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Oracle Audit Vault vs Trustwave DbProtect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

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
Trustwave DbProtect
Ranking in Database Security
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of Oracle Audit Vault is 8.8%, down from 16.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trustwave DbProtect is 3.1%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Audit Vault8.8%
Trustwave DbProtect3.1%
Other88.1%
Database Security
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Marcelo Raza - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Architect at Oakmount
A tool that offers a proper view and division of all databases while also allowing users to do continuous monitoring
I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL. Trustwave DbProtect doesn't accept some versions of SQL. Some credentials when you are installing give some problems, but all of them did pass through the installation phase but gave a certain amount of hard work to be done during the installation phase. The aforementioned area needs to be considered for improvement. The pain points with Trustwave DbProtect were about the installation and problems with the different versions not being accepted. A more compatible version of the product with other databases and operating systems should be possible.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Oracle Audit Vault was used extensively and our clients are quite comfortable with it."
"Overall, this solution delivers what it is intended to do and we are quite happy with the product."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that it can help us secure our databases."
"If an organization is interested in additional security over their Oracle database, this is the best option available, as it is easy to deploy and configure."
"Our client was scheduled to take a year and a half to set up compliance, but by deploying this product they were able to do the compliance reports within three months."
"A powerful, flexible solution for database traffic monitoring."
"All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also quite valuable."
"I have found that transfer and vulnerability scanning are the most valuable features of this product."
"Its automation functionality and ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can have a good view which is provided with a proper division of all your databases, which you can see in Trustwave DbProtect."
"Knowing what is in your enterprise and its vulnerabilities can save you from being the next headline."
"This solution helps our clients to monitor their database use, and detect violations of the policy."
"Database activity monitoring is valuable because it helps monitor and identify any fraudulent or suspicious activities that are executed on the database."
"We are happy with the product overall, including its features and support."
 

Cons

"Although Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall serves as a critical detective and preventive control to protect against the abuse of legitimate access to databases responsible for almost all data breaches and cyber attacks, using Database Firewall to identify and capturing audit logs of real users, especially on applications using generic users to access the database, is an uphill task."
"The support could improve."
"We did encounter some stability issues."
"Oracle does not have very good documentation on this. I think Oracle abandoned the product, especially on the support side."
"All departments of this product need to be improved."
"Customized reporting is something that we are struggling with, and it is quite tough for us."
"Some of the earlier versions have not matured enough."
"According to Oracle, the best practice is that Audit Vault Server and DB Firewall should be deployed on different boxes (servers). There is no option to co-locate them together."
"I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL."
"The other main disadvantage is that the product does not have encryption or data masking, unlike other companies' versions."
"We encountered issues with stability, especially during database upgrades and migration."
"Regarding stability, I would give it a rating of 3.5/5."
"The system that is running scans can become slow to respond. Thus, you should be able to say, don't consume more than a particular amount of resources when scanning."
"We have not been able to integrate this product with a lot of standard incident response solutions, so an open API would help in this regard."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is definitely not expensive, and it is a small fraction of the overall database licensing costs."
"The licensing cost is about $360,000, annually."
"Oracle can be an expensive solution depending on the options and user needs."
"For the bank, the license was $48,000 last time. That was the licensing for the bank on just one license."
"I rate the pricing a five on a scale from one to ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the highest."
"The licensing fees, including support, are approximately $5,000 USD per database, per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
6%
Government
6%
Construction Company
11%
Government
9%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

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?
I would like to see more control over the operating system in Oracle Audit Vault, along with easier methods to send syslog or alert logs to another monitoring tool.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Audit Vault?
Oracle Audit Vault serves as the main solution for my customers, which are banks and financial institutions, to protect their database, see audits and proactively monitor the database.
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Also Known As

Audit Vault
Application Security DbProtect
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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,
Pax World Investments, Crest Savings Bank, Magnolia Hotels
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