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 #39, while One Identity Safeguard is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.8. One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix holds a 0.8% mindshare in PAM, compared to One Identity Safeguard’s 3.9% 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)

39th

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 February 2026, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 3.9%, down from 4.2% 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	3.9%
One Identity Privileged Access Suite for Unix	0.8%
Other	95.3%

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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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Vyas Shubham

Automation tester at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Centralized controls have improved privileged access and simplified compliant audit workflows

We use One Identity Safeguard as a central control point for all our privileged access, which helps standardize the access policies across teams and platforms. We also use it for the approval workflows, which are enforced for high-risk systems and add an extra security layer for production access. I have been using it for one and a half years. The best feature I appreciate is the session proxying and recording. It provides transparent session access for admins without exposing the real passwords. Another valuable feature is automated password rotation, which changes the credentials automatically after each use or on a schedule. It reduces the risk of leakage and reuse of passwords. Additionally, the approval workflow and the access request feature add governance with multi-level approvals for sensitive systems. These are the features that I appreciate the most. When we started using the session proxying and recording features, overall, it was a manageable and fairly smooth process for us. However, like most security platform deployments, it had a few learning curves. Session proxying and recording worked with our major systems including Windows, Linux, and network devices with minimal configuration. Some devices and services required slight changes to firewall rules and configuration to ensure the proxy could connect cleanly. Additionally, our admins needed orientation so they understood they were joining a recorded session, particularly for remote or support use. We spent considerable time adjusting the session filtering, retention settings, and naming conventions so recordings were useful and not overwhelming. These are some areas where we encountered challenges.

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Pros

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

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

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

"We use the solution’s Approval Anywhere feature which enables us to add an extra layer of security for critical passwords without adding time-consuming approval processes. By using this platform, if someone goes on a vacation, out of office, or needs urgent/planned leave, then our setup will select the functions tied to that person and automatically delegate them to the next person. That person can start performing that duty based on their access. No sharing of passwords is required."

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

"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."

"One Identity Safeguard has positively impacted my organization by improving our security posture, eliminating shared privileged credentials, increasing visibility into admin activity, and making compliance audits faster and more reliable."

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

"The best feature One Identity Safeguard offers is that it is a pretty new, modern tool that makes extensive use of its API."

"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."

"The monitoring system is very good."

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Cons

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

"Product management should be improved."

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

"We should be able to create customized connectors in a better way. For ad hoc or special use cases, I sometimes find we have limitations. Improving the way we develop new connectors for non-typical systems would be beneficial."

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

"I rate customer support six out of ten. It needs improvement as it can significantly impact customer access."

"The SPS could be a lot easier to administrate and the parts should be unified, from a design perspective, so that I can recognize the systems as being part of the same package. They feel like they have been forced together."

"I just received a question from a customer in regards to a connection with Oracle OID. 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. At this moment, the platform system can only use the integration with LDAP or AD. The software for research and development to create a connector to a YAML platform can be very complicated."

"We have issues using Safeguard to connect to and record from the cloud. Currently, they don't have a mechanism to record this type of connection."

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

"It needs more marketing."

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"It was definitely cheaper than the other two products that we evaluated."

"The pricing depends on our perspective, our budget, and, of course, the competitors we are taking into account."

"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."

"We have a yearly license. The cost depends on how much a company wants to invest in technology. In our organization, we believe in modern digitization and automation processes so we found it affordable. One Identity was not that much less than other solutions and it is not a cheap solution. There were number of cheaper solutions. However, it's the most effective, according to our evaluation."

"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."

"Our licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"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."

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

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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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