COMPARISONS
How Sonomos fits next to other approaches.
Sonomos is one layer of a privacy stack, not a replacement for the rest of it. These pages spell out what Sonomos is good at, what it isn't, and where it overlaps with the other categories of tooling teams already run.
Sonomos vs. Cloud-Based Data Loss Prevention
Cloud DLP platforms inspect outbound traffic at a corporate gateway or via API integrations with sanctioned apps. They are mature for email, file shares, and managed SaaS. They are awkward for the AI-…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Enterprise Privacy Platforms
Enterprise privacy platforms (think governance, consent, and data-mapping suites) help organisations inventory the personal data they hold, manage subject-rights requests, and document compliance post…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Enterprise AI Plans
The major AI providers offer enterprise tiers with stronger contractual terms: no training on your data, longer or shorter retention windows, SOC 2 reports, region pinning, and admin controls. These t…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Generic Browser Content Blockers
Generic content blockers (ad blockers, tracker blockers, full-site blockers) operate at the network layer of the browser. They can prevent connections to a domain or stop scripts from loading. They ca…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Staff Training and Policy Alone
Most organisations start with the same control: a memo telling staff not to paste client data into AI tools, plus an annual training module. Training matters — it shapes culture and creates legal defe…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Self-Hosted and On-Premise AI
Running a model on your own infrastructure — Ollama, LM Studio, a private OpenAI API deployment, or a VPC-hosted endpoint — eliminates one risk: the model provider can no longer read your prompts. Tha…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. AI API Gateways and Proxies
AI API gateways sit between your applications and the upstream model provider. They centralise rate limiting, cost management, audit logging, model routing, and sometimes content filtering for API-bas…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. VPN and Zero Trust Network Access
VPN and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions secure the transport layer and enforce identity-based access controls. They answer the question 'who is allowed to connect, and to what?' They do not…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Internal AI Portals and Private AI Deployments
Many organisations build an internal AI portal — a private ChatGPT-like interface backed by Azure OpenAI, Bedrock, or a similar managed endpoint, with SSO, role-based access, audit logging, rate limit…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Prompt Engineering and System Prompts
System prompts instruct the model how to behave — including instructions like 'do not repeat any personal information the user provides' or 'refuse to process medical records.' These are behavioral co…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. Microsoft Purview Information Protection
Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection) is a mature enterprise DLP and sensitivity-labelling platform tightly integrated with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. It e…
Read comparisonSonomos vs. CASB and Secure Service Edge Platforms
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) and Secure Service Edge (SSE) platforms — Netskope, Zscaler Private Access, Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE, and similar — inspect and govern outbound traffic at th…
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