IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting comparison

"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."

"The front-end works very well."

"Ease of deployment is a valuable feature."

"We are using it to do a lot of data discovery from a data classification for structured data."

"We appreciate its ease of implementation and the local support available for the product."

"It has automated a bunch of manual tasks, giving us insights into activities that we would not otherwise be able to capture."

"It does not require our involvement to run it. It runs in the background and the people that do the reporting do so. The reports go to the directors who are in charge of the various data areas. It's pretty clean. Clearly there is some setup, but after you get it set up it just goes."

"The most valuable features have been how easy it is to deploy and use, as well as the comprehensive monitoring options. These are a few things that customers like most about this product."

"This solution delivers the value that it is supposed to deliver."

"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."

"We have had some issues with patches breaking things unexpectedly in our environments."

"The solution lacks control over database security."

"I would like them to support cloud services."

"Sometimes the performance is not good, and also sometimes we have sudden bugs causing difficulties."

"The technical support is very poor."

"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."

"Right now, we're in the development phase for IBM Guardium Data Protection, so I don't have any recommendations about additional features and room for improvement in the solution. We're very excited to work on IBM Guardium Data Protection because we are new to the solution, and we're still exploring product features. We're very excited about integrations and use case creation, and it's only after six to eight months that I'll be able to share my recommendations in terms of additional features the solution should have. We did find some difficulty in deploying IBM Guardium Data Protection here in Pakistan because of the lack of resources."

"There are not a lot of templates available to use, so we had to start many things from scratch."

"Reasonable cost but could be lower."

"I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."

"It's an expensive solution"

"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."

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

"Guardium's pricing is quite high, but it gives good value for money for all sizes of enterprises, especially for partners."

"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."

"The product's pricing is reasonable and affordable. It is in the moderate range."