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Akeyless Secrets Management vs Delinea Privileged Access Service comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Akeyless Secrets Management
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Secrets Management Tools (6th), AI Security (15th)
Delinea Privileged Access S...
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of Akeyless Secrets Management is 1.7%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Delinea Privileged Access Service is 1.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Password Managers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Akeyless Secrets Management1.7%
Delinea Privileged Access Service1.9%
Other96.4%
Enterprise Password Managers
 

Featured Reviews

Aditya Sasmal - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Centralized secrets have improved risk control but governance and documentation still need work
Akeyless Secrets Management can be improved by focusing on strategic areas of product enhancements to elevate it from a robust operational tool to a frictionless enterprise standard product. Development must prioritize maturity in release governance, user interface intuitiveness, and developer documentation. Addressing these areas will directly reduce friction and accelerate enterprise-wide adoption. More documentation should be included in the governance and quality assurance aspects because properly organized documents create a significant impact on the product. Akeyless Secrets Management could improve its zero-knowledge cryptography capabilities, as the documentation is still lacking. The use of distributed fragments cryptography can be enhanced by splitting encryption key fragments between Valmet's local gateways and Akeyless Secrets Management cloud. This would ensure that the cloud providers maintain mathematically inaccessible telemetry to third parties, presenting a significant improvement in zero-knowledge cryptography.
Himanshu Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Consultant at Wipro Limited
Enhancing security and efficiency through robust secret management
With the merging of Thycotic and Centrify into Delinea, it has combined strengths of both products into a single package. Thycotic was strong in certain areas and Centrify in others, and now Delinea integrates these features. I have experience with solutions like CyberArk, BeyondTrust, and Delinea. CyberArk, Delinea, and BeyondTrust are pushing onto cloud-based solutions.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Akeyless Secrets Management is actually a nice tool because it also integrates zero-knowledge security and it is a JIT access which replaces the standing privileges and hardcoded credentials with identity-based ephemeral secrets generated exclusively at runtime, which is really amazing for us."
"I would recommend others to use Akeyless Secrets Management; it is a brilliant security platform, very easy to use, and does exactly what it says it should."
"Akeyless Secrets Management has positively impacted my organization as it helped store our secrets in a right way, in a proper controlled way where you can view, update, and at the same time, it helps in updating the passwords very effectively in the cloud running environment."
"Akeyless Secrets Management is a very good tool, and I have not used a better one than it."
"Akeyless Secrets Management has positively impacted our organization because it has improved security through simpler credential rotation policies."
"Akeyless Secrets Management stands out because it combines SaaS simplicity with a Zero-Knowledge cryptographic design, reducing operational overhead without fully sacrificing control."
"If somebody is looking for a straightforward PAM that is easy to deploy then I would recommend Centrify."
"Delinea Privileged Access Service's UI part was very user-friendly for secure credential storage and management."
"The vault and auditing capabilities are the most valuable feature because they include multiple reports that allow us to create our own reports."
"The most valuable feature of Delinea Privileged Access Service is we can use the server as a jump host. It is simple to manage the accounts on the system."
"The privileged account management feature is what I like most."
"I recommend it to other organizations."
"The solution is flexible."
"This is a cloud-based application, which makes it very easy to deploy."
 

Cons

"Some organizations feel that there is a trust concern because the secrets are stored in Akeyless Secrets Management and it is not open-sourced."
"As a global organization, Akeyless Secrets Management needs to gain trust."
"Akeyless Secrets Management could be improved in several areas. The initial setup was quite difficult for me."
"Akeyless Secrets Management platform could be improved with a more beginner-friendly interface."
"Although the interface is intuitive, it could be a little more user-friendly."
"The integration with sync could be improved."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"I would have been really happy if Delinea were evolving or innovating like CyberArk. Delinea needs to innovate more to match the changing needs of the market."
"The pricing and presence could be improved."
"With Delinea Privileged Access Service, when installing the identity connectors to configure with AD, the configuration was not happening properly."
"Enhancing the solution by incorporating additional features to make it comprehensive would be beneficial. It would be more convenient to have a complete package solution that consolidates all the features in one place, making it easier to manage. Currently, I am required to access two separate servers for reports, which could be avoided if all the necessary features were available in a single location. This would be highly advantageous for managing everything effectively."
"My thoughts about support of Delinea in general are that they are so so."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price model is based on the number of devices and opposed to the number of users, and it is not very flexible."
"It is sad that people with a limited budget won't be able to afford it."
"The solution is priced too high, so I rate its pricing a nine out of ten."
"The price of Delinea Privileged Access Service is average compared to its competitors."
"The price is cheap if I compare Delinea Privileged Access Service with other products."
"The pricing is moderate."
"The product comes at a very good price and it's quite competitive, although you need to buy add-ons for certain things."
"In addition to the license fees, we have to pay for the server and admin fees."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Akeyless Secrets Management?
Akeyless Secrets Management could be improved in several areas. The initial setup was quite difficult for me. The documentation and tutorials must include end-to-end examples for Kubernetes and CI/...
What is your primary use case for Akeyless Secrets Management?
Akeyless Secrets Management is used to store secrets such as database credentials and TransUnion certificates for the production environment. For example, a team stores PostgreSQL usernames and pas...
What advice do you have for others considering Akeyless Secrets Management?
The advice that I would personally give regarding Akeyless Secrets Management is that before adopting any secrets management platform, you should define what your security and compliance requiremen...
Looking for recommendations and a pros/cons template for software to detect insider threats
This is an inside-out --- outside-in --- inside-in question, as an insider can be an outsider as well. There is no short answer other than a blend of a PAM tool with Behavioral Analytics and Endpo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delinea Privileged Access Service?
The difference in license cost is minimal, with CyberArk being slightly costly due to its market-leading position. The difference is in the range of a few hundred dollars.
What needs improvement with Delinea Privileged Access Service?
I would like to improve the overall suite and the user experience of Delinea Privileged Access Service.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Centrify Privileged Access Service, Centrify Zero Trust Privilege Services, Centrify Zero Trust Privilege, Centrify Infrastructure Services, Centrify Server Suite, Centrify Privilege Service
 

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Sample Customers

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Boeing, Citi, Credit Suissw, Delta, Duke Energy, FDIC, GE Capital, Harvard University, Johnson & Johnson, Major League Baseball, Michelin, Microsoft
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