# DBHawk Reviews **Vendor:** Datasparc **Category:** [Database Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-security) **Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 25 ## About DBHawk Zero Trust Database Access with Unified Web-Based IDE. With Datasparc's patented flagship product DBHawk, users only receive access to the data they need. DBHawk provides zero trust database access to on-premise and cloud databases. DBHawk supports a wide array of SQL and NoSQL databases, including AWS Athena, Amazon Redshift, Cassandra, Greenplum, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP Hana, and Teradata. DBHawk integrates with SAML, LDAP, SSO, and OKTA. Its comprehensive object access control policy, dynamic data masking and auditing features allow logging all database activities, making it ideal for organizations seeking to comply with data protection regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA. ## DBHawk Reviews ### 1. The Best Web Based SQL Tool Available! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2024 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** DBHawk is the most full featured web based SQL tool that met all of our needs. Deployment to AWS was seamless and and fit perfectly into our deployment pipline for Fargate. Integration with Okta was simple. We use DBHawk for AWS RDS and internal databases across a Direct Connect and it performs flawlessly. Datasparc is extremely customer focused, quick to respond to any questions and always looking for input for desired features and/or product improvement. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** I don't have any dislikes, it's perfect and fulfills our requirements. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** They provide a secure, full featured, web based SQL client that is simple to deploy and use. Thy also provide, among many others features, the ability for admins to configure data masking for sensitive data. ### 2. DB Hawk use and implementation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tom H. | BI, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2021 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** DB Hawk is great for database management: Moving through databases made easy, no matter your experience level. DB Hawk allows users to visualize their data in meaningful ways and excels in performance optimization. Utilizes encryption protocols and access controls, to ensure your data is safe. Sameer and Dave are top-notch, they're there to help every step of the way. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Getting used to a web-based ID has been my biggest change, but this actually saved me in two different examples when traveling connecting via SAML **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** It's a great one-stop shop for most needs and the engineering team is building out new connections frequently **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its the Swiss army knife of IDE, their team is exceptional in adding needed requests/functionality ### 3. Great **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael F. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Allows us to extend our database access in a highly secure manner allowing us to maintain our Data Security. Datasparc has been extremely helpful in our implementation and support phase. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** We have had minimal problems and any issues have been dealt with quickly via Datasparc support **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing users to access our databases without VPN securely and with full logging of activities. ### 4. Secure Web Base Platform to Access Datebases **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** The platform is very simple to use and allows for connecting to databases very easily. Anyone can easily learn how to use the product very fast. The creation of charts and dashboards is very simple and displays data in an organized manner. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing to dislike. The platform satisfies all requirements that are needed. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides easy and secure access to databases without knowing databases and passwords. Can quickly upload and analyze data to view in the form of charts and diagrams. ### 5. DBHawk review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** It allows centrally secured data access across SQL and NoSQL databases stored in the cloud or on-premise. I can receive quick and safe access to the data by using DBHawk. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** It is not free and ometimes when query is very complex processing takes time **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** One of the good online sql editor with secured data access. Can do online editing. ### 6. Web Based Database connectivity for end users **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Nothing to install / reinstall for the end user. Easy to manage, no need to update users connection strings, passwords are also managed on the tool . Upgrades and maintenance are straight forward and easy. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing I can think of regarding DBHawk, Pretty happy with the product and and support. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides secure and sleek database access to Business users without them having to install or configure any tools. ### 7. Secure and automated access provisioning for DBs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tejas S. | Devops Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 01, 2022 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** It is very secure; the best part is that the admin has granular column-level control over who can view what information. To add, they have API's for everything, which made it easier for us to automate the complete provisioning and de-provisioning of the users and databases on DBhawk. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing to dislike. It meets our requirements. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** With DBhawk, we can connect to many types of Databases, and our engineers don't need to install any application to communicate with DBhawk, which makes everyone's life easier. One primary use case for our organisation was to automate the provisioning and de-provisioning of users to the databases, which was long, manual and cumbersome before DBhawk. With the help of DBhawk, we now have complete one-click automation, which gives the user access to the DB and schema they want to work on within a few seconds. All this was possible for us by DBhawk APIs, using which we have automated the complete process. And they have a fantastic support team which is always available to answer any of our doubts. Special thanks to Sameer Patel and Dave Shah for their dedicated support. ### 8. Powerful product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** It is very flexible and you can adapt it to a very large range of engine like Postgresql, MSSQL and SAP Hana. Support is very responsive. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** I did not have issue until now so I can only suggest it. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** It help us to give limited access to the database through a web interface. ### 9. Great Partnership and Consistently Improving Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 23, 2022 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** I have enjoyed working with our partners at DBHawk. They are incredibly responsive and always willing to get on a call to troubleshoot. We have requested many features that are not only implemented but with rapid turnaround times. When I started using DBHawk, I needed many features to fulfill our requirements, but now I have everything I need. I haven't experienced this with other vendors I've worked with, and I highly recommend working with DBHawk. This product makes scheduling jobs straightforward, which is the primary use we have for it. I am starting to explore the many other great features, but the Job Scheduler is top-notch. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** In the POC period, I spent a lot of time testing and troubleshooting issues (more time than expected), but these issues were not lingering. As I stated above, our partners at DBHawk were always more than willing to listen, help us troubleshoot, and build new features to meet our needs. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** The Job Scheduler is the most beneficial feature for us. We use it for business-critical queries to pull data into CSV files and push to our vendor's SFTPs, which allows us to keep our processes in sync and deliver fast and consistent value to our customers in many aspects of our business. ### 10. One of the best web based tool to manage DB **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Balaji R. | Senior Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** DBHawk allows us to connect to our DB easily and it supports multiple databases connection and used to track SQL activities on user bases securely. Very friendly user interfaces and informative. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** I don't have any dislikes, it's perfect and fulfills our requirements. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps us to centralize the database management allowing secure connections and two-factor authentication. We are almost receiving fast responses and solutions. ### 11. Secure tool for access to databases **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sanja S. | Senior Middleware Specialist (Tools Lead), Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2022 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Secure database access tool, providing granular access for our clients and their data. Every database activity is logged, which helps us meet our organizational auditing and compliance requirements. Easy to install, configure, add/remove access, run queries, jobs, reports. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** DBHawk tool meets all our requirements - there is nothing I dislike about the tool. The vendor is really helpful and always quick to accommodate our requests, help with issues or provide improvements. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have clients that need direct access to their data hosted on our servers. Prior to using DBHawk tool, the clients would send the request to DBAs, and DBAs would manually run SQL queries for the clients. With DBHawk tool, our clients have access to their data whenever they want, and our DBAs don't need to spend time running manual queries. ### 12. Very good product and very responsive vendor **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2023 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Provides a SQLDeveloper like interface for users. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Some complex queries pose a challenge, but the vendor has diligently provided fixes for most of the limitations. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows our user community to query production data without allowing them to modify the data. SAML authentication makes it very easy to provision. ### 13. Excellent tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2022 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Useful tool to manage datasource in a secure and flexible way **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing, everything working well also with a great support! **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provide secure access to database of several vendors ### 14. Review of DBHawk **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Noel V. | Executive Committee Member, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2022 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** It has a powerful query builder that facilitates SQL-NO SQL data. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Little on the expensive side. The price can be reduced from 30 dollars per user. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides secure data access. It does not expose crucial data. ### 15. Secure access to all databases with one tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 07, 2022 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** With DBHawk we can provide secure database access to our end users without exposing database username and password **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing, DBHawk meets all our database security requirements. **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** If you are looking for secure database access with cost-effective tools, use DBHawk. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** With DBHawk we can provide secure database access to our end users without exposing database username and passwords. Also DBHawk provided audit logs for each database user's activities. ### 16. DBHawk - The multi database platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrew B. | Manager BI/Integration, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2021 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** With one tool in DBHawk, we can connect to almost any type of database both in the cloud and locally. In addition, we can manage all the administration features from the front end, leaving the more complex db administration out of the mix. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Occasionally, you can get a timeout from a long-running query being that it's browser based. **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** I have used SQL Developer, Toad & Navigator; while there is a difference in being a web-based tool, it has almost all the same features available, as well as some additional. The product has been adapted to quickly within our department due to its ease of use and multi-type database connections. Support has been exceptional. They have been very open to feedback and continued inprovements. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** A single tool for connecting to many different types of databases. DBHawk has been extremely beneficial as we began our migration to the cloud. ### 17. Very much recommend DBHawk **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Geert L. | IT Service Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2021 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** - Clear overview of options - Sharing SQL - Useful report options In general, the clear look of DBHawk makes it easy to work with. There is no distraction of many unuseful buttons and where it is necessary, the user is guided by extra information on available options. Sharing and report options are great and save us a lot of work! Contact with the supplier has also always been pleasant: Quick responses, solid answers and a consistent friendliness. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Not much, really. DBHawk meets our requirements. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** The major problem solved is not having access to on-screen information, which can now be reached by using queries. Another problem is not being able to share technical work in a clear way, which can now be done with the report and share options. ### 18. DB Hawk a great browser based database management tool. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Clayton A. | Business Intelligence Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2021 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** The ability to work from anywhere and any computer to view database-related issues. I do not have to worry about if I have my work computer or not. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Delay times to load data from tables can be a tad long based on internet connection. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Currently, we are utilizing DBHawk to confirm data ETLs and other data quality-related issues to increase performance and eliminate insufficient data. ### 19. Excellent tool for web-based database management **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Harun F. | Associate Product Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2021 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** - Intuitive GUI - Ability to save and share snippits with other users, even non DBHAWK users - SAML Integration - Diverse and powerful SQL editing capabilities - Simple BI Capabilities **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** There is not much to dislike about DBHawk - I think it is a great tool. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** DBHawk allows me to easily and quickly disseminate queries as needed to my stakeholders. I can also grant users access to our production database without needing to share database credentials. ### 20. Good tool for accessing securely data **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 02, 2021 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Easy tool, and accessable through browser. Very intuitive **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing I van think of. it is a very intuive tool, but that is positive **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can make it possible using DBHawk to access database data for viewing to oud clienst in a browser, they can query their own data without being concerned that they make DML statements ### 21. The best tool I use for web-based database management **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** edward s. | Senior Software Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2019 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** DBHAWk is without a doubt my number 1 tool for data analysis and database administration, both for its security, efficiency, and versatility. There are some of the many reasons why I choose DBHAWK over other database management tools The compatibility presents with multiple database platforms makes it versatile, avoiding having to constantly change the database platform, drastically reducing time and accelerating all the work, really amazing. Another positive aspect of DBHAWK is its web-based interface because everything is managed centrally, everything becomes easier and faster. And last but not least. Its SQL editor, as well as its panels, are really good, powerful and efficient. These are undoubtedly the main reasons why I choose DBHAWK compared to other software to manage my databases. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** There are not many things that upset me about DBHAWK, the only thing that would improve would be to overcome some web limitations. The rest are all aspects that I like about DBHAWK **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** I recommend it without a doubt, DBHAWK is one of the main tools that I use for data analysis and manage my databases, really useful and efficient, so far I have not been disappointed and I doubt that I do. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** DBHAWK has helped us manage our database and centralize user access since DBHAWK presents the integration of the LDAP server, users do not need to know the username and password to access, greatly facilitating the work of tracking SQL activities of users really excellent. ### 22. Excellent tool for data analysis and database management, based on the web. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** matthew j. | Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2019 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** DBHAWK is an excellent tool for database management, easy to use and really versatile, with a perfect value for money. There are some aspects that I like about DBHAWK, one of them is the great versatility that it presents. Because it is compatible with multiple database platforms, therefore, it is not necessary to switch between multiple database clients. I can also point out that thanks to the integration of the LDAP server, users do not have to know the username and password to connect to the database. Making it really efficient and easy to use. It should also be noted that the web-based interface is quite good. It saves a lot of time since it is managed centrally and use can be controlled more easily. Finally, DBHAWK consists of a powerful SQL editor and panels that make it an excellent tool for data analysis and database administration. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** The only thing I dislike is the web limitations, for example, that if you refresh the page there is the possibility of losing your most recent job. Although it is the only thing I dislike about DBHAWK, the rest are aspects that make me choose it against other software. **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** I recommend it without any doubt, an excellent tool for data analysis and web-based database management. Truly easy to use and versatile, with a very good web interface that just needs to improve some aspects. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** DBHawk allows us to centralize access to all our databases and track the SQL activities of our users in a safe and simple way since they do not need to know the username and password to enter the DB. ### 23. Excellent database software for securing and tracking production access **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Richard T. | CIO, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2019 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** - Multiple database platforms - Web User Interface - LDAP(s) integration in front of database access (users do not have to know the database user and password to connect) - Strong 2-factor Authentication - Connections and queries per user tracking (perfect for production data fixing) - Powerful SQL editor - Powerful dashboards - Queries saving and sharing **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing ! It's just perfect for our requirement ! **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** DBHawk allows us to centralize the access to all of our production databases, and to track SQL activities per user in a very secured way. this tool is much more secured and much more suitable than classical SQL clients to track and secure production data fixing activities. ### 24. DBHawk is amazingly versatile software. It is easy to setup and very easy to use. Users love it. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 11, 2018 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** It is supporting multiple database platforms, hence we don't need to switch between several Database clients. We can easily create snippets and share some access to the NON DBHAWK users in other departments. It is great, that we have one platform, that can be used inside of our company as well as outside - when connected on mobile device (iPad) via VPN. System is fast and reliable, it keeps the history of the queries, so can get back to your previous work easily. Inbuilt scheduler, TABLE import /export provides very agile scheduled system - we have replaced our customer build application with this feature. Dashboard is simply amazing. By couple of clicks you can create amazing GRAPHICAL presentation of your data - basically simple BI system. READ access to the DB - as simple as 1 click - you can define a database connection as read only without actually touching the DB user itself. This is great feature which we use when granting access to the Database to the non-technical people. User access control in general is very easy in DBHawk. Saves us a lot of time. WebBased interface is saving us a lot of time with the local application setup. Everything is managed centrally and we can easily see, which use is working on what query. The queries can be shared. Great value for the money. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** since it is web-based, there are some limitations defined by the browser - if by any accident the user press REFRESH WEBPAGE (or F5), the DBHawk gets refreshed and you may loose you recent work. Or in case you are using iPad with external keyboard, it is a bit harder to navigate through the SQL code with arrows. We are dependent on the availability of the server. Running a SQL PLUS code on the ORACLE database is a bit tricky, to get a spool file that is generated by the query is not really straight forward thing, but it works. **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** Definitely try before buy. But I believe, you will love this product. Take a closer look on the DASHBOARD and SNIPPETS features. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are sharing the data from our database with colleagues from other departments. It is really easy to share the data via SNIPPETS and Dashboard - users don't even need to login, they can just directly access the data - almost like BI. All databases at one place. we are using DB Hawk for regular uploads of the data in the DATABASE - we don't need to use external applications anymore, as this is possible via DBHawk directly. We are using it for remote support of our system - via mobile devices (laptops, ipads...) ### 25. Awesome software for a great price **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2018 **What do you like best about DBHawk?** Been using this software for several years and appreciate ease of use and quality. Connects easily to our Oracle tables and allows us to pull in information quickly and easily. Highly recommended. Dave and Manish have been extremely helpful over the years. **What do you dislike about DBHawk?** Nothing. It just works. I highly recommend **Recommendations to others considering DBHawk:** Try it first. If it meets your needs as it has ours, you'll stick with them. **What problems is DBHawk solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of accessing Oracle tables. Being able to select tables quickly and easily has saved us countless time and made queries simple and fast. ## DBHawk Discussions - [What is DBHawk used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-dbhawk-used-for) - [View DBHawk pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/dbhawk/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-03+10%3A09%3A18+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=92d448e0-6859-4b71-bd16-dbf99b6168a0&secure%5Btoken%5D=cccd73423228f8480e586ac52f573877e560f637d3fec7b7025b871998f06e25&format=llm_user) ## DBHawk Features **Administration** - Supported Databases - Data Management - Logging and Reporting - API / integrations **Data Protection** - Data Masking - Data Encryption/Security - Data loss Prevention - Anomoly Detection - Sensitive Data Compliance **Management** - Data dictionary - Data Replication - Query Language - Data Modeling - Performance Analysis **Cloud Visibility** - Data Discovery - Cloud Registry - Cloud Gap Analytics **Compliance** - Access Management - At-Risk Analysis - DLP Configuration - Sensitive Data Compliance **Governance** - Compliance - Access Management - Multi-Factor Authentication **Analysis** - Cloud Gap Analytics - Compliance Monitoring - User Analytics **Maintenance** - Data Migration - Backup and Recovery - Multi-User Environment **Security** - Data Security - Data loss Prevention - Security Auditing **Administration** - Database Management - Deduplication - Backup - API / integrations **Protection** - Database Activity Monitoring - Firewall - Data Masking - Audits **Administration** - Auditing - Data Discovery - Access Control **Security** - Data Encryption - User Access Control **Identity** - SSO - Governance - User Analytics **Security ** - Multi-Factor Authentication - Data Transport - Data Types - Security Tools ## Top DBHawk Alternatives - [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (2,125 reviews) - [Sprinto](https://www.g2.com/products/sprinto-inc/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (1,634 reviews) - [Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/acronis-cyber-protect-cloud/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (1,288 reviews)