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One Identity Safeguard vs Proofpoint Insider Threat Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 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

One Identity Safeguard
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Privileged Access Management (PAM) (6th), Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (6th)
Proofpoint Insider Threat M...
Ranking in User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
User Activity Monitoring (3rd), Insider Risk Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) category, the mindshare of One Identity Safeguard is 2.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Proofpoint Insider Threat Management is 5.2%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
One Identity Safeguard2.5%
Proofpoint Insider Threat Management5.2%
Other92.3%
User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
 

Featured Reviews

SachinShelar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Account Services Delivery at Softcell Technologies Limited
Privileged access has become centralized and streamlines multi-client audits and compliance
The best features we can highlight are privileged password vaulting and automatic password rotation, just-in-time privileged access, and session monitoring and recording. These features together stand out because they significantly reduce credential exposure, enforce least privilege access, and provide full auditing visibility across multiple client environments, as we are a service delivery and IT service delivery company with multiple customer environments and access. We rely most on just-in-time privileged access with credential vaulting. It is easy for the team to use day-to-day because access requests and approvals are streamlined and automated. Credentials are never exposed and sessions are automatically logged. After initial setup, adoption was smooth and it fit well into our existing operational workflows without adding stress to our operational team to adapt to the new technology. One Identity Safeguard has strengthened privileged access security across our multiple client environments. We have seen a reduction in shared credentials and unauthorized access. We have also seen faster approval for admin tasks and improved audit readiness. It has streamlined compliance reporting and reduced the operational risk of managing multiple client environments manually. Implementing this solution, we have reduced privileged account-related incidents by thirty percent. We have also cut manual password management time by nearly fifty to sixty percent. Just-in-time access has sped up admin task completion and improved our overall compliance reporting, allowing audits to be completed nearly half the time compared to earlier.
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

"The initial setup is very easy."
"It offers high availability and enables end users to deploy the solution with 99.999 percent uptime, which is crucial in an enterprise environment with a large number of endpoints."
"It provides secure and centralized access to both on-prem and cloud servers, which we did not have before. Previously, there were myriad ways to access our servers, so this centralizing feature is beneficial."
"It is easy to manage. There is a very logical, clear user interface. Also, the integration of scripts is thoughtfully implemented. Overall, it's a nice product to manage."
"The auditing and approval mechanisms are features we did not have before and are greatly appreciated."
"I have found the most useful feature of One Identity Safeguard to be Privileged Sessions."
"The Transparent Mode is the number one advantage of the product."
"The scalability of One Identity Safeguard is perfect, scoring ten out of ten."
"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."
 

Cons

"The automated change of the passwords, which is now integrated, could be improved to be more flexible regarding different systems."
"We would like to be able to generate certificate signing requests (CSRs) from the interface for certificates."
"I would like to see support for RDP over HTTPS so this product can be used in conjunction with the Microsoft terminal."
"I find it complicated to implement HTTPS monitoring because the documentation is unclear."
"It needs more marketing."
"We are still in the onboarding phase, and it seems very manual. Ideally, a single interface to integrate all these processes would be useful."
"Something for One Identity to look at is having integration guidelines for how to logically group accounts."
"From a usability perspective, what we are finding out is that our privileged domain admin users, in particular, want functionality for extending a checkout session. So we are working with One Identity support to see if there's an enhancement that can be made to the product."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license is around $3,000 per month."
"It was definitely cheaper than the other two products that we evaluated."
"As compared to other products, it is reasonable, but the training sessions are too expensive."
"Safeguard is cheaper than CyberArk."
"It is cheaper than CyberArk. Its price is fair."
"They offer a fair price for a robust solution."
"They have comparable pricing. All identity products are essentially priced in a similar way. It's a per-user base."
"The pricing depends on our perspective, our budget, and, of course, the competitors we are taking into account."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Media Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Performing Arts
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise19
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for One Identity Safeguard?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of One Identity Safeguard is that pricing is good, especially in the long term, as it's way better than CyberArk's, and the other costs are...
What needs improvement with One Identity Safeguard?
One Identity Safeguard could be improved by reducing pricing a little bit, and while the support team is mostly good, better pricing would also be advantageous. Regarding needed improvements, the i...
What is your primary use case for One Identity Safeguard?
Our main use case for One Identity Safeguard is access management and session management for our privileged users. A specific example of how we use One Identity Safeguard for privileged users invol...
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Looking for recommendations and a pros/cons template for software to detect insider threats
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