Differences among the features of DSC Free Edition, DSC Enterprise Edition, and DSC Value-added Plan - Data Security Center

Data Security Center (DSC) provides different paid editions to meet different requirements of data security governance scenarios. This topic describes the features supported by DSC and the differences between the features of different editions.

Note

The following symbols are used in the table:

×: indicates that the edition does not support the feature.
√: indicates that the edition supports the feature.

You cannot upgrade or renew DSC Free Edition. If the free resource specifications cannot meet your business requirements, we recommend that you purchase a paid edition of DSC to ensure continuous data security. For more information, see Purchase DSC.

Category	Feature	Free Edition	Enterprise Edition	Value-added Plan
Asset Center	Asset authorization and access	√ The Object Storage Service (OSS) and Simple Log Service protection capacity and the number of database instances cannot exceed the free resource specifications provided by DSC.	√	√ You are provided with 500 database instances free of charge each month. You cannot purchase instances or upgrade instance specifications.
Classification of sensitive data	Identification, classification, and grading of sensitive data	√ The OSS and Simple Log Service identification capacity and the number of database tables cannot exceed the free resource specifications provided by DSC.	√	√
Risk governance	Security baseline check	√ You are provided with 51 check items. Check items in Alibaba Cloud Data Security Best Practices are supported, and check items in PIPL-based Security Baseline Check are not supported. The check items on the Baseline Check > Baseline Management page shall prevail.	√	√
	Data masking	×	√	×
	Column encryption	√ You can encrypt only one column.	√	√ By default, you can encrypt only one column. You can enable the column encryption feature to purchase more quotas.
OSS leak detection	Detection of AccessKey pair leaks	√	√	You must enable the data detection and response feature.
OSS leak detection	Leaked AccessKey pair-based access alert and governance	×	√
Database leak detection	Detection of database account and password leaks	√	√
Database leak detection	Governance of leaked instances and accounts	×	√
Data auditing	Log auditing and storage	√ The first time you activate DSC Free Edition, 5 GB of log storage is provided in the first month. If you require log storage capacity in the succeeding months, you must enable the log storage feature, which is a value-added feature provided by DSC.	√	You must enable the data detection and response feature.
Data auditing	Audit alerting	√	√	You must enable the data detection and response feature.
System settings	Alert notifications	√	√	√
	Whitelist management	×	√	√
	OSS synchronization	√	√	√
	Data domain management	√	√	√
	Multi-account management feature	×	√	√

References

For more information about DSC Free Edition, see DSC Free Edition.Data Security Center (DSC)
For more information about the billing of different editions of DSC, see Billing overview.Data Security Center (DSC)
Certain asset types support only specific features of DSC. For more information, see Supported data asset types.