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IDERA SQL Secure review

#6 of 26 in Database Vulnerability Scanners

Detailed SQL Server rights analysis with compliance checks, scorecards, and monitoring.

8.6/10Editor score
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

IDERA SQL Secure is a database security analysis and monitoring tool for database administrators managing Microsoft SQL Server environments. It examines effective permissions, roles, accounts, passwords, server settings, operating-system security, and network protocols. Support extends to SQL Server deployments on physical, virtual, and cloud hosts, including Azure SQL Database and Amazon RDS for SQL Server. Teams responsible for rights analysis, security reviews, and compliance-oriented reporting are the clearest fit.

Its strongest capability is the breadth of its SQL Server security analysis. The product maps effective rights across users, roles, servers, databases, and objects, while also checking for weak or blank SQL Server passwords and reviewing server, operating-system, port, protocol, and authentication settings. Predefined security and compliance policy templates, risk assessments, scorecards, historical baselines, and security-change monitoring help turn those checks into recurring oversight. A central repository and centralized console support reporting and audit work.

Pricing is straightforward but significant: the SQL Secure plan costs $647 per instance per year, billed annually, and includes one year of support and maintenance. A 14-day trial is available without a credit card. The product is a focused choice for organizations that need detailed SQL Server rights analysis and compliance workflows, including selected cloud SQL environments. Teams seeking broader database-platform coverage or a lower annual entry price should consider alternatives instead. Its Windows platform focus also narrows the fit for organizations standardizing on other operating systems.

IDERA SQL Secure pros and cons

  • Where it wins
    • Analyzes effective rights across users, roles, servers, databases, and objects
    • Includes compliance templates, scorecards, risk assessments, and baselines
    • Supports Azure SQL Database and Amazon RDS for SQL Server
  • Where it doesn't
    • Annual pricing starts at $647 per instance
    • Windows is the listed platform
    • Focused on SQL Server environments rather than broad database coverage

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