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Cyera

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Founded 2021·New York · Tel Aviv·≈$12B valuation (reported)·Acquired Trail Security, 2024·LAST UPDATED 07-2026

Cyera consolidates discovery, detection and — via Trail — DLP across cloud, SaaS and warehouses in one contract: the closest thing to the full data-security-platform thesis available standalone. The price of that breadth is a young on-prem story and a scan architecture you should verify in the PoC, not accept from the deck.

Company milestones
  • 2021Founded — New York and Tel Aviv
  • 06-2024$300M raised at a $3B valuation
  • 10-2024Acquires Trail Security for $162M — adds DLP
  • 11-2024$300M raised at $6B
  • 2025Reported $12B valuation
  • 03-2026Databricks connector generally available

Where it fits

Cloud-first, multi-cloud estates consolidating point tools

Snowflake / Databricks coverage in the same contract as SaaS

Teams that need remediation workflows, not another dashboard

Where it doesn’t

On-prem-heavy file-share estates

Hard in-tenant-only scanning mandates, until the PoC proves scope

Point-tool budgets under ~$50k a year

Coverage

Microsoft 365
SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange
AWS
S3, RDS, DynamoDB, EBS
Google Cloud
GCS yes; BigQuery partial — verify
Snowflake / DBX
Snowflake native; Databricks young
On-prem shares
Connector-based, newer capability
SaaS apps
M365, Workspace, Salesforce — depth varies
Every store, with caveats
Cloud
AWSS3, RDS, DynamoDB, EBS — full API coverage
AzureBlob, SQL, ADLS
GCPGCS covered; BigQuery partial — verify
Warehouse
SnowflakeNative, column-level classification
DatabricksConnector GA 03-2026 — young
SaaS
Microsoft 365SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange
Google WorkspaceDrive covered; Gmail partial
SalesforceObjects and files
On-prem
File sharesConnector-based, newer capability
DatabasesCommon engines; depth varies
GenAI
Copilot / promptsVia Trail DLP — partially shipped, verify scope

Scan architecture

Agentless — but content samples leave your tenant during scans.

Your tenantmetadata + content samplesCyera cloud
AgentlessSOC 2 Type IIISO 27001US + EU regionsSplunk · SentinelJira · ServiceNow

Operational load

~1
FTE to run it after month one
4–8 wks
to a tuned state
Medium
tuning burden — context-tied alerts

Expect a triage backlog after the first full scan. First findings arrive inside a week; volume settles with scoping.

Pricing

$80k–250k a year — reported, not verified.

$$$$$$$$$$
ModelPlatform fee plus capacity tiers per data store
EvidenceAWS Marketplace (private offers) · no published list price · no GSA schedule found
RenewalUplift pressure reported at year two — negotiate caps up front

Reviews

● FAVORABLE
You get visibility and then — so what? The remediation workflow is what you're actually evaluating.verified deployment · r/cybersecurity
○ CRITICAL
Haven't yet seen a successful deployment.competing vendor's engineer, same thread — weigh accordingly

Reddit mentions of Cyera include verifiable customers and seeded accounts, both for and against it. We weight named, checkable reports only.

Evaluation checklist

  1. Where exactly does classification run, and what leaves our tenant during a scan?
  2. How much of the Trail DLP integration is shipping today versus roadmap?
  3. What alert volume did your last three customers our size see in week one?

Sources

6 sources, dated
Connector documentation07-2026
AWS Marketplace listing07-2026
Trail acquisition announcement10-2024
Series C/D funding announcements2024–25
Trust center — data handling07-2026
Databricks connector release note03-2026

Alternatives

Compared most often with Sentra · BigID · Varonis