We performed a comparison between Broadcom Test Data Manager and IBM Security Guardium Data Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Data Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is outstanding. We're able to scale it to any size of data that we want. We can do small data sets, we can do large data sets."
"It allows us to create a testing environment that is repeatable. And we can manage the data so that our testing becomes automated, everything from actually performing the testing to also evaluating the results."
"The solution has a portal where we can create data. We can also create synthetic data with the help of the product. We can use it to create a new data set in the database, eliminating many issues. The product helps with data accuracy and availability."
"CA is one of the few tool suites that has end-to-end features. Whatever role you are playing, whatever personality you are trying to address, it has that feature. For example, CA Service Virtualization goes hand-in-hand with TDM."
"I have always gotten a call back within an hour from CA's technical support solutions and they are a wonderful team to work with."
"The solution is very user-friendly. For instance, if I wanted to create a project with Data Generation, Data sub-setting, Selective sub-setting, and Data Marketing, it can be easily done in TDM. And if you want to export these project definitions from one system to another, it can be done with just one click."
"The most valuable feature is the Portal that comes with the tool. That helps make it look much more user-friendly for the users. Also its ease of use - even for developers it's not that complicated."
"The masking of data has really been key for us to be able to replace PII with fake values."
"Ease of deployment is a valuable feature."
"I think it scales pretty well. It can run on most of the database platforms currently out there. That is something we really like as a feature, because we try to hit everything in our environment to make sure we're meeting those regulations."
"IBM Guardium Data Protection is very good at keeping your database secure."
"The most valuable features are the reporting and data-level access control."
"We are using it to do a lot of data discovery from a data classification for structured data."
"Database logging and audit functions are the most valuable features."
"Guardium lets you centrally manage aggregators and collectors."
"The solution supports a lot of databases."
"We are using a specific database. We are not using Oracle or SQL, Microsoft. We are using Teradata. There are some things that they don't have in their software. For example, when delivering data, they are not delivering them in the fastest possible way. There are some things which are faster."
"Broadcom TDM takes a long time to import documents, which wastes time that could be spent on other things."
"Needs a better fit and finish."
"As the solution continues to evolve, the one thing I like about it is the API-friendly layers that they have added into the realm. So, I just would like to see more support around that and more usability."
"There were some issues with initial setup. It wasn't as smooth as we had thought. We ran into a network issue, a firewall issue, things like that. It wasn't something we could not fix. We worked with CA support and with the client's team to fix it. But there were issues, it took a lot of time to install and configure."
"Get everything centralized into the portal."
"I would say implementing test data management requires a lot of effort and time...Even if you have experienced people, it takes time."
"There are different modules for masking. There is a portal and there is a standalone application as well. The standalone application is more old-fashioned. When you write rules on this old-fashioned interface, because it has more complex functions available for use, you can't migrate them to the portal."
"Could be more user friendly; deployment is a little complex."
"It needs an integration with Optum."
"Guardium Data Protection is far better in terms of external integration. But in terms of firewall features, like when you're blocking activities, it's as if Oracle AVDF simply has superior features. This is just from third-party observations, but the users of Oracle AVDF are saying that when it comes to the firewall and protection functionality, they're much more inclined to AVDF."
"One of the limitations that everyone who uses Guardium knows is its ability for back-end reporting. The ability to collect it sometimes is easier than the ability to retrieve it, use it, or give a good representation of it for incidence response or questions which come from the different people who want to use the data."
"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."
"Needs easier integration with custom applications."
"I have already mentioned to IBM that a primary need is to improve the number of records in the reports above 65,535."
"I would like them to support cloud services."
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Broadcom Test Data Manager is ranked 2nd in Test Data Management with 32 reviews while IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews. Broadcom Test Data Manager is rated 8.4, while IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Broadcom Test Data Manager writes "Helps to create synthetic data and new data sets ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection writes "Provides visibility, has a single console that shows all information, and collector-aggregator capabilities". Broadcom Test Data Manager is most compared with Delphix, Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM), Tricentis Tosca and K2View, whereas IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security and Vormetric Application Crypto Suite. See our Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection report.
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