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Data security posture management · November 2026 Edition

Microsoft Purview vs Wiz

Two of fourteen models named Microsoft Purview first on the direct prompt; three named Wiz. Both were named by all fourteen models and Microsoft Purview carries 37 labels and Wiz 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Microsoft Purview

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Wiz

accepted challenger

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

First-choice share25%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%21%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3739A 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.Cyera was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Purview vs Cyera · Microsoft Purview vs Sentra · 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 modelsWiz
Direct231 against Wiz
Paraphrase41
Comparative031 against Wiz
Budget-constrained713 against Wiz
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Wiz
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Microsoft Purview first, Wiz not the choice

2 of 14 modelsWiz 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

Wiz first, Microsoft Purview an alternative

3 of 14 modelsMicrosoft Purview was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Wiz alternatives: Cyera DSPM, Securiti, Sentra
Mistral SmallCyera, Wiz alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Varonis Data Security Platform
GLM 4.7 FlashXCyera, Wiz alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Varonis Data Security Platform

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCyera alternatives: Concentric AI, Sentra, Wiz
Perplexity SonarCyera alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Sentra, Varonis Data Security Platform
DeepSeek V4 FlashCyera alternatives: Securiti, Sentra, Wiz
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: Cyera, Varonis Data Security Platform, Wiz
Kimi K2Sentra alternatives: BigID, Cyera, Orca Security, Wiz
GPT-6 LunaCyera alternatives: BigID, Microsoft Purview, Wiz

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Sentra alternatives: Cyera, Netwrix
GPT-5.4 miniSentra alternatives: BigID, Rubrik, Tenable
Muse Glimmer 30BCyera, Sentra alternatives: Wiz DSPM

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
Wiz8%#2 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Microsoft Purview leads by fifteen points.
Microsoft Purview25%#1 of 11
Wiz10%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Microsoft Purview leads by sixteen points.
Microsoft Purview20%#2 of 12
Wiz4%#7 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 Wiz

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

“Wiz Essential starts around $24,000 ... reviewers note complex licensing and overwhelming feature sets for smaller teams” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
Also compared
Microsoft Purview vs CyeraMicrosoft Purview vs SentraMicrosoft Purview vs Varonis Data Security PlatformMicrosoft Purview vs Amazon MacieMicrosoft Purview vs SecuritiMicrosoft Purview vs IBM GuardiumCyera vs WizSentra vs WizWiz vs Varonis Data Security PlatformWiz vs Amazon MacieWiz vs SecuritiWiz vs IBM GuardiumAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full DSPM standing

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.