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Data security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Microsoft Purview vs Cyera

Two of fourteen models named Microsoft Purview first on the direct prompt; seven named Cyera. Both were named by all fourteen models and Microsoft Purview carries 37 labels and Cyera 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft Purview

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Cyera

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share25%19%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3743A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Microsoft Purview reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sentra was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Purview vs Sentra · Microsoft Purview vs Wiz · Microsoft Purview vs Varonis Data Security Platform

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.
Microsoft PurviewFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCyera
Direct27
Paraphrase41
Comparative05
Budget-constrained716 against Cyera
Scale-constrained01
Negative00
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, Microsoft Purview and Cyera were named in the same answer eighty-one times, of the 562 answers naming Microsoft Purview and the 162 naming Cyera. In those answers Cyera took the first choice fifteen times and Microsoft Purview twenty-seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Microsoft Purview and Cyera 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
Microsoft Purview Cyera first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Microsoft Purview on the left and Cyera on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Microsoft Purview first, Cyera an alternative

2 of 14 modelsCyera was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft Purview alternatives: Cyera, Securiti, Upwind
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft Purview alternatives: Sentra

Cyera first, Microsoft Purview an alternative

7 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Purview 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
Muse Glimmer 30BCyera, Sentra alternatives: Wiz DSPM

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Sentra alternatives: Cyera, Netwrix
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: Cyera, Varonis Data Security Platform, Wiz
Kimi K2Sentra alternatives: BigID, Cyera, Orca Security, Wiz

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSentra alternatives: BigID, Rubrik, Tenable
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Cyera DSPM, Securiti, 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
Microsoft Purview leads by twenty-two points.
Microsoft Purview30%#1 of 11
Cyera8%#3 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Purview leads by six points.
Microsoft Purview25%#1 of 11
Cyera19%#2 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft Purview leads by six points.
Microsoft Purview20%#2 of 12
Cyera14%#4 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Microsoft Purview

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

“For most mid-market B2B companies, Microsoft Purview offers the best balance of features, integration, and market validation.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

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
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.