What is BigID?
BigID is an innovator in data intelligence, with an ML-powered enterprise platform that reimagines data management for data discovery, privacy, security, and governance. BigID helps customers proactively manage and protect their data, reduce risk, and get more value from their data. With BigID, customers can make better decisions with their data, achieve compliance, scale with evolving data privacy and protection landscape, and ultimately reimagine how they manage their data.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
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77 Plan to Renew
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72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+75 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love BigID?
Pros
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Performance Enhancing
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Feature Ratings
Hierarchy Management
Data Lineage
Business Glossary
Automated Sensitivity Classification for Data Sources
Automation of Metadata Creation
Metadata Design
APIs and Integration
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Business Context
Business Rules and Event Management
Data Monitoring and Administration
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Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Customization
Usability and Intuitiveness
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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Breadth of Features
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BigID Reviews
Syed Jawwad A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Media
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2025
Data Discovery & Protection, but Cost Can Be tough
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BigID from other similar products?
BigID stands out from similar products by offering AI-driven automation for data discovery, classification, and governance across both structured and unstructured data sources, on-premises and in the cloud. Its platform combines advanced machine learning and NLP for highly accurate sensitive data identification, supports hundreds of data sources, and provides automated policy management and reporting for compliance and security. BigID also features enhanced access governance, enabling organizations to monitor, manage, and remediate data access risks with a zero-trust approach—all from a unified platform.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of BigID is its AI-powered automation that simplifies complex data discovery and classification across diverse data environments. This capability not only saves significant time and effort but also provides highly accurate, real-time insights into sensitive data, enabling stronger privacy compliance and risk management.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The aspect I dislike most about BigID is its slow and sometimes clunky user interface, which can hinder productivity. Additionally, the platform can generate a high number of false positives in data classification, leading to extra manual effort. The cost is also relatively high compared to similar tools, making it less accessible for smaller organizations.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
BigID is an award-winning, AI-powered platform ideal for enterprises needing advanced data security, privacy, and governance, but it requires commitment to security best practices and sufficient resources for deployment and management.
Pros
- Efficient Service
- Respectful
- Fair
- Altruistic
Cons
- Inhibits Innovation
- Slower Product Innovation
- Less Reliable
Charvi P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2026
To automate data discovery privacy and complian.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BigID from other similar products?
Enterprise scale visibility and automated data mapping allow organizations to better understand their data landscape. It plays a vital role in improving collaboration between devops security compliance and data teams.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Compliance tracking and risk assessment features gdpr helps manage ccpa and other regulatory requirements. Dashboards and reporting are highly informative allowing data exposure and privacy risks to be quickly identified.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Permissions access controls and scanning policies need to be carefully managed in large enterprises. New users may experience a learning curve in understanding the platform's full capabilities and governance concepts.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Coordination between security governance and operational teams feels more structured and efficient. Compliance audits risk assessments and data governance initiatives become much easier to manage.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Inspires Innovation
Cons
- Commodity Features
- Less Efficient Service
- Less Generous
Bhanu P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2025
It's a nice user friendly tool for data privacy
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates BigID from other similar products?
Ease of use and BigID university for knowledge sharing
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
User friendly
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing much
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
You can use the tool and in case of any issues trainings are been provided by the team with proper details
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
