Onam Database Security

Onam Database Security is a database posture and benchmark service for teams managing cloud and self-hosted database estates. It is best suited to security teams that need configuration checks alongside data sensitivity and identity context. Its broad coverage is a strong fit for cross-cloud reviews, though per-resource Pro billing deserves scrutiny for larger estates.

Overview

Onam discovers database resources across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, IBM Cloud, Alibaba and Kubernetes through read-only APIs. It covers RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL, Cloud SQL, DynamoDB, Redshift, OCI DB Systems and other databases. Cloud posture checks use control-plane APIs, while optional CIS engine assessments require a customer-provisioned read-only database account. Teams can therefore run cloud configuration checks without supplying database credentials, but engine-level coverage requires additional setup.

Findings combine with data classification and identity context, helping teams prioritize sensitive databases and identify principals with access. Checks cover encryption, public accessibility, backup retention, deletion protection, audit configuration, snapshot exposure and privileged grants. Onam says it stores credential references rather than plaintext cloud credentials and encrypts stored cloud configurations and findings with AES-256 at rest.

Key features

CIS benchmarks cover PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Oracle, IBM Db2, MongoDB and Cassandra. Onam also maps findings to 78 compliance frameworks and provides PDF and CSV auditor exports with linked evidence. This combination can help teams connect technical findings to compliance reviews, rather than treating benchmark results as an isolated checklist.

The Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017, PCI DSS v4.0 and CSA STAR Level 1 as achieved, and GDPR as compliant. These credentials may matter to organizations evaluating a security vendor, though they do not replace an assessment of its fit for a particular environment.

Pricing

Free costs nothing, billed forever. It includes one cloud account, up to 500 resources, core CSPM rules for Critical and High findings, CIS benchmark coverage, 30-day finding history and community support. That is a useful starting point for a small estate, but the account and resource caps and shorter history constrain ongoing reviews at scale.

Pro costs $22 a month, billed per resource per month: a platform fee plus $22 per resource, billed monthly. It removes the cloud-account limit and adds all 29 engines, all 78 compliance frameworks, one-year finding history and email support with a response time under 24 hours. Email and Slack notifications and REST API access are also listed for Pro. The per-resource charge can make broader coverage expensive as an estate grows; buyers should compare the fee against the number of resources they intend to monitor.

Enterprise uses an annual contract with custom pricing. It includes everything in Pro, multi-tenant support, SSO / SAML 2.0, an on-premises deployment option, a contractual 99.9% uptime SLA and priority support under four hours plus a CSM. Webhooks, SIEM and a Terraform provider are also listed for Enterprise. This is the tier for organizations needing those deployment and operational provisions, but it is not a priced alternative to Pro.

A 14-day trial is available. Free and Pro use SaaS deployment; Enterprise can be deployed as SaaS or on-premises.

Platforms

Onam supports API, self-hosted and web platforms. Its cloud database coverage and agentless scanning approach suit teams reviewing distributed resources without describing an installed scanning agent; optional engine-level assessment still uses a customer-provisioned read-only account.

Who it's for

Onam is a strong candidate for security teams overseeing databases across cloud providers that want posture checks, engine benchmarks, compliance mapping and access context in one review. It is less compelling for a small deployment that exceeds Free’s caps only slightly, or for a large estate where per-resource Pro charges outweigh the value of the combined view.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Broad cloud discovery and database coverage help teams review mixed-provider estates in one service.
• Pros: Joining findings with classification and identity context makes it easier to prioritize sensitive databases and understand access.
• Pros: Framework mappings and evidence-linked PDF and CSV exports support compliance and audit work.
• Cons: Free is capped at one cloud account and 500 resources, with only 30 days of finding history.
• Cons: Pro’s platform fee plus $22 per resource per month can become a material cost for large inventories.
• Cons: Optional CIS engine assessments require the customer to provision a read-only database account.

Alternatives

Database Vulnerability Scanners is the category list to consult when comparing database security tools more broadly. Choose Defensia Database Security if a free Linux, self-hosted or web option with a one-server cap, 2,000 events per month, three days of log retention and monitor mode is a closer fit. Choose Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management for OCI secret management rather than database posture review. Qualys External Attack Surface Management offers a 30-day no-cost CSAM with EASM trial, so it is worth considering when that focus matches the need. DBX offers free unlimited schema introspection, topology and score viewing, finding counts and severity, and local analysis; it may suit a schema-analysis task better. Omega DB Scanner Standalone is a free Windows scanner for Oracle 10g, 11g and 12c traditional auditing, a narrower fit for those versions. Trellix Data Loss Prevention is an alternative for enterprise DLP across endpoints, email, web, networks and storage, managed on-premises or as SaaS. Banyan Cloud DSPM is another paid web-based option. GuardOne is another paid web option.

Verdict

Choose Onam if your team needs to assess databases across multiple clouds and connect configuration and benchmark findings to data sensitivity, identity access and compliance evidence. Its breadth and contextual findings are the clearest reasons to choose it. Look elsewhere if you need a low-cost option for a large resource estate or do not need its combined posture and access view.