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Azure Key Vault vs Delinea Secret Server comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Key Vault
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Certificate Management Software (1st), Microsoft Security Suite (14th)
Delinea Secret Server
Ranking in Enterprise Password Managers
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Enterprise Password Managers category, the mindshare of Azure Key Vault is 23.4%, down from 26.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Delinea Secret Server is 6.7%, down from 7.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Password Managers
 

Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Secret storage and certificate management have been streamlined
I am not on the developer's end. I am primarily the main infrastructure person. I'm not sure what needs improvement. Sometimes, we face issues that the support team is not aware of, necessitating investigation from their end. For example, one of our certificates was not getting deployed, and during that time, the support team was unsure and had to connect with the back-end team for assistance. Improvements can be made in this area, however, it's understandable that not everything can be perfect.
Avinash Gopu. - PeerSpot reviewer
Effective for password rotation policies triggered by audit requirements, it helps maintain compliance standards and seamless integration with third-party tools
The "App to App" feature has been most impactful. It allows secure communication between applications without requiring direct user access, which is crucial for several applications. Additionally, working in the finance department, we are heavily focused on enhancing audit reporting and compliance. So, the GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) capabilities of Delinea Secret Server have also been crucial for us. We implemented a custom reporting system that can automatically send reports to auditors daily, weekly, or according to your organization's needs. We also upgraded the audit role within Secret Server, allowing auditors to access and analyze the reports directly. Additionally, Secret Server provides comprehensive logging capabilities. Auditors can see what data users access, their access levels, and their activities, including check-in and check-out times. Furthermore, Secret Server helped us manage privileged, elevated access, which we call "K2K." As the lead for this project, I could identify users with the highest access levels and implement specific policies to monitor their activity on servers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution speeds up the product development life cycle. That is, the time from the development of the product to the time to market is drastically reduced because of the CI/CD pipelines. You can have your code deployed within a matter of minutes."
"The most valuable feature is that you can retrieve user account details from the cloud."
"The platform has a valuable feature for seamless integration."
"We only use the basic features and those are the ones that have the ability to tie into the app, the secrets, and the passwords and encrypt them."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It only took a few minutes."
"We use Azure Key Vault to store secrets."
"I find the simplicity of key management to be the most valuable feature. Key management has always been a difficult function to do, especially in the cloud premises. Azure Key Vault provides you with a mechanism for managing keys, without having to worry about protecting secrets is valuable."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Key Vault are the security and convenience of changing passwords in multiple places."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"The most valuable feature is session monitoring."
"I find it really easy and computer confident, and the experience with the product is really good. Additionally, customizations are easy."
"I like that it's user-friendly."
"It is able to manage storage and use of personal passwords."
"The ease of granting access to a secret without having to share the actual password and the password rotation were the main features I found effective for password management."
"The solution is scalable."
"There has been no downtime this year."
 

Cons

"Many times, the first round of support itself will fail, and they will bring some more competent people in the subsequent support. So it gets into a hierarchical mode. By then, we will lose a good amount of time. The technical support needs improvement."
"Users should be able to segregate the passwords."
"If you check the capabilities of other key management services across Amazon, HashiCorp, and Google, there are features that Key Vault doesn't have. It could be the case that when you use Key Vault, you might be forced to use a third-party solution to get certain services. If those services could be included in Key Vault, there would be diminished reasons to go for a third-party key management system."
"They should add a key vault feature for the databases temporarily integrated into hybrid clouds."
"The whole problem of password rotation could be improved."
"The skill level of the support staff is also questionable."
"While it's very reliable in terms of stability, there's always room for improvement."
"The solution does not allow you to integrate with XML parties if it is not inside Azure itself."
"When working with larger enterprises Thycotic Secret Server becomes a little cumbersome to work with because they do not allow as much flexibility as some of the other competitors, such as CyberArk. Thycotic Secret Server could improve by being more flexible when it comes to customization, and increase the number of API integrations."
"One of the product areas that could be improved is the ease of handling SSL certificates within the application."
"Delinea Secret Server can improve by extending the monitoring policies and making the performance better."
"This product is excellent in every way except minor details in handling extremely large environments."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The challenge for me with Delinea is that I may not be able to pitch it to an account with a low budget for PAM."
"The tool should integrate additional features like OCR."
"One thing that I wish they would do is to have a Kubernetes or container-based deployment supported, but they're not quite there yet. Containerization or support for containerization would be fantastic."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is inexpensive."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive."
"There are no extra costs beyond the standard fees, beyond maybe data transfer charges. It's $0.025 per 10,000 data transactions, so it is quite cheap."
"I find the pricing of Azure Key Vault to be reasonable."
"You don't need to pay for a license for Azure Key Vault. It is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis."
"The product costs much less compared to other vendors."
"Pricing is quite reasonable and support is included, although premium support is available for an additional fee."
"The product is affordable, in my opinion."
"We have an enterprise license as well as a user license and a support license."
"They are priced quite well."
"The price of this solution is good."
"The solution is low-cost than other vendors."
"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with ten being a high price."
"It isn't terribly expensive."
"There is an annual license needed to use Delinea Secret Server."
"Its price is okay. We don't compete on pricing. We seldom use price to win over our competitors. We prefer it this way because if we can sustain the price, we make more margin as well. We don't want the price to go down to the bottom where despite the win, there's no margin at all."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
40%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Azure Key Vault or AWS Secrets Manager?
Azure Key Vault is a SaaS solution. You can easily store passwords and secrets securely and encrypt them. Azure Key Vault is a great solution to ensure you are compliant with security and governanc...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Key Vault?
With Azure Key Vault, we can generate our own keys and then import them inside the system, which provides a higher level of security than provider-managed keys.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Key Vault?
The setup cost is low, as my usage is not extensive. I would classify it as low priced.
Looking for recommendations and a pros/cons template for software to detect insider threats
This is an inside-out --- outside-in --- inside-in question, as an insider can be an outsider as well. There is no short answer other than a blend of a PAM tool with Behavioral Analytics and Endpo...
What do you like most about Delinea Secret Server?
The privileged access management module is the most reliable feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delinea Secret Server?
If you're requesting licenses or pricing, then you have to fill out a questionnaire that they try to gain insight into what your environment is like, what you're trying to discover, and what you're...
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Key Vault, MS Azure Key Vault
Thycotic Secret Server, Delinea Password Reset Server
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Adobe, DriveTime, Johnson Controls, HP, InterContinental Hotels Group, ASOS
Secure-24, University of San Diego, International Rescue Committee, San Francisco Ballet, Perkins Coie, University of San Diego, D.S.S. Limited, Turbo's Hoet, Eclipse Computing, Cathay Bank, Stellarise, J&R Consulting
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