GEODI DSPM vs IRI DarkShield

GEODI DSPM is a data security posture management platform for discovering, classifying, and governing structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-premises environments. Its AI-powered discovery searches sources such as file servers, Microsoft Teams, S3, MinIO, file shares, and databases. Users can classify Office, SharePoint, OWA, and legacy data manually or automatically, with custom classifications and DLP integration. Workflows can delete, mask, encrypt, or quarantine data across cloud and on-premises systems, databases, and email platforms. GEODI provides visibility into permissions and high-risk access, with consent-based remediation workflows for data owners and DPOs. GEODI Q supports cloud or on-premises LLM deployments, prompt-driven discovery, automated classification, and custom AI assistants. The vendor says it connects to 200+ data sources through adapters and provides an API for integrations and custom development. The web application runs on customer servers; the vendor says internet access is not required to install or run it. Pricing depends on features, data size, and user count and is available from the sales team. The plan is described as an on-premises yearly or 3-year subscription. The vendor describes GEODI DSPM as purpose-built for CISOs, DPOs, and IT managers.

IRI DarkShield finds, classifies, extracts, reports on, and masks sensitive information in structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Searches can use regular expressions, lookup values, path filters, or named-entity recognition with NLP and machine learning. Masking options include deletion, encryption, hashing, pseudonymization, and randomization. Sources range from local or SMB files and cloud object storage to JDBC databases and NoSQL collections. Jobs can run through IRI Workbench, command-line tools, batch scripts, or API-calling programs; Version 6 added REST API support. An exportable HTML5 dashboard shows what sensitive data was found and whether it was masked, while logs can go to SIEM tools such as Splunk Enterprise Security and Datadog. DarkShield runs within customer-controlled infrastructure, on premises or in a customer-controlled cloud. It supports Windows, Linux, and macOS, with at least 4 GB RAM and two cores recommended. Pricing starts at $5,490, and a 30-day trial is listed. Standalone licenses are perpetual and charged per hostname; first-year support is included, with later support available at 20% of the license-fee basis per year.