PII Crawler vs Cyera
PII Crawler
PII Crawler is a desktop and command-line scanner from Eligian Labs LLC (Washington, USA) that finds unencrypted personal data in files, network shares and databases on the customer's own hardware. According to the vendor site it detects 30+ PII types (SSN, DOB, names, addresses, phone, email, credit card, IBAN, passport and others) using pattern matching plus named-entity recognition, reads text in images inside PDFs via OCR, and samples Postgres, MySQL and SQL Server tables in memory. The vendor's security page documents that no file contents or matches are ever transmitted and that all four optional endpoints (licence registration, update check, error reporting, UI analytics) can be disabled with an --air-gapped flag or offline licence token. It ships for macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows x64 and Linux x64, exports JSON and CSV reports aimed at GDPR Article 30 and CCPA records, and is sold as a one-time $497 licence with a 7-day full trial.
Pros
- One-time $497 licence covering unlimited users, machines and scans, rather than a subscription (vendor pricing page)
- Security page enumerates every outbound endpoint and how to disable all of them; file contents and matches are never transmitted (piicrawler.com/security)
- Broad format coverage including OCR of images in PDFs, Office and OLE files, archives, mail files, and in-memory database sampling (vendor docs)
- CLI with JSON/CSV output and exit codes for CI/CD pipelines (vendor FAQ)
- Product and company have a verifiable history back to 2023: WHOIS, Wayback captures, eligian.com and the Washington LLC filing
Things to check
- No independent reviews or third-party evaluations found on G2, Capterra, Product Hunt, Reddit or Hacker News
- The default install registers the licence with api.eligian.com; fully air-gapped use requires the --offline-license token or --air-gapped flag (vendor security page)
- Compliance wording on the homepage ("SOC2 evidence", "HIPAA-aligned") is not backed by a linked audit report
- Terms and Privacy name the LLC but do not state a registered address or governing jurisdiction
- Small independent vendor; support is email-only
Pricing: $497 one-time (unlimited users, machines and scans; no renewals). 7-day fully functional trial, no credit card or account. 14-day refund.
Cyera
Cyera is an AI-powered data security platform that provides instant visibility into an organization's data landscape, automatically discovering, classifying, and assessing risk across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and IaaS environments. Cyera's platform uses large language models and AI to understand data context beyond simple pattern matching, enabling organizations to see their data the way an attacker would. Identifying exposure, access risks, and compliance gaps without agents or complex deployment. Cyera has completed the acquisition of Oasis Security, bringing data security and non-human identity security together.
Pros
- Agentless deployment enables rapid time-to-value without infrastructure changes
- AI and LLM-based classification provides strong context understanding
- Broad visibility across cloud, SaaS, IaaS, and on-premises in one view
- Modern platform built cloud-first with contemporary architecture
- Fast-growing company with strong investor backing and innovation velocity
Things to check
- Newer company with less market maturity and smaller customer base
- Insider threat detection capabilities less mature than dedicated UEBA platforms
- On-premises coverage still developing compared to cloud-native capabilities
- Premium pricing as a venture-backed growth-stage company
Pricing: Pricing is not published. The site lists two plans, one for DSPM and one for DLP, with optional extras, and offers a custom quote on request.