We performed a comparison between One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix and Symantec Privileged Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Privileged Access Suite's best feature is it's straightforward to use."
"The most valuable features are session and password management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to use."
"You can do A2A integration. You can have your own script, which can then run outside of PA to retrieve the password and perform other tasks."
"Stability is solid as a rock."
"The RDP-gateway: For limiting which server an operator can access."
"It is great for identity governance."
"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."
"Whoever built it from the ground up, they understand how an organization is laid out."
"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."
"For me, it is the robust API which is the most valuable feature. This allows for low maintenance costs and allows applications to automatically connect. This is great to automate security of the DevOps pipeline for shared secrets across environments. Also, being on Linux and a virtual appliance is great."
"Privileged Access Suite's interface could be better."
"Product management should be improved."
"There is a new trend of not having any privileged users or accounts."
"Instead of just giving passwords to the user based on job function, from auditing perspective, turn that cycle around. That would really help from an auditing standpoint."
"An improvement for this solution is that it should not be constantly based on user name and password. There should be a condition to edit and update your username."
"We experience stability issues after every patch upgrade. This is a place where CA needs to improve drastically."
"It'd be great if you just stuck in your PIV card and Windows popped up, asked you for your password. You typed it in, then it remembered your credentials."
"The response time for support could be faster. Some features should be added: cloud-based, VPN-less, more secure, and it should be adjusted in a hybrid environment."
"They should include some assignments in the test environment to explore the product's features."
"The service account management functionality needs to be extended to application pools, SQL database, PowerShell scripts, service account discovery, etc."
"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."
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One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is ranked 20th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 3 reviews while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 50 reviews. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is rated 7.6, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix writes "A reliable solution with great password and session management". 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". One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is most compared with ManageEngine PAM360 and WALLIX Bastion, 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. See our One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager report.
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