# Microsoft Purview alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 1,204 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/microsoft-purview/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: 66 - Atlan: 39 - CoreView: 37 - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: 31 - Credo AI: 29 - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: 29 ## Data security posture management **Small business**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #1 of 12 at 36%). - Cyera: first choice in 4 of those 45 - Microsoft Purview DSPM: first choice in 4 of those 45 - Wiz: first choice in 4 of those 45 - Nightfall AI: first choice in 3 of those 45 - Safetica: first choice in 2 of those 45 - Aikido Security: first choice in 1 of those 45 - Bedrock Data: first choice in 1 of those 45 - Cyera DSPM: first choice in 1 of those 45 **Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #1 of 12 at 18%). - Sentra: first choice in 7 of those 57 - Cyera: first choice in 6 of those 57 - Wiz: first choice in 4 of those 57 - IBM Guardium: first choice in 2 of those 57 - Amazon Macie: first choice in 1 of those 57 - Bedrock Data Security Platform: first choice in 1 of those 57 - BigID: first choice in 1 of those 57 - Concentric: first choice in 1 of those 57 **Enterprise**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 11 at 14%). - Cyera: first choice in 10 of those 54 - Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 54 - BigID: first choice in 3 of those 54 - Forcepoint DSPM: first choice in 2 of those 54 - Securiti.ai: first choice in 2 of those 54 - CrowdStrike's Falcon Cloud Security: first choice in 1 of those 54 - DataStealth: first choice in 1 of those 54 - Microsoft Purview DSPM: first choice in 1 of those 54 ## Communications archiving and compliance **Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #3 of 10 at 11%). - MailStore Server: first choice in 13 of those 68 - Google Vault: first choice in 10 of those 68 - Jatheon: first choice in 4 of those 68 - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 4 of those 68 - Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service: first choice in 3 of those 68 - GFI Archiver: first choice in 3 of those 68 - ArcTitan: first choice in 2 of those 68 - Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving: first choice in 2 of those 68 **Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #3 of 12 at 8%). - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 13 of those 66 - Mimecast Cloud Archive: first choice in 6 of those 66 - Google Vault: first choice in 4 of those 66 - MailStore Server: first choice in 4 of those 66 - Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: first choice in 4 of those 66 - Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service: first choice in 3 of those 66 - Global Relay: first choice in 3 of those 66 - Jatheon: first choice in 3 of those 66 **Enterprise**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #6 of 10 at 5%). - Smarsh Enterprise Archive: first choice in 14 of those 68 - Proofpoint Enterprise Archive: first choice in 13 of those 68 - Global Relay: first choice in 6 of those 68 - Mimecast Cloud Archive: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Jatheon: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving: first choice in 2 of those 68 - Archive360: first choice in 1 of those 68 - Arctera: first choice in 1 of those 68 ## Microsoft 365 management **Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #13 of 14 at 0%). - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 24 of those 79 - AdminDroid: first choice in 12 of those 79 - Microsoft 365: first choice in 7 of those 79 - CIPP: first choice in 4 of those 79 - CoreView: first choice in 2 of those 79 - ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 2 of those 79 - Microsoft 365 Lighthouse: first choice in 2 of those 79 - Microsoft Entra ID: first choice in 2 of those 79 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #5 of 14 at 5%). - AdminDroid: first choice in 11 of those 73 - CoreView: first choice in 11 of those 73 - ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 8 of those 73 - BetterCloud: first choice in 6 of those 73 - Microsoft 365 Admin Center: first choice in 5 of those 73 - CIPP: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Syskit Point: first choice in 3 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 13 at 7%). - CoreView: first choice in 24 of those 72 - ShareGate: first choice in 5 of those 72 - ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Orchestry: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Rencore Governance: first choice in 4 of those 72 - AvePoint Cloud Management: first choice in 3 of those 72 - AvePoint Confidence Platform: first choice in 2 of those 72 - AdminDroid: first choice in 1 of those 72 ## Insider risk management **Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #3 of 11 at 16%). - Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: first choice in 24 of those 62 - Coro: first choice in 5 of those 62 - Teramind: first choice in 5 of those 62 - Above Security: first choice in 4 of those 62 - Safetica: first choice in 4 of those 62 - E-Monitor: first choice in 3 of those 62 - ActivTrak: first choice in 1 of those 62 - Code42 Incydr: first choice in 1 of those 62 **Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #5 of 12 at 2%). - Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: first choice in 14 of those 75 - Above Security: first choice in 6 of those 75 - Code42 Incydr: first choice in 6 of those 75 - Cyberhaven: first choice in 2 of those 75 - DTEX InTERCEPT: first choice in 2 of those 75 - E-Monitor: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Proofpoint Insider Threat Management: first choice in 2 of those 75 - SolarWinds Security Event Manager: first choice in 2 of those 75 **Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview. - Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management: first choice in 28 of those 79 - DTEX Systems: first choice in 8 of those 79 - DTEX InTERCEPT: first choice in 5 of those 79 - Varonis Data Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 79 - Above Security: first choice in 3 of those 79 - Securonix UEBA: first choice in 3 of those 79 - Cyberhaven: first choice in 2 of those 79 - Proofpoint Insider Threat Management: first choice in 2 of those 79 ## Data catalogs and governance **Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #6 of 16 at 7%). - Secoda: first choice in 19 of those 68 - OpenMetadata: first choice in 12 of those 68 - Select Star: first choice in 8 of those 68 - Atlan: first choice in 7 of those 68 - OvalEdge: first choice in 5 of those 68 - DataHub: first choice in 4 of those 68 - dbt Docs: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Apache Atlas: first choice in 2 of those 68 **Mid-market**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #8 of 15 at 2%). - Atlan: first choice in 19 of those 64 - OpenMetadata: first choice in 9 of those 64 - Secoda: first choice in 6 of those 64 - DataHub: first choice in 3 of those 64 - OvalEdge: first choice in 3 of those 64 - Select Star: first choice in 3 of those 64 - Amundsen: first choice in 2 of those 64 - Alation: first choice in 1 of those 64 **Enterprise**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #4 of 11 at 6%). - Atlan: first choice in 13 of those 48 - Collibra: first choice in 11 of those 48 - Alation: first choice in 7 of those 48 - OpenMetadata: first choice in 2 of those 48 - Collibra Data Intelligence Platform: first choice in 1 of those 48 - Decube: first choice in 1 of those 48 - data.world: first choice in 1 of those 48 ## AI governance platforms **Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #5 of 10 at 2%). - Strac: first choice in 22 of those 78 - Lumenova AI: first choice in 11 of those 78 - Credo AI: first choice in 5 of those 78 - Arize Phoenix: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Fairly AI: first choice in 3 of those 78 - VerifyWise: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Govern365: first choice in 2 of those 78 - IBM watsonx.governance: first choice in 2 of those 78 **Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #7 of 7 at 0%). - Credo AI: first choice in 12 of those 77 - Govarna: first choice in 6 of those 77 - Strac: first choice in 5 of those 77 - Arize AI: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Bifrost: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Guardrails AI: first choice in 2 of those 77 - IBM watsonx.governance: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Lumenova AI: first choice in 2 of those 77 **Enterprise**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Purview (Microsoft Purview is #5 of 9 at 4%). - Credo AI: first choice in 12 of those 71 - IBM watsonx.governance: first choice in 10 of those 71 - ModelOp Center: first choice in 6 of those 71 - Databricks Unity Catalog: first choice in 2 of those 71 - OneTrust AI Governance: first choice in 2 of those 71 - Willow: first choice in 2 of those 71 - Amnic: first choice in 1 of those 71 - Anthropic Claude Enterprise: first choice in 1 of those 71 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.