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Idira Privileged Access Manager vs One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 2, 2026

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

Idira Privileged Access Man...
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
230
Ranking in other categories
User Activity Monitoring (1st), Enterprise Password Managers (3rd), Mainframe Security (1st), Operational Technology (OT) Security (3rd)
One Identity Privileged Acc...
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
31st
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of Idira Privileged Access Manager is 9.8%, down from 18.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager9.8%
One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix1.1%
Other89.1%
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
 

Featured Reviews

Atul-Gujar - PeerSpot reviewer
CyberArk manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Secures critical infrastructures with essential user session audit records
A potential area for improvement is enhancing support for cluster environments and distributed Vaults. Clients in multiple countries that need central access have different challenges that require better solutions from CyberArk. For financial services, CyberArk can improve incident response by ensuring fast support for critical priority tickets to meet compliance requirements. Providing more documentation on CyberArk is recommended for new team members to enhance their troubleshooting capabilities. I understand it's up to the client, but 99% fail to change the demo key, so it's crucial for CyberArk to emphasize changing the key and documenting it as part of the installation process.
Hicham Barnoussi - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at Smpl ID
A reliable solution with great password and session management
The setup process depends on the environment of the customer. It's not dependent on the solution. For customers with normal use cases and scenarios, it's a straightforward implementation, but for a customer with more than one environment, they may have BeyondTrust in one environment and Safeguard in another one. When they want to consolidate later, there may be complications. It depends on the devices and assets they would like to have under their PAM solution. The standard time for implementation is four weeks. I rate the setup an eight out of ten. There needs to be a dedicated resource for maintenance.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is cool."
"The ability to monitor privileged accounts throughout the enterprises."
"The best feature of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is its core function: automatically managing and securing credentials."
"Considering all those factors and being the best tool in the market for Privileged Access Management, it is recommended."
"I would rate CyberArk Privileged Access Manager nine out of ten."
"The established sessions on the target systems are fully isolated and the privileged account credentials are never exposed to the end-users or their client applications and devices."
"The product enables us manage passwords of highly privileged (service) accounts, which are not tied to a person, and they include a full audit trail and approval workflow functionality."
"CyberArk PAS provides isolated and recorded sessions for third-party/outsourced admin access."
"The most valuable features are session and password management."
"Safeguard is a mature solution and is implemented by a large number of customers."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to use."
"The technical support for this solution is very good."
"Privileged Access Suite's best feature is it's straightforward to use."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the availability of custom connectors on the marketplace for this solution. Additionally, their services for the CICD pipeline and ease of integration could be improved."
"The price is high compared to Azure Key Vault. It's the most expensive solution."
"For least privilege management, we need a different level of certification from privileged management."
"In the next release, they could simplify the setup and I would like some tasks added like file sharing. When a client connects to CyberArk and wants to put a file on the server, they cannot."
"CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault can improve the distributive vault feature. Distributing the vault in multiple areas and multiple data centers should improve."
"There is room for improvement, particularly with Vendor PAM."
"Regarding technical support from CyberArk, while L2 and L3 teams are effective, L1 support requires improvement due to longer response times in critical situations."
"The solution is too complicated to use and should be simplified. It took me a long time to understand how to use it. There is a lot that the solution can improve for the future."
"There is a new trend of not having any privileged users or accounts."
"Privileged Access Suite's interface could be better."
"Product management should be improved."
"I rate the technical support a six out of ten. The technical support of One Identity depends on the case; if it is product-related, it takes quite a while, and they have to go back to the product management team."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's an affordable platform."
"Previously, the pricing was very meager. They started publicizing and advertising the solution, growing CyberArk, as an organization. They also changed their pricing with that growth, e.g., the pricier the product, the more people who will purchase it."
"The license CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is on an annual basis."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing a six out of ten."
"I hope to learn how the pricing works so that I can understand it better, but I am certain it is not inexpensive."
"My company always complains about the cost of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager because it's too high."
"Although CyberArk Privileged Access Management is expensive, its protection capabilities outweigh the cost."
"I do not have any opinions to add about the pricing of the product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise42
Large Enterprise175
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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

CyberArk Privileged Access Security, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault
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Sample Customers

Rockwell Automation
University of East Anglia, nForce Secure, dunnhumby
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