Delinea Secret Server vs Symantec Privileged Access Manager comparison

Delinea Secret Server vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager

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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 (4th)

Symantec Privileged Access ...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

16th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 7.1%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Privileged Access Manager is 1.4%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Delinea Secret Server	7.1%
Symantec Privileged Access Manager	1.4%
Other	91.5%

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Featured Reviews

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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Muzi Lubisi

Senior technical Consultant at CA Africa

Secure management of sensitive servers and seamless applications with direct linking

The credential injection feature is highly valued, particularly for RDP sessions. A majority of customers use it for RDP, and a couple for Linux servers. The broader capabilities, including access to multiple systems, web-based applications, and clustering, have never posed an issue. The threat analytics aspect is also a robust feature that analyzes all pertinent information.

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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

"The initial setup of Delinea Secret Server is straightforward and easy for development purposes."

"I really like the zero trust piece."

"Technical support is pretty good."

"I have found most valuable the automatic scheduled password rotation and remote desktop monitoring. Additionally, the documentation is readily available and easy to find and the dashboard is straightforward."

"The discovery engine is really robust and flexible. It had some session management features that are better compared to some other vendors. Overall the GUI is very good and straightforward to operate compared to other solutions. For example, CyberArk and Hitachi tend to be hard to navigate."

"The user interface is quite good. It's very straightforward."

"The privileged access management, which is the Safe Access Model is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the random changing of passwords."

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"It reduces the viral attacks on my website. It also allows certain users access to see what happens daily."

"It is simple to implement and is suitable for medium to large-scale enterprises."

"The two factor authentication, and the single most important capability was it supported PIV and CAC as one of the two factors. That was pretty huge for us."

"Comprehensive coverage of the required features for the PAM solution."

"It is great for identity governance."

"Password Management and Session Recording. The simplicity and ease that it is to be up and running out-of-the-box is very much appreciated."

"We found that the architecture is scalable and very resilient."

"You can do A2A integration. You can have your own script, which can then run outside of PA to retrieve the password and perform other tasks."

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Cons

"We find the documentation hard to understand."

"I don't know what kind of a cryptographic it uses to encrypt the password but it should be one of the stronger ones. Some of the cryptos have been accessed by hackers."

"The solution could be more user-friendly."

"The challenge for me with Delinea is that I may not be able to pitch it to an account with a low budget for PAM."

"One of the things that we want is to be able to do some of the management of it using APIs."

"I formerly used only one service: the remote server. For example, I connected to the Active Directory user and the computer's console. But now, I need to do a remote connection to the domain controller. Maybe it only connects to that tool, the Active Directory users, and the computer management console, but not to the domain controller. Another thing Delinea could add is multi-factor authentication."

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

"They could improve the container platform and SPO."

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"Recent releases need improvement in webpage management."

"They should include some assignments in the test environment to explore the product's features."

"I would like this solution to be simpler. It should have a one-click access that works together with AWS."

"It'd be great if you just stuck in your PIV card and Windows popped up, asked you for your password. You typed it in, then it remembered your credentials."

"Instead of just giving passwords to the user based on job function, from auditing perspective, turn that cycle around. That would really help from an auditing standpoint."

"An improvement for this solution is that it should not be constantly based on user name and password. There should be a condition to edit and update your username."

"The service account management functionality needs to be extended to application pools, SQL database, PowerShell scripts, service account discovery, etc."

"I’m no fan of Java as an application front-end, as it tends to have issues depending on what browser one’s using."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It would be beneficial if it were reduced."

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

"It isn't terribly expensive."

"The solution is low-cost than other vendors."

"There are different plans and additional licensing costs that can be instituted for add-ons."

"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."

"They are priced quite well."

"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."

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"It is reasonably priced."

"Don’t go with an agent model. Don’t go with a model that has you buying a thousand different parts. Go with PAM that gives you everything, or you’ll just be paying costs of implementing another tool that PAM would have just given you up front."

"Cost-wise, CA was better compared to others in the market. "

"They offer per-device, per-user, or monthly and yearly licensing models."

"The version we are using is affordable compared to BeyondTrust, which is maybe three to four times as expensive, but it depends on the features."

"The prices are not low, but one can ask for a discount. It’s not the cheapest PAM solution."

"The licensing is simple and scalable."

"Pricing is fair compared to other top vendors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	24

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	30

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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.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Thycotic Password Reset Server?

The price of Delinea Secret Server is okay, however, the solution is considered expensive when compared to others.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

Due to the nature of the solution, it is hard to gauge, but compared to competitors, the pricing is very good. I would rate it as an eight and a half out of ten.

What needs improvement with Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

Recent releases need improvement in webpage management. For instance, navigating through a webpage that acts like a wizard, where I proceed to the next page and enter more information, is not handl...

What is your primary use case for Symantec Privileged Access Manager?

With the customers that I have so far, I help them broker RDP sessions to sensitive servers, particularly those that manage aspects like physical access. I have also done it for backend databases, ...

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Also Known As

Thycotic Secret Server, Delinea Password Reset Server

CA PAM, Xceedium Xsuite, CA Privileged Access Manager

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

CA Privileged Access Manager is a simple-to-deploy, automated, proven solution for privileged access management in physical, virtual and cloud environments. It enhances security by protecting sensitive administrative credentials such as root and administrator passwords, controlling privileged user access, proactively enforcing policies and monitoring and recording privileged user activity across all IT resources. It includes CA PAM Server Control (previously CA Privileged Identity Manager) for fine-grained protection of critical servers

Broadcom

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

NEOVERA, Telesis, eSoft

Delinea Secret Server vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager