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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager vs Proofpoint Insider Threat Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

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

CyberArk Privileged Access ...
Ranking in User Activity Monitoring
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
230
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Password Managers (2nd), Privileged Access Management (PAM) (1st), Mainframe Security (1st), Operational Technology (OT) Security (3rd)
Proofpoint Insider Threat M...
Ranking in User Activity Monitoring
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) (7th), Insider Risk Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the User Activity Monitoring category, the mindshare of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is 11.5%, down from 19.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Proofpoint Insider Threat Management is 18.0%, down from 25.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Activity Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CyberArk Privileged Access Manager11.5%
Proofpoint Insider Threat Management18.0%
Other70.5%
User Activity Monitoring
 

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.
reviewer1271289 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Good value, easy to use, and easy to deploy
In terms of what can be improved, that is a question I think the end users can tell you better. I'm not the end-user for this system. However, I can say that it needs to be more scalable. I think they already have a good value proposition in terms of being a hybrid model, and the reporting is okay, as well. It could have better integration with other SIEMs, but this integration has to come from the SIEM side, not ObserveIT.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is good, it fits our needs, and there is not anything else out in the market that can match it."
"CyberArk Privileged Access Manager has helped our organization by controlling users' access."
"Because we now have the ability to grant access to management utilities like DNS Manager, Sequel Studio, and MMC, in a secure fashion, without system admins being required to continually reenter various passwords that are stored who knows where, it has really made the system admin's job much easier. It has made the PSM's job much easier. It has made the auditor's job and the security team's job and the access manager's job significantly easier, because we're able to move much more quickly toward a role-based access management system, and that is really streamlining the whole onboarding/offboarding management process."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it's the best in the market. I haven't seen any other PAM solutions better than CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault."
"It is a great product when it comes to security, and from the security point of view, I would advise a new user to use this tool and deploy it in your environment since the security is unbeatable."
"The password management feature is valuable."
"CyberArk is a product that helps you simplify privileged access for system administrators and implement a standard set of security controls to protect the enterprise."
"It does what it promised, it secures our platforms, has the scalability, and it is just a solid product."
"All my clients are very pleased with this product as it helps them to keep track of what partners and employees are doing on the servers."
"Meta data search Alert generation."
"ObserveIT is small, easy to use, easy to deploy, and is not complicated, so it's more generally suited for only SMBs. It's a good value with a cheaper price."
"It resolved security issues of the organization by providing audit reports and records to our customers."
"Overall, it gives a consistent and really good return on investment."
"Record videos that have a very small file size Management interface is very convenient and intuitive"
"Customer Service: The ObserveIT professional services team has been excellent, extremely engaged and genuinely concerned with our success."
 

Cons

"The support services could act faster when people reach out to resolve issues."
"This is where we have had some woes with this software."
"They should allow further customization as it's really hard to do any further customizations over CyberArk."
"Having a centralized place to manage the solution has been something that I have always wanted, and they are starting to understand that and bring things back together."
"The initial setup has room for improvement to be more straightforward."
"It needs better documentation with more examples for the configuration files and API/REST integration"
"We're still struggling with the use of RDP through PSMs."
"The initial setup could be simpler but it may not be as effective."
"ObserveIT is not scalable and it's not for the medium to large corporations. It's for the smaller environments. For the larger corporations, we have other scalable solutions."
"The tool is still not providing records of tunnels established - we would like to see it in future versions."
"OCR capability, support for Mainframe, Ticketing and Incident workflow."
"ObserveIT is not scalable and it's not for the medium to large corporations."
"I had some problems with an instance of ObserveIT in a Proof of Concept, when I installed ObserveIT with an SQL Express instance and the DB used all provisioned space."
"Ticketing and issue management. Based on the new system, one needs to go through the sales people."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I have heard from my leaders that CyberArk is costlier in terms of licensing. The support and maintenance are also costly. We use their premium support, but for the price we pay, we do not get the value."
"It's an affordable platform."
"The product's licensing is yearly. I would rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"CyberArk is good at what they do, and the price reflects that. You have to pay the price for the same."
"I believe that this solution is priced well. It's the market leader and I think that it's the best solution."
"Pricing and licensing depend on the environment."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing a six out of ten."
"I'm a technician so I don't handle the licensing for CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, but I know that the price for the core license is about €140 per year. There's another type of license, the external vendor license, and that's about €600 and you can manage twenty devices. From what I know, the price for one device in a subscription is about €65 per year. You can buy the CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager too, or you can buy some other application or application license with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, but all other features, such as the Analytics Server is included in the basic CyberArk license. With WALLIX, you need to buy separate licenses for the features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
5%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business59
Midsize Enterprise42
Large Enterprise174
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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about CyberArk Privileged Access Manager?
The most valuable features of the solution are control and analytics.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CyberArk Privileged Access Manager?
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Also Known As

CyberArk Privileged Access Security, CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault
ObserveIT
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Rockwell Automation
Coca Cola, Allianz, Premiere League, Xerox, AIG, Cigna, Starbucks, Revlon, Toshiba, Nissan and more.
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