Acronis DeviceLock DLP is a commercial data loss prevention tool by Acronis International GmbH. Wipedicks is a free data loss prevention tool. Compare features, ratings, integrations, and community reviews side by side to find the best data loss prevention fit for your security stack.
CST VerdictBased on our analysis of NIST CSF 2.0 coverage, core features, integrations, company size fit, here is our conclusion:
SMB and mid-market teams with virtualized workforces will find the most value in Acronis DeviceLock DLP, which handles endpoint DLP across RDS, Citrix, and VMware environments without requiring separate agents per platform. The combination of USB blocking, application-level controls, and native Active Directory integration means enforcement works immediately after Group Policy deployment. Skip this if your organization relies heavily on cloud-native infrastructure or needs behavioral analytics; DeviceLock's strength is prevention through rigid policy, not detection of anomalous user activity, which leaves the ID.RA risk assessment piece incomplete without external SIEM correlation.
Teams managing endpoint decommissioning and secure data destruction on a tight budget should use Wipedicks; it does one thing well,overwriting data with randomized ASCII characters to make recovery genuinely difficult,and costs nothing. The free pricing model and 134 GitHub stars indicate active maintenance and real adoption among practitioners who need to wipe drives before hardware leaves the building. Skip this if you need centralized DLP policy enforcement or recovery from live exfiltration; Wipedicks is strictly for the disposal phase, not prevention.
Endpoint DLP solution for discovering, protecting, and monitoring sensitive data
A secure file and drive wiping tool that overwrites data with randomized ASCII characters to prevent data recovery.
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Acronis DeviceLock DLP: Endpoint DLP solution for discovering, protecting, and monitoring sensitive data. built by Acronis International GmbH. Core capabilities include Endpoint data loss prevention controls, USB device control and allowlisting, Network protocol and application controls..
Wipedicks: A secure file and drive wiping tool that overwrites data with randomized ASCII characters to prevent data recovery..
Both serve the Data Loss Prevention market but differ in approach, feature depth, and target audience.
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