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ARCON Privileged Access Management vs ManageEngine PAM360 comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024

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

ARCON Privileged Access Man...
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ManageEngine PAM360
Ranking in Privileged Access Management (PAM)
12th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Privileged Access Management (PAM) category, the mindshare of ARCON Privileged Access Management is 3.7%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ManageEngine PAM360 is 4.5%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
 

Featured Reviews

PRAVINKHISMATRAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced compliance and security through detailed action recordings
We have used ARCON Privileged Access Management for recording videos of user actions taken after logging into systems. Around thirty people, including network engineers, server engineers, and application engineers, use it in the company There hasn't been a notable financial benefit for our…
Prasanthraj PN - PeerSpot reviewer
An easy-to-deploy and affordable tool for access control monitoring
If I consider that most of the users are getting connected from a remote level and take into consideration that industries prefer to go for SaaS-based solutions and multi-factor authentication, I don't see any features associated with multi-factor authentication in ManageEngine PAM360. If ManageEngine PAM360 can introduce multi-factor authentication, then it would be great from a security aspect.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The deployment process for the solution was easy...The solution's technical support team was good."
"The initial setup was very simple. There was only one server we had to setup. We needed to store all the passwords, and a secure database is used."
"One important feature is the administrator access, mainly for Windows machines as well as Linux machines. It is important for us because there is accountability associated with each user ID. And the recordings are also helpful."
"For compliance, each change I do, in each of the servers, is clearly recorded. We recently faced an audit and this was an awesome feature. Even our auditor had praise for it saying, "This is really a good feature.""
"Video and audio logs are there for any activities that the privileged admin carries out."
"With this log available, we can drill down to the activities performed by the people within our kiosk. There is a great feature where in the case of Unix servers, we have our own text-based logs. In the case of Window's server, we cannot create a text-based log, so our kiosk takes the screenshot or picture of the screen when I am working. It does this every three seconds."
"By manually keeping the user logs, we can understand and manage all the operationalized tasks."
"The video logs help us to identify any misuse of privileged accounts."
"Deployment is very quick, and only a one-time installation process is required for ManageEngine PAM360."
"Our clients use this solution for the rotation of keys and passwords. It is a part of logs."
"We can use it remotely as well."
"PAM360 stands out due to its remote session recording capabilities, which allow us to track who accessed which server and identify any changes."
"PAM360 stands out due to its remote session recording capabilities, which allow us to track who accessed which server and identify any changes."
 

Cons

"Currently, we can manage only the SSH or RDP connections, but there are many more devices that are present, apart from our SSH and RDP. We want all this to be part of the ARCON solution. For the password management, they should increase the pool of supported devices, they should have more connectors."
"Managing users is difficult, so that is something that can be improved."
"Currently, along with the upgrade of the ARCON solution, we have to consider the desktops and the endpoints from where the solution will have to be accessed. We have to upgrade those endpoints and desktops as well. So upgrades are not smooth."
"The solution lacks to offer a governance mechanism for operational technology assets."
"There are no APIs readily available... I'm working on automation for ARCON so that whatever the ARCON administrator is doing will be automated, rather than having to do it manually. For that, I had to spend months to get the API developed myself. Having that handy out of the box, that would really help..."
"Anti-bridging should be built into product."
"They need to support all web browsers. At the moment it only supports Explorer, IE. They have to come up with a solution to support all browsers."
"One common problem I faced with ARCON PAM was compatibility issues with certain software versions."
"There could be improvement in latency and accessing resources for the product."
"PAM360's dashboard needs improvement for clearer presentations, similar to ManageEngine products like AD audit plus and Password Manager Plus, which offer a clearer picture."
"It should have better documentation about how to install, work and configure."
"I don't see any features associated with multi-factor authentication in ManageEngine PAM360."
"PAM360's dashboard needs improvement for clearer presentations, similar to ManageEngine products like AD audit plus and Password Manager Plus, which offer a clearer picture."
"If you want a cost effective solution and very competitive pricing, you should go with this product."
"I would rate the scalability at five out of ten. It's average."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is reasonable."
"Pricing is low and licensing is flexible."
"The product's pricing is a good value. It's appropriately priced. The product has all the required features. It doesn't work in some of the areas but, right now overall, it's pretty good."
"The solution’s pricing is neither cheap nor expensive."
"The cost of this product is very cheap, comparatively in the global market."
"The product is available with competitive pricing. Licensing is not complex. We calculated the license requirements by counting the number of admins and the number of devices which were going to integrate with it."
"Product pricing is based on users and connections. We did not have to pay more for additional features."
"I am not in a position to give any financials, but whatever we have paid, it is value for money. Their licensing model is good. They have been flexible for us."
"The product is less expensive than one of its competitors."
"Though I don't have the exact numbers related to the cost of the solution, I can say that it costs somewhere around INR 7,00,000 for ten licenses."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
63%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ARCON Privileged Access Management?
In terms of improvements, I suggest implementing password rotation for service-based accounts, as that should be included.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine PAM360?
PAM360's dashboard needs improvement for clearer presentations, similar to ManageEngine products like AD audit plus and Password Manager Plus, which offer a clearer picture. Comparatively, FortiFEM...
What is your primary use case for ManageEngine PAM360?
We deployed PAM360 for our team of over sixty engineers, who log into multiple servers like Linux and Windows. We were not able to track login locations, assigned engineers, and vendors visiting si...
What advice do you have for others considering ManageEngine PAM360?
I would rate the solution seven out of ten. There are some features besides the dashboard and settings that are very smart, however, the dashboard is not very smart. Adding AI features is needed to...
 

Also Known As

ARCON ARCOS, ARCON PAM
PAM360
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

RAK Bank, AXIS Bank, Reliance Capital, Kotak Life Insurance, MTS
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