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Delinea Secret Server vs SolarWinds Passportal comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Delinea Secret Server
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (2nd)
SolarWinds Passportal
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 7.1%, up from 6.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Passportal is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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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.
JW
With its extension, I can quickly access login information without opening a new browser window
Passportal's stability is okay. However, it goes down a little too often for me to recommend it to somebody else. I can only remember one or two outages with IT Glue. With Passportal, it gets frustrating when you need to reset a password for a client, and you have to put their global admin address in there because what you're doing requires admin privileges. But you can't get in there because Passportal isn't working, and the password might be a 48-character password. If it's down for five minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes — that's too long. It's a real inconvenience. It doesn't happen all the time, but I've been at this job two months, and it's probably happened three or four times. I don't like this. I'm used to having it right at my fingertips. I need access now. With the influx of tickets coming in and time management, it needs to be like that.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The GUI interface is well-designed and user-friendly."
"The user interface is quite good. It's very straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is session monitoring."
"It is a stable solution."
"One of the features I find most valuable is workflow, which allows you to configure the solution to have multiple approvals."
"Delinea Secret Server is a cost-effective solution."
"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."
"The ability to give some groups access to different kind of databases with the storage of a password is the most valuable feature."
"I like Passportal's extensions. You can click the particular company you want and go through all the passwords and usernames associated with that company or the specific webpage you're on or their server or whatever. It's a whole lot faster."
"Passportal is very stable."
 

Cons

"When Delinea upgrades the tool, it rejects our password, saying that it is not compliant and strong."
"Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"One of the things that we want is to be able to do some of the management of it using APIs."
"Whenever an update is applied to Secret Server, it requires downtime."
"I would like to see improvement with the integration with Azure Active Directory. This would mean that we can have support on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux, and Mac."
"Delinea Secret Server can improve in areas like statistics and notifications, and risk scoring, especially for highly privileged accounts where financial transactions occur."
"The initial setup and deployment can be cumbersome."
"It goes down a little too often for me to recommend it to somebody else."
"In the future, I would like the ability to have diagrams, such as those created by Visio, available directly in Passportal."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It would be beneficial if it were reduced."
"Secret Server is expensive when compared to the cost to some alternatives."
"They are priced quite well."
"There are different plans and additional licensing costs that can be instituted for add-ons."
"When comparing the price of Thycotic Secret Server with other solutions it is reasonable."
"We have an enterprise license as well as a user license and a support license."
"There is an annual license needed to use Delinea Secret Server."
"It isn't terribly expensive."
"We pay the license fee monthly and the price is reasonable."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Questions from the Community

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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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Also Known As

Thycotic Secret Server, Delinea Password Reset Server
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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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