We performed a comparison between CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault and Azure Key Vault based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure is the winner in this comparison. Reviewers are happier with its ease of deployment and with its price.
"It allows me to run applications using these certificates without directly installing them."
"With Azure Key Vault, we can generate our own keys and then import them inside the system, which provides a higher level of security than provider-managed keys."
"The GUI was quite easy for me to use."
"The tool is highly secure and very easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to store secrets securely and encrypt them. It is pretty easy and straightforward to use."
"A high level of security."
"The access policy feature helps secure content and resources."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Key Vault is the secret storage of data."
"Security is the solution's most valuable feature. As far as I know, this solution is the most secure system of this class on the market today, even considering another management system like Fudo Security, which we also use. The integration capabilities are very good; it helps strengthen our overall security."
"Our privileged accounts are now stored in a more secure location and lateral movement within the network have been lessened."
"I love how easily we could operate within Password Vault and get things done. It was almost effortless."
"The most valuable features of CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault are password rotations and password encryptions."
"It's a highly flexible solution that can adapt to each customer's needs."
"Previously, we used to share passwords for service and normal admin accounts among team members. However, since we started managing it through the product, we've transitioned to individual admin accounts or implemented dual control for shared accounts. With dual control, exclusive checking and checkout options are available, and passwords are not stored in clear text anywhere in the credentials."
"PSM enables after-hours monitoring."
"Thus far I can say technical support is excellent. We haven't had any issues or difficulties."
"While the solution already does a great job of managing keys, the solution could probably look at maybe expanding more into mobile devices and endpoints."
"Azure Key Vault is only available for Microsoft services, and it should be exposed to non-Microsoft cloud services, like GCP and Amazon."
"Sometimes it takes too long to retrieve the keys. The authentication process takes time."
"They should add a key vault feature for the databases temporarily integrated into hybrid clouds."
"The platform's configuration process could be easier."
"Currently, our company has to add the secrets manually, one by one, in Azure Key Vault, which is a tedious process."
"The initial setup could be less complex for first-time users."
"We've experienced issues with configuration."
"The installation process should be easier and more user-friendly so that you don't need to hire a third party to deploy it."
"There was a situation when one of our presidents had an issue, but I can't recall the specifics."
"The initial setup could be simplified. Right now, in comparison to its nearest competitors, it's quite complex."
"CyberArk has two disadvantages; the first is that it's insanely expensive and the other is it's very complex."
"Having a cloud version would be very helpful. You have to invest a lot of money for the infrastructure hardware so the cloud version would help."
"To get it to a ten it should give other possibilities to select if you could follow the keystrokes. It should have a flexibility with things where people can use it a lot faster."
"The challenge with the product is pricing since it's expensive. It also needs to improve the customization. We encountered some stability issues as well."
"The architecture needs to be improved."
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Azure Key Vault is ranked 1st in Enterprise Password Managers with 46 reviews while CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault is ranked 4th in Enterprise Password Managers with 48 reviews. Azure Key Vault is rated 8.6, while CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Key Vault writes "Allows us to securely store our keys to prevent unauthorized access to unwanted users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault writes "Helps to store system accounts ". Azure Key Vault is most compared with AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Certificate Manager, Delinea Secret Server and 1Password, whereas CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault is most compared with HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Delinea Secret Server, BeyondTrust Password Safe and LastPass. See our Azure Key Vault vs. CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault report.
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