Oracle Audit Vault vs jSonar comparison

Imperva and Oracle are both solutions in the Database Security category. Imperva is ranked #11, while Oracle is ranked #3 with an average rating of 6.0. Imperva holds a 1.8% mindshare in DS, compared to Oracle’s 14.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Imperva users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Oracle Audit Vault and jSonar are in the database security and compliance space, each offering unique strengths. jSonar holds an advantage with its cross-platform support and detailed data analytics, making it more suitable for diverse environments.

Features: Oracle Audit Vault provides seamless integration with Oracle databases, advanced audit data collection, and centralized security management. jSonar offers cross-platform support, extensive data analytics, and the flexibility needed for organizations with varied database systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Audit Vault is easier to deploy within Oracle ecosystems, but may pose challenges outside this realm. Its customer service is robust within its integration scope. jSonar’s adaptable deployment model and strong support for diverse environments make it ideal for complex infrastructures.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Audit Vault involves higher initial setup costs due to its proprietary nature, delivering strong ROI in Oracle-centric environments. jSonar's adaptable pricing and cost-effectiveness across multiple platforms often provide better ROI for mixed-database systems.

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Categories and Ranking

jSonar

Ranking in Database Security

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Audit Vault

Ranking in Database Security

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of jSonar is 1.8%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Audit Vault is 14.7%, up from 14.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Audit Vault	14.7%
jSonar	1.8%
Other	83.5%

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reviewer1633014

DBA at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Serves as a data lake for database activity and helps to centralize and normalize data

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. It can be simplified as it is a little complicated. However, it has a lot of flexibility and capability. My advice to users considering the solution is to look at their requirements and see if they align with their needs. Ensure that some use cases are tested on the solution before purchasing because it is important to ensure the monitoring works.

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Yves Moro

Oracle Database Administrator at SOCITECH S.A.

Provides good security, and is helpful for auditing the data and seeing what's happening

Currently, you need two servers: one for Audit Vault and one for the firewall. If they can combine them into one server, it will be great because it is costly to have two servers. It will also make its installation easier. I have heard that in the new version, there will be only one server for both. I use it only for security purposes, and they can continue to improve it with more security tools and features. It should be powerful like FortiGate. When it becomes powerful like FortiGate, people will only go for this solution for their infrastructure. Their support could be faster.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The centralization of the data is probably the most useful feature because we span multiple database technologies. We also find the GBDI portion of it very helpful."

"It allows us to run models against it and do reports against it without understanding the different database technologies."

"This solution acts as a complete data warehouse for our audit data."

"All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also quite valuable."

"It is a good product for controlling all databases. It is helpful for auditing the data. When people are doing any actions on the databases, they are recorded automatically in the vault. You can work on the collected data to find out exactly what is happening on a database. You can implement database encryption on the databases to control people's access to the database content, such as rows and tables."

"Technical support is perfect."

"It has provided us with a unique opportunity to automate risk discovery."

"A powerful, flexible solution for database traffic monitoring."

"The critical event alerts and reporting features have greatly reduced loss of man hours that would have been spent on going through the whole audit event logs."

"It has reduced the stress of collecting database event logs in silos from each database."

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Cons

"It can be simplified as it is a little complicated."

"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. Right now, it's a little bit of a complicated product to use. Another problem that we have is with encrypted traffic on Oracle. This is because it requires a database outage. That's a pain in the butt because you're monitoring critical systems, and they don't like outages."

"They should simplify the integration and work with different vendors and mechanisms."

"An easy, friendly user interface would be nice to have, since this would enable administrators to identify important events with a prompt response."

"The performance of Oracle Audit Vault could be improved, especially in handling large data collections and generating reports on time."

"The support could improve."

"The product monitors only the database and not the operating systems."

"Customized reporting is something that we are struggling with, and it is quite tough for us."

"One feature that is missing is the ability to have a secret server that is always encrypted."

"Currently, you need two servers: one for Audit Vault and one for the firewall. If they can combine them into one server, it will be great because it is costly to have two servers. It will also make its installation easier. I have heard that in the new version, there will be only one server for both."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I know it's not cheap."

"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

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

34%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	11

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What do you like most about Oracle Audit Vault?

Oracle Audit Vault has a lot of great features, but what I find most valuable is the database firewall.

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I would rate the costliness of Oracle Audit Vault as a seven out of ten. It is a bit expensive.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Audit Vault?

The performance of Oracle Audit Vault could be improved, especially in handling large data collections and generating reports on time. Additionally, the efficiency of queries for retrieving informa...

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Overview

At JSonar we're passionate about solving today's complex and costly approach to database security. We empower enterprise organizations to meet the needs of their transforming business by delivering a 360-degree view of their database security and compliance program across any on-premise and cloud environments. We rapidly deploy a comprehensive database security platform at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions, delivering greater database coverage and richer, actionable security intelligence, all out of the box!

Imperva

Oracle Audit Vault monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic to detect and block threats, as well as improves compliance reporting by consolidating audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and other sources.

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Voya Financial

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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