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We performed a comparison between Broadcom Test Data Manager and IBM Security Guardium Data Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Test Data Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection Report (Updated: September 2022).
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Pros
"I like the integration a lot. We use the test matching feature and the ability to make and find data.""It allows us to create a testing environment that is repeatable. And we can manage the data so that our testing becomes automated, everything from actually performing the testing to also evaluating the results.""​The scalability is outstanding. We're able to scale it to any size of data that we want. We can do small data sets, we can do large data sets.""​The masking of data has really been key for us to be able to replace PII with fake values.""I have always gotten a call back within an hour from CA's technical support solutions and they are a wonderful team to work with.""There is other stuff that they are working on right now, and that includes things like the vTDM or Virtual Test Data Management. That is where they have the ability to do test data clones. It is really neat because after doing some of that creation, or if you are going to do some subsetting, then you have a great looking database.""Data generation, data masking, and data subsetting are three key features of this tool.""TDM allows us to find the right test data for the test that we need, and then it also allows us to get the required data inputs into our API test, so that we can do a full test."

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"Gathering ​the data works very well. ​""The most valuable feature of the solution for the customers is the monitoring and full log of the database activity of privileged users.""Our internal audit is keeping an eye out, and making sure that we're in compliance. Having the Guardium solution and its reporting helps us get through that process a lot more quickly and efficiently.""Good data encryption and data masking features.""The most valuable feature is using the capture operation mode “S-TAP/K-TAP agent”, because all activities in the database are captured, including direct access to the database server by privileged users. This is useful because, even if the database server logs were deleted, the Guardium Collector has already stored such data to enable traceability of access.""Provides a unified key management system to help simplify encryption key management.""Audit Process Builder – Workflow generator to enhance audit tasks and compliance workflows.""The most valuable feature I have found is the performance of client monitoring. The other competitors are unable to do this."

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Cons
"A lot of research, data analysis, and work needs to be done on the source system in the tool which requires a data expert. This tool definitely requires a senior person to work on this issue, as it might be a challenge for a tester.""We are using a specific database. We are not using Oracle or SQL, Microsoft. We are using Teradata. There are some things that they don't have in their software. For example, when delivering data, they are not delivering them in the fastest possible way. There are some things which are faster.""Get everything centralized into the portal.""They could make it easier to model databases, because right now it is really technical, so to train someone on it takes a while.""The integration with various utilities is also really important. That still has to happen. That's a major area for improvement.""Needs a better fit and finish.""I would request to extend the data source support because there are a lot of cloud-native SaaS-based solutions in the market. Like, Azure has its data sources, Amazon-specific data sources, and there are a lot of proprietary data sources outside as well. I recommend the team to expand the data source support.""The relationship between cables needs to be added."

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"The most important requirements for us are integration with new database solutions and the ability to manage things like Jailbreak or something like that. Its reduction feature can also be improved. It has a functionality called reduction, which is like masking data, but it is just a replacement of characters. Sometimes the customer needs more than this. It would be good if it was more advanced or complete. We also have a problem with this solution because the IBM aggregator isn't working very well. IBM has created big data intelligence for Guardium, and occasionally, customers need three or four months of data, but they can't run it from the collectors. It can have a better dashboard and more pre-defined use cases for those customers who don't have any idea about data protection or don't have expert personnel in this area. For example, they can include five use cases for banks and five use cases for retail.""The solution could be improved for NoSQL databases.""An area for improvement would be the user interface - currently, it takes around two to three months to become comfortable using it.""It was difficult implementing it, configuring it, getting it up and running and in production. However, since then, I believe it has stabilized.""There are features like end-to-end and S-TAP mapping, and the ability to install policies for your configuration builder. They're not there, but we'd like to see them in the next version.""Sometimes the performance is not good, and also sometimes we have sudden bugs causing difficulties.""One of the limitations that everyone who uses Guardium knows is its ability for back-end reporting. The ability to collect it sometimes is easier than the ability to retrieve it, use it, or give a good representation of it for incidence response or questions which come from the different people who want to use the data.""Initially it did not have support external applications like, say, Tableau, ServiceNow, Remedy, and the like. They have started growing into it, but I would like to have more and more integration with outside applications."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It can be scaled for as many licenses as the customer is willing to pay. It's kind of expensive."
  • "Know all the data requirements before buying this product. There are a lot of features for this tool, which may or may not be useful to a particular company. Make sure of what your requirements for your data are."
  • "Part of the licensing is dependent on whether you want to use the portal. It's based on floating users. The other part is dependent on what type of system you are using. We are using mainframe, so we paid good money for a mainframe license."
  • "The cost of this tool is pretty high... CA provides licenses for different utilities like masking but even if you break it up, the pricing is still high."
  • "I would rate Broadcom TDM's pricing as four out of five."
  • "My company makes yearly payments toward the licensing costs. So, I consider the licensing costs to be expensive, especially considering what I have heard from my colleagues."
  • "Mainly, we compete with the IBM team and Informatica, and if you compare the license cost, Broadcom is too flexible. Depending on the customer's budget, we suggest they buy only respective SKUs, and it's much cheaper compared to others because we have gone over multiple deals where pricing was never a factor in differentiating products."
  • "The tool's pricing is high."
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  • "We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"
  • "I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."
  • "​If you are researching this type of solution, work with IBM."
  • "Guardium has not saved us time or money."
  • "The biggest challenge is the cost associated with the product, and the cost of maintaining. Everything is not translated directly to the benefits we see. There are benefits, yes, but if I were writing the check, would I buy Guardium? No."
  • "Guardium won mostly because of our scope and scale. It was able to perform at the scale that we wanted to use it. ​"
  • "The price of Guardium is higher than the main competitor, Imperva. In addition, it's complex as the calculation of the licensing is done by Processor Value Unit (PVU). However, before purchasing a DAP solution, it is important to analyze specific points to evaluate the cost-benefit of each tool. For example: Does the environment to be monitored have mainframes? If so, it's a point for Guardium. If not, a point for Imperva. Note: IBM is looking into a new licensing policy and reducing the price of Guardium."
  • "One of the deployments that I know of had three databases, and the yearly fees are approximately $50,000 USD."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution has a portal where we can create data. We can also create synthetic data with the help of the product. We can use it to create a new data set in the database, eliminating many issues. The… more »
    Top Answer:Broadcom Test Data Manager is for data management. I would like to see some extension with data warehousing concerning ETL. It should also integrate with Jira or other reporting tools. Currently… more »
    Top Answer:IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is a solution for database security from IBM that gives complete visibility, control, and analysis to secure sensitive data and comply with regulations IBM… more »
    Top Answer:It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity.
    Top Answer:IBM solutions have fair price strategy, and operates on a yearly basis. If it's a SaaS solution, then you can opt for yearly basis.
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    Also Known As
    CA Test Data Manager, DataMaker, DataFinder, Fast Data Masker, CA TDM
    InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium
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    Overview

    CA Test Data Manager offers an automated solution to one of the most time-consuming and resource-intensive problems in Continuous Delivery - creating, maintaining and provisioning of the test data needed to rigorously test evolving applications. CA Test Data Manager uniquely combines elements of data subsetting, masking and synthetic, on-demand data generation to enable testing teams to meet the agile needs of the organization.

    IBM Security Guardium Data Protection automatically discovers and classifies sensitive data from across the enterprise, providing real-time data activity monitoring and advanced user behavior analytics to help discover unusual activity around sensitive data.

    Deploy the solution to help discover regulated data in your data stores and use pre-built templates for regulations such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA, CCPA and many more, to streamline and automate compliance workflows.

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    Manheim, Arag
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    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm41%
    Transportation Company18%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Healthcare Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm40%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Insurance Company10%
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    Financial Services Firm28%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government9%
    Insurance Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise88%
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Small Business16%
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    Large Enterprise73%
    Buyer's Guide
    Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection
    September 2022
    Find out what your peers are saying about Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection and other solutions. Updated: September 2022.
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    Broadcom Test Data Manager is ranked 2nd in Test Data Management with 32 reviews while IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews. Broadcom Test Data Manager is rated 8.4, while IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Broadcom Test Data Manager writes "Helps to create synthetic data and new data sets ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection writes "Provides visibility, has a single console that shows all information, and collector-aggregator capabilities". Broadcom Test Data Manager is most compared with Delphix, IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM), Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), Tricentis Tosca and DATPROF, whereas IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security and Vormetric Application Crypto Suite. See our Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection report.

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