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ARCON Privileged Access Management vs Delinea Secret Server comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ARCON Privileged Access Man...
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Delinea Secret Server
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of ARCON Privileged Access Management is 3.6%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 9.4%, down from 11.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
 

Featured Reviews

PRAVINKHISMATRAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced compliance and security through detailed action recordings
We have used ARCON Privileged Access Management for recording videos of user actions taken after logging into systems. Around thirty people, including network engineers, server engineers, and application engineers, use it in the company There hasn't been a notable financial benefit for our…
Avinash Gopu. - PeerSpot reviewer
Effective for password rotation policies triggered by audit requirements, it helps maintain compliance standards and seamless integration with third-party tools
The "App to App" feature has been most impactful. It allows secure communication between applications without requiring direct user access, which is crucial for several applications. Additionally, working in the finance department, we are heavily focused on enhancing audit reporting and compliance. So, the GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) capabilities of Delinea Secret Server have also been crucial for us. We implemented a custom reporting system that can automatically send reports to auditors daily, weekly, or according to your organization's needs. We also upgraded the audit role within Secret Server, allowing auditors to access and analyze the reports directly. Additionally, Secret Server provides comprehensive logging capabilities. Auditors can see what data users access, their access levels, and their activities, including check-in and check-out times. Furthermore, Secret Server helped us manage privileged, elevated access, which we call "K2K." As the lead for this project, I could identify users with the highest access levels and implement specific policies to monitor their activity on servers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is it is easy to use and the interface is intuitive."
"For compliance, each change I do, in each of the servers, is clearly recorded. We recently faced an audit and this was an awesome feature. Even our auditor had praise for it saying, "This is really a good feature.""
"The session management capabilities are helpful. The session recording feature for system handling is good. It also eliminates the need to open many ports for end-users, simplifying access."
"Recording all videos of commands entered into devices is highly valuable."
"The technical support is excellent."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"It is recording video records for Windows and command-line reports for others, Linux and AIX, of whatever activities being carries by that particular administrator."
"Session recording is the most valuable feature, as it covers compliance and it also covers our in-house applications."
"There has been no downtime this year."
"It offers the possibility of secure administration of hardware devices, as well as Linux systems administration from a Windows environment."
"Delinea Secret Server offers features similar to CyberArk and BeyondTrust, such as maintaining and securing privileged passwords and session monitoring."
"Provides us with the ability to control access [to secrets] by groups."
"I like the one-way hash, as well as the ability to store it in the cloud and access it from anywhere."
"Number one is the password vault; it's very good. Number two, they have a feature for remote desktops that are created on a per session basis, which is very good for security."
"Ease of use because of its monolithic software."
"The ability to give some groups access to different kind of databases with the storage of a password is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"They need to support all web browsers. At the moment it only supports Explorer, IE. They have to come up with a solution to support all browsers."
"Sometimes it gets stuck between servers and I would like to see this improved in the future."
"We expect improvement in the dashboards to provide visibility of password compliance status, whenever a password is opened from the vault. Also, flexibility to customize the live dashboard."
"A few areas for improvement in ARCON would be performance optimization, ensuring smoother management."
"It should support the SQL Always On platform with FQDN name instead of IP."
"There are no APIs readily available... I'm working on automation for ARCON so that whatever the ARCON administrator is doing will be automated, rather than having to do it manually. For that, I had to spend months to get the API developed myself. Having that handy out of the box, that would really help..."
"Bulk password automation is not available in ARCON when compared to other products."
"This product is lacking in terms of dashboarding analytics and should have user behavior analytics. It should also have better dashboarding for executive management and security managers, which this product is missing."
"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."
"One of the things that we want is to be able to do some of the management of it using APIs."
"In many PAM tools, when users request a password checkout, they need to provide justification. However, in my experience across four organizations, nobody actually reads the justifications. Users can simply type anything and get the password. This becomes a risk and compliance issue. There needs to be continuous improvement in this area, focusing on problem identification and mitigation strategies."
"The tool should integrate additional features like OCR."
"We faced some upgrade issues, especially during the management and administration parts. I found it less straightforward than on many other platforms, even outside password managers."
"They could improve the container platform and SPO."
"When Delinea upgrades the tool, it rejects our password, saying that it is not compliant and strong."
"The UI needs improvement because the interface is a little clumsy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing and licensing model is very economical."
"Pricing is reasonable."
"Pricing and licensing are good, very aggressive."
"It is good value for our business. According to me, their competitors are more costly. Therefore, it is quite affordable. I find the ARCON to be much cheaper than the other products in the market."
"ARCON Privileged Access Management's pricing is reasonable."
"The product's pricing is a good value. It's appropriately priced. The product has all the required features. It doesn't work in some of the areas but, right now overall, it's pretty good."
"They do have some licenses, which are required for things like Linux servers. However, in my environment, we do not have Linux servers."
"The solution’s pricing is neither cheap nor expensive."
"Its price is okay. We don't compete on pricing. We seldom use price to win over our competitors. We prefer it this way because if we can sustain the price, we make more margin as well. We don't want the price to go down to the bottom where despite the win, there's no margin at all."
"The pricing is standard in this business and we have no complaints about it."
"When comparing the price of Thycotic Secret Server with other solutions it is reasonable."
"Most customers opt for a yearly license."
"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."
"There are different plans and additional licensing costs that can be instituted for add-ons."
"In the Nigerian market, the adoption of Delinea depends largely on an organization's budget. If they have the financial capacity, they might consider Delinea as a viable option."
"Pricing is comparable to competing products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
62%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Educational Organization
40%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ARCON Privileged Access Management?
In terms of improvements, I suggest implementing password rotation for service-based accounts, as that should be included.
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 do you like most about Delinea Secret Server?
The privileged access management module is the most reliable feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delinea Secret Server?
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...
 

Also Known As

ARCON ARCOS, ARCON PAM
Thycotic Secret Server, Delinea Password Reset Server
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

RAK Bank, AXIS Bank, Reliance Capital, Kotak Life Insurance, MTS
Secure-24, University of San Diego, International Rescue Committee, San Francisco Ballet, Perkins Coie, University of San Diego, D.S.S. Limited, Turbo's Hoet, Eclipse Computing, Cathay Bank, Stellarise, J&R Consulting
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