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Satori vs. Cyral
Compare Cyral and Satori, and discover why companies choose Satori as their data security platform and for database activity monitoring (DAM).
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Key differences between Satori and Cyral
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Ease of deploymentSatori data access controllers are enterprise-ready. The DACs come out of the box with all the features you need to host them in your environment. Cyral side-cars require more set-up time, auxiliary infrastructure and ongoing maintenance. |
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Ease of deploymentSatori data access controllers are enterprise-ready. The DACs come out of the box with all the features you need to host them in your environment. Cyral side-cars require more set-up time, auxiliary infrastructure and ongoing maintenance. |
“We implemented Satori in days and required no changes to our data warehouse or BI solution.”

Diedrik van Liere
CTO, Wealthsimple

Best-in-class Snowflake supportSatori integrates natively with Snowflake. This approach allows you to take advantage of advanced features such as Python worksheets, Streamlit applications or notebooks. Cyral doesn’t integrate natively with Snowflake, meaning you’ll need to forgo these features. |
Best-in-class Snowflake supportSatori integrates natively with Snowflake. This approach allows you to take advantage of advanced features such as Python worksheets, Streamlit applications or notebooks. Cyral doesn’t integrate natively with Snowflake, meaning you’ll need to forgo these features. |
“Using Satori with Snowflake has completely transformed our approach to analytics. Seamless integration leaves us concentrating on variable insight generation rather than backend configurations.”
Data and Analytics Manager
Software Industry

Hands-off maintenanceSatori’s datasets automatically pick up new tables and apply policies based on user access rules. Cyral requires ongoing maintenance of the policies to ensure sensitive data is protected. |
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User experienceSatori is a fully-featured data security platform, including dashboards and reports. Cyral requires you to deploy additional infrastructure to store audit logs and produce reports. |
Hands-off maintenanceSatori’s datasets automatically pick up new tables and apply policies based on user access rules. Cyral requires ongoing maintenance of the policies to ensure sensitive data is protected. | ||
User experienceSatori is a fully-featured data security platform, including dashboards and reports. Cyral requires you to deploy additional infrastructure to store audit logs and produce reports. |
“When users get immediate, secure access to data, it removes one of the biggest blockers for AI & analytics.”

Sanjeev Mohan
VP Data & Analytics, Gartner (Ex)
Automatic data classificationSatori continuously scans and analyzes data as it is accessed in real time, ensuring sensitive data is always protected. Cyral relies on admins to manually tag database columns, which increases ongoing maintenance and the risk of human error. |
Automatic data classificationSatori continuously scans and analyzes data as it is accessed in real time, ensuring sensitive data is always protected. Cyral relies on admins to manually tag database columns, which increases ongoing maintenance and the risk of human error. |
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Key Capabilities
Centralized Data Access Control
Satori lets you manage data access and security policies from a centralized platform, saving time and reducing risks.


Data Discovery & Classification
Satori automatically and continuously discovers all data assets and classifies sensitive data to enforce security and access policies dynamically.
Data Access Governance
Satori’s data access governance capabilities, allow users to know who has the potential to access data in an instant. With Satori, go beyond visibility and get real-time monitoring and enforcement.


Data Activity Monitoring
Use Satori to meet compliance and security requirements with full visibility and control over sensitive data.
Real-time Enforcement
Satori is the only platform that allows you to both map and monitor data exposure risks, and automate actions to eliminate them.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Now that Cyral was acquired, companies are looking for a Cyral replacement for different reasons.
What is Cyral’s pricing model?
Due to Cyral’s acquisition, the pricing model is not clear, and may be only available as a bundle for Varonis customers. Cyral’s pricing is not available on their website. See our pricing page to learn more about Satori’s pricing and features, or set up a quick introductory meeting here.
Who is Cyral’s competition?
Because Cyral bills itself as a Data Security Platform (DSP), Cyral’s competitors are mainly other tools in the DSP space. This puts Satori as a leading alternative to Cyral — both as a data security platform and as a DAM (database activity monitoring) platform.
What Cyral alternatives exist?
Security and data teams often look for alternatives to Cyral due to its acquisition or when they realize they need more out of their data security platform. Many teams move to Satori from Cyral when they need features like:
- Fine-grained access control on BI tools or operational data stores
- Continuous, custom data classification on structured and semi-structured data
- Policies that are automatically applied to new tables based on user access rules
- Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities
- Self-service data access through an intuitive data portal, Slack integration, or CLI
How long does it take to deploy Cyral?
Deploying Satori is not as time-consuming as deploying legacy tools like Cyral. Depending on which deployment method is chosen, deployment typically ranges from a few days to weeks. Satori’s efficient setup time allows our customers to implement end-to-end data visibility and security from production environments to analytics and AI.