Fortra's Vera vs IBM Security Guardium Data Protection comparison

Fortra and IBM are both solutions in the Database Security category. Fortra is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.0, while IBM is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.7. Fortra holds a 0.4% mindshare in DS, compared to IBM’s 31.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Fortra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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85% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Vera

Ranking in Database Security

11th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud and Data Center Security (15th)

IBM Security Guardium Data ...

Ranking in Database Security

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of Fortra's Vera is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is 31.6%, up from 30.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Brando Diego

System Engineer/Consultant at Notable Frontier Sdn Bhd

Has good encryption features

Vera encryption is the most valuable feature. Additional improvement can be done as the issues are encountered. I have been using Fortra's Vera for two years. The stability is a nine out of ten. The scalability is a nine. The clients are small enterprises. The initial setup is an eight…

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Ahmer Faisel Khan

Director | CTO at COMMTEL

Offers mature agents, compliance reporting and reliable database security

The solution should allow the data to shift to a centralized repository with elastic servers and big data infrastructure. If a customer searches for old logs for retention purposes, there are limitations on appliances once they are set with specific hardware, so they can only be changed by uninstalling or reinstalling the hardware. The solution's aggregator feature allows data aggregation, but for instance, if a customer wants a project ready in two years, having an Elasticsearch in DB or the capacity to store huge amounts of data would be beneficial in data investigation or evaluation at an affordable cost. Some AI features should be added to IBM Security Guardium Data Protection. For example, the AI features implemented in the solution can be anomaly detection or suspicious activity identification.

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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

"Vera encryption is the most valuable feature."

"Setting up Guardium was easy and straightforward."

"The vulnerability assessment is a valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature for me, in my role as systems DBA, is the expediting of internal and external audits."

"Encryption is not straightforward, but Guardium made the setup easy for us."

"Our ability to see when users are accessing sensitive data."

"Has a great Big Data Intelligence feature."

"IBM Guardium Data Protection is very good at keeping your database secure."

"It provides us regulatory compliance proof and evidence for audit."

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Cons

"The additional improvement can be done as the issues are encountered."

"Additional improvement can be done as the issues are encountered."

"An area for improvement would be the user interface - currently, it takes around two to three months to become comfortable using it."

"Performance and the ability to use resources could be improved."

"Deployment process is very complicated as you need to now all advanced parameters. Almost not possible to figure out for yourself."

"I'd like to them make sure that the data sources can be more easily managed, because some of them are tied to multiple things. You try to remove one and you have to go to all the different spots to remove the associations before you can get rid of it."

"Needs nore cloud support."

"We have had some issues with patches breaking things unexpectedly in our environments."

"Sometimes the connectors to the databases need to be manually updated and we have to configure them again, which is something that should be improved."

"If IBM Guardium Data Protection could find a way to not have a lot of coding and development required to get the solution up and running it would be an advantage. The information of the agent could improve, which is necessary for us to monitor the databases would be a great benefit."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Guardium is most suitable for large scale enterprises because the pricing model is better if you are implementing a large number of databases."

"For IBM Guardium, licensing is very simple and straightforward. There are no issues I can speak of."

"The price is good for the quality of the solution."

"It is a very costly product."

"Its cost is good. With the new metric of licensing, such as PDO not being available now, customers are expecting a good price for the solution."

"Guardium has not saved us time or money."

"IBM Guardium Data Protection charges you based on the number of users, e.g. based on the number of licenses, and it's either on a per-license or a per-data basis."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is very high price, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."

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29%

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11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortra's Vera?

Vera encryption is the most valuable feature.

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What needs improvement with Fortra's Vera?

Additional improvement can be done as the issues are encountered.

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What advice do you have for others considering Fortra's Vera?

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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How does IBM Guardium Data Protection compare with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?

IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is a solution for database security from IBM that gives complete visibility, control, and analysis to secure sensitive data and comply with regulations. IBM S...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Guardium Data Protection?

The pricing is good, and I have no problem with it. Although there is no flexibility to compete with other products, it generally costs between one hundred and three hundred thousand per year depen...

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What do you like most about IBM Security Guardium Data Protection?

The features I like are the robust policies, which allow us to create customized monitoring based on specific activities.

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Comparisons

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Also Known As

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InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium

Overview

The Vera platform enables businesses of all sizes to protect any kind of data, and then track, audit and manage the policies securing files in real-time, no matter how far they travel.

Fortra

IBM Security Guardium Data Protection automatically discovers and classifies sensitive data from across the enterprise, providing real-time data activity monitoring and advanced user behavior analytics to help discover unusual activity around sensitive data.

Deploy the solution to help discover regulated data in your data stores and use pre-built templates for regulations such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA, CCPA and many more, to streamline and automate compliance workflows.

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