CyberArk vs. ManageEngine Password Manager Pro

Hello Avinash, it all depends on the timeline and urgency of the project. If you need to deploy a PAM tool that focuses on standing privileges, stopping lateral movement, and incorporating Zero Standing Privileges as part of Zero Trust, then please consider looking at Remediant. I've worked for BeyondTrust and have gone up against the other big players such as Delinea, Centrify, CyberArk, and HashiCorp. They more or less all offer similar solutions, but looking at your current requirements, Remediant really excels in delivering a simple, yet very effective tool in a matter of days and weeks, not months and years. 

We evaluated Sailpoint IdentityIQ before ultimately choosing CyberArk. Sailpoint Identity Platform is a solution to manage risks in cloud enterprise environments. It automates and streamlines the management of user identities, systems, data, and cloud services. It works great for Identity Access Management, specifically for cleaning up inactive and orphaned accounts. It has the joiner-mover-leaver feature. One of the features we like is the large availability of connectors for different applications and platforms. You can also recertify an account, which is very useful. It is well suited for large companies with lots of users and applications. However, for small companies, it might be a bit of an overkill. Sailpoint has a steep learning curve, so it is not for inexperienced users. Moreover, it doesn’t offer a lot of supporting documentation. It also doesn’t integrate well with other solutions. We chose CyberArk despite the cost because it works great for password management. CyberArk helps manage privileged accounts and service accounts, for example, when users need to connect remotely into systems. It is especially useful for IT staff to access their privileged accounts without having to remember the passwords every time - individually and even as a group. What we like the most about CyberArk is the ease of use and effectiveness in managing privileged accounts. For instance, it automatically changes the passwords for privileged accounts and reconciles and verifies passwords. New users can obtain secure credentials with minimal time and effort. The initial cost is high, which can be a bit of a stretch for small organizations. It also has high requirements for the initial setup and is difficult to customize. The performance could be faster. Conclusions While Sailpoint IdentityIQ is a very good privileged account solution, CyberArk is better suited for us because of its ease of use and efficiency in password management.

The two products are actually complimentary. Both companies have been very good about staying in their lanes and are their respective market leaders. CyberArk's PAM solution is aimed at protecting privileged accounts by providing features like vaulting, credential rotation, session monitoring and recording. They also have solutions for DevOps and Secrets management. SailPoint is an Identity Governance solution and actually manages CyberArk as an application the same way it manages accounts and privileges in SAP, AD, AAD and over 100 more applications. For CyberArk, it can add/change/delete users as well as create safes and assign users to those safes. At a user account certification time, it will show the CyberArk users and their associated privileges and allow the user's manager or other appropriate people to approve or revoke the privileged access.  SailPoint creates an Identity warehouse so that a user's accounts and entitlements are gathered, managed and reported on in a centralized manner. See Youtube for a quick explanation - SailPoint Identity Governance Integrates with CyberAek Privileged Access Security.  SailPoint does not provide the vault and session management functions that CyberArk does.

It was interesting not to see Okta on this list. Did it make a broader list, but not the top tools?   I have implemented Okta, and I have implemented a dual-headed Okta in the past with ease, so I was a little surprised. The other tool I use is Thycotic Secret Server for Admin passwords, though they are now part of a new company.  

SSO is an essential feature of an Identity and Access Management (IAM) access control platform.  User identity authentication is important when it comes to understanding which permissions a user will have. 

I am implementing Thycotic Secret Server (now Delinea) for my new company. This will be the second time I have implemented it.