Cyera vs Sentra for sensitive-data classification and the action after it

AWS Marketplace lists both under the same kind of name: Cyera Cloud Data Security Platform and Sentra Cloud Data Security Platform. A shortlist that stops at “DSPM platform versus cloud DSPM” does not tell you which action is in the quote. Cyera’s DSPM page lists 30 or more remediation actions, including revoke access, mask data, trigger a workflow, or route the issue to the data owner. Sentra’s pricing page says scanning stays inside your environment and that data does not leave your perimeter.

On the AI path the named controls also differ. Cyera’s Omni DLP page describes a decision layer for data moving across email, cloud, and AI, and it says Omni DLP sits above existing DLP enforcement points rather than replacing them. Sentra’s Shadow AI DLP post (4 Aug 2026) describes a browser control: local classification of a paste or upload, then Block, Justify, Verify, Allow, or no enforcement, before the content reaches the AI provider. Sentra says that browser control is not a replacement for email, network, or endpoint DLP. Sentra versus Concentric is a different pair under Sentra vs Concentric.

	Cyera	Sentra
Data-security job	Agentless classification across cloud, SaaS, DBaaS, and on-prem, then a named action on the store or a DLP decision above the controls you already run	Agentless classification inside your environment, including shadow and duplicate data, then browser policy on an AI paste plus labels other DLP tools already enforce
Action you can point at	Revoke access, mask, workflow, or owner routing. Omni DLP writes, tests, and tunes policy across email, cloud, and AI	Shadow AI DLP: Block, Justify, Verify, Allow, or no enforcement on paste and upload. Classification runs on the device
Where the scan runs	Cyera DSPM says data can stay in your cloud or on-prem deployment, or you can use Cyera SaaS	Pricing page: ephemeral scanning inside your environment. No data leaves your perimeter
Public price	12-month AWS contract for Cloud Data Security Platform plus 24×7 support: 50,000.00 USD up to 25 TB, 100,000.00 USD up to 100 TB, 250,000.00 USD up to 250 TB	Quote on data-at-rest volume. AWS names four 12-month plans and a per-gigabyte count, without stating how many gigabytes each plan includes
Who runs it	Data-security team that needs a datastore action or a DLP decision in the same quote as classification	Data-security team that needs the scan to stay in-environment and a decision on browser AI pastes

That review is about Sentra’s risk class and the need to tune it. Cyera’s DSPM page makes the same kind of claim from the other side: an AI-native classifier for data that is unique to the business, with a stated 95%+ precision and no manual rules. A misclassified file changes which revoke, mask, or block action fires. Ask both demos to show a company-specific class, not only a credit-card pattern.

Cyera

Sentra

Editions and pricing

Cyera’s AWS Marketplace dimensions name the product, the cap, the support, and the term. Sentra’s own pricing page is a quote tied to volume of data at rest across IaaS, PaaS, DBaaS, SaaS, and on-premises. Sentra’s AWS listing names Standard, Essential, Advanced, and Enterprise as 12-month plans and says each plan bills by gigabytes of data at rest that Sentra discovers and classifies. The listing does not state how many gigabytes those plans include, so the dollar figures are omitted here.

	Cyera	Sentra
How you buy it	12-month AWS contract. Fees are non-cancellable and non-refundable except as required by law	Quote from Sentra. AWS also lists 12-month plan names
Currency, unit, period	USD. One package per 12 months. Standard: up to 25 TB. Business: up to 100 TB. Enterprise: up to 250 TB	Sentra.io prices by volume of data at rest. The AWS text adds a per-gigabyte count. Gigabytes included in each named plan: not found in this research
Dollar on the public listing	50,000.00 USD, 100,000.00 USD, and 250,000.00 USD for the three packages above	Omitted. The plan price and the gigabyte quantity are not both stated
Included product text	Cloud Data Security Platform and 24×7 support, plus the terabyte cap. The dimension text does not name Omni DLP	Sentra Cloud Data Security Platform. The listing does not map plan names to Shadow AI DLP or to a gigabyte cap

Match the quote to the package text. A Cyera order at 50,000.00 USD is the Standard Package of Cloud Data Security Platform and 24×7 support up to 25 TB for 12 months. It is not, on that line, a named Omni DLP subscription. A Sentra order still needs the gigabyte quantity and the module list in the quote.

Classification and the next action

	Cyera	Sentra
What gets classified	Structured and unstructured data, including data unique to the business, across cloud, SaaS, DBaaS, and on-prem. Shadow data is in the DSPM solution brief	Sensitive data at rest in cloud, SaaS, and on-prem, including shadow and duplicate copies. The AWS listing names duplication, misconfiguration, over-permissioning, and unauthorized access
Risk inputs	Sensitivity, business purpose, access activity, and exposure, rolled into a severity score	Classification plus where the data lives, who owns it, and which policy already applies. The PeerSpot review says you tune the classifiers
Datastore action	30 or more actions: revoke access, mask, predefined workflow, or route to the owner	Findings tied to the cloud account and the spot where the data sits, for securing or deleting data that should not be there. A numbered action catalog like Cyera’s 30+ list: not found in this research
Copy tracking	Shadow data and business context are named. A lineage view across ETL, backup, and migration copies: not found in this research	Shadow AI DLP and the AWS listing both treat duplicate and shadow data as something the scan is there to find. A field-by-field lineage diagram: not found in this research

Both will say they find sensitive data without an agent. The check is the action after the class. For Cyera, ask the demo to revoke or mask one overexposed object and to show the workflow that fired. For Sentra, ask the demo to show a duplicate or shadow copy, the class it assigned, and what you changed in the classifier when the class was wrong.

DLP you already run, and the AI paste

	Cyera	Sentra
Relationship to existing DLP	Omni DLP sits above current enforcement points. It does not replace them. It correlates alerts with sensitivity and access, and it writes, tests, and tunes policy	Shadow AI DLP is not email, network, or endpoint DLP. Sentra says it applies sensitivity labels that tools such as Microsoft Purview already enforce, and that it partners with other DLP products
AI-specific control	Omni DLP names email, cloud, and AI as channels it decides on before data moves. A browser extension with Block, Justify, and Verify: not found in this research	Browser extension. Local classification against the same data classes. Actions are Block, Justify, Verify, Allow, or no enforcement. Sentra says it does not receive the original prompt
What you can test in a pilot	One existing DLP alert re-scored with Cyera’s class and access context, plus one revoke or mask on a datastore	One shadow copy of production data, plus one paste of a known class into an AI app that should block or require a written reason

Neither product page says it rips out the DLP stack you already pay for. Cyera’s named addition is the decision layer and the datastore actions. Sentra’s named addition on the AI channel is the browser decision, fed by classes from the in-environment scan.

Where they overlap

Both discover and classify sensitive data without an agent. Both can keep the bytes in your environment: Cyera offers an in-environment deployment as well as SaaS, and Sentra says data does not leave your perimeter. Both use access and ownership in the risk, not only a regex hit. Both now describe an AI path that depends on those classes. Both also say they work with DLP controls you already have, rather than being the only enforcement point for email and endpoints. An RFP that only says “DSPM” will get two credible responses. The rows above are the parts a buyer can check without treating the products as opposites.

When to use both

Running both is reasonable when the actions are different: Cyera’s revoke, mask, and Omni DLP decisioning on one side, Sentra’s in-environment scan and browser paste policy on the other. It is waste when both are only classifying the same stores and opening two tickets for the same object. Keep one owner for the class name so a file is not “customer data” in one tool and “public” in the other.

Book the demo around that action. Cyera’s published 12-month packages are 50,000.00 USD up to 25 TB, 100,000.00 USD up to 100 TB, and 250,000.00 USD up to 250 TB, for Cloud Data Security Platform and 24×7 support. Sentra still needs the gigabyte quantity and the module list on the quote. The package name on both AWS listings is a cloud data security platform. The difference is the action, not that label.