# Microsoft Purview alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 1,117 of the 1,512 answers in the 6 categories where Microsoft Purview holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-purview/alternatives ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: 39 - CoreView ONE: 34 - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: 31 - Atlan: 30 - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 27 - AdminDroid 365: 26 ## Data security posture management **Small business**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #1 of 11 at 30%). - Wiz: first choice in 8 of those 46 - Cyera: first choice in 6 of those 46 - Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium: first choice in 3 of those 46 - Sentra: first choice in 3 of those 46 - Wiz DSPM: first choice in 3 of those 46 - Amazon Macie: first choice in 2 of those 46 - AWS Trusted Advisor: first choice in 1 of those 46 - Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 46 **Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #1 of 11 at 25%). - Cyera: first choice in 9 of those 53 - Sentra: first choice in 4 of those 53 - BigID: first choice in 3 of those 53 - Wiz: first choice in 3 of those 53 - Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 53 - Aikido Security DSPM: first choice in 1 of those 53 - Concentric AI: first choice in 1 of those 53 - IBM Guardium: first choice in 1 of those 53 **Enterprise**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #2 of 12 at 20%). - Cyera: first choice in 10 of those 55 - BigID: first choice in 7 of those 55 - Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 55 - IBM Guardium: first choice in 3 of those 55 - Prisma Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 55 - Wiz: first choice in 2 of those 55 - Cyera DSPM Platform: first choice in 1 of those 55 - Forcepoint DSPM: first choice in 1 of those 55 ## Communications archiving and compliance **Small business**: 56 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #3 of 12 at 14%). - MailStore Server: first choice in 9 of those 56 - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 5 of those 56 - Google Vault: first choice in 4 of those 56 - ContentCatcher: first choice in 3 of those 56 - Microsoft Purview DLP: first choice in 3 of those 56 - SMTP2GO: first choice in 3 of those 56 - Microsoft 365: first choice in 2 of those 56 - Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving: first choice in 2 of those 56 **Mid-market**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #2 of 13 at 18%). - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 13 of those 62 - MailStore Server: first choice in 6 of those 62 - Global Relay Archive: first choice in 3 of those 62 - Mimecast Cloud Archive: first choice in 3 of those 62 - Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Smarsh Professional Archive: first choice in 2 of those 62 - AvePoint: first choice in 1 of those 62 **Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #7 of 10 at 2%). - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 21 of those 66 - Global Relay Archive: first choice in 8 of those 66 - Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: first choice in 7 of those 66 - Mimecast Cloud Archive: first choice in 5 of those 66 - Comma Compliance: first choice in 4 of those 66 - Jatheon: first choice in 2 of those 66 - OpenText Core Business Communication Archive: first choice in 2 of those 66 - Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving: first choice in 1 of those 66 ## Microsoft 365 management **Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 12 at 7%). - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 17 of those 75 - AdminDroid 365: first choice in 14 of those 75 - Microsoft 365: first choice in 11 of those 75 - Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium: first choice in 4 of those 75 - Microsoft Intune: first choice in 3 of those 75 - CoreView ONE: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Microsoft: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 2 of those 75 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 13 at 9%). - CoreView ONE: first choice in 13 of those 73 - AdminDroid 365: first choice in 11 of those 73 - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 8 of those 73 - Microsoft Graph PowerShell: first choice in 4 of those 73 - Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 73 - ShareGate: first choice in 3 of those 73 - CIPP: first choice in 2 of those 73 - ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #2 of 13 at 12%). - CoreView ONE: first choice in 19 of those 62 - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 6 of those 62 - Microsoft Intune: first choice in 5 of those 62 - AvePoint Confidence Platform: first choice in 4 of those 62 - ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 62 - AdminDroid 365: first choice in 1 of those 62 - AvePoint Cloud Management: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Entra: first choice in 1 of those 62 ## AI security platforms **Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #8 of 13 at 2%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 21 of those 75 - Microsoft 365: first choice in 7 of those 75 - CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 4 of those 75 - Arcjet: first choice in 3 of those 75 - Sequirly: first choice in 3 of those 75 - Coro: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Lakera Guard: first choice in 2 of those 75 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 2 of those 75 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #3 of 9 at 6%). - Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 73 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 5 of those 73 - Microsoft 365: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 2 of those 73 - CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 73 - CrowdStrike Falcon AI Detection and Response: first choice in 2 of those 73 - CrowdStrike Falcon Go: first choice in 2 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #3 of 13 at 7%). - Check Point AI Security: first choice in 8 of those 76 - Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS: first choice in 5 of those 76 - Palo Alto Networks: first choice in 4 of those 76 - WitnessAI: first choice in 4 of those 76 - CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 3 of those 76 - Microsoft Defender XDR: first choice in 3 of those 76 - SentinelOne Singularity: first choice in 3 of those 76 - CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 76 ## AI governance platforms **Small business**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #5 of 12 at 2%). - Strac: first choice in 10 of those 55 - Credo AI: first choice in 5 of those 55 - Fairly AI: first choice in 2 of those 55 - Vanta: first choice in 2 of those 55 - Arize AI: first choice in 1 of those 55 - Arize AI Phoenix: first choice in 1 of those 55 - Arthur AI: first choice in 1 of those 55 - Auditfy Business: first choice in 1 of those 55 **Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 10 at 5%). - Credo AI: first choice in 13 of those 65 - dope.security: first choice in 5 of those 65 - IBM watsonx.governance: first choice in 4 of those 65 - Govarna: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Strac: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Trustible: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Aicura: first choice in 1 of those 65 - Aurora Trust: first choice in 1 of those 65 **Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 11 at 7%). - IBM watsonx.governance: first choice in 12 of those 62 - Credo AI: first choice in 8 of those 62 - OneTrust AI Governance: first choice in 5 of those 62 - Pillar Security: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Bifrost: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Databricks Unity Gateway / Unity Catalog: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Govarna: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Holistic AI: first choice in 1 of those 62 ## Data catalogs and governance **Small business**: 59 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #6 of 16 at 6%). - Secoda: first choice in 13 of those 59 - OpenMetadata: first choice in 11 of those 59 - Atlan: first choice in 8 of those 59 - Select Star: first choice in 8 of those 59 - DataHub: first choice in 4 of those 59 - Collate: first choice in 2 of those 59 - dbt Docs: first choice in 2 of those 59 - CastorDoc: first choice in 1 of those 59 **Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #5 of 16 at 3%). - Atlan: first choice in 12 of those 57 - OpenMetadata: first choice in 8 of those 57 - Secoda: first choice in 8 of those 57 - DataHub: first choice in 5 of those 57 - OvalEdge: first choice in 3 of those 57 - CastorDoc: first choice in 2 of those 57 - Alation: first choice in 1 of those 57 - Apache Atlas: first choice in 1 of those 57 **Enterprise**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #6 of 11 at 4%). - Atlan: first choice in 10 of those 47 - Collibra: first choice in 10 of those 47 - Alation: first choice in 5 of those 47 - Alex Solutions: first choice in 1 of those 47 - DataHub: first choice in 1 of those 47 - Databricks Unity Catalog: first choice in 1 of those 47 - Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 47 - Metaphor: first choice in 1 of those 47 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.