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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs Dashlane Business Password Management vs Delinea Secret Server comparison

 

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

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is 6.7%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dashlane Business Password Management is 2.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 5.0%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Password Managers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager6.7%
Delinea Secret Server5.0%
Dashlane Business Password Management2.1%
Other86.2%
Enterprise Password Managers
 

Featured Reviews

Atul-Gujar - PeerSpot reviewer
CyberArk manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Secures critical infrastructures with essential user session audit records
A potential area for improvement is enhancing support for cluster environments and distributed Vaults. Clients in multiple countries that need central access have different challenges that require better solutions from CyberArk. For financial services, CyberArk can improve incident response by ensuring fast support for critical priority tickets to meet compliance requirements. Providing more documentation on CyberArk is recommended for new team members to enhance their troubleshooting capabilities. I understand it's up to the client, but 99% fail to change the demo key, so it's crucial for CyberArk to emphasize changing the key and documenting it as part of the installation process.
GE
IT manager at Landskrona Energi AB
Easy to set up, simple to use, and quite secure
We primarily use the solution for a personal secondary backup The solution is easy to use. So far, the performance has been good.  It offers a very easy setup. The integration capabilities have been good. It's very stable and quite secure.  I cannot speak to any particular areas of improvement.…
Reena Bhardwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Quality Analyst at YASH Technologies
Has improved credential security with remote password change and role-based access
I have not faced any significant issues with Delinea Secret Server during this period of time, but we had a problem with a web password filler, which is a template used for accessing a web URL using Secret Server, where we faced some session management issues since session management is not applicable for the web password filler. This should be the improvement that we require from Delinea Secret Server. The session management is not applicable in this case; we can manage the session and have session management inside the remote systems within the organization. However, when it comes to web-related access, we can access directly through Delinea Secret Server. We can access any URL through Secret Server, but the problem is that the session cannot be managed on the web URL due to it having multiple systems. I do not have any other recommendations regarding the improvement of Delinea Secret Server at this time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is for hardening access and making the organization more secure, therefore reducing chances of a breach."
"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."
"It is one of the best solutions in the market. Ever since I started using this solution, there has not been any compromise when it comes to our lab."
"The most valuable feature is Special Monitoring."
"This is a complete solution that can detect cyber attacks well."
"With CyberArk, everything is a click away for us."
"This product has placed a new culture in my company by making employees more aware of IT compliance and cyber security."
"The credentials management capability is key to ensuring that the credentials are kept secure and that access to them is done on a temporary and event-driven basis."
"I like the ability to share passwords without them being visible to other team members. The auto-fill capabilities are great too."
"Dashlane's most valuable feature is Hotspot Shield, the VPN feature that allows you to connect securely to public wifi."
"The integration capabilities have been good."
"The synchronization is the solution's most valuable feature. It works really well. The ability to have secure notes is also very helpful."
"The solution is easy to use, the performance has been good, the integration capabilities have been good, and it is very stable and quite secure."
"Dashlane's most valuable feature is Hotspot Shield, the VPN feature that allows you to connect securely to public wifi."
"I like the ability to share passwords without them being visible to other team members, and the auto-fill capabilities are great too."
"The synchronization is the solution's most valuable feature; it works really well, and the ability to have secure notes is also very helpful."
"Ease of use because of its monolithic software."
"I have found the password management and the secret management features to be the most valuable. Our customers find its ease of integration and the use of power shells really attractive."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the random changing of passwords."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"I like that it is Windows-based. It is good that primarily, it is not an appliance. Some of the other applications in the space, such as a Quest Software CPAM or a Safeguard, are appliances, so you can't deploy the ends of them. With Thycotic, you can either install your Temporal Protection module physically in the VM host, or you can use BouncyCastle for high-security module capabilities."
"What I like best about this product is the interface."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it provides us with a secure way of managing passwords."
"Password checkout and the ability to change a password after checkin are the most valuable features."
 

Cons

"With PAS, they escalate our problems in due time, not so much with EPM."
"Cost efficiency is the number one thing that can be improved in my mind."
"We would, of course, always prefer it if the pricing was cheaper."
"Initial setup is complex. Lots of architecture, lots of planning, and lots of education and training are needed."
"I'd like it to be a little more granular. I want a little bit more control over exactly what we do. I know if you do that, you add more knobs and dials to deal with, but that's just my personal approach: granular access."
"If we actually implement agent AI in CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, it will check the logs, and if any errors are coming, it automatically triggers alerts and gives the solution."
"New functionalities or discovered bugs take a little longer to patch."
"Implementation documentation could use some improvement in a few areas."
"The integration with the VPN feature could be smoother."
"The cost, while decent, of course, could always be less."
"It would be nice to have the solution localized in Europe. Dashlane is an American company. It's controlled by American laws and regulations that allows the American government to have full access to my data with Dashlane."
"The integration with the VPN feature could be smoother."
"The cost, while decent, of course, could always be less."
"It would be nice to have the solution localized in Europe. Dashlane is an American company. It's controlled by American laws and regulations that allows the American government to have full access to my data with Dashlane. That's why I am leaving Dashlane, because we can't accept such an important function in American control."
"There should also be an easier way to be able to transfer user data to other users who have kind of left the company."
"There should also be an easier way to be able to transfer user data to other users who have kind of left the company. It could be a little bit cheaper."
"I don't know what kind of a cryptographic it uses to encrypt the password but it should be one of the stronger ones. Some of the cryptos have been accessed by hackers."
"One thing that I wish they would do is to have a Kubernetes or container-based deployment supported, but they're not quite there yet. Containerization or support for containerization would be fantastic."
"There are some things that I know are really important to include like A/B version features which are available in Windows. I would say that they should be included in the road map."
"The setup for this solution is complex. I'm not going to lie, you need a specialized system security engineer to deploy it."
"Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better."
"The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome."
"My only negative thing to say about Thycotic would involve the servicing not having been written for 2019."
"I would like to see improvement with the integration with Azure Active Directory. This would mean that we can have support on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Mac."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for CyberArk is on the higher side compared to other Privileged Access Management products. Something should be done regarding enterprise licensing for long-standing customers."
"CyberArk is one of the best PAM solutions and one of the most expensive, but it works better than the others, so the pricing is fair."
"It's per-company, license-based."
"No, I do not have any advice on the price of the product."
"Our risk is definitely significantly lower. Also, our resources are low."
"I have heard from my leaders that CyberArk is costlier in terms of licensing. The support and maintenance are also costly. We use their premium support, but for the price we pay, we do not get the value."
"The solution is costly but we get what we pay for."
"Its price is high. I have also worked with Delinea. CyberArk is comparatively expensive compared to other PAM solutions, such as Delinea, especially during renewal."
"It is a little bit on the expensive side."
"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."
"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."
"Secret Server is expensive when compared to the cost to some alternatives."
"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with ten being a high price."
"Compared to other solutions, Delinea Secret Server is competitively priced but on the higher side."
"They are priced quite well."
"It is very expensive, and its price should be lower."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise42
Large Enterprise174
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise26
 

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Also Known As

CyberArk Privileged Access Security, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault
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Thycotic Secret Server, Delinea Password Reset Server
 

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Sample Customers

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