One Identity Safeguard vs Symantec Privileged Access Manager comparison

One Identity and Broadcom are both solutions in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category. One Identity is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.1, while Broadcom is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.3. One Identity holds a 3.6% mindshare in PAM, compared to Broadcom’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of One Identity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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93% willing to recommend

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

Symantec Privileged Access Manager and One Identity Safeguard compete in access management solutions. Users find One Identity Safeguard more satisfying due to its comprehensive features, despite its competitive pricing, while Symantec is favored for affordability.

Features: Symantec Privileged Access Manager is valued for its integration capabilities, comprehensive access control, and strong security measures. One Identity Safeguard is recognized for its robust auditing, reporting functionalities, and adaptability to complex infrastructures.

Room for Improvement: Symantec needs enhanced reporting tools, more intuitive configuration, and simplified setup processes. One Identity Safeguard could improve support response times, interface stability during updates, and enhance its documentation further.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec offers straightforward deployment and responsive customer service, aiding smoother integration. One Identity Safeguard, while more complex, benefits from detailed documentation and comprehensive support resources.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec is noted for cost-effectiveness and quick ROI with competitive setup costs. One Identity Safeguard offers higher long-term value, justified by significant ROI through superior features and scalability.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

One Identity Safeguard

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (8th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (6th)

Symantec Privileged Access ...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

16th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 3.6%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Privileged Access Manager is 1.5%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
One Identity Safeguard	3.6%
Symantec Privileged Access Manager	1.5%
Other	94.9%

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Featured Reviews

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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Muzi Lubisi

Senior technical Consultant at CA Africa

Secure management of sensitive servers and seamless applications with direct linking

The credential injection feature is highly valued, particularly for RDP sessions. A majority of customers use it for RDP, and a couple for Linux servers. The broader capabilities, including access to multiple systems, web-based applications, and clustering, have never posed an issue. The threat analytics aspect is also a robust feature that analyzes all pertinent information.

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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

"All the features are promising, but we love the reporting feature because we can get each and every report. That's a major compliance requirement. Its reporting is really amazing, and it has made life a lot easier."

"The monitoring system is very good."

"The extensible framework for authentication is one of the most valuable features. We use an MFA plug-in and a lot of different factors, depending on what the business use-cases are. And of course, the auditing functionality is also valuable."

"From my experience, the features are best for monitoring and the usage of LDAP and SSH."

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

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

"Being able to use a proxy server is an advantage."

"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."

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"Symantec PAM is easier to deploy compared to its competitors, such as BeyondTrust."

"The credential injection feature is highly valued, particularly for RDP sessions."

"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."

"Transparent login for users of privileged IDs (Linux, Windows). This prevents sharing of the password because it is never seen."

"The interface is very friendly, colorful, and bold."

"The key benefits are we improve our governance. We ensure we can build more trust in the way we run and operate our environment, and most of all is the accountability."

"It will provide us with more security."

"The agent-based credential management solution allows clients to programmatically use the agent to collect passwords during runtime from Symantec Privileged Access Manager."

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Cons

"Monitoring of the platform should be easier and more functional so that you can have a clear picture of the running service."

"The Transparent Mode could be somewhat easier to use."

"I just received a question from a customer in regards to a connection with Oracle OID. I tried to integrate Safeguard with the Oracle YAML as well as something else to manage the groups and users from a different system, like AD or LDAP. This one feature could be better. At this moment, the platform system can only use the integration with LDAP or AD. The software for research and development to create a connector to a YAML platform can be very complicated."

"Something for One Identity to look at is having integration guidelines for how to logically group accounts."

"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."

"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. For example, I have one customer that wants to elevate the permission that is available in CyberArk."

"From a usability perspective, what we are finding out is that our privileged domain admin users, in particular, want functionality for extending a checkout session. So we are working with One Identity support to see if there's an enhancement that can be made to the product."

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

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"Broadcom has neglected product development since acquiring Symantec, and nothing major has been added to PAM."

"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."

"We have to do a lot of manual work to automate features."

"I would like this solution to be simpler. It should have a one-click access that works together with AWS."

"They need to do a little bit more on the mainframe side."

"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."

"The management console could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Safeguard is cheaper than CyberArk."

"They have comparable pricing. All identity products are essentially priced in a similar way. It's a per-user base."

"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."

"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

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

"It was definitely cheaper than the other two products that we evaluated."

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

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

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"They offer per-device, per-user, or monthly and yearly licensing models."

"The version we are using is affordable compared to BeyondTrust, which is maybe three to four times as expensive, but it depends on the features."

"Cost-wise, CA was better compared to others in the market. "

"I would prefer better licensing options for the 20-100 users we have at a given time."

"Appliances are relatively cheap, don’t skimp. Make sure you have redundancy, high availability, and enough appliances to manage the concurrent workload."

"It is reasonably priced."

"Don’t go with an agent model. Don’t go with a model that has you buying a thousand different parts. Go with PAM that gives you everything, or you’ll just be paying costs of implementing another tool that PAM would have just given you up front."

"The licensing is simple and scalable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Government

Comms Service Provider

15%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	19

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	30

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

We can check the activities in the server for fragile files and documents in case of any issues.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

Due to the nature of the solution, it is hard to gauge, but compared to competitors, the pricing is very good. I would rate it as an eight and a half out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

Recent releases need improvement in webpage management. For instance, navigating through a webpage that acts like a wizard, where I proceed to the next page and enter more information, is not handl...

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Also Known As

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CA PAM, Xceedium Xsuite, CA Privileged Access Manager

Overview

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.

One Identity

CA Privileged Access Manager is a simple-to-deploy, automated, proven solution for privileged access management in physical, virtual and cloud environments. It enhances security by protecting sensitive administrative credentials such as root and administrator passwords, controlling privileged user access, proactively enforcing policies and monitoring and recording privileged user activity across all IT resources. It includes CA PAM Server Control (previously CA Privileged Identity Manager) for fine-grained protection of critical servers

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Sample Customers

Cavium

NEOVERA, Telesis, eSoft

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