Delinea Secret Server vs Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management comparison

Delinea and Microsoft are both solutions in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category. Delinea is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while Microsoft is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.8. Delinea holds a 8.0% mindshare in PAM, compared to Microsoft’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Delinea users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Delinea Secret Server

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Delinea Secret Server and Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management 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.

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Categories and Ranking

Delinea Secret Server

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Password Managers (5th)

Microsoft Purview Privilege...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

15th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 8.0%, down from 11.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management is 2.0%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

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Avinash Gopu.

Associate VP and Cyber Security Specialist at US Bank

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.

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Mayeen Uddin

Officer at SFIL

Security features have increased satisfaction while implementation is seamless

I use Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management primarily for Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Excel Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management is easy to understand, particularly its menu. I am satisfied with its security features provided through Microsoft Security. However, my company…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I really like the zero trust piece."

"It offers the possibility of secure administration of hardware devices, as well as Linux systems administration from a Windows environment."

"I like the one-way hash, as well as the ability to store it in the cloud and access it from anywhere."

"One valuable feature is that it will support a dedicated database. Delinea provides multiple features, like reporting and remote password changes."

"I like that you can change the password remotely."

"Provides us with the ability to control access [to secrets] by groups."

"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 technical support services are excellent."

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"Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management is easy to understand, particularly its menu."

"The integration with other Microsoft solutions is a standout feature of Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management."

"The integration with Azure Identity is a significant advantage, as it allows for seamless automation and power app integration."

"Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management is easy to understand, particularly its menu."

"The ability to provide just-in-time privileged access and set specific parameters for access duration is highly beneficial."

"The integration with Azure Identity is a significant advantage, as it allows for seamless automation and power app integration."

Cons

"I would like to see the shadowing of ongoing terminal sessions (Remote Desktop Mirroring)."

"The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome."

"Delinea Secret Server can improve in areas like statistics and notifications, and risk scoring, especially for highly privileged accounts where financial transactions occur."

"One thing that I wish they would do is to have a Kubernetes or container-based deployment supported, but they're not quite there yet. Containerization or support for containerization would be fantastic."

"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."

"They could improve the container platform and SPO."

"There could be tweaks here and there. For example, instead of going to one main function to do this and another main function to do that, the solution could remap the user interface so that a person only has to go through one function. The way that function branches off should make a bit more sense."

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"Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management has made progress in providing insights into generative AI tools being used within organizations, but customers need to further track where sensitive information is being used within AI tooling."

"Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management could improve integration with multiple cloud environments."

"Sometimes, its functions, like XLOOKUP in Microsoft Excel, do not find situations properly, especially without the use of pivot tables."

"Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management could improve integration with multiple cloud environments."

"There's room for improvement in Microsoft's documentation, as it often lacks clarity."

"I do not see any financial benefit after implementing Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management, however, this question would be better answered by my manager."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They are priced quite well."

"Secret Server is expensive when compared to the cost to some alternatives."

"The tool's pricing is 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."

"When comparing the price of Thycotic Secret Server with other solutions it is reasonable."

"It is very expensive, and its price should be lower."

"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with ten being a high price."

"The price of this solution is good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Healthcare Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

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Small Business

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Questions from the Community

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...

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What do you like most about Delinea Secret Server?

The privileged access management module is the most reliable feature.

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What needs improvement with Delinea Secret Server?

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 cus...

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What do you like most about Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management?

The ability to provide just-in-time privileged access and set specific parameters for access duration is highly beneficial.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management?

Regarding improvements for Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management, there are still some challenges. Purview contains numerous predefined sensitive information types, which sometimes makes i...

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management?

We are a company offering solutions to other customers, and Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management provides great helping features and solutions. It is not the only thing needed to prevent ...

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Also Known As

Thycotic Secret Server, Delinea Password Reset Server

Microsoft Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Overview

Secret Server is a fully-featured Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution available both on premise and in the cloud. It empowers security and IT ops teams to secure and manage all types of privileged accounts and offers the fastest time to value of any PAM solution.

Delinea

Privileged access management allows granular access control over privileged admin tasks in Office 365. It can help protect your organization from breaches that use existing privileged admin accounts with standing access to sensitive data or access to critical configuration settings. Privileged access management requires users to request just-in-time access to complete elevated and privileged tasks through a highly scoped and time-bounded approval workflow. This configuration gives users just-enough-access to perform the task at hand, without risking exposure of sensitive data or critical configuration settings. Enabling privileged access management in Microsoft 365 allows your organization to operate with zero standing privileges and provide a layer of defense against standing administrative access vulnerabilities.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

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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