We performed a comparison between Delinea Secret Server 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.
"Ease of use because of its monolithic software."
"The most valuable feature is session monitoring."
"The solution's stability is flawless."
"Delinea's network integration is the most useful. For example, I use a Check Point firewall connect to SmartConsole, so I need to do a lot of configuration in Delinea Secret Server. Native integration with Check Point is valuable. You can also go download whatever API you need from the cloud, whether you're using Check Point, Palo Alto, etc. Enriched discovery is another good feature. If you are dealing with several kinds of systems, you can see which system requires privileged access to my network."
"The most valuable feature of Delinea Secret Server is secret password management."
"I have found the password management and the secret management features to be the most valuable. Our customers find its ease of integration and the use of power shells really attractive."
"The user interface is quite good. It's very straightforward."
"It offers the possibility of secure administration of hardware devices, as well as Linux systems administration from a Windows environment."
"We have received good support from the tech support team."
"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."
"Transparent login for users of privileged IDs (Linux, Windows). This prevents sharing of the password because it is never seen."
"It is great for identity governance."
"It gives you list of servers, so you can see which users have access to which servers. This is really useful, so we can make sure nobody is getting extra access than what is needed."
"We can enforce complicated password policies and very important frequent password changes."
"It reduces the viral attacks on my website. It also allows certain users access to see what happens daily."
"CA PAM is working well for us."
"They could improve the container platform and SPO."
"The integration with the ticketing system ServiceNow is complex."
"Documentation could be improved if they were to include more about connectors. There is not enough documentation."
"There are some things that I know are really important to include like A/B version features which are available in Windows. I would say that they should be included in the road map."
"The setup for this solution is complex. I'm not going to lie, you need a specialized system security engineer to deploy it."
"It would be better if they had a Linux version of the secret server."
"The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome. It's not an easy process."
"I would like to see the shadowing of ongoing terminal sessions (Remote Desktop Mirroring)."
"They need to have zero tier and active-active setup with zero minimum downtime, which they are working on it. "
"We experience stability issues after every patch upgrade. This is a place where CA needs to improve drastically."
"They should include some assignments in the test environment to explore the product's features."
"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."
"I wish it could create local accounts on desktops."
"The support for other remote assistance tools would be excellent. Free included tools in Windows (Remote Assist) and Microsoft SCCM Configuration Manager (ConMgr Remote Control) allow companies to reduce the amount of RDP connections and expand the usage of the tools are frequently used by companies to provide technical support for remote assistance."
"We have to do a lot of manual work to automate features."
"The service account management functionality needs to be extended to application pools, SQL database, PowerShell scripts, service account discovery, etc."
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Delinea Secret Server is ranked 2nd in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 47 reviews while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 50 reviews. Delinea Secret Server is rated 8.2, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Delinea Secret Server writes "Effective for password rotation policies triggered by audit requirements, it helps maintain compliance standards and seamless integration with third-party tools ". 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". Delinea Secret Server is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, IBM Security Secret Server and ManageEngine PAM360, 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 VMware Identity Manager. See our Delinea Secret Server vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager report.
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