# IBM Guardium alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 240 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where IBM Guardium holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/ibm-guardium/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Microsoft Purview: 40
- Cyera: 28
- Wiz: 19
- BigID: 13
- Varonis Data Security Platform: 12
- Sentra: 10

## Data security posture management

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name IBM Guardium.

- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 24 of those 84
- Wiz: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Cyera: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Amazon Macie: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Google DLP API: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Microsoft Purview DSPM: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Nightfall AI: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Safetica: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name IBM Guardium (IBM Guardium is #6 of 12 at 4%).

- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 9 of those 80
- Cyera: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Sentra: first choice in 8 of those 80
- Wiz: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Bedrock Data Security Platform: first choice in 2 of those 80
- BigID: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Amazon Macie: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name IBM Guardium (IBM Guardium is #7 of 11 at 2%).

- Cyera: first choice in 13 of those 76
- BigID: first choice in 11 of those 76
- Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 9 of those 76
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 7 of those 76
- Wiz: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Forcepoint DSPM: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Securiti.ai: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Sentra: first choice in 2 of those 76

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.