We performed a comparison between ARCON Privileged Access Management and Symantec Privileged Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."That dashboard is okay."
"It was very easy for us to move this application and database from on-premise to cloud, as well as configure new things, such as load balancing. The product is very compatible."
"The deployment process for the solution was easy...The solution's technical support team was good."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not complex at all."
"After storing the administrator password in this password vault of the solution, the solution can automatically go and change the password based on the defined frequency with the defined complexity."
"We use ARCON Privileged Access Management to monitor and record our admin users' activity."
"The notification alert feature where the network admin gets notified of probable malicious activity is the most valuable feature."
"Logging, particularly screen recording for Windows RDP sessions. Also, command-logging for SSH sessions. This really helps us to see what commands/changes have been executed in a particular service at a given point of time, and by whom."
"It reduces the viral attacks on my website. It also allows certain users access to see what happens daily."
"It gives you list of servers, so you can see which users have access to which servers. This is really useful, so we can make sure nobody is getting extra access than what is needed."
"The interface is very friendly, colorful, and bold."
"It is great for identity governance."
"Password Management and Session Recording. The simplicity and ease that it is to be up and running out-of-the-box is very much appreciated."
"It will provide us with more security."
"The product is very scalable in terms of concurrent sessions that it can handle at a time, number of device it can support, accounts that it can manage, or number of nodes that you can deploy in a cluster."
"The DB clustering is a really good benefit of using CA PAM."
"Currently, along with the upgrade of the ARCON solution, we have to consider the desktops and the endpoints from where the solution will have to be accessed. We have to upgrade those endpoints and desktops as well. So upgrades are not smooth."
"They they should focus on support. The support needs to be very strong. Since the product is becoming stronger, their support team also should be equally strong. They should respond to open queries within the time limit they have set. Their support team should be more technical, to understand the issue or the set up."
"The deployment process is a bit complex because no document is available."
"The solution lacks to offer a governance mechanism for operational technology assets."
"I'll provide feedback on additional features after the project is completed. I think it would be better to comment on that after the implementation is finished."
"There are no APIs readily available... I'm working on automation for ARCON so that whatever the ARCON administrator is doing will be automated, rather than having to do it manually. For that, I had to spend months to get the API developed myself. Having that handy out of the box, that would really help..."
"They need to support all web browsers. At the moment it only supports Explorer, IE. They have to come up with a solution to support all browsers."
"Bulk password automation is not available in ARCON when compared to other products."
"An improvement for this solution is that it should not be constantly based on user name and password. There should be a condition to edit and update your username."
"I wish it could create local accounts on desktops."
"We have to do a lot of manual work to automate features."
"The setup is complex."
"It'd be great if you just stuck in your PIV card and Windows popped up, asked you for your password. You typed it in, then it remembered your credentials."
"They need to have zero tier and active-active setup with zero minimum downtime, which they are working on it. "
"I’m no fan of Java as an application front-end, as it tends to have issues depending on what browser one’s using."
"The service account management functionality needs to be extended to application pools, SQL database, PowerShell scripts, service account discovery, etc."
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ARCON Privileged Access Management is ranked 8th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 11 reviews while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 3 reviews. ARCON Privileged Access Management is rated 7.8, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ARCON Privileged Access Management writes "With helpful features like remote and server access, the solution strives to meet the requirements of its users ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Privileged Access Manager writes "Allows IT and consultants to access the infrastructure environment but needs more security and better support". ARCON Privileged Access Management is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Delinea Secret Server and One Identity Manager, whereas Symantec Privileged Access Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, Delinea Secret Server and VMware Identity Manager. See our ARCON Privileged Access Management vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager report.
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