IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] comparison

"The tech support is very knowledgeable."

"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."

"Guardium lets you centrally manage aggregators and collectors."

"The most valuable feature is the GUI, the interface. It also interfaces well with REST API, if you want to automate some of the commands."

"It supports our audit compliance."

"The ability to collect the data without database administers being able to modify it."

"It protects sensitive data and blocks unauthorized access to the data."

"The reporting side is also very, very good, especially its flexibility which allows you to tailor the reports to whatever information you want."

"The technical support is good; they are knowledgeable."

"The feature I have found most valuable is activity monitoring."

"The support is very good. They are very quick to respond when we have issues."

"The solution could be improved for NoSQL databases."

"I have already mentioned to IBM that a primary need is to improve the number of records in the reports above 65,535."

"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."

"The user interface could be improved and modernized."

"The integration part of the present solution is very complex and tedious. Plus it gives a lot of false positives which need to be eradicated over time."

"More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better."

"Guardium's storage capabilities could use some improvement. I'd also like to have some better integration using digital technology or a connector."

"The biggest complaint that I hear from customers and users is that using this solution requires database skills, yet it is a security and monitoring tool."

"In the next feature, I'd like to see more integrations and updates overall, specifically bottom tech."

"The UI needs to be improved."

"Technical support could be more responsive."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"The price of the solution could be better."

"It's an expensive solution"

"It's not expensive compared to other products that are available."