We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Delinea Secret Server based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Delinea Secret Server has an edge over CyberArk in this comparison. According to reviews, Secret Server is easier to set up, more reasonably priced, and more user friendly.
"We have been able to manage application credentials in CyberArk, whether they come as a custom plugin or straight out-of-the-box."
"Our go-to solution for securing against the pass the hash attack vector and auditing privileged account usage."
"If any intruder gets inside, they would not be able to move around nor do lateral movements. It minimize any attack problems within our network."
"We are maintaining compliance in PCI, SOX and HIPPA, which is a big thing. Auditors really like it, and it has made us stay compliant."
"Increased our insight into how privileged accounts are being used and distributed within our footprint."
"The fact that I can put my vault here in a central location on one net for example, and I'll have a CPM in California, a CPM in Texas, a CPM in New York, a CPM in Florida, and actually be able to grow with my company and not necessarily have to continue to grow my vault until I get to a certain number accounts - yet I can still manage everything across the country, if not the world - I love that. I love the flexibility and the capability of being able to pull those components out."
"The automatic rotation of credentials is probably the most useful feature."
"CyberArk has been easy for us to implement and the adoption has been good. We've been able to standardize a bunch of things. We've been able to standardize relatively easily with the use of the platforms and managing the policies."
"The user interface is quite good. It's very straightforward."
"There has been no downtime this year."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"The GUI interface is well-designed and user-friendly."
"I really like the zero trust piece."
"The most valuable feature is session monitoring."
"Number one is the password vault; it's very good. Number two, they have a feature for remote desktops that are created on a per session basis, which is very good for security."
"The most valuable feature of Delinea Secret Server is secret password management."
"The interface on version 9 looks old."
"The documentation is rather basic and it is missing many use cases."
"Performance of PIM could be better and intended for usability as well as security."
"I don't know if "failed authentication" is a glitch or if that was an update... However, since we are the CyberArk support within our organization, we need to know that the password is suspended and we won't know that unless we have the ITA log up. So when a user calls and says, "Hey, I'm locked out of CyberArk, I can't get into CyberArk," we have to go through all of these other troubleshooting steps because the first thing we don't think of right now is, "The account is suspended." It doesn't say that anymore."
"The product documentation has to be more precise in certain aspects with explanations for functionality limitations along with reference material or screenshots."
"Our DevOps team is looking in the direction of cloud, because we are not in it today. We are hoping to build it with Conjur from the ground up."
"Some of the additional features that we are looking at are in the Conjur product. I am specifically discussing key management, API Keys, and things for connecting applications in the CI/CD pipelines."
"They can do a better job in the PSM space."
"Support could be better. I have heard about a lot of problems in the Bangladesh market. People are saying that there are support issues. So, Delinea should focus on support and services."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"When working with larger enterprises Thycotic Secret Server becomes a little cumbersome to work with because they do not allow as much flexibility as some of the other competitors, such as CyberArk. Thycotic Secret Server could improve by being more flexible when it comes to customization, and increase the number of API integrations."
"The UI needs improvement because the interface is a little clumsy."
"There are some things that I know are really important to include like A/B version features which are available in Windows. I would say that they should be included in the road map."
"I formerly used only one service: the remote server. For example, I connected to the Active Directory user and the computer's console. But now, I need to do a remote connection to the domain controller. Maybe it only connects to that tool, the Active Directory users, and the computer management console, but not to the domain controller. Another thing Delinea could add is multi-factor authentication."
"The challenge for me with Delinea is that I may not be able to pitch it to an account with a low budget for PAM."
"Although the password policy was interesting, the default setting was inadequate."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Delinea Secret Server is ranked 2nd in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 47 reviews. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Delinea Secret Server is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager writes "Lets you ensure relevant, compliant access in good time and with an audit trail, yet lacks clarity on MITRE ATT&CK". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Delinea Secret Server writes "Effective for password rotation policies triggered by audit requirements, it helps maintain compliance standards and seamless integration with third-party tools ". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, WALLIX Bastion, One Identity Safeguard and Zscaler Internet Access, whereas Delinea Secret Server is most compared with Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, IBM Security Secret Server, ManageEngine PAM360 and BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management. See our CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs. Delinea Secret Server report.
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Hello Avinash, it all depends on the timeline and urgency of the project. If you need to deploy a PAM tool that focuses on standing privileges, stopping lateral movement, and incorporating Zero Standing Privileges as part of Zero Trust, then please consider looking at Remediant. I've worked for BeyondTrust and have gone up against the other big players such as Delinea, Centrify, CyberArk, and HashiCorp. They more or less all offer similar solutions, but looking at your current requirements, Remediant really excels in delivering a simple, yet very effective tool in a matter of days and weeks, not months and years.