1Password Business vs Delinea Secret Server vs HashiCorp Vault comparison

1Password and Delinea are both solutions in the Enterprise Password Managers category. 1Password is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.3, while Delinea is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.2. 1Password holds a 5.6% mindshare in EPM, compared to Delinea’s 7.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of 1Password users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Delinea users who would recommend it.

1Password Business

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100% willing to recommend

Delinea Secret Server

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90% willing to recommend

HashiCorp Vault

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between 1Password Business, Delinea Secret Server, and HashiCorp Vault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of 1Password Business is 5.6%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 7.0%, up from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HashiCorp Vault is 11.3%, down from 13.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Password Managers Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
HashiCorp Vault	11.3%
Delinea Secret Server	7.0%
1Password Business	5.6%
Other	76.1%

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Anupam Dutta

Team Lead- Sr. Linux administrator-Kubernetes-DevOps at ExpressRCM

A secure solution that needs to improve JumpCloud integration

The tool's most valuable feature is security. We faced issues while integrating 1Password into JumpCloud. I have been using the product for more than two years. 1Password is stable. My company has 200 users for the product. The tool's deployment is easy. The tool's pricing is not too…

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Avinash Gopu.

Associate VP and Cyber Security Specialist at US Bank

Effective for password rotation policies triggered by audit requirements, it helps maintain compliance standards and seamless integration with third-party tools

The "App to App" feature has been most impactful. It allows secure communication between applications without requiring direct user access, which is crucial for several applications. Additionally, working in the finance department, we are heavily focused on enhancing audit reporting and compliance. So, the GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) capabilities of Delinea Secret Server have also been crucial for us. We implemented a custom reporting system that can automatically send reports to auditors daily, weekly, or according to your organization's needs. We also upgraded the audit role within Secret Server, allowing auditors to access and analyze the reports directly. Additionally, Secret Server provides comprehensive logging capabilities. Auditors can see what data users access, their access levels, and their activities, including check-in and check-out times. Furthermore, Secret Server helped us manage privileged, elevated access, which we call "K2K." As the lead for this project, I could identify users with the highest access levels and implement specific policies to monitor their activity on servers.

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Anand-Awasthi

Cloud Solutions Architect at IBM

Offers dynamic secrets and certificate management for proactive security measures

The best features in HashiCorp Vault are its dynamic certificate management and dynamic secret management, which are the key features that use data effectively. These are very targeted use cases that cut across multiple solutions. I have utilized Vault's encryption capabilities for securing data in transit and at rest, especially for dynamically consuming database encryption, which covers the requirements of various scenarios where databases do not have encryption capability. HashiCorp Vault provides security by rotating the keys and taking all the burden of securing the data from the database. These are key core features that many users employ in this solution. Vault's audit logs provide insights into access patterns and help ensure compliance. These facilities are configurable, and the logs are encrypted, ensuring that anything recorded in the logs is secure. We could use systems that comply with specific standards for audit logging and scanning, especially when working with them. The benefits from HashiCorp Vault include significant advantages in security lifecycle management itself. The value becomes apparent when security incidents occur. It has substantial value in proactively protecting from adverse situations, providing resilience and appreciation by customers in complete security lifecycle management solutions for core infrastructure applications.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"1Password helps to generate unique passwords that you do not need to remember."

"1Password is very secure for storing all my passwords, keys, and secrets for work."

"The solution's most valuable features are its password management security and cloud firewall."

"The most valuable feature of 1Password is the one that automatically generates a password and MFA for me when I try to enter them, instead of going and hardcoding it."

"The tool's most valuable feature is security."

"One valuable feature is that it will support a dedicated database. Delinea provides multiple features, like reporting and remote password changes."

"Provides us with the ability to control access [to secrets] by groups."

"There has been no downtime this year."

"I have found most valuable the automatic scheduled password rotation and remote desktop monitoring. Additionally, the documentation is readily available and easy to find and the dashboard is straightforward."

"The initial setup of Delinea Secret Server is straightforward and easy for development purposes."

"What I like best about this product is the interface."

"I find it really easy and computer confident, and the experience with the product is really good. Additionally, customizations are easy."

"I like that you can change the password remotely."

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"We use the solution for secret management."

"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is version control."

"This solution is easy to use and to integrate."

"It is user-friendly and easy to implement from any application point."

"We were using it because we have compliance requirements around secret management. Having a secure vault and encrypting data was an additional requirement. When we looked at it first, we were just looking for a vault, like a lockbox. The greatest benefit of HashiCorp is its ability to manage encryption on the fly. It provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications, which was really attractive."

"It's stable. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."

"The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applications, making it easy to set up and implement quickly. This allows you to test it easily and see good results rapidly. When you integrate an internal API or application, it quickly manages that application's secrets."

"The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is version control."

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Cons

"I would improve the search engine of 1Password to make it clearer or less confusing."

"We faced issues while integrating 1Password into JumpCloud."

"1Password should check and alert me if my information, such as my password or email address, has been sold on the internet."

"The service could be improved incrementally to enhance programmatic access to the vault."

"Sometimes it fails to appear automatically, and you have to call it manually."

"Delinea Secret Server needs to improve its reporting."

"I'd prefer a better commercial model that includes partners and options for consulting around it. Where I've worked with my customers, we've only been able to use their professional services, and that has been a risk and constraint."

"Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better."

"We find the documentation hard to understand."

"Delinea Secret Server can improve in areas like statistics and notifications, and risk scoring, especially for highly privileged accounts where financial transactions occur."

"The setup for this solution is complex. I'm not going to lie, you need a specialized system security engineer to deploy it."

"Whenever an update is applied to Secret Server, it requires downtime."

"We faced some upgrade issues, especially during the management and administration parts. I found it less straightforward than on many other platforms, even outside password managers."

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"I don't think there are any major improvements required—so far, so good. However, I think that having more training materials, such as videos, and documentation available would be helpful. I would prefer to have more videos available either on the official site or on YouTube."

"The solution's initial setup process is complicated."

"The solution could be much easier to implement."

"We could use more documentation, primarily to do with integrations."

"It would be helpful to have more advanced features."

"The technical support was hard to get a hold of and lacking in service."

"I would like to see better integration of HashiCorp Vault with SAP products."

"HashiCorp Vault can be improved from the security perspective, as it focuses on security lifecycle management. It requires other solutions for monitoring as users need to rely on tools that constantly monitor the system, especially database activity."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is not too cheap or expensive."

"Users have to pay around five euros per year for the solution."

"The pricing is standard in this business and we have no complaints about it."

"Its price is okay. We don't compete on pricing. We seldom use price to win over our competitors. We prefer it this way because if we can sustain the price, we make more margin as well. We don't want the price to go down to the bottom where despite the win, there's no margin at all."

"In the Nigerian market, the adoption of Delinea depends largely on an organization's budget. If they have the financial capacity, they might consider Delinea as a viable option."

"It isn't terribly expensive."

"There is an annual license needed to use Delinea Secret Server."

"There is an annual license fee per user and the price is fair."

"We have an enterprise license as well as a user license and a support license."

"The solution is low-cost than other vendors."

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"The AWS version is much cheaper than HashiCorp Vault."

"I am using the open-source version of Vault and I would have to buy a license if I want to get support."

"The product is expensive."

"In my case, the open-source version works well. It's advisable for small to medium-scale organizations, but for large-scale organizations, you should go with the enterprise version."

"It could do everything we wanted it to do and it is brilliant, but it is super pricey. To be fair to HashiCorp, we drove the price up with our requirements around resiliency. Because of the nature of our company, we don't really operate in the cloud."

"The solution's cost is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	24

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

Questions from the Community

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The tool's most valuable feature is security.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 1Password?

The pricing is fair.

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What needs improvement with 1Password?

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What do you like most about Thycotic Password Reset Server?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Thycotic Password Reset Server?

The price of Delinea Secret Server is okay, however, the solution is considered expensive when compared to others.

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Which is better - HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?

HashiCorp Vault was designed with your needs in mind. One of the features that makes this evident is its ability to w...

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What do you like most about HashiCorp Vault?

The feature I find most beneficial in HashiCorp Vault is the secret engine. It integrates smoothly with many applicat...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HashiCorp Vault?

If I were to set it up in AWS Secret Management, I would have to manage it, pay, and create secrets without being clo...

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Comparisons

Azure Key Vault vs 1Password Business

Compared 19% of the time

AWS Secrets Manager vs 1Password Business

Compared 18% of the time

CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs 1Password Business

Compared 12% of the time

BeyondTrust Password Safe vs 1Password Business

Compared 5% of the time

LastPass Business vs 1Password Business

Compared 3% of the time

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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs Delinea Secret Server

Compared 15% of the time

Azure Key Vault vs Delinea Secret Server

Compared 10% of the time

BeyondTrust Password Safe vs Delinea Secret Server

Compared 7% of the time

AWS Secrets Manager vs Delinea Secret Server

Compared 6% of the time

Keeper Enterprise Password Manager vs Delinea Secret Server

Compared 5% of the time

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Bitwarden vs HashiCorp Vault

Compared 27% of the time

AWS Secrets Manager vs HashiCorp Vault

Compared 13% of the time

Keeper Enterprise Password Manager vs HashiCorp Vault

Compared 11% of the time

Azure Key Vault vs HashiCorp Vault

Compared 9% of the time

CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs HashiCorp Vault

Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

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Overview

1Password Business offers a comprehensive approach to password management tailored for professional environments, supporting secure access and collaboration.

1Password Business provides tools for businesses to manage credentials efficiently. Known for its reliability, it simplifies how teams store and share passwords securely. With seamless integration across platforms, it ensures that businesses maintain control over their data while enhancing productivity.

What are the standout features of 1Password Business?

Admin Console: Offers centralized control over team permissions and settings.
Advanced Reporting: Provides insights into security status and usage patterns.
Custom Roles and Permissions: Tailors access control per user or team requirement.
Secure Sharing: Facilitates encrypted sharing of passwords and notes among team members.
Integration Options: Supports multiple platform integrations, increasing functionality.

Why should businesses consider using 1Password Business?

Enhanced Security: Strong encryption ensures data is protected against breaches.
Efficiency Boost: Saves time by streamlining password management tasks.
Cost-Effective: Offers value by reducing the risks and costs associated with password mishaps.
User Adoption: Intuitive for team members, reducing training time and support costs.
Scalability: Easily adapts to the changing size and needs of businesses.

1Password Business finds applications in industries such as finance, healthcare, and technology. In finance, it helps firms safeguard sensitive information. Healthcare professionals use it to comply with privacy regulations. Tech firms benefit from its comprehensive access controls. Businesses in these sectors implement 1Password Business to streamline operations while maintaining robust security.

1Password

Secret Server is a fully-featured Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution available both on premise and in the cloud. It empowers security and IT ops teams to secure and manage all types of privileged accounts and offers the fastest time to value of any PAM solution.

Delinea

HashiCorp Vault is a cloud-agnostic solution used for security and secret management. Its valuable features include integration with other HashiCorp tools, token sharing, open source nature, cloud agnosticism, and on-the-fly encryption management.

The solution provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications. It is free to use, and the interface is simple to navigate. HashiCorp Vault has helped organizations with its multiple authentication methods and RESTful API.

HashiCorp Vault Features

Data encryption: The solution is capable of encrypting and decrypting data, and will not store it. Organizations’ security personnel define their own encryption protocols; developers can store the encrypted data where they choose and are not obligated to design specific encryption processes.
Robust secrets: For systems such as AWS or SQL databases, Vault is able to generate secrets automatically. HashiCorp Vault is able to generate AWS keypairs with all the appropriate permissions when necessary, and when the approved time expires, will nullify them.
Secure secret storage: Any type of value or key secrets can be stored in the Vault. The Vault automatically encrypts the desired secrets before recording them into persistent storage, keeping them safe and secure. Users can record data using HCP Vault’s Consul service or disk, or choose from other options.
Nullification: Vault is able to nullify single secrets or all secrets from a particular group or specific user. This process is integral in securing systems in the event of an attack or inappropriate access.

Reviews from Real Users

“The greatest benefit of HashiCorp is its ability to manage encryption on the fly. It provides encryption of data at rest, in use, in transit, on the fly, and linked with applications, which was really attractive. The lifecycle of a key is so easy to manage in terms of rotating, revoking, and issuing. They have different auth methods, and I tried all different auth methods. It is seamless.”- Project Manager at a comms service provider.

“The most valuable feature of HashiCorp Vault is that it's an open source solution. Second, it's cloud-agnostic, so it's very easy to maintain and control, which is why we prefer HashiCorp. “ - Mohamed A., Lead DevOps Engineer at Etisalat.

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Sample Customers

Dribble, Geckoboard, Wonderbly

Secure-24, University of San Diego, International Rescue Committee, San Francisco Ballet, Perkins Coie, University of San Diego, D.S.S. Limited, Turbo's Hoet, Eclipse Computing, Cathay Bank, Stellarise, J&R Consulting

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