"ObserveIT is small, easy to use, easy to deploy, and is not complicated, so it's more generally suited for only SMBs. It's a good value with a cheaper price."
"One of the key things for us about the product is around its simplicity. Being able to put in the technology that allows the business to remove complexity and also allow the security improvements."
"Transparent login for users of privileged IDs (Linux, Windows). This prevents sharing of the password because it is never seen."
"Password Management and Session Recording. The simplicity and ease that it is to be up and running out-of-the-box is very much appreciated."
"The DB clustering is a really good benefit of using CA PAM."
"We found that the architecture is scalable and very resilient."
"Stability is solid as a rock."
"We know we can scale up with what we have, and we probably will not need to buy any further appliances down the road."
"We have received good support from the tech support team."
"ObserveIT is not scalable and it's not for the medium to large corporations. It's for the smaller environments. For the larger corporations, we have other scalable solutions."
"I’m no fan of Java as an application front-end, as it tends to have issues depending on what browser one’s using."
"I wish it could create local accounts on desktops."
"It's difficult to locate the reports, there are limits on what reports can be run from the GUI, and the report formats are lacking."
"They should include some assignments in the test environment to explore the product's features."
"What I hope happens with the new product CA PAM is to keep all the useful features that exist in PA, but what I’ve noticed with many new products is the UI gets polished but systems lags stability and performance or it adds additional complexity instead of simplifying the user experience."
"We experience stability issues after every patch upgrade. This is a place where CA needs to improve drastically."
"The setup is complex."
"Bring more technology into the portfolio and being able to collapse those products into a much more integrated way."
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ObserveIT is ranked 2nd in User Activity Monitoring while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 50 reviews. ObserveIT is rated 8.4, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ObserveIT writes "Easy to implement and configure. Ticketing and incident workflow can be improved. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Privileged Access Manager writes "Allows IT and consultants to access the infrastructure environment but needs more security and better support". ObserveIT is most compared with Teramind, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Ekran System, Splunk User Behavior Analytics and Dtex Systems, whereas Symantec Privileged Access Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, ARCON Privileged Access Management and Delinea Secret Server.
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