We performed a comparison between BeyondTrust Password Safe and ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Password Managers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides integrated password and session management in one solution, which is important for us because, from an auditing standpoint, we are accountable for the type of access being used. We need to ensure that accounts are securely stored and there is the right type of accountability around who is gaining the access. After gaining it, how they're using it, where they're using it, etc."
"The best aspect of the product is the ability to onboard devices. You can scan the IP subnets and onboard all the devices. You can then segregate them if it's a network device or a firewall. If it's a Windows server or a UNIX, you can basically scan your IT infrastructure and onboard the efforts, which should be managed. Once they have been onboarded, then the session management and password management are easy and nicely configurable."
"The CI/CD and REST API are also satisfactory; the solution has a full PAM feature set and they all work well."
"BeyondTrust Password Safe has good reporting and Smart Rules which makes it convenient. Though Smart Rules are convenient, those who do not have much experience with such things may find it difficult to understand how these things work. Otherwise, I find Smart Rules very convenient to work with."
"One of the most valuable features is that this is a product designed with enterprises in mind."
"Session recording, password rotation, and password vaulting are the most valuable features."
"The performance is good."
"It is very easy to deploy. It's easy to use. That's the major thing I like about it."
"The solution provides wide options for multifactor authentication."
"Monitoring is one of the most valuable features for us."
"Having multifactor authentication in Windows machines."
"Due to ransomware and novel threats, we can no longer allow people to gain domain admin access to our servers with only a username and password. With MFA, they must supply a one-time password sent to them via some authenticator, like Microsoft or Google Authenticator. It could be a text message."
"It's very simple to manage and implement. Its functions are straightforward. You get all the basic features, such as you get the option to unlock the user account if it is locked. You can enforce password policies, and you also have the option to allow them to reset their passwords if they forget it. These were the basic requirements of my company that we could achieve through this product."
"One of the most valuable features is the self-service capability. I"
"The most valuable feature is the ability for remote users to change their login credentials using their mobile devices."
"When we deploy BeyondTrust, we have to deploy our own database on a SQL server. It doesn't deploy the database. I wish BeyondTrust packages the whole solution in one and includes the MySQL database so that when you deploy it, it deploys everything for you. BeyondTrust gives you the software, but you are in charge of setting up your own database. It is a single appliance just for the BeyondTrust portion but not the database. Unless that has changed in later releases, you have to set up your own database for BeyondTrust Password Safe. I find that part complex because we then need the expertise and help of the database team to set it up, which also increases the deployment time. If they can deploy the database, it will reduce the deployment time."
"Its documentation can be improved. Its documentation is currently complicated, and it is not good. It needs to be better. Their technical support can also be improved. It is not bad, but it can be better."
"There are multiple features that have issues, although they could be specific to our environment. What we have seen is that whenever a user gets added to the authentication store, the sync between Password Safe and the authentication store, which is generally easy, takes a lot of time. It does not occur immediately."
"Documentation is the primary area of improvement."
"If there was one thing, it would be having the documentation standardized. They should keep the documentation consistent. For example, when BeyondTrust updated one of their admin guides, they left out the information on the discovery account requirements, and then over a period of time, we ended up having to search multiple different documents to put together a string of information for a specific topic, which was problematic. It was minor, but it was problematic. Standardized documentation would be the one thing I would suggest."
"It has crashed on us in the past."
"The only feature they could improve is the banners because they aren't informative. For example, if something is not correct and I open the error notification, the dialogue box simply says, "This is an error." It would be great if they could provide some valuable comments about how to fix the errors."
"The database instance onboarding should be simplified. The problem is that you can scan the assets and databases inside a server, but you cannot onboard them or manage them with the smart tools. It has to be done manually. I think they should try to include more custom platforms."
"Could be simplified, not user-friendly."
"We need more reports for visualization."
"There is a lack of specific information provided by the analytics portion of the software."
"The registration process could be improved. It should be easier for users to register for the service."
"They could improve their security of the products to prevent vulnerabilities."
"The worst part is that the solution can only be installed or updated on a device if it is physically connected to the local network."
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BeyondTrust Password Safe is ranked 5th in Enterprise Password Managers with 19 reviews while ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus is ranked 9th in Enterprise Password Managers with 8 reviews. BeyondTrust Password Safe is rated 7.6, while ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of BeyondTrust Password Safe writes "Allows us to automatically rotate passwords, set the complexity, and enforce password policies on privileged accounts". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus writes "Anything under 50 users is covered by their free license". BeyondTrust Password Safe is most compared with HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, LastPass, BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Delinea Secret Server, whereas ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus is most compared with Delinea Secret Server. See our BeyondTrust Password Safe vs. ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus report.
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