One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix vs One Identity Safeguard comparison

One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix and One Identity Safeguard are both solutions in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is ranked #35, while One Identity Safeguard is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix holds a 0.8% mindshare in PAM, compared to One Identity Safeguard’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of One Identity Safeguard users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

One Identity Safeguard and One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix compete in the privileged account management category. Safeguard seems to have the upper hand in terms of pricing and support, while Privileged Access Suite for Unix is favored for its technical features, especially for Unix/Linux environments.

Features: One Identity Safeguard offers comprehensive session monitoring, strong threat detection capabilities, and pricing advantages. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix provides robust authentication and authorization, seamless Unix/Linux integration, and superior features that justify its cost.

Room for Improvement: One Identity Safeguard requires more customizable reporting options, enhanced scalability, and user experience improvements. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix needs optimization in its configuration process, more intuitive administration tools, and support consistency enhancements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: One Identity Safeguard benefits from a streamlined deployment process and reliable support. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix faces challenges with deployment time and has received mixed feedback regarding customer support.

Pricing and ROI: One Identity Safeguard is more budget-friendly, offering quicker ROI due to lower setup costs. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix involves higher initial expenses but provides balanced ROI over time through its extensive capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

One Identity Privileged Acc...

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

35th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

One Identity Safeguard

Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (6th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 3.7%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
One Identity Safeguard	3.7%
One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix	0.8%
Other	95.5%

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Hicham Barnoussi

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.

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SachinShelar

Manager, Account Services Delivery at Softcell Technologies Limited

Privileged access has become centralized and streamlines multi-client audits and compliance

The best features we can highlight are privileged password vaulting and automatic password rotation, just-in-time privileged access, and session monitoring and recording. These features together stand out because they significantly reduce credential exposure, enforce least privilege access, and provide full auditing visibility across multiple client environments, as we are a service delivery and IT service delivery company with multiple customer environments and access. We rely most on just-in-time privileged access with credential vaulting. It is easy for the team to use day-to-day because access requests and approvals are streamlined and automated. Credentials are never exposed and sessions are automatically logged. After initial setup, adoption was smooth and it fit well into our existing operational workflows without adding stress to our operational team to adapt to the new technology. One Identity Safeguard has strengthened privileged access security across our multiple client environments. We have seen a reduction in shared credentials and unauthorized access. We have also seen faster approval for admin tasks and improved audit readiness. It has streamlined compliance reporting and reduced the operational risk of managing multiple client environments manually. Implementing this solution, we have reduced privileged account-related incidents by thirty percent. We have also cut manual password management time by nearly fifty to sixty percent. Just-in-time access has sped up admin task completion and improved our overall compliance reporting, allowing audits to be completed nearly half the time compared to earlier.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to use."

"The most valuable features are session and password management."

"Privileged Access Suite's best feature is it's straightforward to use."

"In terms of the user experience, it is a pretty useful product. It works in a good way."

"We have limited the possibilities for malicious actions and have made it safer for our users when they are using privileged accounts."

"One of the real benefits of safeguarding here is that the client will have an absolute audit of who is using an administrative interface, whether it's server or network."

"I like Safeguard's snapshot feature that enables us to review the last time an application was opened and by whom. If there are any issues, we can look behind the scenes to see what has been done. We can suspend a user's access or close off a server."

"The most unique and valuable features are the upstream and downstream throughput capacities; the Safeguard platform provides agile integration. In actuality, all the features are valuable. They're good, user-friendly."

"The extensible framework for authentication is one of the most valuable features. We use an MFA plug-in and a lot of different factors, depending on what the business use-cases are. And of course, the auditing functionality is also valuable."

"There are numerous valuable data protection features, including the content and information that offer us more scalable protection as needed."

"The initial setup is very easy."

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Cons

"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."

"We sometimes face issues with configuration and things like that, but we manage to solve them."

"Our experience with technical support has been disappointing. We require more prompt and faster response times. We require answers to our questions right away but we haven't received that level of support."

"One Identity Safeguard can improve by having more integration with multiple devices."

"We currently have a problem with the Active Directory integrations on Windows. Some of our users need to be logged with Active Directory, but we are having communication issues between One Identity and Active Directory. It seems that Active Directory is not well-integrated."

"For some users, the physical appliance has been a bit buggy."

"We've had issues managing accounts and access to some data saved on the servers. Accounts are granted a new working certificate daily. We have an account to do it on APIs online and sync it with that. If the path changes at some point or someone changes the password, I don't know if it's from the Active Directory or what."

"On a scale of one to ten, the stability is an eight."

"Improving the way we develop new connectors for non-typical systems would be beneficial."

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"The license is around $3,000 per month."

"They offer a fair price for a robust solution."

"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"Its subscription cost is too much, and sometimes, it is very difficult to pitch the solution to the management for cost approval. If the cost is reduced a little bit, it would be easier. If its cost was less, many other organizations that currently cannot afford it would be able to use this technology. I'm sure many organizations around the globe are having issues with identity management, and it is a very difficult task for IT to manage privileged accounts."

"As compared to other products, it is reasonable, but the training sessions are too expensive."

"They have comparable pricing. All identity products are essentially priced in a similar way. It's a per-user base."

"It is cheaper than CyberArk. Its price is fair."

"One Identity Safeguard is expensive and the cost goes up as we scale."

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	17
Large Enterprise	19

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My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been a good experience overall, as the back and forth with One Identity is something that is acceptable; other tools have options to do thi...

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One Identity Safeguard could be improved with a password manager and an identity manager as one big access management system. I believe improvements could be made around integrating with other tools.

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My main use case for One Identity Safeguard is using only one module for privileged session, which we use for admins and contractors. A quick specific example of how my team uses One Identity Safeg...

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Overview

The Privileged Access Suite for Unix is a one-stop shop for UNIX security that combines Active Directory bridge and root-delegation solutions in one console. It extends the authentication and authorization of Active Directory to UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X users consolidating and unifying identities. Plus, it assigns individual accountability, enables least-privilege access and centralizes access reporting of the UNIX root account.

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One Identity Safeguard manages and monitors privileged access, enhancing security with features like automatic session recording, real-time monitoring, and credential rotation. It integrates seamlessly, supports compliance with audit trails, and improves operational efficiency across organizations. This robust platform significantly bolsters security protocols while controlling sensitive operations.

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