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IDERA SQL Secure vs Oracle Audit Vault comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Secure
Ranking in Database Security
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Audit Vault
Ranking in Database Security
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Secure is 2.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Audit Vault is 8.1%, down from 14.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Audit Vault8.1%
IDERA SQL Secure2.5%
Other89.4%
Database Security
 

Featured Reviews

it_user530130 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Enginner at a tech company with 51-200 employees
It provides printable reports and security configuration advice.
We were about to receive a group level audit when we deployed Idera SQL Secure. In a previous audit, we had received some bad ratings and advice on security for our SQL Server instances. Idera SQL Secure comes bundled with the best practices rules, advice and polices from Microsoft and other standards organizations. It is able to take snapshots of the current state of the servers for which it was configured to monitor, match that state against these best practice rules, and present you with a report. With that report, you can take action on what is right or wrong. With this tool at hand, we were able to fix all of our issues, but there were a few which didn't apply to our specific case. Furthermore, our Information Security Officer and internal auditing department are now able to monitor better and have a clear picture on the security state of our SQL Server instances at any point in time.
Tapas Karmakar - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Technology Artchitect And Specialist at Wizertech
Auditing has become tamper-proof and now secures sensitive financial transaction data
The most useful feature of Oracle Audit Vault is its ability to ensure that audits are immutable, as mandated by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs guidelines whenever an audit is happening for a single transaction, mainly for financial transactions. It separates the Oracle databases' information that is being audited and stores it in a separate location where no user has access, including the Oracle Audit Vault admin, ensuring that no one can change or modify that particular record, providing utmost security. User activity reports in Oracle Audit Vault are fantastic, informative, and specific. When a user makes any changes, both the pre-change values and the post-change values are captured and presented to the auditors perfectly, showing what the particular column had before and after the update, along with the user who made the change and the time of the change. Regarding automated policy enforcement in Oracle Audit Vault, I have experience with it, and I find it very important. Oracle Audit Vault fully supports compliance management for companies, with no doubt about its capability to maintain compliance from both audit and security threat perspectives. The correlation engine in Oracle Audit Vault is effective. It includes a data firewall as part of its features, so the threat mechanism allows users to block, snip, and capture all threats happening in the network.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Shut up and pay."
"This is a configuration-based product that offers you full control of the audit settings and the configurations and helps in generating all the required reports as per the compliance while even helping in customizing the reports as per your choice."
"It has reduced the stress of collecting database event logs in silos from each database."
"Oracle Audit Vault's best feature, if configured well and used effectively, includes the blocking and Database Firewall part that makes an impact because it allows you to filter SQLs on the fly and have more control over database access."
"Audit Vault is a good Oracle tool to collect all database audit information in a single database repository for managing database security."
"Oracle Database Firewall, Database Vault and Data hiding tools present a layered security approach to protecting, controlling, auditing and hiding sensitive data and access to sensitive data."
"All companies are looking to secure their data because people around the world are stealing data from IT, banks, and other companies."
"Our clients can see all of their past actions or the wrong activity done on the network. We can load the diagnostics for the business."
"The out-of-the-box reports feature is most valuable because it covers most of the useful auditing features that you might need."
 

Cons

"Usability and installation procedure could be made easier."
"It is an expensive solution. For those customers who do not have any ULA agreements with Oracle, the solution is practically impossible to acquire."
"Customized reporting is something that we are struggling with, and it is quite tough for us."
"For technical support, I find it only sustainable. I am not satisfied with the technical support provided."
"I hear from many people that say IBM Guardian is better than Oracle Audit Vault when it comes to performance. IBM Guardian works transparently in the database, but Oracle Audit Vault consumes some ratios on the server."
"We constantly have stability issues."
"The underlying mechanism for collecting SQL statements (REDO collector) is still based on Oracle Streams technology."
"This kind of solution should supply more analytical data for the traffic that comes in."
"All departments of this product need to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Oracle can be an expensive solution depending on the options and user needs."
"The licensing cost is about $360,000, annually."
"For the bank, the license was $48,000 last time. That was the licensing for the bank on just one license."
"This solution is definitely not expensive, and it is a small fraction of the overall database licensing costs."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
Retailer
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Audit Vault?
I don't know anything about the pricing aspect, as that is usually handled by my boss, Eric. Mr. Eric handles all procurement, licensing, and agreements with the clients.
What needs improvement with Oracle Audit Vault?
In terms of potential areas of improvement for Oracle Audit Vault, I have raised two observations to Oracle. One observation concerns the alert mechanism that sometimes sends false alerts, such as ...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Audit Vault?
My team and I have handled projects for banks and production companies, where security concerns were major. We implemented Oracle Audit Vault where auditing the infrastructure data was required, al...
 

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Audit Vault
 

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Sample Customers

Charles Schwab; Old National Bank; Sharp; Premera; HomeServer USA; Target Australia Pyt Ltd.; Skygen USA; South African National Blood Service
Abu Dhabi Department of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Educational Testing Service, Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd., SPC Brasil, REDISA, Qatar Olympic Committee, Seneca College, Hunan Social Insurance Management and Service Bureau,
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