IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy vs IBM Security Guardium Data Protection comparison

"The product is very stable and flexible. The product masks data throughout the entire structure. It helps us to work in a differential integrity environment. We conducted testing directly on our production environment in the past, but that’s no longer the case. We can now work with actual data in a production-like setting without production data. The shift to non-production data for testing and development has significantly improved our workflow."

"Our internal audit is keeping an eye out, and making sure that we're in compliance. Having the Guardium solution and its reporting helps us get through that process a lot more quickly and efficiently."

"Good data encryption and data masking features."

"It does not require our involvement to run it. It runs in the background and the people that do the reporting do so. The reports go to the directors who are in charge of the various data areas. It's pretty clean. Clearly there is some setup, but after you get it set up it just goes."

"It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity."

"The solution supports a lot of databases."

"The most valuable feature I have found is the performance of client monitoring. The other competitors are unable to do this."

"IBM Guardium Data Protection has better integration options than most of the leading competitors on the market, and the price is always better."

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

"We have encountered challenges with different intgrity structures. In my experience, I’ve encountered challenges with implementing business cases. While the product remains stable, translating its use cases can be more complex. This involves both technical and functional considerations."

"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."

"It would be helpful, and convenient to improve the Chat support."

"We are currently facing a challenge because it does not offer data encryption by default, only data masking."

"Needs easier integration with custom applications."

"Right now, we're in the development phase for IBM Guardium Data Protection, so I don't have any recommendations about additional features and room for improvement in the solution. We're very excited to work on IBM Guardium Data Protection because we are new to the solution, and we're still exploring product features. We're very excited about integrations and use case creation, and it's only after six to eight months that I'll be able to share my recommendations in terms of additional features the solution should have. We did find some difficulty in deploying IBM Guardium Data Protection here in Pakistan because of the lack of resources."

"We deal with updates manually on Sundays and sometimes face bugs with the newer versions."

"We've had some issues recently that we're working through, on the agent software that runs on the databases."

"IBM should add more database security features to Guardium. They could add user profiling, anomaly detection, and machine learning. IBM has user profiling, but they need to strengthen it. It should make sense for the users. It should remove most of the false positives."

"IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy's pricing is not expensive. It was less than what we expected. The licensing model for IBM Optim involves a one-time purchase followed by an annual subscription fee. This fee covers ongoing support and access to new versions. However, there are no options for extended or additional support."

"Guardium's pricing is quite high, but it gives good value for money for all sizes of enterprises, especially for partners."

"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."

"Reasonable cost but could be lower."

"The biggest challenge is the cost associated with the product, and the cost of maintaining. Everything is not translated directly to the benefits we see. There are benefits, yes, but if I were writing the check, would I buy Guardium? No."

"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."

"It's an expensive solution"

"It is a very costly product."

"Guardium won mostly because of our scope and scale. It was able to perform at the scale that we wanted to use it. ​"