Best Enterprise DLP Alternatives to Varonis in 2026
Enterprise data loss prevention solutions focus on actively preventing sensitive data from leaving the organization through endpoints, networks, email, and cloud applications. While Varonis takes a data access governance approach.
4 Enterprise DLP Solutions, side by side
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| Tool | Deployment | Pricing model | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortra Data SecurityFeatured | Cloud + Self-hosted | Per-endpoint or per-user subscription | — |
| Forcepoint DLP | Cloud + Self-hosted | Per-user subscription | — |
| Spirion | Cloud + Self-hosted | Subscription (per data volume or endpoints) | — |
| Fendr | Cloud | Subscription (per user, with free tier) | — |
Understanding who accesses data and detecting anomalous behavior. Enterprise DLP platforms enforce policies that block, encrypt, or quarantine data in motion. These tools are ideal for organizations that need active enforcement to prevent data exfiltration rather than visibility and governance over data access patterns.
By use case
Our read on which tool suits which job. Editorial, not paid, and separate from the listing below.
Large enterprises needing comprehensive DLP enforcement across endpoints, network, cloud, and email with risk-adaptive policy controls
Forcepoint DLP
The most comprehensive enterprise DLP platform with multi-channel enforcement across endpoints, network, email, and cloud. Risk-Adaptive Protection dynamically adjusts policies based on user behavior, making it the strongest active enforcement option.
Cloud, Self-hosted
Organisations that want data discovery, classification and loss prevention from a single vendor rather than assembling separate DSPM, classification and DLP tools, particularly across hybrid estates spanning endpoints, cloud and SaaS.
Fortra Data Security
The best option for organizations wanting deep endpoint-level data visibility with the option of a fully managed DLP service. Ideal for enterprises that want expert-run DLP without building an internal DLP operations team.
Cloud, Self-hosted
Organizations in regulated industries that need the most accurate sensitive data discovery and classification for PII, PHI, and PCI compliance
Spirion
The leading specialist in sensitive data discovery accuracy, particularly for regulated data types like PHI and PCI. Best used as a classification engine that feeds discovery results into DLP enforcement or data governance platforms.
Cloud, Self-hosted
Fortra Data Security
Unified, AI-native data security platform bringing together DSPM, data classification and DLP
Fortra is a data security company that delivers AI-amplified solutions to help organizations use and protect data with confidence. Fortra Data Security brings together Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Data Classification, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to provide visibility, context, and protection across the data lifecycle. Organizations can discover sensitive data, understand its risk and context, apply meaningful classification, and enforce policies across endpoints, networks, cloud, SaaS, email, and web. Fortra's integrated approach helps security teams move beyond simply finding data risk to taking action: reducing exposure, simplifying security operations, and supporting compliance across complex and hybrid environments.
Capabilities
- Data discovery & inventory
- Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
- Sensitive data classification
- AI-powered data classification
- Data risk assessment
- Data exposure analysis
- Access and entitlement risk
- Cloud and SaaS data discovery
- Hybrid data discovery
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Endpoint DLP
- Network DLP
- Cloud DLP
- Email and web protection
- Data labeling
- Policy-based enforcement
- Compliance monitoring
- AI data security / AI DLP
- Data analytics and reporting
- Shadow data discovery
- Sensitive data detection
- Structured and unstructured data discovery
Certifications
SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 1, FIPS 140-2
Fortra Data Security
Data Security & GovernanceOrganisations that want data discovery, classification and loss prevention from a single vendor rather than assembling separate DSPM, classification and DLP tools, particularly across hybrid estates spanning endpoints, cloud and SaaS.
Fortra is a data security company that delivers AI-amplified solutions to help organizations use and protect data with confidence. Fortra Data Security brings together Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Data Classification, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to provide visibility, context, and protection across the data lifecycle. Organizations can discover sensitive data, understand its risk and context, apply meaningful classification, and enforce policies across endpoints, networks, cloud, SaaS, email, and web. Fortra's integrated approach helps security teams move beyond simply finding data risk to taking action: reducing exposure, simplifying security operations, and supporting compliance across complex and hybrid environments.
Forcepoint DLP
Data Security & GovernanceLarge enterprises needing comprehensive DLP enforcement across endpoints, network, cloud, and email with risk-adaptive policy controls
Forcepoint DLP is an enterprise data loss prevention platform that protects sensitive data across endpoints, networks, cloud applications, web, and email. It combines content inspection, contextual analysis, and user behavior risk scoring to prevent data exfiltration through all channels. Forcepoint's Risk-Adaptive Protection dynamically adjusts DLP policies based on real-time user behavior risk, enabling organizations to enforce strict policies for high-risk users while maintaining productivity for trusted employees.
Spirion
Data Security & GovernanceOrganizations in regulated industries that need the most accurate sensitive data discovery and classification for PII, PHI, and PCI compliance
Spirion is a sensitive data discovery and classification platform that specializes in finding, classifying, and remediating sensitive data across structured and unstructured data stores. Spirion's Sensitive Data Platform uses a combination of pattern matching, machine learning, and contextual analysis to accurately identify PII, PHI, PCI, and other regulated data types with precision. It is particularly strong in healthcare and financial services where accurate sensitive data discovery is critical for compliance.
Fendr
Data Security & GovernanceUK mid-market IT teams wanting paste and upload controls on web AI tools without Microsoft E5 licensing.
Fendr is a browser-extension based data loss prevention and AI governance product that monitors and controls what employees paste or upload into ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini and other web-based AI tools. It is aimed at mid-market organisations and deploys via MDM, with Chrome and Edge named as supported browsers; policies can block a risky action, redirect the user to Copilot or log the action for audit. The vendor positions it as an option for firms without Microsoft Purview E5 licensing and Entra-enrolled Windows devices, and states that the extension does not see native desktop apps such as Claude desktop or Copilot inside Word. Pricing is published: the first 10 licences are free, the Standard plan is GBP 6 per user per month for 11 to 500 employees, and Enterprise pricing is custom. The product is made by Fendr Ltd, incorporated in London on 4 August 2025, with founder Katie Whitlock listed as a director at Companies House. Fendr took part in the LASR Validate programme and was profiled by Plexal in October 2025, when it was running proof-of-concept trials.
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