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Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Protegrity’s Data Protectio...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Database Security (6th), Data Governance (31st), Data Masking (5th)
SolarWinds Database Perform...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Database Development and Management Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform is designed for Database Security and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, up 2.0% compared to last year.
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, on the other hand, focuses on Database Development and Management, holds 3.1% mindshare, down 5.6% since last year.
Database Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform3.1%
IBM Security Guardium Data Protection26.5%
Imperva Data Security Fabric24.4%
Other46.0%
Database Security
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer3.1%
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.5%
Foglight for Databases3.9%
Other88.5%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

Bethanywalstad Wallister - PeerSpot reviewer
Java Application Developer at Hexaview Technologies
Data protection platform has secured sensitive test data and supports confident project work
In my opinion, Protegrity's Data Protection Platform has really worked well and has done the best work. What it lacks is quality features, but we cannot expect that unless in profiling types of tools. Masking is layered well in different types of data. I can say that the system works well. I have not had any downsides when working with this platform; most of the time it lags down only when we are working on large volumes of data, and that's when we can experience minimal lags. The needed improvement is that the system can be upgraded to be faster and more flexible when it comes to speed, so it can handle large volumes of data without any challenge.
SufiyanAminu - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Operation Center Engineer at Central Bank of Nigeria
Comprehensive monitoring has delivered accurate insights and supports reliable banking operations
In terms of technical support, there was a time we experienced issues, but that has been resolved. We encountered a downtime and attempted to contact technical support, which was quite challenging, but that has improved after we reported the issue and everything is now fine. Therefore, we do not have any issues with technical support currently. Regarding the AI functionality and observability, we tried to understand how the AI functionality works, and I believe there is a gap in our understanding. I do not know if a session can be organized for our team to gain more insight into the AI module or functionality. For now, the only two aspects that caused me some difficulties are support and AI. Aside from that, everything works flawlessly.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution’s pricing is moderate."
"Overall, I have had a positive experience with Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform, as it provides strong data protection capabilities, supports compliance requirements, and helps organizations securely use sensitive data across business and analytics workloads."
"Its technical support team is helpful."
"The product is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Protegrity Data Security is the reduction of information being exposed."
"I can fully recommend Protegrity's Data Protection Platform to others looking for data protection and for streamlining data operations in an organization because this is the most flexible platform for managing data in terms of security and production."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support for older databases and the ability to manage them in a centralized dashboard."
"The platform solves and prevents delays in receiving answers from databases."
"Monitoring is most valuable, and being able to know that there is an issue or problem and I need to go look is also valuable. So, monitoring and learning are the most important features."
"The most valuable features I find in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer are the granular level of details about database performance and other aspects such as queries—what queries are running and what queries are taking a long time."
"In IT, problems often occur in areas such as applications, web interfaces, or databases. The tool allows users to easily determine the root cause of these issues, whether they stem from the network layer, database layer, or elsewhere."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer's most valuable features include the notification of consuming the SQL queries, collecting data, and notifying about managing space and tables."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer helped us locate the performance issues quickly."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
 

Cons

"The solution's UI could be better."
"I can see that the price of Protegrity's Data Protection Platform is a bit high, but the setup is flexible, and the licensing terms are easy to manage, usually complying with our enterprise policies."
"Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform could be improved by simplifying deployment and integrations, as well as providing more advanced reporting and dashboard capabilities."
"Protegrity is using a different OS which has some bugs. Sometimes it's causing an initialization error."
"Protegrity Data Security could improve by having more integration."
"One area where the tool could improve is by adding support for additional databases. For instance, supporting newer databases like Couchbase or MongoDB would be beneficial."
"There is room for improvement with the pricing of the platform."
"One of things that I'd like to see is when you're dealing with a clustered instance or a rack instance, being able to visualize all the nodes for that one rack instance on a single page, so you can see if a particular node is maybe taking more load, if there's a problem with one of the nodes in your cluster, something like that."
"For now, the only two aspects that caused me some difficulties are support and AI."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is still lagging for monitoring the cloud instances of databases including Aurora DB and Cloud SQL DB."
"The areas where it currently lags are in reporting and dashboarding. The reports and dashboards are somewhat static, and we cannot create custom dashboards for specific customer needs."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer should be easy to implement and it should have more facilities to make it better."
"The solution should add little details on the server so that an independent team could easily do the implementation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay for a few additional services apart from its licenses."
"There are no extra costs for maintenance or using the solution's support."
"The pricing of the solution is average."
"I don't remember the exact licensing cost for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, but it's within the range of $2,000 to $3,000 a year."
"Customers need to pay for the subscription-based license annually."
"The pricing is fairly reasonable, and it becomes more cost-effective with larger volumes of instances."
"It could be less expensive."
"SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is a little bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Insurance Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Protegrity Data Security?
Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform could be improved by simplifying deployment and integrations, as well as providing more advanced reporting and dashboard capabilities. I would like to see a mo...
What is your primary use case for Protegrity Data Security?
I use Protegrity’s Data Protection Platform to protect sensitive customer and business data through data masking, tokenization, and encryption while supporting regulatory compliance with secure dat...
What advice do you have for others considering Protegrity Data Security?
The AI governance and security capabilities are aligned with enterprise requirements, providing policy-based control, data protection, and compliance support for AI, analytics, and workloads. Overa...
What needs improvement with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?
In terms of technical support, there was a time we experienced issues, but that has been resolved. We encountered a downtime and attempted to contact technical support, which was quite challenging,...
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer's WPM and SAM modules are what I personally prefer. I am satisfied with the overall performance and how the dashboards are arranged. We are currently using ...
What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer?
For database performance, we have the module, but I would say we are not really consuming it because we are currently using PostgreSQL. We are exploring this module, but we have not yet started con...
 

Also Known As

Protegrity Data Security
Confio, SolarWinds DPA, Ignite8
 

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Sample Customers

A $4 billion retail conglomerate and holding company
GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University
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