IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Sentrigo Hedgehog [EOL] comparison

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

"The solution supports a lot of databases."

"What I like about IBM Guardium Data Protection is that some of its features were deployed by collectors during the installation phase. The solution has collector and aggregator features, license installation, and even server patches that you won't find in other security providers. I like the collector-aggregator capabilities of IBM Guardium Data Protection where you install each component on separate servers, then on the aggregator, you collect all the logs on a central server or central console."

"The vulnerability assessment is a valuable feature."

"This is a multi-platform solution that consolidates everything and centralizes support for it."

"The most valuable features are the reporting and data-level access control."

"It has been very difficult to analyze all the network traffic with something else. Guardium provides that feature, it's heuristic. So we have rule-based algorithms in place to take care of that."

"Efficiency is key and IBM Guardium provides information in a heartbeat, but protects the data with military grade encryption."

"It has the ability to stop any violation coming through via the database."

"Needs easier integration with custom applications."

"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."

"The price of this solution is quite high for smaller organizations, so they should release a version that is affordable for small and medium-sized businesses."

"An area for improvement would be the user interface - currently, it takes around two to three months to become comfortable using it."

"The ability for Central Managers to talk to one another could be improved. I have 26 Central Managers and 26 silos which are independent."

"The main issue I have with IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is the support. It's not good."

"The solution could be improved for NoSQL databases."

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

"It needs to detect more attacks and do more profiling of the database to learn its normal behaviors to sense violations."

"It is not an expensive product. We purchase its yearly license."

"I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."

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

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

"The cost depends on the number of databases. You can purchase advanced licenses, but the standard license is calculated based on the number of databases you have to onboard."

"We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"

"It is a very costly product."

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