DBX vs Free SQL Server Compliance Benchmark Tool

DBX is a web-based security analysis tool for PostgreSQL and Supabase databases. It examines how identities can reach database objects through RLS policies, grants, functions, storage, relationships, and tenant boundaries. DBX inspects live security objects and uses a deterministic rule engine and permission graph to evaluate practical access. It groups individual weaknesses into attack paths and reports severity, confidence, and evidence. Each deterministic finding includes a proposed migration linked to the relevant object, with an expected security effect and compatibility risk. The snapshot contains catalog metadata, including schemas, policies, grants, routines, and relationships, but no database rows. DBX says its snapshot workflow requires no database password, persistent connection, agent, or production write access; scanning is designed for a dedicated least-privilege role with catalog permissions. A language model explains verified findings and drafts remediation for human review. DBX does not test application code, network controls, or client authorization logic, and it makes no compliance certification claims. Free unlimited introspection is available; Full Remediation costs $195, paid once.

Free SQL Server Compliance Benchmark Tool assesses SQL Server security and configuration against established best practices. It covers on-premises SQL Server installations and Azure SQL Managed Instances, with more than 80 checks across platform configuration, surface area reduction, authentication, encryption, and auditing. The tool can generate a SQL Server Security Compliance Benchmark output in PDF format. It uses core capabilities of the XIA Configuration compliance benchmarking platform and offers a trial of SQL Server documentation functionality found in XIA Configuration Express. The tool is free; requesting it requires a full name and business email address. CENTREL, the company behind the tool, is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom, and was founded in 2008. CENTREL says its technical support staff are based in the UK and that remote support requires the customer's explicit consent, using tools such as TeamViewer and Microsoft Teams. The stated deployment is hybrid, and cloud databases and compliance templates are listed as supported.