We use the solution to control privileged accounts in our organization. We use it to discover and track privileged account usage and to ensure accountability. For example, we can use Delinea Secret Server to see who registers accounts and when.
Security Delivery Associate Manager at Accenture
A solution to control and monitor privileged accounts with remote password changing and session recording feature
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The valuable features are remote password changing, session recording, and integrations with other tools. Delinea Secret Server is fine and easy to use, especially compared to other solutions.
What needs improvement?
There's room for improvement regarding user interface and new functionality.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Delinea Secret Server since 2017. We are using the latest version of the solution.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven’t had any issues with stability.
I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution scales both vertically and horizontally well. We have a couple of hundred users using the solution.
I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is super easy. It takes a couple of hours to deploy the solution completely.
I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the product’s pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Delinea Secret Server is a stable product with quick deployment. It delivers value when it's on. I would recommend it for PAM.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner

Consultant
Enhanced security with password rotation and access control
Pros and Cons
- "The ease of granting access to a secret without having to share the actual password and the password rotation were the main features I found effective for password management."
- "Cybersecurity is constantly evolving, so there will be features needed in the future."
What is our primary use case?
In my company, Delinea Secret Server was primarily used for accessing websites with credentials that were shared among the team.
How has it helped my organization?
Guaranteeing that the passwords were kept up to date and not known to the users increased the security around the solution and the infrastructure.
What is most valuable?
The ease of granting access to a secret without having to share the actual password and the password rotation were the main features I found effective for password management.
What needs improvement?
Cybersecurity is constantly evolving, so there will be features needed in the future. There is space to use AI in several aspects of the solution, however, I can't pinpoint which ones.
For how long have I used the solution?
I was using Delinea Secret Server for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution was good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
For small companies, the complexity of the solution may be heavy. I would recommend it for medium to large companies due to its complexity versus the rewards.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support by Delinea was good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was fairly straightforward and easy to deploy.
What about the implementation team?
I did not take part in the deployment, so I can't provide details on the implementation team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing was fair, and maintenance or support was included in the subscription.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I was also looking into Keeper to compare features and see how they differ.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Delinea Secret Server to medium to large companies, however, for smaller ones, there are likely easier solutions to use.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lead IT Security Engineer,IAM at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
A PAM solution that helps to store, rotate and check passwords
Pros and Cons
- "We implemented the product for our privileged identities. We have configured them in check-in/check-out rotation. Delinea Secret Server rotates the password each time a privileged identity is checked in, making the password valid only for some time."
- "Delinea Secret Server needs to improve its reporting."
What is our primary use case?
We use Delinea Secret Server as a PAM solution. It helps us to check, rotate, and store passwords.
How has it helped my organization?
We implemented the product for our privileged identities. We have configured them in check-in/check-out rotation. Delinea Secret Server rotates the password each time a privileged identity is checked in, making the password valid only for some time.
What is most valuable?
The tool's most valuable feature is robust audit logging.
What needs improvement?
Delinea Secret Server needs to improve its reporting.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the product for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Delinea Secret Server's stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the tool's scalability a seven out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have had limited exposure to CyberArk.
What was our ROI?
We can see ROI when we use the product to its full capacity.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool's pricing is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Delinea Secret Server is superior to CyberArk. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Chief Architect - Cloud Xperienz Platform - CIS Technology Office at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
A read-to-go solution that comes with a couple of useful modules
Pros and Cons
- "The privileged access management module is the most reliable feature."
- "The integration with the ticketing system ServiceNow is complex."
What is our primary use case?
I need to look at using their tool's true multi-tenancy capability to cater to multiple customers within a single platform architecture without compromising security. Information security is key, and an MSP model's objective is to have a privileged access management solution.
Secret Server is called a secret server for a reason. You can create multiple secret servers underneath the parent for every secret server. Every "parent" will be considered as one customer, secret server #1, secret server #2, etc. Under every secret server, you can create multiple secret servers. Those secrets will belong to customers A, B, and C, respectively. If I want to access a customer's Windows environment under a secret server, I will create a secret group called "Windows." This group will be onboarded with customer A's Windows environments within their secret server. We have a logically separated environment as an MSP model.
What is most valuable?
The privileged access management module is the most reliable feature, along with the password manager.
What needs improvement?
The integration with the ticketing system ServiceNow is complex. That can be enabled with an API-based out-of-the-box consumption. We have customized it, and the features cannot be used without customization. Ideally, there should be a direct mapping between our ticketing system to Delinea instead of having to do custom development.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Delinea Secret Server for almost a year, and I'm the platform's chief architect, responsible for leveraging Delinea for a managed service provider model.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Every update goes through rigorous testing and gets updated into SaaS periodically, and they are also patching in the backend without even impacting the services. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten. We have not seen any downtime so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not seen any scalability issues so far because they are managing a 30 or 15-K environment within a single instance of Secret Server, so it is horizontally and vertically auto-scalable based on the volume you're bringing in. Since it is Saas, we don't worry about the infra. I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
Though I consume SaaS with platinum support, the support is not too great. By the time they resolve an issue or get into details on what to resolve, I might have resolved the issue already.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is seamless. I have not seen any environments or services like ServiceNow, for example, get impacted. Delinea is one of these services where you can spin up the environment within five to three minutes, and your environment is ready for consumption.
After enablement, your environment is ready for consumption in five minutes, but we have to onboard, customize, and use cases, so deploying the solution takes at least two weeks. We have integrated Delinea Secret Server with Azure AD on the MFA authentication front and Delinea with ServiceNow. All these customizations took very long. It will take two to three weeks to complete with a dedicated effort.
What other advice do I have?
Delinea has a distributed engine deployed on the customer's premises, communicating securely over a CTP protocol. Every customer communication will be enabled to secret servers through this distributed engine or a remote access solution engine. Without this deployed on the customer's premises, access to the customer enrollment will not work seamlessly, or it might not be available.
We expect the solution API-based, but even if it's API-based, it will go through custom scripts.
A key highlight is that Delinea is nothing but Thycotic and Centrify combined as a ready-to-market adoption. Delinea is ISO 2700 and CSA Star certified.
If you want a ready-to-market adoption with security and compliance in place, you are good to go with Delinea. And any customization for ticketing integration needs a detailed working session with a professional servicer. I rate Delinea Secret Server a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
Head of Platform Engineering at Ascend Group Co., Ltd.
An enterprise-grade, privileged access management solution with a useful remote password update feature
Pros and Cons
- "I like that you can change the password remotely."
- "It would be better if they had a Linux version of the secret server."
What is our primary use case?
We use Delinea Secret Server for pharmacy equipment management. We use a secret vault. We use it as a temporary hold, and we use it for password rotation.
What is most valuable?
I like that you can change the password remotely.
What needs improvement?
It would be better if they had a Linux version of the secret server.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Delinea Secret Server for about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Delinea Secret Server is a stable solution.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give stability a nine.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Delinea Secret Server is very scalable. We have about 20 users using this solution.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give scalability an eight.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. It took us about a day to deploy this solution.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give the initial setup an eight.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented this solution. You need a team of three professionals to deploy this solution. Two people can maintain this solution.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would give the price a four on a scale from one to ten, with one being the cheapest and ten being the most expensive. We pay for the license on a yearly basis, and we paid for three years. It costs around 5000 a year.
What other advice do I have?
I would tell potential users to keep customization flexible using the power shell. This is a good one.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Delinea Secret Server a nine.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Presales Executive at Bludive technologies
Efficiently configure the solution to have multiple approvals
Pros and Cons
- "One of the features I find most valuable is workflow, which allows you to configure the solution to have multiple approvals."
- "Installation can sometimes be difficult, depending on the environment."
What is our primary use case?
I use it for laboratory practice before implementing it for end-users. Specifically, I use the Linux server to discover related accounts in our domain, pull them into the solution, manage their passwords, carry out session monitoring, and practice workflow, which allows for leading access to better-trained individuals when needed. I also make presentations to clients concerning this type of solution.
What is most valuable?
One of the features I find most valuable is workflow, which allows you to configure the solution to have multiple approvals. For example, if one person approves something, it can be set up so that others must confirm it as well.
What needs improvement?
In terms of the user interface, it's good. However, installation can sometimes be difficult, depending on the environment. We are deploying it in our own private laboratory, not as a secret server cloud.
Additionally, CyberArk has a more robust site and development team compared to Delinea. They also provide more educational resources on recent happenings in cybersecurity, the latest attacks, newsletters that educate people in the field, and how to create two opportunities. Delinea could improve in research and development and educate the public on recent trends in the industry.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Delinea Secret Server for a year now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I would rate it an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
For scalability, I would rate it a nine out of ten. Secret Server or Delinea comes with a range of product suites that can complement each other in terms of work. You have Secret Server; you have Business Behavior Analysis; you have Account Spectrum Manager, and all of them work hand in hand. I can say that it's a bit scalable, and, yeah, it's very much scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I had issues with the discovery of a particular service account with a particular dependency during a proof of concept with a client in the past. I had to contact email support for that, but upon further investigation, we discovered that it was an issue with UPS at support dot net, and I think that was what caused the problem.
How was the initial setup?
If you're installing Secret Server, you could pay it up to anything, say, 40 to 60 minutes later.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
If you're requesting licenses or pricing, then you have to fill out a questionnaire that they try to gain insight into what your environment is like, what you're trying to discover, and what you're trying to manage. I like this approach.
So I have a client currently using CyberArk and trying to switch to Secret Server. So, according to them, CyberArk is a bit expensive compared to Secret Server.
However, in my personal opinion, Delinea's technology can be costly. Delinea Secret Server is a relatively expensive product due to its advanced capabilities compared to more basic solutions like ManageEngine PAM360, considered a lower-priced option in the industry.
What other advice do I have?
I haven't used comparable solutions to know if there is any other one better than Delinea Secret Server. But it's a nice solution I'm comfortable with, and I can always give it an eight, which is fair enough because I wouldn't say ten, as I have not used cyber activities or a couple of products to be able to say, yeah, I prefer this about this. It's a nice solution. It can give you what you want and meet compliance requirements.
However, I would recommend using the solution because there is not much of a learning curve with Delinea.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
The native integration is crucial
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "I formerly used only one service: the remote server. For example, I connected to the Active Directory user and the computer's console. But now, I need to do a remote connection to the domain controller. Maybe it only connects to that tool, the Active Directory users, and the computer management console, but not to the domain controller. Another thing Delinea could add is multi-factor authentication."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case for Delinea Secret Server is to sort the privileged passwords. It can also change passwords after a set period or revoke passwords when someone leaves the company. Delinea needs to be on-premises because Turkish regulations do not allow cloud-based security solutions for some sectors.
What is most valuable?
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.
What needs improvement?
I formerly used only one service: the remote server. For example, I connected to the Active Directory user and the computer's console. But now, I need to do a remote connection to the domain controller. Maybe it only connects to that tool, the Active Directory users, and the computer management console, but not to the domain controller. Another thing Delinea could add is multi-factor authentication.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Delinea Secret Server for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Delinea is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's incredibly easy to scale up Delinea. You can install a new vendor server and deploy the Delinea Secret Server application if you have performance issues. We have 120 admin users and around 5,000 privileged passwords stored in the vault on the Secret Server.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Delinea support 10 out of 10. It's good, but I don't need it often. Sometimes I need help with configuration. If you need a custom configuration, you can pay for professional services, but it's expensive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I've also used CyberArk. CyberArk has more features, but they are minor. Some customers may need them, but others don't. The main difference is pricing. CyberArk is more expensive.
A Delinea license costs about a dollar per admin, whereas it's $5 for CyberArk.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is pretty basic, and it doesn't require advanced knowledge. It takes a day to install and configure CyberArk, but Delinea is done in an hour. But you need an escrow database. I requested a cluster system from the customer site.
After deployment, the solution doesn't require much maintenance because the Delinea is stable. I sometimes have a connection problem due to configuration, but I never have an issue with the database. You don't need to spend much time on maintenance or have a lot of technical knowledge.
What about the implementation team?
We deployed Delinea in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would rate Delinea 10 out of 10 for affordability.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Delinea Secret Server 10 out of 10. If your customer uses a privileged access solution, they need to sort all the passwords. They should do a session recording and change the password, then do workflow delegation. Delinea can do it all, so I strongly recommend it.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Program Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
A straightforward setup
Pros and Cons
- "The solution's stability is flawless."
- "As I am partial to CyberArk, I rate Thycotic Password Reset Server as a nine out of ten, owing to the minor glitches I mentioned."
What is our primary use case?
We recently had to reset every company password globally, which I am in the process of undertaking at the moment.
It seems to be working well for us. While we did encounter several glitches, I believe this owed itself to the solution not having been fully deployed, even though they owned it for some time. We have since deployed it fully and are learning as we go, especially as concerns the various international laws, such as the GDPR. Yet, it works well for us.
What needs improvement?
We recently had to do a global reset of every company password, something we are still in the process of doing. While we had a few glitches, this likely attributes itself to them not having fully deployed, even as they owned the solution for a while. Now that we have done so, we find ourselves to be learning as we go, especially as concerns the various international laws, such as the GDPR. This said, it works well for us.
As I am partial to CyberArk, I rate Thycotic Password Reset Server as a nine out of ten, owing to the minor glitches I mentioned.
The initial setup was very straightforward for us. However, as it would not deploy easily with our 2019 servers, we were forced to make a few code changes. It continued to deploy for 2012, something I found to be odd, but started working flawlessly only after I made a few code changes.
My only negative thing to say about Thycotic would involve the servicing not having been written for 2019.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have, perhaps, a year-and-a-half worth of experience with Thycotic Password Reset Server.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
As I am partial to CyberArk, I rate Thycotic Password Reset Server as a nine out of ten, owing to the minor glitches I mentioned.
This said, the solution's stability is flawless. It's very stable.
How are customer service and support?
We have had dealings with technical support, but have not encountered any problems with them. They helped walk us through so many things that we simply did not know. My only negative thing to say about Thycotic would involve the servicing not having been written for 2019.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did a PLC with them while at IQVIA, but when I came over to CNHI, they actually owned 400-license, so I went ahead with its implementation.
We are trying to capture feedback with CyberArk, as well.
I started my certifications in CyberArk, but I deal with identity and access management.
As I am partial to CyberArk, I rate Thycotic Password Reset Server as a nine out of ten, owing to the minor glitches I mentioned. I would likely rate it as a ten, but one tends to stick with what he knows.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very straightforward for us. Since it would not deploy easily with our 2019 servers, we were forced to make a few code changes. It continued to deploy for 2012, something I found to be odd, but, once I went in and made some code changes, it worked flawlessly. It took us about two days to work through this, but we got it done.
It seems to be working well for us. While we did encounter several glitches, I believe this owed itself to the solution not having been fully deployed, even though they owned it for some time. We have since deployed it fully and are learning as we go, especially as concerns the various international laws, such as the GDPR. Yet, it works well for us.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am not aware of the licensing costs, as they already owned everything but had not put it in the infrastructure. I am simply unaware at the moment, but will find out, as I am the director of the area.
What other advice do I have?
At present, the solution is a hybrid, but we plan to put it totally in the cloud.
I rate Thycotic Password Reset Server as a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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