We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust and others in Privileged Access Management (PAM)."All of the features of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager are valuable."
"Ensures accounts are managed according to corporate policies."
"I appreciate the ease of use for support analysts."
"The implementation of the PSM proxy has reduced the specific risk of "insider attacks" on our domain controllers and SLDAP servers by eliminating direct user login by an open secure connection on the user's behalf without ever revealing the privileged credentials."
"The automatic password management is the most important feature. The second most important feature is the ability to enforce dual control on the release of those passwords. The combination of these two features is the most important thing for us because we can show that we're in control of who uses any non-personal account, and when they do so."
"The automatic rotation of credentials is probably the most useful feature."
"Creating policies and the password rotation feature have been valuable. We don't have to memorize our password for the ADM account."
"This solution is quite stable."
"HelpSystems Powertech's feature that I have found most valuable is its flexibility. It is able to be extended. A lot of the products these days, especially the ones on the cloud, are limited and can't handle all the use cases. Often there is not even a way to customize the application to meet uncommon use cases and HelpSystems provides an infrastructure that lends itself to the ability to be customized."
"CyberArk PAM could greatly benefit from an under-the-hood update; integrating machine learning algorithms could provide predictive insights."
"The PTA could be improved. Currently, companies often have multiple domains and sometimes it's difficult to implement CyberArk in this kind of infrastructure. For example, you can add CPM (Central Policy Manager) and PSM (Privileged Session Manager and PVWA (Password Vault Web Access) for access, but if you want to add PTA (Privileged Threat Analysis) to scan Vault logs, it is difficult because this component may be adding multiple domain environments."
"Make it easier to deploy."
"We found a lot of errors during the initial setup. They should work to improve the implementation experience and to remove errors from the process."
"Stability is a huge concern right now. We are on a version which is very unstable. We have to upgrade to stabilize it. It is fine, but the problem is we have to hire CyberArk to do the upgrade. This costs money, and it is their bug."
"There is a bit of a learning curve, but it's a pretty complex solution."
"The interface on version 9 looks old."
"This product needs professional consulting services to onboard accounts effectively based user profiles."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the support of the product. It's hard to get support for it. I think this is emblematic of the fact that they don't have a lot of employees who have long-term experience with it."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager is ranked 37th in Privileged Access Management (PAM). CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager is rated 5.0. 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 Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager writes "Inexperienced support for old product, but good flexibility for use case customization". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, Delinea Secret Server, WALLIX Bastion and One Identity Safeguard, whereas Fortra's Powertech Identity & Access Manager is most compared with .
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