Comparison

Sentra vs Varonis

Sentra and Varonis both land on Depends.

Sentra

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run a substantial cloud/SaaS data estate and need continuous discovery, classification, and exposure response.

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Varonis

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a mid-size or large org with sensitive data scattered across cloud, SaaS, and file servers, and staff to run it.

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Sentra versus Varonis
Compare	Sentra	Varonis
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Multi-cloud enterprises with sensitive data sprawl	Enterprises with sensitive-data sprawl
Who it's not for	Startups without dedicated security teams	Small teams . massively overkill
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality	No support evidence found	No support evidence found
Public sentiment	Public user feedback is sparse; one sysadmin reported using Sentra for SharePoint exposure discovery during the 2025 zero-day.^⁶	Sentiment is split: reviewers consistently praise data visibility, while some long-term Reddit users are sharply negative.¹¹
Biggest gotcha	No transparent pricing; AWS Marketplace is the only listed purchase channel^⁹	On-prem dies December 2026. If you can't go SaaS, pick another vendor now.¹⁴

Pick Sentra when

Multi-cloud enterprises with sensitive data sprawl
Security teams prepping data for AI adoption
Orgs responding to cloud/SaaS exposure incidents
Teams wanting DSPM plus ADR signal

When Sentra is not a fit

Startups without dedicated security teams
On-prem-only shops (Sentra is cloud-native)
Buyers wanting transparent self-serve pricing
Small teams that just need basic SaaS access controls

Pick Varonis when

Enterprises with sensitive-data sprawl
Microsoft 365 / Active Directory shops
Security teams consolidating DSPM + DLP
UK public sector buyers via G-Cloud

When Varonis is not a fit

Small teams . massively overkill
Anyone needing on-prem after Dec 2026
Orgs without dedicated security staff
Budget buyers wanting self-serve pricing

Sources

Sentra . Data Security Solutions (homepage)sentra.io
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Sentra Closes $50 Million Series Bbusinesswire.com
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Sentra lands $50M to scale cloud-native data securitysiliconangle.com
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Sentra Jagger provides real-time security insights and AI-assisted remediationhelpnetsecurity.com
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The First ADR-DSPM Integration (Miggo + Sentra)miggo.io
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Reddit sysadmin thread: SharePoint CVE-2025-53770 response using Sentrareddit.com
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Sentra Reviews & Ratings . Gartner Peer Insightsgartner.com
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Sentra Customers . CB Insightscbinsights.com
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Sentra Cloud Data Security Platform . AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.com
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Varonis homepagevaronis.com
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Varonis Data Security Platform Reviews . G2g2.com
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Varonis Unified Data Security Platform . Gartner Peer Insightsgartner.com
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Let's talk Varonis . Reddit r/cybersecurityreddit.com
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Varonis On-Prem End of Life . Forcepointforcepoint.com
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BigID vs Varonishome.bigid.com
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Varonis SaaS Data Security Platform . UK Digital Marketplaceapplytosupply.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk
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