Abnormal Security vs Material Security vs Nightfall AI vs Nira
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Abnormal Security
Behavioral AI email security (now Abnormal AI)
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Material Security
Retroactive Gmail/M365 mailbox security, not just inbound filtering
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Nightfall AI
ML-based DLP tuned for SaaS, email, and AI apps.
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Nira
Data access governance for Google Drive, M365 and Dropbox
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Paid | Enterprise |
| Free tier | Free risk assessment available | — | — | — |
| Paid from | Enterprise custom pricing | — | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 2000+ enterprise customers | — | — | — |
| Founded | 2018 | 2017 | — | 2020 |
| Maker | Evan Reiser, Sanjay Jeyakumar | — | — | — |
| Verdict | Abnormal — rebranded Abnormal AI in April 2025 — remains the reference AI-native email security platform. Behavioral models baseline normal communication patterns, then catch the BEC, phishing and account-takeover attemp... |
Most email security tools only look at mail as it arrives; Material Security's differentiator is going backward too — scanning years of historical mailbox content for exposed sensitive data and locking down old messages... |
Nightfall's pitch is that machine-learning detectors beat regex at the false-positive game, and reviewers largely back that up: teams say it rolls out and tunes faster than legacy DLP, with a simple end-user notification... |
Acquired by Dropbox in October 2024, Nira didn't get folded into Dropbox Dash and shut down — it kept its own brand, its own pricing page and its own customer base, while adding Dropbox as a governed platform alongside G... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.