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ALTR Data Access Control and Security

byALTR
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5.0
Market Presence: Data Security Platforms, Data Masking (Transitioning to Data Masking and Synthetic Data)

Overview

Product Information on ALTR Data Access Control and Security

Updated 10th May 2023

What is ALTR Data Access Control and Security?

ALTR provides data access control to automate data governance and security at scale. Data classification, role-based access controls, dynamic data masking, real-time rate limiting, and alerting are available through a point and click user interface or via APIs. The interface enables non-technical users to control and protect data without knowing how to code. It can accelerate the time it takes to make new data and workloads available to users.  The platform is SaaS, requiring no on-premises hardware or installation. Automated policy enforcement minimizes the time spent on manual user access management, and open-source integrations with many leading Data Catalogs and ETL/ELT providers allow policies to follow sensitive data through data pipelines into data catalogs and new data stores. ALTR connects with data warehouses including Snowflake, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Redshift. Real-time security alerts can be delivered directly to enterprise SIEM, SOC or SOAR security solutions.

ALTR Data Access Control and Security Pricing

Free for life plan on Snowflake Enterprise is $10 per data user per month Enterprise Plus offers custom pricing

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Overall experience with ALTR Data Access Control and Security

Director, Cyber Security Engineering
3B - 10B USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Immediate Value Returned by ALTR”

5.0
Aug 11, 2025
Very pleased with the ALTR platform and how well the solution integrates with our existing architecture. The ALTR support and account team is very responsive and incorporates our feedback into the products roadmap.
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 4th February 2025

ALTR's Data Security Platform allows companies to govern and protect sensitive and regulated data in the cloud and on-premises. Financial services, healthcare and retail customers leverage ALTR’s platform to gain visibility into data usage, automate data access controls including dynamic data masking and policy enforcement, and secure data with rate-limiting, alerting and tokenization. ALTR’s open-source partner ecosystem integrations with ETLs and data catalogs enable scalable on-premises-to-cloud data governance and security.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2017
Head office location
Melbourne, United States
Number of employees
51 - 200
Annual Revenue
<50M USD
Website
https://altr.com

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Reviewer Insights for: ALTR Data Access Control and Security

ALTR Data Access Control and Security Likes & Dislikes

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Ease of deployment that returns immediate value and visibility.

Like

We appreciate ALTR's ability to limit user access to sensitive data in real time and that ALTR exists in the cloud services layer so there's no additional compute-cost for using their products. While we are very impressed with the functionality of ALTR itself, we are most impressed with ALTR's commitment to understanding our security structure prior to ALTR's implementation and customizing their product to fit with our existing practices.

Like

It is a key part of our security posture - not having the data stored is a 'last mile' defense that is hard to beat. It has informed our risk posture, our insurance profile, ...etc

Dislike

Given the easy of deployment of the ALTR platform, it would be awesome to see more databases and warehouses supported at scale.

Dislike

ALTR's biggest weakness was that its masking policies were user-based rather than role-based. That being said, the ALTR team created a promising work around to allow us to have role-based functionality with a negligible effect on query performance.

Dislike

Integrating the driver into our technology stack took some work as we have 20 yrs of use-cases stored and not all are applicable to the ALTR security solution.

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5.0

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Evaluation & Contracting

4.7

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4.3

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5.0

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  • Director, Cyber Security Engineering
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Immediate Value Returned by ALTR

    5.0
    Aug 11, 2025
    Very pleased with the ALTR platform and how well the solution integrates with our existing architecture. The ALTR support and account team is very responsive and incorporates our feedback into the products roadmap.
  • Data Literacy and Data Analytics
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Integrating ALTR's Security Product Seamlessly into Existing Structure

    5.0
    Jul 25, 2024
    ALTR is an excellent product for added real-time security (throttling access and masking sensitive data) in the cloud services layer. The ALTR team has gone above and beyond ensuring their product integrates seamlessly with our existing security structure.
  • CHIEF AVAILABILITY OFFICER / SVP
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    ALTR is a unique solution that provides unmatched value for reducing risk.

    5.0
    Apr 26, 2024
    ALTR has partnered deeply with us throughout our journey of integrating several pieces of their technology. Working through the inevitable challenges that surface, and assisting us (beyond their tech) as we deploy and scale. Very knowledgeable, helpful and responsive.
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