IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] comparison

"Gathering ​the data works very well. ​"

"Good data encryption and data masking features."

"he solution offers trouble-free access."

"What I like about IBM Guardium Data Protection is that some of its features were deployed by collectors during the installation phase. The solution has collector and aggregator features, license installation, and even server patches that you won't find in other security providers. I like the collector-aggregator capabilities of IBM Guardium Data Protection where you install each component on separate servers, then on the aggregator, you collect all the logs on a central server or central console."

"Our ability to see when users are accessing sensitive data."

"Easy to set up data activity monitoring solution that provides competent technical support. Scalable, stable, and has good performance."

"The front-end works very well."

"The features I like are the robust policies, which allow us to create customized monitoring based on specific activities."

"The feature I have found most valuable is activity monitoring."

"The support is very good. They are very quick to respond when we have issues."

"The technical support is good; they are knowledgeable."

"The price of this solution is quite high for smaller organizations, so they should release a version that is affordable for small and medium-sized businesses."

"Personally, I would not recommend this product."

"Guardium's storage capabilities could use some improvement. I'd also like to have some better integration using digital technology or a connector."

"The ability for Central Managers to talk to one another could be improved. I have 26 Central Managers and 26 silos which are independent."

"Performance and the ability to use resources could be improved."

"The solution lacks control over database security."

"Guardium could be improved in the area of data encryption."

"I would like to see a lot of additional reporting and analytics features. They have basic outlier detection, but I would love to see that go further, and model it after analytics tools like Splunk."

"In the next feature, I'd like to see more integrations and updates overall, specifically bottom tech."

"The UI needs to be improved."

"Technical support could be more responsive."

"Guardium won mostly because of our scope and scale. It was able to perform at the scale that we wanted to use it. ​"

"We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"

"The price of the solution could be better."

"It is a very costly product."

"Guardium has not saved us time or money."

"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."

"Reasonable cost but could be lower."

"IBM Guardium Data Protection charges you based on the number of users, e.g. based on the number of licenses, and it's either on a per-license or a per-data basis."

"It's not expensive compared to other products that are available."