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Fudo PAM vs One Identity Safeguard comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Fudo PAM
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
25th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
One Identity Safeguard
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of Fudo PAM is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 4.4%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
One Identity Safeguard4.4%
Fudo PAM2.5%
Other93.1%
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
 

Featured Reviews

TD
BDM at Oberig-it
Works with SCTP, STTPS, SQL, and MySQL protocols
There are some areas for improvement in the Fudo PAM cake that we want to improve in terms of scaling. Scaling is an optional feature because we closed some big projects with enterprise customers from different countries, including Ukraine, Kaloxetine, Uzbekistan, and others. We closed projects in different areas with customers of different sizes. When we talk about enterprise customers, we should consider that they have different use cases and desires for Fudo PAM. We compared our options for customers to choose their vendors, and we discovered Fudo PAM has few scaling options. In Fudo PAM, there should be additional features for scaling and organizing remote sessions for remote systems in remote networks.
ST
Senior Information Technology Consultant at Helse Nord IKT
Centralized privileged access has improved control and now supports secure vendor billing oversight
The transparent mode is a seamless approach when using it. We have some issues with it, but we are working on it to make it work for us. Managing remote access for privileged users with the secure remote access feature is both easy and hard depending on the scenario we face. We have some systems that are easy and take not even a minute to set up, while others take a bit longer. We are in the middle of integrating One Identity Safeguard with the IGA solution, Identity Manager. We have some A2A setups, but it is not optimal. We are using RPA for developers, not actually RPA accounts, but that is something we are working on. We are also using the service account password rotation on the asset to some degree, and we are exploring options there. For integrating One Identity Safeguard, figuring out how password rotation works is a bit difficult because we have to make custom integrations. After that, it was no problem really. For the A2A use, it is not as easy as using something like HashiCorp's password management tools. It is mostly for certain features in One Identity Safeguard that I would like some improvements. Some of the things you can do in entitlements, there is a lot you can do there, but not everything is optimal. You have to have duplicates of a lot of things to make it work the way you want.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We are convinced that Fudo PAM is better than competing products like WALLIX."
"Fudo PAM was the most flexible and intuitive interface out of all of the products in the PAM sector."
"it's perfect to control and administer computers in our company."
"Session recording and password management are the two main aspects."
"The main benefit of the solution is that it's very easy to set up. It only takes a couple of hours to install everything."
"I give it an eight because of its robust security features, its splendid automated password management, and real-time activity monitoring that stood out to me."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"I have found One Identity Safeguard to be stable."
"It offers high availability and enables end users to deploy the solution with 99.999 percent uptime, which is crucial in an enterprise environment with a large number of endpoints."
"We have saved approximately thirty to forty percent of our time, and our team is spending more time on critical issues rather than managing passwords."
"The auditing and approval mechanisms are features we did not have before and are greatly appreciated."
"Safeguard can define and update processes and procedures into the security framework of a company, including mobile. It allows us to change the policies and configurations on a mass scale in regards to security."
"We use the Approval Anywhere, or cloud assistant feature and it is great. It enables us to add an extra layer of security for critical passwords without adding time to the approval process."
 

Cons

"I would like to see better server management. You have to know exactly what you're looking for to get the right server."
"The stability is not very good."
"The configuration is difficult."
"Fudo PAM’s scalability is not very strong."
"Professional training and certification would be great."
"The main point regarding the user experience is that Safeguard has two separate management consoles."
"It takes some time to understand the features of One Identity Safeguard, and it would be more useful if it was easier to set up."
"There is room for improvement in the launch module. They built in a launch button but they don't have effective instructions for configuring it to allow it to launch an RDP session. They're working on that, but the button is in the live product. If they were going to install something that wasn't useful, they should have just disabled it and not rolled it out with the product."
"From a management point of view, it would be beneficial if One Identity Safeguard Privilege Password and One Identity Safeguard Privilege Session had a more similar interface."
"Some of our users find the functionality a bit complex, and it could be made more user-friendly."
"We would like to be able to generate certificate signing requests (CSRs) from the interface for certificates."
"We've had issues managing accounts and access to some data saved on the servers. Accounts are granted a new working certificate daily. We have an account to do it on APIs online and sync it with that. If the path changes at some point or someone changes the password, I don't know if it's from the Active Directory or what."
"One Identity Safeguard could be improved by simplifying the user interface and initial configuration process, especially for first-time users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is great. We've been given discounts that make it cheaper than using any other solution."
"The pricing is about $80,000 per 100 servers. There are few elective costs."
"The pricing depends on our perspective, our budget, and, of course, the competitors we are taking into account."
"It is more expensive than Secret Server but way less expensive than CyberArk. As a customer, I would like the pricing to be lower, but it has a good price point."
"It is cheaper than CyberArk. Its price is fair."
"It was definitely cheaper than the other two products that we evaluated."
"The license is around $3,000 per month."
"The full license is expensive but if you plan to use it in a big organization then it is the best option because it is more flexible."
"It is a bit on the pricey side, but you get what you pay for. You don't want to get anything too cheap because then you get cheap stuff and cheap support. That really never helps anybody."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
13%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise20
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?
One Identity Safeguard is positioned as an enterprise-grade solution, so the license is not the cheapest in the market, but it reflects the value and security capabilities provided. Initial deploym...
What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?
The user interface and navigation can be improved. Some workflows, particularly the reporting, session review, and policy configuration could be more intuitive. New users often need time to get com...
What is your primary use case for One Identity Safeguard?
My main use case for One Identity Safeguard is to specifically secure, control, and monitor the privileged accounts across our critical systems. We use this to secure password vaulting for privileg...
 

Also Known As

Fudo Privileged Access Management
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Sample Customers

KFC, BP, Santander, Burger King, ING, Starbucks, Yahoo, DHL
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