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.
"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 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 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."
"You can easily manage more than 4000 accounts with one PSM."
"The biggest feature is the security of the overall solution. It's very secure. The vaulting technology and the number of security layers involved in the vault, where privileged accounts are actually stored, is the heart of the solution."
"CyberArk has the ability to change the credentials on every platform."
"We are able to know who is accessing what and when; having accountability."
"This is a complete solution that can detect cyber attacks well."
"The product provides a native user experience without requiring users to install additional software or agents."
"It works for us."
"The discovery engine is really robust and flexible. It had some session management features that are better compared to some other vendors. Overall the GUI is very good and straightforward to operate compared to other solutions. For example, CyberArk and Hitachi tend to be hard to navigate."
"It offers the possibility of secure administration of hardware devices, as well as Linux systems administration from a Windows environment."
"The privileged access management, which is the Safe Access Model is the most valuable feature."
"The user interface is quite good. It's very straightforward."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"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."
"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."
"The current user interface is a little dated. However, I hear there are changes coming in the next version."
"Initially, there was a lot of hiccups, because there were a lot of transitions due to manual installations."
"The continuous scanning of the assets is limited to Windows and Unix. We like to have the solution scan any databases, network devices, and security devices for privileged accounts. That would be very helpful."
"The initial setup of CyberArk is a challenge if you do not have prior experience with it."
"It is very complex and difficult to set up the solution."
"The product could be easier to use. More work needs to be done on this aspect; it is not good enough yet. It also takes up a lot of server space. Sometimes we need to use up to seven servers."
"I would like to see is the policy export and import. When we expend, we do not want to just hand do a policy."
"I think that the main interface should integrate better with non-standard applications and clients, to connect with other systems."
"Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better."
"This product is excellent in every way except minor details in handling extremely large environments."
"They could improve the container platform and SPO."
"The technical support needs improvement. For example, if you have any problems on the server configuring the IIS, they would provide you very limited details and they would tell you the problem is on your end."
"The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome."
"One of the things that we want is to be able to do some of the management of it using APIs."
"There could be tweaks here and there. For example, instead of going to one main function to do this and another main function to do that, the solution could remap the user interface so that a person only has to go through one function. The way that function branches off should make a bit more sense."
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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.