluations” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Sentra is the vendor most often cited for cost-conscious teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Sentra is the most frequently recommended mid-market DSPM” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.