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 7.8. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix holds a 0.9% mindshare in PAM, compared to One Identity Safeguard’s 4.4% 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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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

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (5th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 4.4%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
One Identity Safeguard	4.4%
One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix	0.9%
Other	94.7%

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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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Sindre Toft

Senior Information Technology Consultant at Helse Nord IKT

Centralized privileged access has improved control and now supports secure vendor billing oversight

The transparent mode is a seamless approach when using it. We have some issues with it, but we are working on it to make it work for us. Managing remote access for privileged users with the secure remote access feature is both easy and hard depending on the scenario we face. We have some systems that are easy and take not even a minute to set up, while others take a bit longer. We are in the middle of integrating One Identity Safeguard with the IGA solution, Identity Manager. We have some A2A setups, but it is not optimal. We are using RPA for developers, not actually RPA accounts, but that is something we are working on. We are also using the service account password rotation on the asset to some degree, and we are exploring options there. For integrating One Identity Safeguard, figuring out how password rotation works is a bit difficult because we have to make custom integrations. After that, it was no problem really. For the A2A use, it is not as easy as using something like HashiCorp's password management tools. It is mostly for certain features in One Identity Safeguard that I would like some improvements. Some of the things you can do in entitlements, there is a lot you can do there, but not everything is optimal. You have to have duplicates of a lot of things to make it work the way you want.

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Pros

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

"The technical support for this solution is very good."

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

"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."

"All sessions are audited and they are indexed/searchable through the GUI."

"The customer service and technical support are very good."

"We are able to log and get reporting on all privileged activity that is being performed. We like the fact that we can leverage the session recording feature, which is especially valuable when we're dealing with third-party vendors that have to remote into our our boxes and servers to do any work on behalf of the bank. Now, we can record everything they are doing to ensure that they're only doing the changes that were needed. In addition, we use it to leverage knowledge transfer with our internal staff."

"It offers high availability and enables end users to deploy the solution with 99.999 percent uptime, which is crucial in an enterprise environment with a large number of endpoints."

"It has greatly helped improve our security posture. Safeguard has an option where it will reset passwords on service accounts, then go out to those servers where that service account is running as a service and update the password on it. That makes password changes very easy. We can regularly change passwords now and are planning on making it an annual activity, where all the people who own service accounts will go in and make sure all their passwords get changed, updated, and reset."

"One Identity Safeguard is stable and provides great performance."

"Implementing this solution, we have reduced privileged account-related incidents by thirty percent, and we have also cut manual password management time by nearly fifty to sixty percent, while 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."

"The implementation time was quick. It was basically up and running within a week."

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Cons

"Product management should be improved."

"Privileged Access Suite's interface could be better."

"There is a new trend of not having any privileged users or accounts."

"Product management should be improved."

"Privileged Access Suite's interface could be better."

"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."

"The main point regarding the user experience is that Safeguard has two separate management consoles."

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

"I tried to integrate Safeguard with the Oracle YAML as well as something else to manage the groups and users from a different system, like AD or LDAP. This one feature could be better."

"From a management point of view, it would be beneficial if One Identity Safeguard Privilege Password and One Identity Safeguard Privilege Session had a more similar interface."

"One Identity's support is not appropriately structured, and it has a lot of room to improve."

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

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

"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."

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"Setup cost, pricing and licensing are all very expensive."

"The pricing is about $80,000 per 100 servers. There are few elective costs."

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

"We bought their other products, so it was not that expensive. It is one of those where the more you buy, the cheaper it is."

"It is more expensive than Secret Server but way less expensive than CyberArk. As a customer, I would like the pricing to be lower, but it has a good price point."

"The license is very expensive for us, partly due to inflation and partly because of the exchange rate between the Dollar and the Iranian Rial. We purchased a perpetual license that we've been using up until now, but I believe that we are not going to update it in the future. Instead, we plan to find another third-party to support us with the license, in the sense that we would have access to their license as a shared agreement."

"The full license is expensive but if you plan to use it in a big organization then it is the best option because it is more flexible."

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

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Large Enterprise	20

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?

We have a separate department that studies setup costs for each product, but as far as my information goes, the pricing and setup costs are very good.

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What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?

The most common improvement needed is for upgrades. One Identity Safeguard's desktop client should have a faster and easier upgrade process that ensures compatibility.

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What is your primary use case for One Identity Safeguard?

One Identity Safeguard serves as our Privileged Access Management solution to enforce session management for administrators and allow them to access our systems in recorded sessions, which secures ...

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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.

One Identity

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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University of East Anglia, nForce Secure, dunnhumby

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