BeyondTrust Password Safe and HashiCorp Vault are strong contenders in the enterprise security software market. BeyondTrust seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set, session management capabilities, and cost-effectiveness.
Features: BeyondTrust Password Safe offers password vaulting, session recording, and Smart Rules for automated account onboarding. It supports integration of assets, databases, and applications, offering detailed analytics and reporting, high scalability, and effective session management. HashiCorp Vault focuses on secret management with features like token sharing, dynamic secrets, and key revocation. It also excels in encryption management, secrets engine integration, and cloud compatibility.
Room for Improvement: BeyondTrust Password Safe needs enhancements in documentation, error reporting, and deployment simplicity. Users experience issues with database onboarding and RDP access, and desire better application integration. HashiCorp Vault could improve its graphical user interface and documentation, particularly for public cloud service integrations. Simplifying implementation and providing better pricing transparency are also necessary improvements.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BeyondTrust supports various deployment environments, including Private Cloud, On-premises, and Hybrid Cloud. Customer service is responsive but occasionally slow to resolve issues. HashiCorp Vault, available for On-premises and Hybrid Cloud, benefits from a supportive community and documentation. Users find the system straightforward to deploy, though some support interactions could improve.
Pricing and ROI: BeyondTrust Password Safe is considered cost-effective with its asset-based pricing model, delivering rapid ROI. HashiCorp Vault, though initially costly due to scalability needs, offers an open-source version that reduces basic costs. Organizations with extensive needs may find Vault's pricing in line with its advanced capabilities, realizing ROI more quickly.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| HashiCorp Vault | 10.3% |
| BeyondTrust Password Safe | 3.6% |
| Other | 86.1% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 12 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 5 |
| Large Enterprise | 10 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 5 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 9 |
Beyond Trust Password Safe is an automated solution that combines password and privileged session management into a single platform. Password Safe delivers secure access control, auditing, alerting, recording, and monitoring.
This free and open-source password manager supports Windows and Linux, and some ports are available for other platforms as well. Their proprietary algorithm, Twofish, is considered highly secure, with the advantage that it is not affiliated with NIST. The Twofish algorithm secures the data while keys are delivered using SHA-256 authentication.
The application is easy to use, and you can download the Windows app from several sites. Additionally, the application is available in 14 languages.
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Reviews from Real Users
A PAM Architect at a tech services company says, "BeyondTrust Password Safe's features that I have found most valuable are really those that are knitted in. That is their Smart Rules and Smart Groups, where you design your administration model so you create your AD groups and your asset groups, and configure Password Safe."
An I.S. Architect at a insurance company mentions that "Session recording, password rotation, and password vaulting are the most valuable features."
"One of the most valuable features is that this is a product designed with enterprises in mind," adds a Cybersecurity Architect at a tech vendor.
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.
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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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