Imperva SecureSphere Database Security vs McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] comparison

"We use it for database security, vulnerability analysis, discovery, and handling requests from applications and users."

"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."

"Flexible reporting allows for customization that keeps the admins from having to interact with system automation."

"The solution is user-friendly."

"The discovery module provides good visibility."

"There are three major main use cases of this solution. The first one is to fulfill compliance regulations. Customers—especially the banks, health sector, and manufacturing—need to comply with the regulations in different countries. They have to fulfill compliance regulations around the privacy of data. In order to fulfill those requirements, they're using Imperva. It helps them to fulfill these requirements, and they are not fined by the regulators. That is the first use case why people buy Imperva."

"The solution provides significant benefits such as compliance and security. Its data risk analytics tool helps reduce numerous events to more manageable incidents."

"The integration with CounterBreach is great."

"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 technical support is good; they are knowledgeable."

"Imperva SecureSphere Database Security could improve the database defense feature called camouflage. This feature was responsible for the data mask but now it does not work well and we need another solution. All our banks have teams that are regarded with care and they need to mask sensitive data in order to provide testing to developers."

"Improvements can be made in data enrichment and enhancing the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for a better user experience."

"The platform doesn’t support some newer databases."

"Some cloud versions are not supported by the agent."

"The only challenge I see is that SecureSphere is deployed on servers or databases which are held on physical infrastructure. However, there are databases which are hosted on cloud platforms and Imperva has a separate tool altogether for that, not SecureSphere."

"I have worked with IBM before, and I prefer its ease of deployment and management. Imperva SecureSphere Database Security has tricky deployment, whereas IBM's deployment is straightforward because of the UI."

"Database security from the access management perspective could be better."

"The firewall features are not very strong and should be improved."

"Technical support could be more responsive."

"The UI needs to be improved."

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

"They have introduced new price models, which makes the product more affordable now."

"Pricing is low and scalable to add features and volume."

"We have all the licenses, which we pay for annually. The price is a little high, but the product is good."

"The cost of support for this solution is very expensive."

"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."

"There is an annual licensing fee for upgrading the device."

"It is very expensive."

"The setup and license are quite expensive."

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