Oracle Audit Vault vs Trustwave DbProtect comparison

Oracle and Trustwave are both solutions in the Database Security category. Oracle is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.5, while Trustwave is ranked #8. Oracle holds a 12.1% mindshare in DS, compared to Trustwave’s 4.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Trustwave users who would recommend it.

Oracle Audit Vault

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90% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Oracle Audit Vault and Trustwave DbProtect are competing in the database security and compliance management category. Trustwave DbProtect seems to have the upper hand with its comprehensive features and potential value, despite Oracle Audit Vault's advantages in pricing and support.

Features: Oracle Audit Vault offers robust audit collection and data consolidation, a browser-based GUI for compliance reports, and auditing of database changes with detailed old and new values. Trustwave DbProtect stands out with extensive vulnerability management, support for various database sources, and advanced security control features, providing flexibility across multiple environments.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Audit Vault could improve by expanding support beyond Oracle databases, enhancing user interface features, and integrating with third-party applications. Trustwave DbProtect may benefit from simplifying deployment processes, reducing setup complexity for diverse environments, and minimizing the learning curve for new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Audit Vault offers straightforward deployment within Oracle ecosystems with dedicated support, enhancing the overall experience. Trustwave DbProtect requires a more intricate setup but compensates with strong customer service to assist with multi-platform deployments, enhancing adaptability.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Audit Vault is known for lower setup costs and good ROI for organizations using Oracle databases. Trustwave DbProtect, while having higher initial costs, justifies the investment through superior protection across multiple platforms, promising substantial returns in environments needing diverse database coverage.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Audit Vault

Ranking in Database Security

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Trustwave DbProtect

Ranking in Database Security

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of Oracle Audit Vault is 12.1%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trustwave DbProtect is 4.1%, down from 4.3% 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	12.1%
Trustwave DbProtect	4.1%
Other	83.8%

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Yishak Berhe

DB Engineer at Datacell

Has improved database monitoring and enabled proactive threat detection across multiple clients

We have created customized alerts to help prevent unauthorized access, specifically for one of the banks, collaborating with the team to set it up on the core banking database. Organizations considering Oracle Audit Vault should recognize that its integration to Oracle database is seamless, allowing for detailed reporting, alerts, and high security. We have worked with customizable alerts regarding Oracle Audit Vault. We have created one alert based on the categories available in Oracle Audit Vault. Oracle Audit Vault uses an agent that is pushed from the appliance, which I downloaded the JAR file from. We are now considering creating a replication and patching process with planned downtime, but we have not yet experienced scaling out or patching. I would rate this review with an overall rating of nine.

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Marcelo Raza

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.

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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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"The solution is very stable and reliable."

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

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"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."

"This solution helps our clients to monitor their database use, and detect violations of the policy."

"Transfer and vulnerability scanning are the most valuable features of this product."

Cons

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

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

"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."

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

"We would like to see the ability to administer and manage the solution through Enterprise Manager 13c, and development of the dashboards that are generally missing."

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

"The support could improve."

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

More Oracle Audit Vault cons

"I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL."

"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."

"The product does not have encryption or data masking."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"Oracle can be an expensive solution depending on the options and user needs."

"The licensing fees, including support, are approximately $5,000 USD per database, per year."

"I rate the pricing a five on a scale from one to ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the highest."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Government

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	11

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Questions from the Community

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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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.

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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.

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 29% of the time

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Also Known As

Audit Vault

Application Security DbProtect

Overview

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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Trustwave DbProtect is a security platform designed for consistent monitoring and management of enterprise databases within the data center.

Built on a centrally managed and distributed architecture, DbProtect uncovers database weaknesses. This includes configuration mistakes, identification and access control issues, missing patches, or any toxic combination of settings that could lead to escalation of privileges attacks, data leakage, denial-of-service (DoS), or unauthorized modification of data held within data stores – both relational databases and big data stores.

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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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