Nira
Data access governance for Google Drive, M365 and Dropbox
Overview
Nira gives IT and security teams real-time visibility into who has access to which files across Google Drive, Microsoft 365 and (since being acquired by Dropbox in 2024) Dropbox itself, plus bulk tools to find and revoke oversharing.
Use cases
What you can produce with Nira
- Real-time file-access visibility across Google Drive, M365 and Dropbox
- Bulk remediation for over-shared/externally-shared files
- External and "anyone with the link" sharing detection
- Per-account custom pricing (startup/SMB/enterprise tiers)
- Owned by Dropbox since Oct 2024; integrates with Dropbox Dash
ASEAN Perspective
Nira in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
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 Google Drive and Microsoft 365. What it actually does is unglamorous but useful: surface every file with external or "anyone with the link" sharing, show who has access to what across an org's entire Drive or SharePoint, and let admins bulk-remediate the risky stuff instead of clicking through file by file.
It's a narrow tool by design — access governance and light DLP, not a full CASB or DSPM platform — and pricing is quote-only, scaled by account count. Fits IT/security teams at Workspace- or M365-heavy orgs that have never had visibility into sharing sprawl. Given the Dropbox ownership, expect deeper roadmap tie-in to Dash over time; verify current data-residency terms for ASEAN compliance before buying.
What people say
Nira's own G2 and Capterra pages show a smaller review base than category leaders like Vanta or Material Security, but the sentiment in what's there is consistently positive on two specific points: ease of use and the clarity of its access-visibility reporting. Reviewers describe getting useful sharing-risk data quickly after setup, without a long implementation project — a meaningful difference from broader CASB/DSPM tools that often need weeks of tuning before they're trustworthy.
The most commonly cited limitation is scope: Nira's depth is strongest on Google Workspace, and reviewers note the reporting is comparatively basic if you're looking for the level of policy customization a dedicated DSPM platform offers. That's consistent with Nira's own positioning — it's an access-governance point solution, not a full data-security platform.
The bigger story since the stub entry was written is ownership. Dropbox acquired Nira in October 2024 to power Dropbox Dash for Business, its AI-driven universal search and content-governance product. At the time, Nira's founder said explicitly the standalone product would keep running as customers knew it, and as of mid-2026 that holds — nira.com is live, still pitches itself as an independent Data Access Governance system, and now markets Dropbox itself (not just Google Drive and Microsoft 365) as a platform it can govern. That's a logical move for Dropbox: Nira's remediation tooling gives Dash a governance layer for the file-sharing sprawl problem that pure search doesn't solve.
Pricing remains fully custom — per-account, tiered informally by company size (startup/SMB/enterprise) — with no published numbers, so budget conversations start with a sales call rather than a rate card.
Net: a real, still-independently-operated product with new backing rather than a startup running out of runway, but buyers should ask directly how the Dropbox relationship affects the roadmap and data-handling terms going forward, since that's the one thing that's genuinely changed since acquisition.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
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