Fortra's Vera vs IBM Security Guardium Data Protection comparison

Fortra and IBM are both solutions in the Database Security category. Fortra is ranked #12 with an average rating of 9.0, while IBM is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6. Fortra holds a 0.3% mindshare in DS, compared to IBM’s 32.3% 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

12th

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 December 2024, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of Fortra's Vera is 0.3%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is 32.3%, up from 29.9% 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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Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

Offers vulnerability analyzer with easily integration with other IBM solutions

We are currently facing a challenge because it does not offer data encryption by default, only data masking. When we decide to implement data encryption, we must purchase an additional add-on, which incurs extra costs. Data encryption and data masking often work together in organizations. Therefore, using different products for these functions, such as Oracle for data management and a plugin for data masking, creates a burden on our systems. We have to install and manage multiple agents, like Oracle's light agents and IBM's agents. IBM should include data encryption in its standard package. This would streamline operations and reduce the complexity and cost of managing separate data protection solutions. Currently, it supports cross-platform integration but does not support integration with flat file databases. IBM Guardium integrates well with international databases like MySQL and Oracle, making it easy to use with these systems. We need to develop a plugin to integrate flat file databases with Guardium.

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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."

"It's one of the first to encrypt DB2 databases."

"The tech support is very knowledgeable."

"The front-end works very well."

"The tool helps detect invalid login attempts within a specific time frame."

"Provides a unified key management system to help simplify encryption key management."

"Guardium does a great job of capturing data and having the ability of trying to pull it out and make sense of it. Using it for business applications is its biggest capability."

"It provides a comprehensive security for databases, both on-prem and on the cloud. Among the advanced features we use automatic backups, DR."

"It supports our audit compliance."

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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."

"Needs nore cloud support."

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

"Personally, I would not recommend this product."

"Guardium Data Protection is far better in terms of external integration. But in terms of firewall features, like when you're blocking activities, it's as if Oracle AVDF simply has superior features. This is just from third-party observations, but the users of Oracle AVDF are saying that when it comes to the firewall and protection functionality, they're much more inclined to AVDF."

"Flexibility could 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."

"The backup and recovery is very resource-hungry and requires a huge amount of storage capacity."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"One of the deployments that I know of had three databases, and the yearly fees are approximately $50,000 USD."

"If you are researching this type of solution, work with IBM."

"IBM solutions have fair price strategy, and operates on a yearly basis. If it's a SaaS solution, then you can opt for yearly basis."

"The price of the solution could be better."

"It's an expensive solution"

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

"My company purchased IBM Guardium Data Protection in a package, so I'm unable to give its exact licensing cost, but for the package of three IBM solutions, it wasn't very expensive. I'd rate the pricing for all three solutions three out of five. When my team deployed IBM Guardium Data Protection, all features were included."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

30%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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

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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.

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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