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Imperva SecureSphere Database Security vs jSonar comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Imperva SecureSphere Databa...
Ranking in Database Security
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
jSonar
Ranking in Database Security
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is 30.5%, down from 31.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of jSonar is 1.3%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Security
 

Featured Reviews

Andrew_Kampolo - PeerSpot reviewer
The fine-grained auditing available on the platform makes life easier and helps explain anything happening in your database
Imperva's most valuable features are ease of use and log correlation. I also like the ability to trace activity from the host machine to the server access, the user details, and the exact query that they executed. If a database administrator or application process executes a query on the database, people know exactly what was executed, including all the variables. For example, it will tell you how many rows they were trying to select on which table, and you get the OS information, network details, IPs, and the user. That fine-grained auditing available on the platform makes life easier and helps explain anything happening in your database.
reviewer1633014 - PeerSpot reviewer
Serves as a data lake for database activity and helps to centralize and normalize data
I rate the solution an eight out of ten. It can be simplified as it is a little complicated. However, it has a lot of flexibility and capability. My advice to users considering the solution is to look at their requirements and see if they align with their needs. Ensure that some use cases are tested on the solution before purchasing because it is important to ensure the monitoring works.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security are vulnerability assessment, enrichment security policy, and security"
"The technical support for Imperva is super, super, super."
"The product’s most valuable feature is real-time highlights."
"They have very good documentation and knowledgebase resources that add to the depth of their support."
"Database reporting features are valuable to us."
"The company focuses on and has a passion for security."
"It has a lot of different components that cover the needs of our customers."
"The most valuable feature is the automatic reports on new databases, which gives us up-to-date inventory management."
"The centralization of the data is probably the most useful feature because we span multiple database technologies. We also find the GBDI portion of it very helpful."
"It allows us to run models against it and do reports against it without understanding the different database technologies."
 

Cons

"The platform doesn’t support some newer databases."
"Some cloud versions are not supported by the agent."
"Reporting could be improved."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"It would be more efficient if we could manage the consoles of management servers from a single location"
"Data encryption. Yeah, Imperva needs to pull up on data encryption and make it a standard feature to allow maybe for tokenization, encryption of data, and things like that."
"Its reporting can be improved. The reporting feature is currently not good enough for our clients."
"Imperva SecureSphere Database Security can improve something in all the versions I have used."
"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. Right now, it's a little bit of a complicated product to use. Another problem that we have is with encrypted traffic on Oracle. This is because it requires a database outage. That's a pain in the butt because you're monitoring critical systems, and they don't like outages."
"It can be simplified as it is a little complicated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is low and scalable to add features and volume."
"Its pricing could be cheaper for the African countries or developing economies. The British pound is valued way more than the currency of most African countries. A better or cheaper pricing model for Nigerian and African customers would be better. It has a per-year subscription model. You pay exactly for what you need. That's all. You don't have to buy what you don't need."
"The product is expensive."
"Licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and it is a good value for the money."
"The price of the solution is reasonable and it requires a license."
"It is quite expensive. We wanted it in my former organization, but the price was very high. So, we couldn't purchase it. I moved to a different organization, and this organization has purchased it."
"It is very expensive."
"There is an annual licensing fee for upgrading the device."
"I know it's not cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
14%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
37%
Insurance Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

How does IBM Guardium Data Protection compare with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?
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What do you like most about Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?
The tool's pricing is flexible and affordable for small and medium enterprises.
What do you like most about jSonar?
It allows us to run models against it and do reports against it without understanding the different database technologies.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for jSonar?
I cannot comment on the overall pricing of the solution because we purchased it through IBM, but IBM is quite expensive, so we are considering moving to another solution.
What is your primary use case for jSonar?
Our primary use case for the solution is as a data lake for database activity, so it centralizes and normalizes all the data.
 

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