Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager [EOL] vs One Identity Safeguard comparison

Hitachi Vantara and One Identity are both solutions in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category. Additionally, 100% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of One Identity users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi ID Privileged Acces...

Average Rating

7.0

Number of Reviews

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One Identity Safeguard

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (2nd), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (1st)

Featured Reviews

Darius Radford

Principal Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Responsive support, requires little maintenance, but configuration could be easier

Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager is cumbersome and it does not operate by itself and relies on other solutions. Overall the way you configure things is a bit awkward compared to other solutions, such as Cyberark and Thycotic. The interface could be more intuitive, some features I expected to be easily accessible I had to search around for them. There needs to be more centralization.

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Sindre Toft

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.

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

Pros

"If you using IGA or access controls solutions then this solution is a good addon."

"If you using IGA or access controls solutions then this solution is a good addon. Once Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager is set up it does not require a lot of maintenance or attention."

"But otherwise, I think it is a good product and a good buy."

"The solution's most valuable features are the efficiency and the quality of the recording."

"The customer service and technical support are very good."

"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."

"There is ease of implementation."

"One Identity Safeguard positively impacts our organization by reducing the likelihood of breaches from privileged sprawl by removing shared admin passwords and enforcing control checkouts while also improving our investigation times and providing strong forensics from a centralized location."

"It provides secure and centralized access to both on-prem and cloud servers, which we did not have before. Previously, there were myriad ways to access our servers, so this centralizing feature is beneficial."

"I like Safeguard's snapshot feature that enables us to review the last time an application was opened and by whom. If there are any issues, we can look behind the scenes to see what has been done. We can suspend a user's access or close off a server."

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Cons

"Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager is cumbersome and it does not operate by itself and relies on other solutions. Overall the way you configure things is a bit awkward compared to other solutions, such as Cyberark and Thycotic. The interface could be more intuitive, some features I expected to be easily accessible I had to search around for them. There needs to be more centralization."

"Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager is cumbersome and it does not operate by itself and relies on other solutions."

"I would like to see an adjustment with more enterprise architecture."

"Some of the out-of-the-box reporting isn't that rich. We spoke to our Safeguard reps who have acknowledged that some of the reporting features can certainly be improved and that we're not the only customer who has cited this. There are very little out-of-the-box reporting capabilities. You have to build the queries and the report. I believe in the next release they're going to be addressing this."

"Transparent mode was too cumbersome, so I don't foresee us being able to use it. On paper when we were initially talking about it, it was definitely going to be the preferred method until we realized the burden it would be on our network guys. Then, we had to step back and reevaluate what we wanted to do. That's when we changed our approach to use the RD Gateway feature."

"Some of our users find the functionality a bit complex, and it could be made more user-friendly."

"I rate customer support six out of ten. It needs improvement as it can significantly impact customer access."

"Our experience with technical support has been disappointing. We require more prompt and faster response times."

"When we compare One Identity Safeguard with CyberArk, we know CyberArk has other tools or other features that are more complex and more useful for the customers."

"I find it complicated to implement HTTPS monitoring because the documentation is unclear."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"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."

"One Identity Safeguard is expensive and the cost goes up as we scale."

"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 cheaper than CyberArk. Its price is fair."

"They offer a fair price for a robust solution."

"As compared to other products, it is reasonable, but the training sessions are too expensive."

"The pricing depends on our perspective, our budget, and, of course, the competitors we are taking into account."

"Safeguard is cheaper than CyberArk."

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University

12%

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Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

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Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	20

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?

We have a separate department that studies setup costs for each product, but as far as my information goes, the pricing and setup costs are very good.

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What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?

The most common improvement needed is for upgrades. One Identity Safeguard's desktop client should have a faster and easier upgrade process that ensures compatibility.

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What is your primary use case for One Identity Safeguard?

One Identity Safeguard serves as our Privileged Access Management solution to enforce session management for administrators and allow them to access our systems in recorded sessions, which secures ...

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Overview

Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager secures access to elevated privileges. It eliminates shared and static passwords to privileged accounts. It enforces strong authentication and reliable authorization prior to granting access. User access is logged, creating strong accountability.

Privileged Access Manager secures access at scale, supporting over a million password changes daily and access by thousands of authorized users. It is designed for reliability, to ensure continuous access to shared accounts and security groups, even in the event of a site-wide disaster.

Privileged Access Manager grants access to authorized users, applications and services. It can integrate with every client, server, hypervisor, guest OS, database and application, on-premise or in the cloud.

Hitachi Vantara

One Identity Safeguard manages and monitors privileged access, enhancing security with features like automatic session recording, real-time monitoring, and credential rotation. It integrates seamlessly, supports compliance with audit trails, and improves operational efficiency across organizations. This robust platform significantly bolsters security protocols while controlling sensitive operations.

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