Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software
Data loss prevention (DLP) software, also called data leak prevention software or data loss management software, detects and avoids possible data breaches/data exfiltration transmissions through tracking, identifying, and blocking critical data while in operation, in motion, and at rest. +Show More
| Products | Position | Device Encryption | Supported OS | User Remediation | |
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Endpoint Protector |
Challenger
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✅
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Windows, MacOS, Linux, Thin Client
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✅
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Endpoint Protector is a leading endpoint centric Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution. An advanced cross-platform DLP solution for macOS, Windows, and Linux computers as well as Thin Clients, that puts an end to unintentional data leaks, protects from malicious data theft and offers seamless control of portable storage devices. Endpoint Protector by CoSoSys' mission is to enable businesses around the world to take full advantage of the performance benefits of mobility, portability, and communications solutions, without compromising security. It is available directly to North American customers and distributes its products globally through partners and resellers. The solution has modules that can be mixed and matched based on the customer’s needs. The Device Control module offers USB and peripheral port control, the Content Aware Protection module safeguards data in motion, while eDiscovery scans data at rest. With Enforced Encryption organizations can secure USB storage devices. Endpoint Protector’s content filtering capabilities for both data at rest and in motion, range from predefined content based on dictionaries, regular expressions and machine learning to profiles for data protection regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CCPA, LGPD, TISAX, KRITIS etc. The solution was recognized in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Data Loss Prevention. For more information, please visit www.endpointprotector.com.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
20-30 case studies
Company's number of employees
100-200 employees
Company's social media followers
5k-10k followers
# of funding rounds
1
Latest funding date
February 18, 2020
Features
Deployment
On-prem
Public cloud SaaS
Device Encryption
✅
Supported OS
Windows
MacOS Linux Thin Client
User Remediation
✅
VDI Support
✅
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2004
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ESET Endpoint Security |
Leader
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-
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-
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-
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
1k-2k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
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Acronis Cyber Protect |
Leader
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-
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Windows, MacOS, Linux
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-
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Acronis Cyber Protect offers integrated data protection, endpoint management and cybersecurity. Building on Acronis’ world-class backup, this product now includes disaster recovery, ransomware prevention, AI-based antimalware and endpoint protection management, all in one agent. Perfect for local and distributed teams, Acronis Cyber Protect defends all of your workloads: PCs, servers, VMs and cloud apps. With over 50 Acronis-run data centers around the world, you can feel confident that your data will be safe and accessible. Our automation tools help IT teams increase productivity while decreasing TCO. Acronis Cyber Protect offers one agent, one management interface, one license – removing complexity and risks associated with non-integrated solutions. Our integration of multiple protection technologies into one solution ensure continuous data protection, not only increasing reliability, but also decreasing the time required to learn, deploy and maintain solutions. With Acronis Cyber Protect, you get one platform that delivers complete protection from today’s threats – helping you to streamline management, cut unnecessary administrative time and lower TCO.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
1k-2k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
Features
Deployment
Public cloud
SaaS
Supported OS
Windows
MacOS Linux
VDI Support
✅
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Safetica |
Leader
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✅
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Windows, MacOS, Linux
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✅
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Safetica is a global software company founded in 2007, serving its customers in 120 countries globally. The software provides companies with an answer to insider threats and data loss. There are two solutions to choose from, Safetica NXT (cloud-native) and Safetica ONE (on-prem). 1. Safetica ONE (on-premise) Safetica ONE protects data against human error and malicious attacks. It is an all-in-one solution that integrates seamlessly into your existing security system. Safetica ONE is available in three tiers based on your company's requirements. 2. Safetica NXT (cloud-native) Safetica NXT is a cloud-based DLP solution for companies without in-house infrastructure. It provides low-maintenance security with its ease of use and automated features. Safetica NXT offers monthly or annual pay-as-you-go subscriptions. The basic subscription includes 30 users. Users can cancel their subscription anytime.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
10-20 case studies
Company's number of employees
50-100 employees
Company's social media followers
5k-10k followers
Total funding
$5-10m
# of funding rounds
4
Latest funding date
May 19, 2020
Features
Deployment
On-prem
Public cloud SaaS
Device Encryption
✅
Supported OS
Windows
MacOS Linux
User Remediation
✅
VDI Support
❌
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2007
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WatchGuard |
Leader
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-
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-
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-
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For over 20 years, WatchGuard has pioneered cutting-edge cyber security technology and delivered it as easy-to-deploy and easy-to-manage solutions. Our unique approach to network security focuses on bringing best-in-class, enterprise-grade security to any organization, regardless of size or technical expertise. Ideal for SMBs and distributed enterprise organizations, our award-winning Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances are designed from the ground up to focus on ease of deployment, use, and ongoing management, in addition to providing the strongest security possible.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
40-50 case studies
Company's number of employees
1k-2k employees
Company's social media followers
50k-100k followers
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Sophos Intercept X |
Leader
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✅
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Windows, MacOS, Linux, Unix
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❌
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Sophos Intercept X is the world’s most comprehensive endpoint protection solution. Built to stop the widest range of attacks, Intercept X has been proven to prevent even the most advanced ransomware and malware by leveraging a unique combination of next-generation techniques. This includes the ability to detect never-before-seen malware with deep learning, stop ransomware with Sophos anti-ransomware technology, and deny attacker tools with signatureless exploit prevention. Intercept X also includes root cause analysis to provide insight into threats, and instant malware removal to ensure no attack remnants remain.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
4k-5k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
Features
Deployment
On-prem
SaaS
Device Encryption
✅
Supported OS
Windows
MacOS Linux Unix
User Remediation
❌
VDI Support
✅
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VM Backup |
Challenger
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-
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-
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-
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Hornetsecurity‘s VM Backup is a powerful, reliable and easy-to-use backup and replication solution for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware virtual machines (VMs) and physical Windows servers, to protect against enterprise data loss. The award-winning solution provides robust, streamlined and enterprise-level functionality. Thanks to Continuous Data Protection (CDP) and WAN-optimized replication, your backup files are available in just minutes in the event of a data loss scenario, and your organization can continue working as usual. Storing immutable backups leveraging object locking on cloud storage locations gives you additional peace of mind as your backups are protected from ransomware attacks and other malicious actors. The unique Augmented Inline Deduplication also results in massive storage savings for your backups and reduces unnecessary costs.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
40-50 case studies
Company's number of employees
30-40 employees
Company's social media followers
5k-10k followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2009
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Teramind |
Challenger
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❌
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Windows, MacOS, Linux
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✅
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100-200 employees
Company's social media followers
40k-50k followers
Features
Deployment
Public cloud
SaaS
Device Encryption
❌
Supported OS
Windows
MacOS Linux
User Remediation
✅
VDI Support
✅
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2014
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Zix Email Encryption |
Challenger
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-
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-
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-
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
200-300 employees
Company's social media followers
10k-20k followers
Company
Type of company
private
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Nightfall |
Challenger
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-
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-
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-
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
10-20 case studies
Company's number of employees
100-200 employees
Company's social media followers
10k-20k followers
Total funding
$50-100m
# of funding rounds
4
Latest funding date
August 10, 2022
Last funding amount
$10-50m
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2018
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Sources
AIMultiple uses these data sources for ranking solutions and awarding badges in data loss prevention (DLP) software:
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software Leaders
According to the weighted combination of 4 metrics
What are data loss prevention (DLP) software
customer satisfaction leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current data loss prevention (DLP) software customer satisfaction leaders:
Which data loss prevention (DLP) software solution provides the most customer satisfaction?
AIMultiple uses product and service reviews from multiple review platforms in determining customer satisfaction.
While deciding a product's level of customer satisfaction, AIMultiple takes into account its number of reviews, how reviewers rate it and the recency of reviews.
- Number of reviews is important because it is easier to get a small number of high ratings than a high number of them.
- Recency is important as products are always evolving.
- Reviews older than 5 years are not taken into consideration
- older than 12 months have reduced impact in average ratings in line with their date of publishing.
What are data loss prevention (DLP) software
market leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current data loss prevention (DLP) software market leaders:
Which one has collected the most reviews?
AIMultiple uses multiple datapoints in identifying market leaders:
- Product line revenue (when available)
- Number of reviews
- Number of case studies
- Number and experience of employees
- Social media presence and engagement
What are data loss prevention (DLP) software feature leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current rpa software feature leaders.
Which one offers the most features?
Endpoint Protector, Forcepoint DLP Data Loss Prevention, Sophos Intercept X offer the most feature complete products.
What are the most mature data loss prevention (DLP) software?
Which one has the most employees?
Which data loss prevention (DLP) software companies have the most employees?
138 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 115 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 61 companies with >10 employees are offering data loss prevention (dlp) software. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 200k employees. The largest company in this domain is Microsoft with more than 200,000 employees. Microsoft provides the data loss prevention (DLP) software solution: Microsoft Purview DLP
Insights
What are the most common words describing data loss prevention (DLP) software?
This data is collected from customer reviews for all data loss prevention (DLP) software companies. The most positive word describing data loss prevention (DLP) software is “Easy to use” that is used in 12% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 3% of all the data loss prevention (DLP) software reviews.
What is the average customer size?
According to customer reviews, most common company size for data loss prevention (DLP) software customers is 51-1,000 employees. Customers with 51-1,000 employees make up 41% of data loss prevention (DLP) software customers. For an average Cybersecurity solution, customers with 51-1,000 employees make up 16% of total customers.
Customer Evaluation
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all data loss prevention (DLP) software. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software are most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Likelihood to Recommend".
Where are data loss prevention (DLP) software vendors' HQs located?
Trends
What is the level of interest in data loss prevention (DLP) software?
This category was searched on average for 4.3k times per month on search engines in 2024. This number has decreased to 0 in 2025. If we compare with other cybersecurity solutions, a typical solution was searched 918 times in 2024 and this decreased to 0 in 2025.