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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Trustwave DbProtect comparison

IBM and Trustwave are both solutions in the Database Security category. IBM is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.7, while Trustwave is ranked #10. IBM holds a 31.8% mindshare in DS, compared to Trustwave’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Trustwave users who would recommend it.
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Trustwave DbProtect and IBM Security Guardium Data Protection compete in database security solutions. Trustwave offers favorable pricing and support, while IBM excels in features and perceived value.

Features: Trustwave DbProtect offers robust threat detection, dynamic analysis, and database activity monitoring. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection provides data encryption, masking, and real-time auditing alongside its monitoring capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Trustwave DbProtect could enhance integration with third-party solutions, expand data masking options, and improve reporting flexibility. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection may benefit from simplifying its initial setup, better user interface refinement, and more cost-effective pricing models.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trustwave DbProtect is known for straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, though effective, involves a complex setup but benefits from a broad support network.

Pricing and ROI: Trustwave DbProtect is cost-effective with substantial ROI due to budget-friendly protection. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, while initially more expensive, offers ROI through advanced features and strategic long-term value.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Security Guardium Data ...
Ranking in Database Security
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Trustwave DbProtect
Ranking in Database Security
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is 31.8%, up from 31.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trustwave DbProtect is 4.3%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Jared Ochieng - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for monitoring database activity and tracking databases
The response time could be improved. Navigating support for the solution can be challenging, especially when finding the right contact for specialized issues. Improvements could make raising tickets and identifying the correct support channels easier. While general support information is provided, specialized support may require contacting different teams. We guide our clients through this process to ensure they know where to turn for various needs. Typically, we are the first point of contact for any issues, big or small, and then direct them to the appropriate resources. The quality of technical support largely depends on the expertise of the partner who implemented the solution. If you have a partner who is well-versed in IBM, the technical support is usually excellent. If not, support might be less reliable.
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Marcelo Raza - PeerSpot reviewer
A tool that offers a proper view and division of all databases while also allowing users to do continuous monitoring
I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL. Trustwave DbProtect doesn't accept some versions of SQL. Some credentials when you are installing give some problems, but all of them did pass through the installation phase but gave a certain amount of hard work to be done during the installation phase. The aforementioned area needs to be considered for improvement. The pain points with Trustwave DbProtect were about the installation and problems with the different versions not being accepted. A more compatible version of the product with other databases and operating systems should be possible.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Ease of deployment is a valuable feature."
"The reporting side is also very, very good, especially its flexibility which allows you to tailor the reports to whatever information you want."
"Database logging and audit functions are the most valuable features."
"Supports security initiatives and ensures compliance policies."
"The most valuable features of this product are activity monitoring on the database servers, discovery capabilities, and vulnerability scanning."
"We also use IBM Guardium to support security initiatives and compliance policies. For example, our audit area can verify if someone has access to information that they shouldn't have, for their regular job functions."
"The product has proven to be flexible"
"There are different modules but the most valuable ones are firewalling and masking. Additionally, the auditing of the entire database is helpful, which includes all the activity of the database users and administrators. We can monitor everything and log as well."
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"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can have a good view which is provided with a proper division of all your databases, which you can see in Trustwave DbProtect."
"This solution helps our clients to monitor their database use, and detect violations of the policy."
"Transfer and vulnerability scanning are the most valuable features of this product."
 

Cons

"Performance and the ability to use resources could be improved."
"I would like to see a lot of additional reporting and analytics features. They have basic outlier detection, but I would love to see that go further, and model it after analytics tools like Splunk."
"We have had some issues with patches breaking things unexpectedly in our environments."
"I would like to see IBM Guardium have other encryption algorithms employed."
"I'd like to them make sure that the data sources can be more easily managed, because some of them are tied to multiple things. You try to remove one and you have to go to all the different spots to remove the associations before you can get rid of it."
"Needs nore cloud support."
"There are features like end-to-end and S-TAP mapping, and the ability to install policies for your configuration builder. They're not there, but we'd like to see them in the next version."
"The one thing that I would like to see improved, but I don't think it's going to be in the next release, is its reporting capabilities. I think that's been offloaded to another third-party product that I think IBM actually endorses for that."
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"We have not been able to integrate this product with a lot of standard incident response solutions, so an open API would help in this regard."
"The product does not have encryption or data masking."
"I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM solutions have fair price strategy, and operates on a yearly basis. If it's a SaaS solution, then you can opt for yearly basis."
"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."
"I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."
"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."
"The price is good for the quality of the solution."
"The product's pricing is reasonable and affordable. It is in the moderate range."
"Reasonable cost but could be lower."
"Guardium's pricing is quite high, but it gives good value for money for all sizes of enterprises, especially for partners."
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"I rate the pricing a five on a scale from one to ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the highest."
"The licensing fees, including support, are approximately $5,000 USD per database, per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Performing Arts
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Questions from the Community

How does IBM Guardium Data Protection compare with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?
IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is a solution for database security from IBM that gives complete visibility, control, and analysis to secure sensitive data and comply with regulations. IBM S...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Guardium Data Protection?
I don't remember the exact prices, but Guardium is an expensive tool because it is targeted towards corporate enterprises.
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What do you like most about IBM Security Guardium Data Protection?
The features I like are the robust policies, which allow us to create customized monitoring based on specific activities.
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Also Known As

InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium
Application Security DbProtect
 

Overview

IBM Security Guardium Data Protection automatically discovers and classifies sensitive data from across the enterprise, providing real-time data activity monitoring and advanced user behavior analytics to help discover unusual activity around sensitive data.

Deploy the solution to help discover regulated data in your data stores and use pre-built templates for regulations such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA, CCPA and many more, to streamline and automate compliance workflows.

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Trustwave DbProtect is a security platform designed for consistent monitoring and management of enterprise databases within the data center.

Built on a centrally managed and distributed architecture, DbProtect uncovers database weaknesses. This includes configuration mistakes, identification and access control issues, missing patches, or any toxic combination of settings that could lead to escalation of privileges attacks, data leakage, denial-of-service (DoS), or unauthorized modification of data held within data stores – both relational databases and big data stores.

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Sample Customers

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Pax World Investments, Crest Savings Bank, Magnolia Hotels
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