We performed a comparison between CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager 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."Users can scale the solution."
"The most valuable feature is that it does lifecycle management and that it will change to whatever the end target is."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The solution allows me to give access and privileges to each user individually"
"I have always found that CyberArk is a very tight, foolproof product compared to most other products available."
"We can do both server and endpoint protection."
"The most valuable feature of CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is its ability to reset passwords every time that it is needed or periodically."
"The solution is scalable."
"Transparent login for users of privileged IDs (Linux, Windows). This prevents sharing of the password because it is never seen."
"Comprehensive coverage of the required features for the PAM solution."
"The key benefits are we improve our governance. We ensure we can build more trust in the way we run and operate our environment, and most of all is the accountability."
"The interface is very friendly, colorful, and bold."
"You can do A2A integration. You can have your own script, which can then run outside of PA to retrieve the password and perform other tasks."
"We know we can scale up with what we have, and we probably will not need to buy any further appliances down the road."
"We found that the architecture is scalable and very resilient."
"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."
"We have had some major issues with the tool, but we have worked with the R&D teams and we have worked with support. There is room for improvement, especially on response times. But they're working on it and they're doing the best they can."
"CyberArk has some performance issues. For example, servers could not handle the solution when we first took CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager."
"Technical support is slow to respond when we run into issues."
"Compared to other tools like Linux, this solution isn't as user-friendly."
"One area that has room for improvement is in managing the credentials for network devices."
"It cannot be on-prem. It is only cloud-based. Sometimes, that's a restriction in terms of usage."
"The solution can be complex to use at times."
"Performance could be better. We have a couple of problems with CyberArk right now. One of the problems is performance in our environment. Support also takes a long time to respond. If the user already has local admin rights, then I can't collect any events in the console from this device. There are also some options in CyberArk that are not working properly, and are not helpful in this case. I can't collect any information to create a proper policy for the device. I have to investigate everything manually, or even disable the local admin from the device. I can collect the events only after this, and it's very time consuming. In my case, it's a waste of resources."
"The setup is complex."
"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."
"What I hope happens with the new product CA PAM is to keep all the useful features that exist in PA, but what I’ve noticed with many new products is the UI gets polished but systems lags stability and performance or it adds additional complexity instead of simplifying the user experience."
"I would like this solution to be simpler. It should have a one-click access that works together with AWS."
"The service account management functionality needs to be extended to application pools, SQL database, PowerShell scripts, service account discovery, etc."
"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."
"It's difficult to locate the reports, there are limits on what reports can be run from the GUI, and the report formats are lacking."
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CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is ranked 6th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 26 reviews while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 50 reviews. CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is rated 8.0, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager writes "Offers integrated solutions and expands its capabilities through strategic acquisitions". 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". CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, CrowdStrike Falcon, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Tanium, whereas Symantec Privileged Access Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, ARCON Privileged Access Management and Delinea Secret Server. See our CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager report.
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