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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs i-Sprint AccessMatrix Universal Access Management comparison

 

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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

CyberArk Privileged Access ...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
230
Ranking in other categories
User Activity Monitoring (1st), Enterprise Password Managers (2nd), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (1st), Mainframe Security (1st), Operational Technology (OT) Security (3rd)
i-Sprint AccessMatrix Unive...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Single Sign-On (SSO) (28th), Authentication Systems (28th), Access Management (25th)
 

Featured Reviews

Atul-Gujar - PeerSpot reviewer
CyberArk manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Secures critical infrastructures with essential user session audit records
A potential area for improvement is enhancing support for cluster environments and distributed Vaults. Clients in multiple countries that need central access have different challenges that require better solutions from CyberArk. For financial services, CyberArk can improve incident response by ensuring fast support for critical priority tickets to meet compliance requirements. Providing more documentation on CyberArk is recommended for new team members to enhance their troubleshooting capabilities. I understand it's up to the client, but 99% fail to change the demo key, so it's crucial for CyberArk to emphasize changing the key and documenting it as part of the installation process.
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CEO at ABILITY LIMITED
A stable and scalable solution with reasonable pricing
The solution has high support capability.  The tool needs to improve its cloud service capability.  I have been working with the solution for 15 years.  I would rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.  I would rate the tool's scalability a ten out of ten since it is highly scalable. We…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For me, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager's most valuable features are password and session management."
"The solution is very good for protecting full levels of data privacy."
"CyberArk has resulted in a massive increase in our security footprint."
"Our privileged accounts are now stored in a more secure location and lateral movement within the network have been lessened."
"The vault is almost a set-and-forget solution."
"Helped us meet our standards and requirements to help us comply with industry standards and banking regulations."
"The benefit of it is it's stable, it's old-school, it just works."
"The password vault and session monitoring are useful."
"The solution has high support capability."
"The product is quite good, and from my point of view, it can serve our requirements."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that they are open to connecting with any token. For example, a year ago, we were looking for a soft token, and we started to look for alternatives. They are open to connecting with any token that we looking for."
 

Cons

"The architecture needs to be improved."
"If you are an administrator or architect, then the solution is kind of complicated, as it is mostly focused on the end user. So, they need to also focus on the people who are implementing it."
"It could be more user-friendly. Sometimes I encounter issues, and I do not know what the issue is."
"There is a lot of complexity if we are installing the solution on-premises."
"I would like to see an easier way to define delegated roles within the administration of the core product."
"Transitioning from a traditional on-premises deployment to the privileged cloud has resulted in losing access to many logs and administrative tools typically available on the back end."
"The support services could act faster when people reach out to resolve issues."
"We don't often contact technical support, but when we do it, the response could be faster and better."
"The user interface is not quite good and easy to use. There are a lot of menus, and the look and feel is not modern like a modern app."
"The tool needs to improve its cloud capability."
"The user interface is not quite good and easy to use. There are a lot of menus, and the look and feel is not modern like a modern app."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My company always complains about the cost of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager because it's too high."
"It costs us around $200 per user."
"I would rate the cost of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager seven out of ten with ten being the most expensive."
"I do not have any opinions to add about the pricing of the product."
"Pricing is quite high and it could be improved."
"Pricing and licensing depend on the environment."
"The SaaS version of CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault is very expensive, but the on-premises version is relative, e.g. depending on the size of the environment, it can be a bit pricey, but it's relatively okay compared to the others."
"This solution is expensive."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten. The tool's licensing is monthly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business60
Midsize Enterprise42
Large Enterprise174
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Also Known As

CyberArk Privileged Access Security, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault
AccessMatrix Universal Access Management
 

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Sample Customers

Rockwell Automation
IRAS, Singapore Bank
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