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Product	Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall by Oracle View product	VMware NSX by VMware View product
Overview
What it is	Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall: real-time SQL firewall and SQL grammar analysis. Built for SQL injection prevention. Compare Database Security alternatives.	Evaluating VMware NSX? See how this Network Security tool handles microsegmentation and distributed IDS/IPS, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Database Activity Monitoring & Real-Time SQL Firewall	Software-Defined Networking & Microsegmentation
Best for	Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Enterprise IT, Banking & Capital Markets, Energy	Global Enterprise, Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Defense
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	Cloud
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud IaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/KVM/OCI); Cloud IaaS	Software; Hypervisor-Native; Multi-Cloud; Software; Hypervisor-native; Virtual appliances
Data residency	Customer-hosted data sovereignty; Isolated secure storage	On-premises Data Center; Multi-Cloud
Key features
What it offers	Real-time SQL firewall SQL grammar analysis Inline exploit blocking Centralized audit repository Automated compliance reporting Multi-database DAM SQL injection prevention DBA activity auditing	Distributed hypervisor firewall Microsegmentation Virtual routing & switching Distributed IDS/IPS Container networking Network Security Firewall / NGFW Network Segmentation
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	Enterprise Relational DatabasesNetwork Database Segments	VMware vSphereKVMBare-metal ServersKubernetesAWSAzure
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0SOXHIPAAGDPRCommon Criteria EAL 4+	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Oracle DatabaseMicrosoft SQL ServerIBM DB2MySQLSplunkQRadar	VMware vSphereVMware Cloud FoundationKubernetesSplunkQRadar
Industries	Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareRetailEnterprise ITBanking & Capital Markets+1 more	Global EnterpriseBankingTelecomHealthcareDefense
Regions	Global enterprise deployments	GlobalUSEUAPAC
Vendor
Company	Oracle	VMware
Headquarters	Austin, Texas, USA	Palo Alto, California, USA
Company size	160,000+	10,001+
Founded	1977	1998

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

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VMware NSX

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Overview

What it is

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall: real-time SQL firewall and SQL grammar analysis. Built for SQL injection prevention. Compare Database Security alternatives.

VMware NSX

Evaluating VMware NSX? See how this Network Security tool handles microsegmentation and distributed IDS/IPS, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Database Activity Monitoring & Real-Time SQL Firewall

VMware NSX

Software-Defined Networking & Microsegmentation

Best for

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Enterprise IT, Banking & Capital Markets, Energy

VMware NSX

Global Enterprise, Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Defense

Pricing

Pricing model

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Contact Vendor

VMware NSX

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

VMware NSX

Deployment

Deployment options

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

VMware NSX

Cloud

Deployment details

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud IaaS; Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance (VMware/KVM/OCI); Cloud IaaS

VMware NSX

Software; Hypervisor-Native; Multi-Cloud; Software; Hypervisor-native; Virtual appliances

Data residency

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Customer-hosted data sovereignty; Isolated secure storage

VMware NSX

On-premises Data Center; Multi-Cloud

Key features

What it offers

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Real-time SQL firewall
SQL grammar analysis
Inline exploit blocking
Centralized audit repository
Automated compliance reporting
Multi-database DAM
SQL injection prevention
DBA activity auditing

VMware NSX

Distributed hypervisor firewall
Microsegmentation
Virtual routing & switching
Distributed IDS/IPS
Container networking
Network Security
Firewall / NGFW
Network Segmentation

Platform & access

API access

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

VMware NSX

Single sign-on (SSO)

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

VMware NSX

Role-based access (RBAC)

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

VMware NSX

Multi-tenant

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

VMware NSX

Mobile app

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

VMware NSX

Supported platforms

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Enterprise Relational DatabasesNetwork Database Segments

VMware NSX

VMware vSphereKVMBare-metal ServersKubernetesAWSAzure

Compliance

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

PCI-DSS 4.0SOXHIPAAGDPRCommon Criteria EAL 4+

VMware NSX

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Oracle DatabaseMicrosoft SQL ServerIBM DB2MySQLSplunkQRadar

VMware NSX

VMware vSphereVMware Cloud FoundationKubernetesSplunkQRadar

Industries

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Financial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareRetailEnterprise ITBanking & Capital Markets+1 more

VMware NSX

Global EnterpriseBankingTelecomHealthcareDefense

Regions

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Global enterprise deployments

VMware NSX

GlobalUSEUAPAC

Vendor

Company

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Oracle

VMware NSX

VMware

Headquarters

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

Austin, Texas, USA

VMware NSX

Palo Alto, California, USA

Company size

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

160,000+

VMware NSX

10,001+

Founded

Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall

1977

VMware NSX

1998