Cyberhaven vs Microsoft Purview DLP
A side-by-side comparison on deployment model, data residency, licensing basis and security coverage. Structural facts are verifiable against vendor documentation; the scored dimensions are our assessment.
Cyberhaven
Cyberhaven
7.1
Average across eight dimensions
- Deployment
- SaaS only
- Licensing
- Per user
- Time to value
- Medium
- Segment
- Mid-market / enterprise
- G2
- 4.5 (18)
Microsoft Purview DLP
Microsoft
7.2
Average across eight dimensions
- Deployment
- SaaS only
- Licensing
- M365 E5 Compliance tier
- Time to value
- Medium
- Segment
- Enterprise
- G2
- 4.6 (22)
Score by dimension
| Dimension | CH | MP |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency control | 3 | 2 |
| Pricing value | 6 | 8 |
| Detection accuracy | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Response speed | 8 | 8 |
| Ease of setup | 7.5 | 8 |
| Management UX | 8.5 | 8 |
| Integration depth | 7.5 | 9 |
| Security coverage | 8 | 7.5 |
What the comparison says
Both platforms are SaaS only, so deployment model is not what separates them here. Cyberhaven is described as medium to reach value, against medium for Microsoft Purview DLP.
Cyberhaven licenses on per user, Microsoft Purview DLP on M365 E5 Compliance tier. Neither bills on data volume, so the comparison is about what each licence includes rather than how much you send it.
Cyberhaven leads on residency and classification. Microsoft Purview DLP leads on pricing value and integrations.
Cyberhaven
- +Traces data lineage rather than only matching content, so it catches transformed and renamed files.
- +Materially fewer false positives than pattern-matching approaches.
- +Investigation workflow shows the full path a file travelled.
- −Cloud-delivered with no self-hosted deployment.
- −Younger vendor with a smaller install base and less independent analyst coverage.
Best for Organisations where intellectual property leaves via transformation rather than obvious copying.
Watch out Assess vendor maturity and support depth alongside the technology.
Microsoft Purview DLP
- +Effectively included for organisations already licensed for M365 E5 Compliance.
- +Native coverage of Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams with no connectors to build.
- +Policies follow the label, so classification and protection stay attached to the file.
- −Coverage outside the Microsoft estate is thin. Third-party SaaS and non-Windows endpoints lag.
- −No on-premises option; inspection happens in Microsoft's cloud.
Best for Microsoft-centric organisations whose sensitive data lives in M365.
Watch out If material data sits outside Microsoft, this leaves real gaps.
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Data last verified 2026-10-06. nPro publishes this comparison. Where nPro appears as one of the platforms listed, its card is marked and its scores are our own assessment. Third-party review scores are sourced from public vendor profiles. Structural facts are verifiable against each vendor's documentation: deployment model, licensing basis and residency.