NetIQ Privileged Account Manager vs One Identity Safeguard comparison

OpenText and One Identity are both solutions in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category. OpenText is ranked #36, while One Identity is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.4. OpenText holds a 0.4% mindshare in PAM, compared to One Identity’s 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of One Identity users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between NetIQ Privileged Account Manager and One Identity Safeguard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

NetIQ Privileged Account Ma...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

36th

Average Rating

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

One Identity Safeguard

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (6th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of NetIQ Privileged Account Manager is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 4.0%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Mohamed Belal

Solutions Architect at IP Protocol INC

Has a useful credential vault feature but the user interface needs to be improved

I don't have a complete picture to be able to tell you that this is the best product. Because each customer in their own environment has a different set of circumstances and different situations that mandate different technologies. I cannot recommend this as the best product or recommend that you should use it. I would rate this product a six out of 10.

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Tor Nordhagen

Executive Director at Semaphore

Transparent mode for privileged sessions will greatly simplify our client's administrative situation

We're introducing the solution's transparent mode for privileged sessions. This is part of what the client hasn't used before. It will simplify their administrative situation greatly. So far, the rollout of this feature has been a seamless process, but we're still in the midst of rolling it out. The benefits will be on the risk side. Right now, the way accounts are managed, you don't necessarily know who is using an account. There's a shared admin account, and that's not a good thing. And those accounts are shared in wallets by several people. One of the real benefits of safeguarding here is that the client will have an absolute audit of who is using an administrative interface, whether it's server or network.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Most valuable feature is the credential vault."

"The initial setup is very easy."

"It has greatly helped improve our security posture. Safeguard has an option where it will reset passwords on service accounts, then go out to those servers where that service account is running as a service and update the password on it. That makes password changes very easy. We can regularly change passwords now and are planning on making it an annual activity, where all the people who own service accounts will go in and make sure all their passwords get changed, updated, and reset."

"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."

"The implementation time was quick. It was basically up and running within a week."

"The first feature I like about One Identity Safeguard is the live contact point for the VPNs. This has been working very well for us, as it's both highly available and reliable."

"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."

"One of the most important aspects is that it is very easy to use and install. It is also agentless, so all of the operations happen more smoothly than any other product."

"We have limited the possibilities for malicious actions and have made it safer for our users when they are using privileged accounts."

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Cons

"The user interface could be improved, it's not that good,"

"We would like to be able to generate certificate signing requests (CSRs) from the interface for certificates."

"One Identity's support is not appropriately structured, and it has a lot of room to improve."

"The SPS could be a lot easier to administrate and the parts should be unified, from a design perspective, so that I can recognize the systems as being part of the same package. They feel like they have been forced together."

"The GUI has room for improvement because it is confusing and cumbersome."

"We have not had any issues with the core product itself, but there is an add-on called SCALUS, which is quite critical to the user experience, and that does not work. They have been having issues with that for quite a long time, like months. That is not great at all."

"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."

"We have feature requests and would like to see the turnaround times on those features to be faster."

"I would like to see support for RDP over HTTPS so this product can be used in conjunction with the Microsoft terminal."

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"The license is very expensive for us, partly due to inflation and partly because of the exchange rate between the Dollar and the Iranian Rial. We purchased a perpetual license that we've been using up until now, but I believe that we are not going to update it in the future. Instead, we plan to find another third-party to support us with the license, in the sense that we would have access to their license as a shared agreement."

"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."

"The license is around $3,000 per month."

"The pricing is about $80,000 per 100 servers. There are few elective costs."

"We have a yearly license. The cost depends on how much a company wants to invest in technology. In our organization, we believe in modern digitization and automation processes so we found it affordable. One Identity was not that much less than other solutions and it is not a cheap solution. There were number of cheaper solutions. However, it's the most effective, according to our evaluation."

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

"Setup cost, pricing and licensing are all very expensive."

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

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Computer Software Company

25%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Energy/Utilities Company

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Questions from the Community

Looking for recommendations and a pros/cons template for software to detect insider threats

This is an inside-out --- outside-in --- inside-in question, as an insider can be an outsider as well. There is no short answer other than a blend of a PAM tool with Behavioral Analytics and Endpo...

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What do you like most about One Identity Safeguard?

The identity discovery is good, and the performance is pretty good value.

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

The pricing of One Identity Safeguard is fairly priced and cheaper than other solutions of the same enterprise level. It provides a good cost-benefit ratio.

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What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?

There is room for improvement in integration between modules. The native integration between SPP and SPS, which is currently based on a plugin, could be enhanced. Customization for lookup passwords...

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Overview

NetIQ Privileged Account Manager enables you to identify which identities have elevated access across your entire environment and what dependencies exist, giving you the insight you need to better simplify, implement, and manage policies around privilege.

OpenText

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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