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Product	IBM Guardium Data Protection by IBM View product	Qumulo by Qumulo View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Guardium Data Protection delivers data security and database security for compliance. Explore its Data Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.	Evaluating Qumulo? See how this Data Security tool handles 1-click restore and POSIX/SMB/NFS/S3 support, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Data security and activity monitoring	Scale-Out Hybrid Cloud File Storage & Enterprise Data Platform
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Enterprise IT, Research
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud	Hardware Appliance; Cloud SaaS; Virtual Appliance; Software Appliance (HPE, Cisco, Supermicro); Cloud-Native SaaS (AWS/Azure)
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Customer Datacenter Hardware / Cloud Multi-Region Environments
Key features
What it offers	Data discovery, activity monitoring, threat detection and compliance for sensitive enterprise data across hybrid cloud. Data security Database security Data activity monitoring Compliance Threat detection Data discovery Activity monitoring	Real-time file system analytics Multi-cloud file mobility (AWS, Azure, GCP) Immutable snapshots for ransomware defense POSIX/SMB/NFS/S3 support 1-click restore Scale-out unstructured file storage Genomic and healthcare imaging repository Media rendering storage
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Databasescloud data storesSaaS	Enterprise DatacentersCloud Storage BucketsHigh-Performance Workstations
Compliance	PCI DSSGDPRCPRA and other reporting support	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPRFIPS 140-2 Compatible
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Hybrid cloudSaaSon-premises	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudActive DirectoryLDAPREST APIs
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	Media & EntertainmentHealthcareLife SciencesEnterprise ITResearch
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Qumulo
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	250,000+	201-500
Founded	1911	2015

IBM Guardium Data Protection

by IBM

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Qumulo

by Qumulo

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Overview

What it is

IBM Guardium Data Protection

IBM Guardium Data Protection delivers data security and database security for compliance. Explore its Data Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

Qumulo

Evaluating Qumulo? See how this Data Security tool handles 1-click restore and POSIX/SMB/NFS/S3 support, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Data security and activity monitoring

Qumulo

Scale-Out Hybrid Cloud File Storage & Enterprise Data Platform

Best for

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Qumulo

Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Enterprise IT, Research

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Contact Vendor

Qumulo

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Qumulo

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Cloud

Qumulo

SaaSCloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud

Qumulo

Hardware Appliance; Cloud SaaS; Virtual Appliance; Software Appliance (HPE, Cisco, Supermicro); Cloud-Native SaaS (AWS/Azure)

Data residency

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Deployment and region dependent

Qumulo

Customer Datacenter Hardware / Cloud Multi-Region Environments

Key features

What it offers

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Data discovery, activity monitoring, threat detection and compliance for sensitive enterprise data across hybrid cloud.
Data security
Database security
Data activity monitoring
Compliance
Threat detection
Data discovery
Activity monitoring

Qumulo

Real-time file system analytics
Multi-cloud file mobility (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Immutable snapshots for ransomware defense
POSIX/SMB/NFS/S3 support
1-click restore
Scale-out unstructured file storage
Genomic and healthcare imaging repository
Media rendering storage

Platform & access

API access

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Qumulo

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Qumulo

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Qumulo

Multi-tenant

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Qumulo

Mobile app

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Qumulo

Supported platforms

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Databasescloud data storesSaaS

Qumulo

Enterprise DatacentersCloud Storage BucketsHigh-Performance Workstations

Compliance

IBM Guardium Data Protection

PCI DSSGDPRCPRA and other reporting support

Qumulo

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPRFIPS 140-2 Compatible

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Hybrid cloudSaaSon-premises

Qumulo

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudActive DirectoryLDAPREST APIs

Industries

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Qumulo

Media & EntertainmentHealthcareLife SciencesEnterprise ITResearch

Regions

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Global

Qumulo

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Guardium Data Protection

IBM

Qumulo

Headquarters

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Armonk, New York, USA

Qumulo

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

IBM Guardium Data Protection

250,000+

Qumulo

201-500

Founded

IBM Guardium Data Protection

1911

Qumulo

2015